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    Arts & Ideas

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    869 episodes
    Language:
    English
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    Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.
    Language:
    English
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    Episodes1 - 10 of 869 episodes

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    Beer, Crisps and the British pub

    What makes the life, character and imagery of the British pub? Anne McElvoy talks to We...

    56 minutes
    		Dec 20, 2024

    Luck, predictability and superstition

    Shahidha Bari and guests discuss luck, fortune and superstition. How much truth is ther...

    57 minutes
    		Dec 13, 2024

    How we think about evil

    Matthew Sweet is joined by guests including Dr Jack Symes, philosopher at Durham Univer...

    56 minutes
    		Dec 06, 2024

    Gifts and Gratitude

    When you give a gift, do you expect anything in return? And if so, does that mean it wa...

    56 minutes
    		Nov 29, 2024

    Diplomacy from Ancient Greece to Trump

    Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the art of diplomacy from Ancient Greece to the Tudors ...

    56 minutes
    		Nov 22, 2024

    Cosy comfort reading or Nietzsche?

    A cosy cottage with warming fireplaces, comfort food, crime dramas on tv: Matthew Sweet...

    56 minutes
    		Nov 15, 2024

    Milton and our modern world

    Political upheaval, the role of the press and free speech, attitudes towards divorce: t...

    56 minutes
    		Nov 08, 2024

    Ghosts, death and ecstatic states

    With Day of the Dead, Halloween and All Souls Day being marked in different countries a...

    57 minutes
    		Nov 01, 2024

    Are we all American now?

    Does the reach of the USA and its cultural influence mean "we're all American now?" Ann...

    56 minutes
    		Oct 25, 2024

    Insiders & Outsiders

    The philosopher Leo Strauss claimed that many of the great texts of Western philosophy ...

    56 minutes
    		Oct 18, 2024

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