Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Africa, Babel, China
Histories of West Africa, 20th-century China, and the art of translation.
Spike Lee
The film-maker talks black power, blackface and Academy Awards with Matthew Sweet.
Self Knowledge, Global Catastrophe and Simulated Worlds.
Quassim Cassam and Simon Beard with Matthew, plus RW Fassbinder's 1970s TV sci-fi series.
Encylopedias and Knowledge: from Diderot to Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales talks Diderot & collecting knowledge + Tariq Godard on Mark Fisher aka k-punk.
Street Culture, Protests, Food
Philip Dodd talks to gilet jaune and novelist Edouard Louis about streets and culture.
Sea Goings
Julia Blackburn, Katie Paterson, Charlotte Runcie, the Cutty Sark.
Art and Refugees from Nazi Germany
Writing about the Holocaust and the shock of Modernism in 1930s Britain.
Consent
How we deal with unwanted sexual advances and changing depictions on stage are debated.
Slow Looking at Art
Ways of Seeing with Michael Craig Martin, Aura Satz, Kelly Grovier & Daniel Glaser.
Oscars 2019
Matthew Sweet & guests look at films making waves as the Academy announces its shortlists.
