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Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday

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City living
Adam Rutherford explores the city with Ben Power, Amanda Levete and Simon Kuper.
22 Apr 2024,41 mins
Power to the people
Tom Sutcliffe discusses democracy with Erica Benner, Alpa Shah and Bobby Duffy.
15 Apr 2024,41 mins
Music and poetry
Kirsty Wark discusses poetry and music with Alison Balsom, Graeme Lawson and John Burnside
08 Apr 2024,41 mins
The war between science and religion
Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Taylor, Nick Spencer and Frances Flinter.
01 Apr 2024,42 mins
Crossing borders and belonging
Adam Rutherford with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Helena Lee and Jessica J Lee.
25 Mar 2024,41 mins
Intrigue and disinformation from the Russian Revolution to Ukraine invasion
Tom Sutcliffe with Andrey Kurkov, Peter Pomerantsev and Charlotte Jee.
18 Mar 2024,41 mins
Time passing: ageing, memory and nostalgia
Adam Rutherford with Venki Ramakrishnan, Charan Ranganath and Agnes Arnold-Forster
11 Mar 2024,41 mins
Mysterious Plants
Kirsty Wark with Chris Thorogood, Kelsey Byers and William Milliken
04 Mar 2024,41 mins
Weighty issues
Tom Sutcliffe with Naveed Sattar, Stephanie Yeboah and Henry Dimbleby
26 Feb 2024,41 mins
Arts: changing the world?
Tom Sutcliffe with Ellen E Jones, Hew Locke and Noora Niasari
19 Feb 2024,41 mins
Global influences
Kirsty Wark with Josephine Quinn, Carolina Rangel de Lima and Christopher Harding.
12 Feb 2024,42 mins
Opium trade to synthetic opiates
Tom Sutcliffe with Amitav Ghosh, Richard Brittan and Fiona Measham.
05 Feb 2024,42 mins
Made out of glass
Adam Rutherford with Jasmine Allen, Ayako Tani, John Parker and Claire Corkhill.
29 Jan 2024,42 mins
War crimes justice
Tom Sutcliffe with Gary J Bass, Lyndsey Stonebridge and Christopher Stephen.
22 Jan 2024,42 mins
Climate resolutions
Kirsty Wark with Hannah Ritchie, Akshat Rathi and Michael Meredith.
15 Jan 2024,41 mins
A century of Labour
Tom Sutcliffe with Jon Cruddas, Jane Green and Jonathan White.
08 Jan 2024,41 mins
AI, states and corporations
Tom Sutcliffe with Mike Wooldridge, Naomi Alderman and David Runciman.
18 Dec 2023,41 mins
Small states: global impact and survival
Adam Rutherford with Armen Sarkissian, Margaret MacMillan and Lyse Doucet
11 Dec 2023,41 mins
Playing games
Tom Sutcliffe with Marcus du Sautoy, Anthony Bale, Jane Draycott and GT Karber
04 Dec 2023,42 mins
Space – the human story
Kirsty Wark with astronaut Tim Peake, writer Samantha Harvey and physicist Roberto Trotta.
27 Nov 2023,41 mins
Monet and machine vision
Tom Sutcliffe with Jackie Wullschläger, Mat Collishaw and Jill Walker Rettberg
20 Nov 2023,42 mins
Music – from page to performance
Adam Rutherford with Errollyn Wallen, Laurence Cummings and Emma Smith.
13 Nov 2023,40 mins
China – its poetry and economy
Tom Sutcliffe with Noo Saro-Wiwa, Michael Wood and George Magnus
06 Nov 2023,41 mins
Soundtrack to life
Kirsty Wark with Natalie Merchant, Michel Faber and Jeffrey Boakye
30 Oct 2023,40 mins
Infected blood - from scandal to inquiry
Tom Sutcliffe with Cara McGoogan, Jason Evans and Gabriel Scally.
23 Oct 2023,42 mins
Unruly bodies
Adam Rutherford with Emma Dabiri, Carol Morley and Cat Bohannon.
16 Oct 2023,42 mins
Israel
Tom Sutcliffe with Nathan Thrall, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen and Jake Wallis Simons.
09 Oct 2023,42 mins
The Iliad and the right to rule
Adam Rutherford with Emily Wilson, Mary Beard and Ben Riley-Smith
02 Oct 2023,41 mins
Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds
Tom Sutcliffe with Lemn Sissay, Lebogang Mashile and Clare O’Dowd
25 Sep 2023,42 mins
Homo Sapiens +/-
Tom Sutcliffe with Sebastian Faulks, Ludovic Slimak and Lauren Gunderson.
18 Sep 2023,41 mins