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New Media Culture and Blade Runner
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss new media culture and the film Blade Runner.
Culture Wars: Cosmopolitanism v the Nation State
Philip Dodd investigates the tension between cosmopolitanism and the nation state.
Peggy Seeger
Philip Dodd is joined by folk singer Peggy Seeger, who talks about her music and politics.
Culture Wars: Secularism v Religion
Philip Dodd and guests discuss secularism and religion.
School Report - A Sense of Home, Beauty in Ancient Greece
Anne McElvoy hears from young people involved in the BBC's School Report Day.
Sociology in the 21st Century
Philip Dodd debates whether sociology still has a role to play in the 21st century.
Madness in Civilisation, Night Walking
Matthew Sweet discusses the history of mental illness. Plus a nocturnal history of London.
Tom McCarthy, Asne Seierstad, Fairness
With novelist Tom McCarthy, journalist Asne Seierstad and what is the idea of fairness.
The Age of Earthquakes, Maths in Films
With discussions about the 'extreme present' and maths and mathematicians in film.
Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro, Antigone Review
Kazuo Ishiguro talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel, The Buried Giant.
