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    Jewish history, jokes and contemporary identity. Michael Longley

    Simon Schama and Devorah Baum discuss Jewishness

  2. Jean-Paul Belmondo and the French New Wave

    The French film star who burst onto the scene in 1960 in Godard's Breathless

  3. Japan Now 2020

    Philip Dodd talks to Hiromi Ito, Tomoko Sawada, Yukiko Motoya, and Motoyuki Shibata

  4. Japan and Nature

    The photographs of Mika Ninagawa and the new novel from Hideo Yokoyama, with Anne McElvoy

  5. Jane Goodall, Elif Shafak

    Two campaigning women talk to Matthew Sweet.

  6. James Ellroy

    Philip Dodd is in conversation with the American author James Ellroy

  7. James Baldwin and race in USA

    Rana Mitter & guests re-read James Baldwin's writing as a new US President is inaugurated

  8. Jacques Tati's Trafic

    Matthew Sweet, Adam Scovell, Muriel Zagha and Phuong Le on the 1971 French comedy.

  9. Jack the Ripper and women as victims

    Rescuing the Ripper's victims from the shadows of history

  10. Italy, David Baddiel, Frank Skinner, existence

    A panel of guests discuss the state of Italy, as the country marks 150 years of...

  11. Isolation

    Matthew Sweet explores ideas about being on your own

  12. Is there a great divide between the arts and science?

    Sir Paul Nurse and Tristram Hunt debate with an audience at Queen Mary University London.

  13. Is the shadow of Mao still hanging over China?

    Rana Mitter talks to historians of China - Jung Chang and Julia Lovell.

  14. Is the Shadow of Mao still hanging over China?

    Rana Mitter talks to historians of China Jung Chang and Julia Lovell, & reporter Cindy Yu

  15. Is the Law keeping up with our changing world?

    A panel of researchers share insights into the law and warfare, gender and AI

  16. Is Politics Dead?

    As Europe struggles to manage the current financial crisis we are seeing un-elected...

  17. Is Might Right?

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

  18. Is British Culture Getting Wierder?

    Gazelle Twin, Julia Bardsley, Hannah Catherine Jones, Luke Turner & William Fowler.

  19. Iris Murdoch's The Sovereignty of Good

    Matthew Sweet and guests on Iris Murdoch's thought and writing (15 July 1919-8 Feb 1999)

  20. Irenosen Okojie and Nadifa Mohamed. Midsummer archaeology

    A virtual Bare Lit Festival talk, Nadifa Mohammed & Irenosen Okojie with Shahidha Bari

  21. Introducing the New Generation Thinkers 2018

    From piracy to vegetarianism, George Orwell to surrogacy, Newton's alchemy to C18 fitness

  22. Introducing the 2019 New Generation Thinkers

    From German techno music to the Glasgow ‘rag trade’, divisive dams and democracy's bug

  23. Introducing New Generation Thinkers 2023

    Chris Harding meets the 10 academics who will make programmes from their research in 2023

  24. Introducing New Generation Thinkers 2021

    Ten researchers look at colonial history, alphabets, punctuation, poetry, art terminology

  25. International Review

    Matthew Sweet entertains guests from Ghana, Italy, India and Egypt to discuss Saladin,...

  26. Insiders & Outsiders

    Matthew Sweet and guests explore the secret languages of the internet and beyond

  27. Inside the 'Intellectual Dark Web'

    Philip Dodd explores the Intellectual Dark Web with Bari Weiss, Douglas Murray + Ed Husain

  28. Innovation

    Matthew Sweet explores the cultures of novelty

  29. Influencing History

    Matthew Sweet and guests ask who makes history and debate arguments in the Reith lectures

  30. Individualism and Community

    From Enlightenment conscience to New Deal USA, carers and refugees. Anne McElvoy hosts.

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