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  1. Free Thinking - Suicide discussion

    Matthew Sweet discusses the way we talk about suicide with Jennifer Michael Hecht, of...

  2. Free Thinking - Suffragette. Thatcherism and Conservatism now. James Fenton.

    James Fenton on his poetic career. Suffragette reviewed. Mrs Thatcher's legacy discussed.

  3. Free Thinking - Stuart Hall

    To mark the death of cultural historian Stuart Hall, another chance to hear his with...

  4. Free Thinking - Steve McQueen

    Matthew Sweet talks to director Steve McQueen about his new film '12 Years A Slave' of...

  5. Free Thinking - Steve Hilton; Beowulf; The Beaux' Stratagem

    Are work and progress making us inhuman? Anne McElvoy is joined by Steve Hilton, a to...

  6. Free Thinking - Stephen Poliakoff and Linda Grant; Yuval Noah Harari.

    Post second world war Britain is discussed by the TV dramatist, novelist and Philip Dodd.

  7. Free Thinking - Stefan Zweig, Howard Jacobson, Michael Sandle

    Philip Dodd meets sculptor Michael Sandle, Howard Jacobson and discusses Stefan Zweig

  8. Free Thinking - Star Wars. Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Ruth Scurr on John Aubrey. Beowulf.

    Anne McElvoy talks to Christopher Hampton & Adjoa Andoh about Les Liaisons Dangereuses

  9. Free Thinking - Spitting Image

    Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld talk about the impact of education and religion on success...

  10. Free Thinking - Spike Jonze's Her

    Spike Jonze's new film Her depicts a writer developing a relationship with his system...

  11. Free Thinking - Sounds of Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Bookshelf

    Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves on the books which inspired Shakespeare

  12. Free Thinking - Sound Frontiers: Success debated by Peter Frankopan, Edith Hall, Kwame Kwei-Armah

    Anne McElvoy & guests on Success, subject for debate on the Third Programme back in 1967

  13. Free Thinking - Sound Frontiers: Kamila Shamsie, Nikesh Shukla, Drugs in the German Reich. Board Games.

    Rana Mitter debates refugees, what is a good immigrant? Hitler's drug addiction and games

  14. Free Thinking - Sound Frontiers: Books of 1946

    Benjamin Markovits, Lara Feigel and Kevin Jackson discuss the best fiction of 1946

  15. Free Thinking - Sociology in the 21 century

    Does the discipline of Sociology still have a role to play in the 21st century?To we...

  16. Free Thinking - Smell: Michele Roberts, A history of dentistry

    Matthew Sweet is joined by writer Michele Roberts, who talks about her latest novel.

  17. Free Thinking - Sleep and Creativity

    Rana Mitter explores why we sleep with pioneering researcher into the body clock, Matt...

  18. Free Thinking - Sj贸n, Winifred Knights. Katie Roiphe. New Generation Thinker Sarah Jackson.

    Icelandic writer Sj贸n, the career of Winifred Knights and New Generation Thinker on touch

  19. Free Thinking - Sir Thomas Browne

    Matthew Sweet talks to Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Claire Preston and Gavin Francis about...

  20. Free Thinking - Sicily. John Hardyng's Chronicle. The London Library

    Anne McElvoy on Sicily plus the London Library at 175 with Tom Stoppard.

  21. Free Thinking - Shakespeare in cartoons; Jess Phillips; Sidney Nolan's Australian legends.

    Anne McElvoy talks to cartoonists and curators about creating memorable images.

  22. Free Thinking - Secularism & Religion

    In the first of three programmes exploring fractures and faultlines in contemporary...

  23. Free Thinking - Sean Scully & Colour

    Philip Dodd talks to the artist, Sean Scully, about his latest show and explores our...

  24. Free Thinking - Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine: New Generation Thinker Victoria Donovan. The 2016 Caine Prize.

    New Generation Thinker Victoria Donovan on Welsh links to Ukraine. Caine Prize winner

  25. Free Thinking - School Report

    Anne McElvoy hears from young people involved in the 蜜芽传媒's School Report Day.

  26. Free Thinking - Saul Bellow

    Martin Amis, Zachary Leader and Sarah Churchwell join Matthew Sweet

  27. Free Thinking - Salman Rushdie. Niall Ferguson on Henry Kissinger.

    Salman Rushdie talks to Philip Dodd. Also historian Niall Ferguson on Henry Kissinger.

  28. Free Thinking - Russia and the Arts: Julian Barnes, Roxana Silbert and Suhayla El-Bushra

    Julian Barnes reviews portaits of Russian cultural figures on show at the NPG.

  29. Free Thinking - Russell T Davies

    Matthew Sweet looks at today's announcement of this year's Oscar nominations focusing...

  30. Free Thinking - Rodney Graham at BALTIC, The Amber Collective.

    New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari visits exhibitions opening in Gateshead and Newcastle

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