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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Marxism

    Anne Applebaum, Gregory Claeys, Jane Humphries and Richard Seymour discuss Marxism now.

  2. Marvin Gaye's What's Going On

    Ahead of a performance at the London Jazz Festival, what history underpins the album?

  3. Martin Amis talking with Philip Dodd in 2014

    Martin Amis (1949-2023) talks to Philip Dodd about Jewish history and ideas about evil.

  4. Marriage

    Shahidha Bari joined by guests including Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch and Zoe Strimpel

  5. Marlon James and Neil Gaiman

    The two weavers of fantastical fiction sift through myths with Matthew Sweet.

  6. Marlene Dietrich

    Tracing the sensual and radical Marlene Dietrich from Europe to Hollywood.

  7. Mark Lilla. Owen Hatherley. Gulzaar Barn.

    Why Mark Lilla thinks the American Left needs to rethink + Gulzaar Barn on medical trials

  8. Marilynne Robinson

    The American novelist and essayist talks religion, fiction & US politics with Rana Mitter

  9. Margaret Cavendish

    Nandini Das and guests discuss the Duchess of Newcastle - philosopher, poet and scientist

  10. Many faces of Eve?

    Catherine Fletcher with Stephen Greenblatt, Islam Issa, Jennifer Evans and Sara Read.

  11. Malcolm X, life changes and flexible thinking

    Timandra Harkness, Ekow Eshun, Sophie Grace Chappell, Richard Bett and Stephen Bush

  12. Making Your Voice Heard

    Shahidha Bari is joined by Dina Nayeri, Kirsty Sedgman, Michelle Assay and Alberta Whittle

  13. Magic

    Matthew Sweet and guests conjure a conversation about the importance and appeal of magic

  14. Macbeth and Things Fall Apart

    Jo Nesbø and Mark Ravenhill on the Scottish Play; Chinua Achebe's novel about leadership.

  15. Luck, predictability and superstition

    Dr Christian Busch, Bobby Seagull, Sharron Davies, Dr Kate Tomas and Timandra Harkness.

  16. Love

    Andrew McMillan, Lavinia Greenlaw, Elanor Dymott, Laura Mucha- the science & art of love.

  17. Lost Words and Language

    Shahidha Bari looks at research showcased in the Being Human Festival at UK universities

  18. Lost cities, 20s divas and 2011 uprisings

    Anne McElvoy explores the past and present of the transcontinental nation of Egypt

  19. Loss, Grief and Anger

    Lisa Appignanesi; Heather O'Neill; Cherie Dimaline; Pacific Arts Adviser, Jo Walsh

  20. Lorca

    As the National Theatre stages The House of Bernarda Alba, Rana Mitter discusses Lorca

  21. Liverpool Biennial + art at MIF

    Catherine Fletcher and 3 Biennial artists. Vid Simoniti visits Economics the Blockbuster

  22. Lists

    Are lists a good way of organising chaos? Lisa Mullen and guests discuss

  23. Linton Kwesi Johnson

    The reggae poet and recording artist talks politics religion and writing with Philip Dodd

  24. Links between Judaism and Christianity

    Rector Giles Fraser tells Matthew Sweet how a crisis led to discovering his Jewish roots

  25. Linda Grant and Jewish history

    Julia Pascal, Rachel Lichtenstein, Linda Grant and curator Alex Cropper + John Gallagher

  26. Linda Colley

    Leading historian Linda Colley gives a talk on how we have dealt with periods of in us...

  27. Life, art and drama in the kitchen

    Sarah Kent, Marianne Hem Eriksen, Melanie Williams and Angela Hui join Matthew Sweet

  28. Life expectations, philosophy in the world, protest

    Matthew Sweet with David Willetts, Elizabeth Oldfield, Will Davies, Tiffany Watt Smith

  29. Libraries

    From Alexandria to Mid Wales, Laurence Scott and guests look at library history.

  30. Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's Hand in the Trap

    Confronting the man who jilted you is the plot of this 1960s Argentine expressionist film

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