1054 Episodes

  1. Free Thinking: Language and Belonging

    Published: 7/3/2019
  2. Amitav Ghosh. Layla and Majnun. Islam Issa.

    Published: 6/28/2019
  3. Cindy Sherman, Laura Cumming

    Published: 6/26/2019
  4. Jane Goodall, Elif Shafak

    Published: 6/26/2019
  5. The Hard Man in the Call-Centre

    Published: 6/21/2019
  6. James Ellroy

    Published: 6/20/2019
  7. 'Bedford, do you call this thing a coat?' The history of the three-piece suit

    Published: 6/20/2019
  8. Catch 22, Recycling fashion, Fred D'Aguiar, Wu Mali

    Published: 6/20/2019
  9. Comrades in Arms

    Published: 6/19/2019
  10. Landmark: Finnegans Wake

    Published: 6/19/2019
  11. Sword to Pen. Redcoat and the rise of the military memoir

    Published: 6/18/2019
  12. The well-groomed Georgian

    Published: 6/17/2019
  13. Afropean Identities. Filming the Arab Spring.

    Published: 6/14/2019
  14. Michael Rakowitz, Archaeology Now, Epic Journeys and Facial Disfigurement

    Published: 6/12/2019
  15. Breaking Down the Barriers

    Published: 6/11/2019
  16. Orwell's 1984. A Landmark of Culture.

    Published: 6/6/2019
  17. Is the Law keeping up with our changing world?

    Published: 6/5/2019
  18. AI and creativity: what makes us human?

    Published: 6/4/2019
  19. Simon Schama, Siri Hustvedt, Catherine Fletcher at Hay.

    Published: 5/30/2019
  20. Landmark: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

    Published: 5/29/2019

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Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.