Free Thinking Episodes Available now
What Makes a Good Lecture?
Ted talks, zoom and lectures :Mary Beard, Homi Bhabha and Se谩n Williams join Shahidha Bari
Yiddish and Rotwelsch Languages, Nazi France
Michael Rosen and Martin Puchner talk to Matthew Sweet about languages, codes and secrecy.
Food, the Environment and Richard Flanagan
Bush fires in novelist Richard Flanagan's new book, and Anne McElvoy looks at veganism.
John Rawls's A Theory of Justice
Anne McElvoy and guests re-read this 1971 work of political philosophy about inequality.
James Baldwin and Race in the USA
Rana Mitter and guests re-read James Baldwin as a new US president is inaugurated.
Harlots and 18th-century working women
Hallie Rubenhold, Moira Buffini and Laura Lammasniemi discuss the TV series Harlots.
Witchcraft, Werewolves and Writing the Devil
New novels from Jenni Fagan and Salena Godden depict Mrs Death and the devil's daughter.
Women and Slavery
New research into female slave owners in Britain to women on Caribbean plantations.
Autism, Film and Patterns
From Rain Man to Atypical. Matthew Sweet looks at autism on screen and in everyday life.
Aphra Behn
John Gallagher's guests decode changes in Behn's loyalties from her plays and dedications.
