Start the Week Podcast
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
Episodes to download
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Bianca Jagger on human rights
Mon 25 Nov 2013
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Bianca Jagger, Fatima Bhutto, Stephen Hopgood and Howard Brenton.
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Gandhi's Early Years
Mon 18 Nov 2013
Bridget Kendall with Ramachandra Guha, David Reynolds, Bronwen Maddox and Phelim McDermott
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Andrew Marr on poet George Herbert
Mon 11 Nov 2013
Andrew Marr with John Drury, John Tavener and Jeanette Winterson.
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Fiona Shaw; Simon McBurney; Journeys Into the Unknown
Mon 4 Nov 2013
Stephanie Flanders talks to Jeremy Webb, Carolin Crawford, Fiona Shaw and Simon McBurney.
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The Kremlin: A fortress that has shaped a nation
Mon 28 Oct 2013
Anne McElvoy with Catherine Merridale, Simon Thurley, Michael Chaplin and Amit Chaudhuri.
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Paul Collier on Immigration Controls
Mon 21 Oct 2013
Stephanie Flanders talks to Paul Collier, Kwasi Kwarteng, Nick Young and Lindsey Hilsum.
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Grayson Perry on contemporary art
Mon 14 Oct 2013
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Grayson Perry, Penelope Curtis, Philip Davis and Nicholas Lovell.
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Victorian Revivalism
Mon 7 Oct 2013
Anne McElvoy talks to Simon Heffer, Sonia Solicari, DJ Taylor and Prof Anthony King.
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Greek myth and the Indian epic Ramayana
Mon 30 Sep 2013
Stephanie Flanders with Anne Carson, Daljit Nagra, Richard Eyre and Graham Robb.
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Jamal Edwards on 'digital natives'
Mon 23 Sep 2013
Stephanie Flanders talks to Beeban Kidron, Jamal Edwards, Farida Vis and Adrian Hon.
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Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Future
Mon 16 Sep 2013
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Margaret Atwood, Vicky Featherstone and AC Grayling.
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Population: Ten Billion
Mon 1 Jul 2013
Sue MacGregor talks to Stephen Emmott, Danny Dorling, Jill Rutter and Amartya Sen.
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Zadie Smith on social mobility
Mon 24 Jun 2013
Stephanie Flanders with Zadie Smith, David Kynaston, David Willetts MP and Owen Jones.
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Hari Kunzru and Dystopia
Mon 17 Jun 2013
Jonathan Freedland with Hari Kunzru, Jane Rogers, James Robertson and Adam Broomberg.
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Putin's Russia
Mon 10 Jun 2013
Anne McElvoy discusses Russia with Fiona Hill, Vladislav Zubok and Oliver Bullough.
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Fairy Tale Physics?
Mon 3 Jun 2013
Allan Little with Jon Butterworth, Jim Baggott, Hilary Rose and Stephen Minger.
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Eric Schmidt on the New Digital Age
Mon 27 May 2013
Emily Maitlis speaks to Eric Schmidt, Honor Harger, David Spiegelhalter and James Ball.
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Antonia Fraser: Democracy and Reform
Mon 20 May 2013
Anne McElvoy talks to Antonia Fraser, David Graeber and Jesse Norman.
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Music and the mind: Carrie Cracknell
Mon 13 May 2013
Jonathan Freedland with Carrie Cracknell, Jonathan Biss, Tom Burns and Richard Bentall.
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Michael Rosen at the Brighton Festival
Mon 6 May 2013
Stephanie Flanders with Michael Rosen, Jay Griffiths, Mariele Neudecker and Matt Adams.
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Gavin Turk on the Value of Art
Mon 29 Apr 2013
Lisa Jardine with Gavin Turk, Tanya Ronder, Rick Gekoski and Paul Roberts.
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Bernardo Bertolucci
Mon 22 Apr 2013
Tom Sutcliffe with Bernardo Bertolucci, Antonio Pappano, Annalisa Piras and Tim Parks.
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The Origin and Future of Life
Mon 15 Apr 2013
Jonathan Freedland talks to Adam Rutherford, Barbara Sahakian and Steve Jones.
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'Home' and cultural identity with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Mon 8 Apr 2013
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Goodhart, Indhu Rubasingham and Michael Symmons Roberts.
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Tom Sutcliffe talks to John Gray and Mary Beard
Mon 1 Apr 2013
Tom Sutcliffe with James Lasdun, Mary Beard, Mark Ravenhill and John Gray.
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Mohsin Hamid talks about How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Mon 25 Mar 2013
Allan Little talks to Mohsin Hamid, Bruce Norris, Katherine Boo and Peter Moffat.
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Lisa Jardine talks to David Cannadine and Aleksandar Hemon
Mon 18 Mar 2013
Lisa Jardine with David Cannadine, Margaret MacMillan, Aleksandar Hemon and Ed Vulliamy.
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Ken Loach on post-war Britain
Mon 11 Mar 2013
Jonathan Freedland talks to Ken Loach, James Graham, David Boyle and Harriet Sergeant.
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Feminism: Natasha Walter and Catherine Hakim
Mon 4 Mar 2013
Anne McElvoy discusses feminism with Natasha Walter, Catherine Hakim and Shereen El Feki.
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The Commonwealth - Don McKinnon and Kwasi Kwarteng
Mon 25 Feb 2013
Bridget Kendall talks to Don McKinnon, Kwasi Kwarteng, Frances Harrison and Ronald Sanders
