BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Authority

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss authority in politics, business, education and the family.

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

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

Depictions of working class life on TV and in culture and how they've changed.

The history of an idea that's shaped political philosophy, from Plato to Carl Schmitt.

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss labour in terms of both work and childbirth.

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss labour in terms of both work and childbirth.

From spying behind enemy lines in WWII France to lives lived online.

Gisela Stuart, AN Wilson, Fern Riddell, Sarah Williams, Matthew Stallard and Matthew Sweet

With Cambridge's Professor of Innovation Tim Minshall and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan.