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Carl Schmitt, democracy and dictatorship
With the success of the far right Alternative for Deutschland party in the German elections, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris making their pitches to A…
1 year, 3 months ago
Carl Schmitt, democracy and dictatorship
With the success of the far right Alternative for Deutschland party in the German elections, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris making their pitches to A…
1 year, 3 months ago
Escapism
Travel, reading, cinema and psychedelic drugs are all means people have used to try to escape. But do they ever really lead us where we want them to?…
1 year, 6 months ago
The illusion of time, the summer solstice & the philosophy of comedy
As the sun sets on the longest day of the year, Matthew Sweet talks to an eclectic group of guests about the illusion of time, the summer solstice an…
1 year, 6 months ago
History - the long and short of it
Histories spanning the Big Bang to the present, and the story of an entire continent have been written by two of the Free Thinking guests tonight. Wh…
1 year, 6 months ago
Generations - D-Day - Global Instability
With D-day commemorations giving us images of "the finest generation" and discussion about how parties are targeting different age groups in the UK e…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies
The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies looking at some of the latest releases at the cinema and what they say about our culture society and democr…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies
The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies looking at some of the latest releases at the cinema and what they say about our culture society and democr…
1 year, 7 months ago
Left and Right - still relevant in British and Global Politics?
British politics has long been defined by the labels of left and right but the terms are now often seen as defunct with research showing voters incre…
1 year, 7 months ago
Positive & negative politics, "intellectual vices" and the face you bring to work.
Sir Richard Evans, Margaret Heffernan, Isabel Oakeshott, Quassim Cassam join Anne McElvoy to look at the ideas shaping our lives today. Are they opti…
1 year, 7 months ago