Four Thought Podcast
Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society
Episodes to download
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Listening to Street Children
Wed 14 Dec 2016
Sarah Thomas de Benitez says it's time to listen to street children.
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Dealing With Dementia
Wed 7 Dec 2016
Tommy Whitelaw calls for more support and respect for people living with dementia.
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Magazine Renaissance
Wed 30 Nov 2016
Jeremy Leslie explains why reports of magazines dying have been greatly exaggerated.
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Change for the Better
Wed 16 Nov 2016
Katz Kiely argues that we should all learn to better manage change.
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Property Ownership
Wed 9 Nov 2016
Chris Pierson makes the case for a radical rethinking of private property.
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Supporting Mothers
Wed 2 Nov 2016
Kerry Littleford argues that mothers who have children taken into care need help.
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Stories with Food
Wed 26 Oct 2016
Annie Zimmerman and James Wheale argue that food is the perfect storytelling medium.
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Other People's Stories
Wed 19 Oct 2016
Anna Derrig asks who has the right to tell someone else's story.
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The Art of Diary Writing
Wed 5 Oct 2016
Sally Bayley traces the art of diary writing from Pepys to today's culture of blogging.
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The Pull of the Land
Wed 28 Sep 2016
Nick Ivins explains how the pull of the land turned him into a homesteader.
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Funny Politics
Wed 21 Sep 2016
Ayesha Hazarika explains why she thinks humour is so important in our political discourse.
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In Praise of Parks
Wed 14 Sep 2016
Travis Elborough explores the role of public parks in British life.
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Are Pornographers Anti-Sex?
Wed 31 Aug 2016
Melissa Raphael explains why she sees pornographers as anti-sex.
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Father and Son
Wed 24 Aug 2016
Laurence Anholt describes how his dying father revealed his traumatic past experiences.
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Being Turkish
Wed 17 Aug 2016
Writer Elif Shafak describes how being Turkish means always worrying about your country.
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A Lonely Society
Wed 29 Jun 2016
Lucy Hurst-Brown asks why so many learning disabled people are so lonely.
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Citizen Diplomacy
Wed 15 Jun 2016
Former ambassador Tom Fletcher argues that the future of diplomacy will be citizen-led.
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Dead White Composers
Wed 20 Apr 2016
Simon Zagorski-Thomas thinks we fail to value the study of pop music.
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Spice In Prison
Wed 6 Apr 2016
Stuart J Cole warns of the crisis in UK prisons posed by 'spice', a synthetic cannabis.
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Healing Minds
Wed 30 Mar 2016
Rachel Kelly believes there needs to be a more nuanced approach to mental illness.
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Best of Four Thought: Hinge Moments in History
Wed 27 Jan 2016
Another chance to hear three of the best recent episodes of Four Thought.
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Reaching Out
Wed 20 Jan 2016
Charlie Howard argues that public services should find their users, not wait to be found.
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Positively Medieval
Wed 13 Jan 2016
Lucy Allen argues that medieval society had a conflicted attitude towards women.
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A Boat of One's Own
Wed 6 Jan 2016
Michelle Madsen makes the case for life on Britain's rivers and canals.
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