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Philosophy and Film
Sally Potter joins Rana Mitter to discuss the relationship between philosophy and film. Also in the studio are philosophers Helen Beebee, Max de Gayn…
6 years ago
Could there be a private language?
How do I know that anybody else experiences the world in the way I do? Or even if other people experience anything at all? In the 20th century the ph…
6 years ago
Panpsychism - Is matter conscious?
Panpsychism is the view that all matter is conscious. It's a view that's gaining ground in contemporary philosophy, with proponents arguing that it c…
6 years ago
The Strange Case of the Huge Country Pile
Nosing around Osterley House, currently owned and run by the National Trust, Matthew Sweet and guests discuss our enduring fascination with the grand…
6 years ago
The culture wars and politics now.
Philip Dodd is joined by Douglas Murray, author of The Madness of Crowds, the commentator David Goodhart, the writer and campaigner Beatrix Campbell,…
6 years ago
Extinction Rebellion and the End of the World
Rana Mitter looks at the ideologies surrounding climate disaster with guests including Rupert Read of Extinction Rebellion, investigative journalist …
6 years ago
New Thinking: Telling new sporting stories
The annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year competition with its different categories presents a very different picture from the newspaper reports …
6 years ago
Speaking the right language.
Matthew Sweet asks how did the English language grow & what are the key election phrases? He's joined by historian John Gallagher who's written about…
6 years ago
The wealth gap, #MeToo and Edith Wharton
Laurence Scott, Sarah Churchwell, Francesca Segal and Alice Kelly re-read Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence. First published in 1920, it depicts n…
6 years, 1 month ago
Pan-Africanism
Nana Oforiatta Ayim is creating an encyclopedia of online images of Africa to challenge the way it is seen, has curated Ghana's first art pavilion at…
6 years, 1 month ago