Free Thinking - Patriotism: Alain Finkielkraut, Karim Miské
At the end of a year which has seen Britain vote for Brexit, the rise of political parties claiming patriotism in other European countries and a sense of national pride being invoked by politicians in...
20 Dec 201644min
Free Thinking: Calling to Account: Bronwen Maddox, Margaret Hodge, Matthew Parris.
Are public enquiries good government? At the end of a year where we have seen the Hillsborough and Chilcot reports are these the best way of calling to account? Margaret Hodge and Bronwen Maddox join ...
16 Dec 201642min
Free Thinking: John Simpson on the death of the war correspondent.
John Simpson joins Philip Dodd to discuss fifty years of reporting from around the world for the BBC and what the future holds for foreign correspondents. Once our news came from three primary sources...
14 Dec 201645min
Free Thinking - A Brexit reading list.
Classicist Professor Edith Hall, New Generation Thinker Chris Kissane, novelist Elif Shafak, and Dr Alan Mendoza from the Henry Jackson Society join Matthew Sweet to consider what might be on a readin...
13 Dec 201645min
Our Relationship with Animals: Will Abberley, Chris Packham, Helen Pilcher, Alan Hook
Shahidha Bari and guests look at our relationship with animals. Chris Packham discusses his 'animal symphony' composed with musician Nitin Sawhney for a new documentary exploring animal reactions to ...
8 Dec 201644min
Maths: Alex Bellos, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Serafina Cuomo, Vicky Neale
Anne McElvoy meets David Rooney curator of the Winton Mathematics gallery at the Science Museum which has been redesigned by Zaha Hadid architects and explores the way maths skills are increasingly ne...
8 Dec 201644min
Free Thinking - Voices in Our Ears: Colin Grant, Josie Rourke, Charles Fernyhough, Clare Walker Gore
Colin Grant, author of a book exploring his brother's epilepsy, joins presenter Matthew Sweet, New Generation Thinker Clare Walker Gore who writes about Wilkie Collins and Charles Fernyhough - who stu...
6 Dec 201644min
Free Thinking - Rauschenberg - performance, identity and the writings of Erving Goffman.
What price the self in the 21st century? We may be living in the age of the "selfie" and of social media narcissism but is there anything fixed about the self? Philip Dodd and his guests, the novelist...
1 Dec 201644min
