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Free Thinking Episodes

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    French Thought and Politics

    Philip Dodd debates the question 'does France have to stop being French to survive?'.

  2. TS Eliot Prize, Lisa Randall, New Architecture, Flooding

    Anne McElvoy is joined by Sarah Howe, winner of the 2015 TS Eliot Prize.

  3. Laura Cumming on Velazquez, John Bratby, The Pan Hag Project

    Anne McElvoy and Laura Cumming on a 19th-century court case involving a Velazquez portrait

  4. Lorraine Hansberry

    Philip Dodd explores the writing of Lorraine Hansberry and its continuing resonance.

  5. Teenage Life: David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine, Simon Stephens

    Matthew Sweet talks to David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine and Simon Stephens.

  6. Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Ruth Scurr on John Aubrey, Beowulf

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

  7. Cities and Safety

    Philip Dodd reflects on safe cities and discusses Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

  8. Landmark: Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries

    Matthew Sweet is joined by Colm Toibin and others to discuss Bergman's Wild Strawberries.

  9. Must the Arts Be Relevant? A Free Thinking BASCA Debate

    Mark Baldwin, Catherine Wood, Jennifer Walshe, Sarah Kent and Vayu Naidu debate the arts.

  10. Northern Lights: Crime Fiction and Cold Settings

    Margaret Atwood, Arnaldur Indriadason and MJ McGrath talk about crime fiction and cold.

  11. Mein Kampf, Larissa MacFarquhar, Julia Margaret Cameron

    Anna Fox and Chantal Joffe on Julia Margaret Cameron, plus Larissa MacFarquhar on altruism

  12. Kenzaburo Oe; Artist and Empire at Tate Britain; Japan and Cool Now

    Philip Dodd reviews the newly translated novel from Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe.

  13. Umberto Eco

    Including Italian author Umberto Eco in conversation with Matthew Sweet.

  15. Edna O'Brien

    Philip Dodd is in conversation with Irish novelist Edna O'Brien.

  16. Garry Kasparov, Stuart Maconie, Julie Bindel, Philip French Tribute

    Matthew Sweet is joined by Garry Kasparov, Stuart Maconie and Julie Bindel.

  17. Medical Surgery past and present

    Anne McElvoy discusses healthcare past and present with New Generation Thinker Alun Withey

  18. Erica Jong, Richard Jones, Ben Bernanke

    Philip Dodd with writer Erica Jong, director Richard Jones and economist Ben Bernanke.

  19. Witch-Finding, Marina Warner

    Matthew Sweet and guests including Marina Warner consider the season of the witch.

  20. James Bond in Spectre, Nawal El Saadawi, Lord Browne, IS and Poetry

    With writer Nawal El Saadawi on protest, Lord Browne on business, and IS and Arabic poetry

  21. Home: Marilynne Robinson, Thomas Harding, Imtiaz Dharker

    Ideas of home: Marilynne Robinson, Edwin Heathcote, Thomas Harding, Imtiaz Dharker.

  22. Plants and The Black Panthers

    Matthew Sweet with The Invention of Nature, The Cabaret of Plants and The Black Panthers.

  23. Meera Syal and Tanika Gupta in Conversation at Birmingham Rep

    Meera Syal and Tanika Gupta talk to Rana Mitter about turning Anita and Me into a play.

  24. Salman Rushdie, Henry Kissinger

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

  25. Man Booker Winner, Weather and Twilight, The Kibbo Kift

    Matthew Sweet with Peter Davidson and Alexandra Harris on Britain's weather and twilight.

  26. Landmark: Leaves of Grass

    Poets Mark Doty and Andrew McMillan and Professor Sarah Churchwell on Walt Whitman's poem.

  27. Acting Arthur Miller, Free Speech on Campus

    Zoe Wanamaker, David Suchet and Antony Sher talk about interpreting Arthur Miller's work.

  28. James Fenton, Suffragette, Thatcherism and Conservatism

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

  29. Macbeth on Film, James Shapiro, Barrie Keeffe

    Matthew Sweet looks at Macbeth on film and talks to Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro.

  30. Populism, Romola Garai on Measure for Measure

    Philip Dodd presents a discussion about populism in politics and culture.

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