Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Counterculture and Protest
Matthew Sweet with Paul Hartnoll, Tony White, Tessa DeCarlo and Paul Cronin on uprisings.
The In Between
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough considers airport lounges railway stations and liminal spaces
Landmark: The Odyssey
Amit Chaudhuri, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Daniel Mendelsohn and Emily Wilson join Philip Dodd.
Diving Deep
Diving as metaphor, occupation and study from Tudor times to the present.
The Invention of the Circus Ring
Matthew Sweet looks at the career of impresario Philip Astley and 250 years of the circus.
Rethinking Tradition
Roger Scruton, Kevin Davey, Kirsty Gunn & Haroon Mirza on tradition & experiment.
A Literary Salon.
With guests Malika Booker, Neil Brand, Katherine Cooper, David Aaronovitch and Jake Arnott
Should we keep pets?
Anne McElvoy leads a discussion on the history and ethics of pet ownership.
Landmark - This Sporting Life
Philip Dodd and his guests on David Storey's 1960 novel set in the world of rugby league.
All About Eve: Stories of the Fall; Pregancy and Aphrodisiacs
Catherine Fletcher with Stephen Greenblatt, Islam Issa, Jennifer Evans and Sara Read.
