Escapism
Travel, reading, cinema and psychedelic drugs are all means people have used to try to escape. But do they ever really lead us where we want them to? With the election looming, Glastonbury in full swi...
28 Jun 202456min
The illusion of time, the summer solstice & the philosophy of comedy
As the sun sets on the longest day of the year, Matthew Sweet talks to an eclectic group of guests about the illusion of time, the summer solstice and the philosophy of comedy. They are: Materials sci...
21 Jun 202456min
History - the long and short of it
Histories spanning the Big Bang to the present, and the story of an entire continent have been written by two of the Free Thinking guests tonight. What insights do big histories bring and what is the ...
14 Jun 202456min
Generations - D-Day - Global Instability
With D-day commemorations giving us images of "the finest generation" and discussion about how parties are targeting different age groups in the UK election, Anne McElvoy hosts a discussion looking at...
7 Jun 202456min
The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies
The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies looking at some of the latest releases at the cinema and what they say about our culture society and democracy today. Matthew Sweet speaks to Financial Times ...
31 Mai 202456min
Left and Right - still relevant in British and Global Politics?
British politics has long been defined by the labels of left and right but the terms are now often seen as defunct with research showing voters increasingly struggle to identify policies as being from...
25 Mai 202457min
Positive & negative politics, "intellectual vices" and the face you bring to work.
Sir Richard Evans, Margaret Heffernan, Isabel Oakeshott, Quassim Cassam join Anne McElvoy to look at the ideas shaping our lives today. Are they optimists or pessimists ? How negative should we be in ...
21 Mai 202456min
New Thinking: 2024’s New Generation Thinkers
Does reading really encourage empathy? Are we asked to perform a role when we walk into the workplace? How was early film and technicolour embraced for political ends? Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough fi...
16 Mai 202444min
