Free Thinking Episodes Available now
The Dark and Political Messages of Kids Fiction
Michael Rosen looks at socialist fairy tales and radicalism in books for children.
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh talks to Matthew Sweet as his historical epic Peterloo opens in cinemas.
Playing God
Patrick Barlow on his play The Messiah, and Daisy Black on a new medieval mystery play.
Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands
Marie Darrieussecq, Lisa Mullen and Dafydd Daniel on magic and dystopias.
Francis Fukuyama, Olga Tokarczuk, Alev Scott, Michael Talbot.
Rana Mitter explores identity, forest landscapes and the long impact of the Ottoman empire
Re-writing C20th British Philosophy.
Shahidha Bari with news of the Man Booker Prize and a discussion about female philosophers
Discrimination.
The lawyer Helena Kennedy joins Shahidha Bari to discuss how British justice fails women.
Greed and Landownership Past, Present, Future
Economist Paul Collier, Scottish historian Tom Devine and Colombian novelist Hector Abad
Drugs and Consciousness
Does LSD open the doors of perception or just mess with your head?
The Frieze Debate: Museums in the 21st Century.
Michael Govan, Sabine Haag & Hartwig Fischer at the Royal Institution, London.
