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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Failure

    From business to sport, politics to the writing of Samuel Beckett: how do we view failure

  2. Extinction Rebellion and the End of the World

    Rana Mitter looks at the ideologies surrounding climate disaster

  3. Experimental writing

    Shahidha Bari, Matthew Herbert, the Goldsmith Prize winners and poet Stephen Sexton

  4. Existential Risk

    Planning and creating in the shadow of the doomsday clock with Shahidha Bari and guests

  5. Evidence

    Lord Sumption, Danny Robins, Dr Sarah Dillon Dr Jonathan Egid and Dr Anthony Milligan

  6. Evelyn Waugh.

    Bryony Lavery, Alexander Waugh, Philip Eade and Adam Mars-Jones celebrate Evelyn Waugh

  7. Europe

    Ece Temelkuran, Ben Judah, Misha Glenny and Timothy Garton Ash with Rana Mitter at Hay

  8. ETA Hoffmann

    Anne McElvoy and guests look at the writing of the German Romantic writer and musician

  9. ETA Hoffmann

    Anne McElvoy and guests look at the life of the German Romantic who died 25 June 1822.

  10. Essex

    Looking beyond the stereotypes of the county that's often described as 'much maligned'.

  11. Essay writing

    From Montaigne to modern Scottish writing - Rana Mitter discusses what makes a good Essay

  12. Escapism

    Matthew Sweet and guests question whether you can ever really escape

  13. Epistemic Injustice

    Shahidha Bari investigates how theory of knowledge can address real world problems

  14. Epic Iran, lost cities and Proust

    Rana Mitter and guests explore the art and culture of Iran + why people abandon cities.

  15. Encylopedias and Knowledge: from Diderot to Wikipedia.

    Jimmy Wales talks Diderot & collecting knowledge + Tariq Godard on Mark Fisher aka k-punk

  16. Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands

    Marie Darrieussecq, Lisa Mullen, Dafydd Daniel on magic and dystopias with Matthew Sweet.

  17. Empathy

    Authors Max Porter, Samantha Harvey & AK Benjamin discuss empathy with Chris Harding.

  18. Eliza Flower and non-conformist thinking

    Matthew Sweet hears about research into the singer & friend of JS Mill feat. live songs!

  19. Elites.

    Douglas Carswell, David Runciman and Eliane Glaser join Matthew Sweet to discuss elites.

  20. Elif Shafak, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Javier Cercas

    Shahidha Bari chairs a discussion recorded with an audience at the Hay Festival.

  21. Edward Said's thinking

    Rana Mitter reads the first biography of the Palestinian academic, pianist and negotiator

  22. Edward Bond

    Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the playwright Edward Bond (18 July 1934 – 3 March 2024)

  23. Eccentrics & Outsiders

    Matthew Sweet looks at figures including Sylvia Townsend Warner

  24. East West religious connections

    Authors Rowan Williams & Christopher Harding and artist Gayle Chong Kwan join Rana Mitter

  25. East Meets West

    Orientalism now with Fatima Bhutto, Ziauddin Sardar, Tom Holland, and artist Inci Eviner.

  26. East Germany

    Katja Hoyer on East Germany, behind the Berlin Wall and the Cold War caricature

  27. Early cinema: why are we obsessed with firsts?

    Matthew Sweet looks back at the early history of cinema

  28. Early Buddhism; Sheila Rowbotham

    Two Buddhist scholars and the socialist feminist historian join Rana Mitter

  29. Dystopian thinking

    As Kay Dick's They opens at MIF, Matthew Sweet and guests trace the history of dystopias.

  30. Dust, dirt and domesticity

    From mould to desertification Naomi Paxton and guests on the impact of dirt,heat and damp

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