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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Enoch Powell, US Supreme Court, War and Art

    With a play about Enoch Powell, the US Supreme Court and the visual language of war.

  2. South African Art: William Kentridge, Vivienne Koorland, Gavin Jantjes.

    William Kentridge, Vivienne Koorland and Gavin Jantjes discuss South Africa and art.

  3. Richard Hakluyt, Man Booker Prize, Chickens in the Anthropocene, Shirley Jackson

    Includes Richard Hakluyt's legacy, chickens and the 2016 Man Booker Prize.

  4. Artes Mundi Prize, Harriet Walter, Amitav Ghosh, Edmund Richardson

    With a review of the 2016 Artes Mundi show, actress Harriet Walter and author Amitav Ghosh

  5. Paul Nash, George Szirtes, Hungary 1956 and now

    With a graphic novel based on Paul Nash's dreams, plus religion and revolution in Hungary.

  6. Kevin Brownlow

    Kevin Brownlow talks to Matthew Sweet about documenting and restoring silent film classics

  7. Caravaggio, Bob Dylan, Dario Fo, Lenin's Train Journey

    Including the Nobel Prize in Literature, Dario Fo's plays and Caravaggio's art.

  8. Sound Frontiers: Teju Cole

    Writer Teju Cole talks to Philip Dodd about Baldwin, Boko Haram and Black Lives Matter.

  9. Outsiders and Colin Wilson, The Vulgar, Norse Sagas

    Including Colin Wilson's ideas about alienation, fashion at the Barbican and Norse gods.

  10. Sound Frontiers: Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman

    Authors Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman are in conversation with Philip Dodd.

  11. Sound Frontiers: HG Wells

    As the 2016 London Literature Festival opens, Matthew Sweet chairs an HG Wells discussion.

  12. Sound Frontiers: Kamila Shamsie, Nikesh Shukla, Drugs in the German Reich, Board Games

    Rana Mitter discusses drugs and the Nazis, migration, and the metamorphosis of gaming.

  13. Sound Frontiers: Fiction in 1946

    Benjamin Markovits, Lara Feigel and Kevin Jackson discuss the best fiction of 1946.

  14. Sound Frontiers: Success debated by Peter Frankopan, Edith Hall, Kwame Kwei-Armah

    Anne McElvoy debates success, the subject for a Third Programme debate in 1967.

  15. Sound Frontiers: People Power - John Bew, Alison Light, Kwasi Kwarteng, Helen Lewis

    Philip Dodd and guests discuss Clement Attlee's legacy, people power and cultural tastes.

  16. Medieval Manuscripts, Emma Donoghue, The Story of Boris Vian

    With a discussion about medieval illuminated manuscripts, plus author Emma Donoghue.

  17. American Power? Suzan-Lori Parks, Gary Younge, Abstract Expressionism

    With dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks, plus gun culture and abstract expressionism at the RA.

  18. Shelina Janmohamed, Edward Ardizzone's Art, Jewish identity in fiction

    With Anne McElvoy. Including Shelina Janmohamed and a discussion on Edward Ardizzone's art

  19. Energy and Landscape: Edward Burtynsky, Ella Hickson

    Philip Dodd is joined by artist Edward Burtynsky and playwright Ella Hickson.

  20. Thames Estuary Festival, Jatinder Verma, Arne Næss

    From Dickens & wartime defences to Doctor Who, Matthew Sweet explores the Thames estuary

  21. Aphra Behn, 1066 and the South Coast, Mark Thompson

    Anne McElvoy discusses Aphra Behn at the RSC and a festival marking 1066.

  22. Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction, Raqib Shaw

    Anne McElvoy looks ahead to the Rio Olympics, discussing Brazilian culture.

  23. War and Modern Memory

    Philip Dodd discusses war and modern memory.

  24. Liverpool Art Biennial

    Matthew Sweet and critic Natalie Haynes report from the Liverpool Biennial.

  25. Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine, Lidudumalingani

    Anne McElvoy discusses Welsh links to Ukraine, plus Welsh fiction since devolution.

  26. Deserts

    Matthew Sweet discusses deserts with writers Geoff Dyer and Laurence Scott.

  27. Hisham Matar, Street Furniture, Easternisation, Katherine Cooper on Storm Jameson

    With Hisham Matar on the search for his father, street furniture and Storm Jameson's work.

  28. Post-referendum reflections, New Generation Thinker Chris Kissane on citizenship

    With Chris Kissane discussing citizenship, plus Matthew Wall on betting patterns.

  29. Tony Garnett

    British TV and film producer Tony Garnett is in conversation with Matthew Sweet.

  30. Walter Benjamin, the Soviet Superwoman, Munch

    Anne McElvoy discusses the fiction of Walter Benjamin and the Soviet superwoman.

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