Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Encylopedias and Knowledge: from Diderot to Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales talks Diderot & collecting knowledge + Tariq Godard on Mark Fisher aka k-punk.
Street Culture, Protests, Food
Philip Dodd talks to gilet jaune and novelist Edouard Louis about streets and culture.
Sea Goings
Julia Blackburn, Katie Paterson, Charlotte Runcie, the Cutty Sark.
Art and Refugees from Nazi Germany
Writing about the Holocaust and the shock of Modernism in 1930s Britain.
Consent
How we deal with unwanted sexual advances and changing depictions on stage are debated.
Slow Looking at Art
Ways of Seeing with Michael Craig Martin, Aura Satz, Kelly Grovier & Daniel Glaser.
Oscars 2019
Matthew Sweet & guests look at films making waves as the Academy announces its shortlists.
Icons
Do our heroes and heroines have to be perfect? We look at ikons, film idols & politicians.
Tourism past and present
Must-see sights for post-Napoleonic War tourists, Cold War travellers and hot spots now.
Walls
Novelist John Lanchester, historians David Frye, Kylie Murray and journalist Tim Marshall
