Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Rauschenberg - Performance, Identity and the Writings of Erving Goffman
Exploring identity through the lens of literature, art and everyday 21st-century life.
The Liberal Elite
Douglas Carswell, David Runciman, Eliane Glaser and Lynsey Hanley on elites.
The Weird, Science and Art at Fact, Japanese Film Your Name
Rana Mitter on science and art on show at Liverpool's Fact and what we mean by 'weird'.
Schiller's Mary Stuart, Gunter Grass, Preti Taneja on translated fiction, Rachel Reeves
Anne McElvoy on Robert Icke's version of Mary Stuart and the last novel from Gunter Grass.
Zadie Smith
Author Zadie Smith talks about dance, depicting teenage friends and US/UK differences.
Beards, Listening, Masculinity
Alun Withey on beards, Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum on fatherhood. With Matthew Sweet
Being Human: What the Archives Reveal
Matthew Sweet visits the London Survey, Kew, a cemetary and a hut used by Anzac soldiers.
Being Human: Vernon Lee, Lying, Coma
With a profile of writer Vernon Lee, what it means to lie and popular ideas of the 'coma'.
Being Human Debate at Fact, Liverpool: Man and Animals
From Fact in Liverpool, Rana Mitter and guests debate mermaids, robots, humans and animals
Art Spiegelman, Marina Abramovic, American Pastoral
Graphic novelist Art Spiegelman and jazz composer Phillip Johnston on their collaboration.
