Free Thinking 2012 - Hell is Other People
As our global population increases and technology encourages instant communication, are we becoming more sociable, or lonelier in a high tech crowd? To debate, Anne McElvoy is joined by broadcaster Ka...
19 Nov 201244min
Free Thinking 2012 - Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith, one of Radio 3’s New Generation Thinkers, explores why the simple peanut has become a battleground of medical debate. Recorded at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival at The Sage, Gateshead...
16 Nov 201214min
Free Thinking 2012 - Mark Pagel
Why have humans evolved to speak so many incomprehensible languages? Why do we work against our own survival by going to war with one another? Evolutionary Biologist Mark Pagel explores how humanity w...
16 Nov 201244min
Free Thinking 2012 - Sue-Ann Harding
Sue-Ann Harding, one of Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers, gives a talk in which she ponders the differences between an expat and an immigrant. She draws on television portrayals of migrants and perso...
15 Nov 201214min
Free Thinking 2012 - Immigration and the Challenge to Belonging
What does it mean to belong? Multiculturalism, integration and social division are increasingly part of the political debate. But what impact does immigration have on everyone's sense of national iden...
15 Nov 201246min
Free Thinking 2012 - Joshua Nall
Joshua Nall, one of Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers, gives a talk on the Victorian obsession with the planet Mars at the Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival. With the recent success of NASA's Curiosity l...
15 Nov 201214min
Free Thinking 2012 - Vicky Featherstone
As Scotland heads towards a referendum on independence, Vicky Featherstone discusses the role of a modern day national theatre in shaping and capturing national identity and history. Recorded at Radi...
14 Nov 201243min
Free Thinking 2012 - Nandini Das
Nandini Das, one of Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers, gives a talk on the 16th Century craze for crime pamphlets; a phenomenon which revealed a new secret world to readers and which became the first ...
14 Nov 201214min
