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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Debt

    As Budget day approaches, Anne McElvoy looks at debt from the South Sea Bubble to Sunak

  2. Death rituals

    From death cafes to bronze age burials, C19th mourning rings to the way doctors cope.

  3. Death Comes to Us All

    Richard Holloway, Kathryn Mannix and Kevin Toolis debate the end of life with Philip Dodd

  4. Davos Discussions. Shobana Jeyasingh. New Generation Thinker Seán Williams

    Anne McElvoy explores topics discussed at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

  5. David Chalmers & Iain McGilchrist

    Two leading thinkers investigating the nature of mind and its place in the world

  6. David Bailey, Don McCullin

    Philip Dodd goes to David Bailey's studio and talks to Don McCullin about his Tate show.

  7. David Bailey, Don McCullin

    Philip Dodd goes to David Bailey's studio and talks to Don McCullin about his Tate show.

  8. Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871)

    Matthew Sweet and guests assess Darwin's arguments about the human species, sex, and race

  9. Dark Places

    A poet, crime writer, theologian, marine biologist and Matthew Sweet explore darkness

  10. Dante's visions

    Art historian Martin Kemp, painter Emma Safe, parallels with Proust and a Dante website

  11. Dadaism's 100th anniversary.

    Matthew Sweet looks at the founding of the Dada movement 100 years ago.

  12. Dadaism's 100th anniversary.

    Matthew Sweet looks at the founding of the Dada movement 100 years ago.

  13. Dada and the power of Nonsense

    A project to re-imagine the Dada arts movement now, and reflections on satire and nonsense

  14. Cuba, cold war and RAF Fylingdales

    Novelist Ian McEwan and researchers into early warning system archives join Anne McElvoy

  15. Crossroads and TV soaps

    Russell T Davies and Paula Milne on the power of soap operas

  16. Crisis & Decision

    Do we live in a time of crisis? Matthew Sweet gets to grips with the present moment

  17. Crimes of Passion: Sophie Hannah, Michael Hughes and David Wilson

    A crime writer, novelist from Northern Ireland and former prison governor compare notes.

  18. Crime and punishment medieval to modern

    Matthew Sweet's guests include Lord Sumption and criminal barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind

  19. Cows in culture and soil

    Are cows the answer to depleted soil or the problem? With farmer and author James Rebanks

  20. Counterculture and Protest

    Matthew Sweet with Paul Hartnoll, Tony White, Tessa DeCarlo & Paul Cronin on uprisings.

  21. Could there be a private language?

    Shahidha Bari investigates Wittgenstein's response to scepticism

  22. Cosy comfort reading or Nietzsche?

    Alexander McCall Smith, Susannah Clapp, Tom Shakespeare, Deborah Sugg Ryan & Hugo Drochon

  23. Cornwall and the Coastal Gothic

    Laurence Scott investigates what's lurking in the rock pools

  24. Contagion and Viruses

    Matthew Sweet talks to John Dupré , Mark Honigsbaum, Lisa Mullen & Matt Adams

  25. Conservatism, Philanthropy, Liberal and socialist futures

    Anne McElvoy surveys current thinking on big political ideas and ideology.

  26. Consent

    How we deal with unwanted sexual advances and changing depictions on stage are debated.

  27. Connecting with nature

    Music from thunder, art inspired by a dog walk,essays about a rural wood and a city field

  28. Community

    Post local elections and pre VE day events, Shahidha Bari explores ideas about community

  29. Common Sense

    Ann Widdecombe, Rachael Wiseman, Sarah Jilani and Tiffany Watt Smith with Matthew Sweet

  30. Colour

    Laurence Scott and guests on the history and meaning of colour

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