Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Psychohistory: Isaac Asimov and guiding the future
Matthew Sweet asks if the fictional science of psychohistory changed the future of humans.
Simplify your life - ideas from 20th-century radicals
Laurence Scott looks at the rise of vegetarianism, a basic income, world peace and nudism.
Why we read and the idea of the 'woman writer'
From Elizabethan poet Anne Dowriche and Anne Bronte to what women say they read now.
Philosophy, imagination and film
Rana Mitter, Sally Potter and philosophers discuss thought experiments and cinema.
Could there be a private language?
Shahidha Bari investigates how Wittgenstein meets the challenge of scepticism.
Panpsychism - Is everything conscious?
Matthew Sweet lifts the lid on a radical movement in philosophy.
The Strange Case of the Huge Country Pile
Matthew Sweet and guests are upstairs and downstairs in the stately home.
The culture wars and politics now
Philip Dodd with Douglas Murray, David Goodhart, Beatrix Campbell and Maya Goodfellow.
Extinction Rebellion and the End of the World
Rana Mitter looks at the ideologies surrounding climate disaster.
Speaking the right language.
Matthew Sweet asks how did the English language grow & what are the key election phrases?
