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Reading & Empathy
"I never read novels" is something you hear people say. What is the point of reading - be it histories or fiction? Does it help us empathize with the…
1 year, 6 months ago
The eternal dynamic of Rivalry, Fredric Jameson, the newly reopened Warburg Institute
Sibling rifts, leadership battles in politics and history, philosophical schools of thoughts and their key players all come into our discussion of th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Crisis & Decision
Climate, trust, politics, communication. Some would say we live in a period of crisis several areas of society and life. How can we make sense of the…
1 year, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago