Free Thinking Episodes Available now
African Empire stories
Petina Gappah and Sarah LeFanu on Livingstone, Kipling and Mary Kingsley in Africa.
Japan Now 2020
Hiromi Ito, Tomoko Sawada, Yukiko Motoya and Motoyuki Shibata
The Surreal World of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Matthew Sweet talks to Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky and to critics.
Queer Histories
How do we apply modern LGBT+ language and identities to historical figures?
How we talk about sex and women's bodies
Fern Riddell, Kate Lister and Robin Mitchell discuss their research with Matthew Sweet.
The shadow of slavery
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough talks to a panel about slavery, sugar and the costs.
Early Cinema
Matthew Sweet looks back at an early female film director and a British film pioneer.
Samuel Beckett & the purpose of culture
If we want the arts to be a comfort blanket, where does Beckett fit in? Lisa Dwan responds
Mocking power past and present
The German joker Tyll Ulenspiegel. Anne McElvoy, Daniel Kehlmann and Karen Leeder discuss.
Fungi: An Alien Encounter
Are fungi out to get us or here to help? A look at mushrooms in art, food, and psychology.
