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Evidence
Matthew Sweet and his guests discuss our shifting relationship with evidence from the law, to science, academic study and the paranormal. He's joined…
1 year, 1 month ago
Uncertainty
Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the issue of uncertainty from scientific discovery and the space race to the shifting geopolitical landscape and how …
1 year, 1 month ago
A pinch of salt
Free Thinking looks at today's world with "a pinch of salt" tonight. From stories in the bible to desalination plants, preserving food to salt taxes:…
1 year, 1 month ago
Malcolm X, life changes and flexible thinking
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss changing course in life, flexible thinking and keeping an open mind with writer and curator Ekow Eshun, philosopher …
1 year, 2 months ago
All we need is love
From classical thinking to the romcom films in cinema today: Why do we yearn to find our "other half" but struggle with the reality of long term rela…
1 year, 2 months ago
Repetition
Matthew Sweet with art critic TJ Clark, who has written about the importance of repeated viewing for appreciating a work of art; philosopher and film…
1 year, 2 months ago
Decision Making
Matthew Sweet and guests talk about about the tools and processes of decision making today and through history. Justine Greening is a former Secretar…
1 year, 2 months ago
Diaries
“A diary is not only a text: it is a behaviour, a way of life, of which the text is a by-product", says the French theorist Philipe Lejeune. From anc…
1 year, 3 months ago
Knowing When To Stop
Do the means justify the end, as Sartre asked? When is an art work finished? From the frenzy of Bacchus to the moderation of Epicurus - how have Gree…
1 year, 3 months ago
Beer, Crisps and the British pub
What makes the life, character and imagery of the British pub? Anne McElvoy talks to Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin, author Natalie Whittle whose book …
1 year, 4 months ago