Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now

Escapism
Matthew Sweet and guests question whether you can ever really escape

The illusion of time, the summer solstice & the philosophy of comedy
Mark Miodownik, Emily Herring, Rob Newman & Fay Dowker consider Time with Matthew Sweet

History - the long and short of it
Peter Frankopan, Alison Light, Bronwen Maddox & Zeinab Badawi join Matthew Sweet

Generations - D-Day - Global Instability
Eliza Filby, Rana Mitter, Jo Hamya, Tom Simpson, plus Gaby Hinsliff

The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies
Stephen Bush, Dr Sarah Jilani , Kate Maltby and Keith Shiri join Matthew Sweet

Left and Right - still relevant in British and Global Politics?
Margaret MacMillan, David Aaronovitch, Phillip Blond and Gisela Stuart join Matthew Sweet

Positive & negative politics, "intellectual vices" and the face you bring to work.
Sir Richard Evans, Margaret Heffernan, Isabel Oakeshott, Quassim Cassam join Anne McElvoy

New Thinking: 2024’s New Generation Thinkers
Introducing ten academics who’ll be sharing their research as part of a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½/AHRC scheme

Life expectations, philosophy in the world, protest
Matthew Sweet with David Willetts, Elizabeth Oldfield, Will Davies, Tiffany Watt Smith

Winning & Losing, Plato Scroll, the Decline of Nightlife
Winning and losing with Lea Ypi, Peter Hitchens, Michael Mansfield KC and Cath Bishop.