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  1. Thinking about war

    Adam Rutherford talks to Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman about strategists and strategy.

  2. Breakage and repair

    Tom Sutcliffe's guests include Booker Prize-winner George Saunders on his new novel, Vigil

  3. Fun and games

    Naomi Alderman with C Thi Nguyen, Keza MacDonald and Stephen Bush.

  4. Censorship

    Tom Sutcliffe talks to the artist Ai Weiwei about censorship and being held for 81 days.

  5. Biology, technology and the future

    Adam Rutherford asks what it might mean if we can build human bodies and minds.

  6. Rethinking politics

    Tom Sutcliffe explores how we might reform politics

  7. The arts and health

    Adam Rutherford and guests explore the connection between body and soul.

  8. Animals and Meaning

    Naomi Alderman with Justin Gregg, Peter Fretwell and Marianne Hem Eriksen

  9. Poetry - reading, writing, editing and translating

    Nick Makoha, Miles Leeson and Karen Leeder.

  10. The Dark

    Shadows in art, photography and poetry: Adam Rutherford's guests discuss darkness.

  11. Histories, emotions and identity

    Lyndal Roper, Masud Husain and Hannah Durkin.

  12. Space, Quantum Frontiers and Cosmic Clues

    Tom Sutcliffe looks to the stars with Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Paul Davies and Caroline Smith

  13. Genes and hands: mapping character and health

    Alison Bashford, Matthew Cobb and Charlotte Houldcroft with Adam Rutherford.

  14. Digital Futures and Information Crises

    Cory Doctorow, Naomi Alderman and Oliver Moody with Tom Sutcliffe.

  15. Saving Tigers, Green Crime and Cli-fi

    Jonathan Slaght, Juhea Kim and Julia Shaw in conversation with Adam Rutherford.

  16. Storytelling: Jeanette Winterson, Rory Stewart and Soweto Kinch

    Jeanette Winterson, Soweto Kinch and Rory Stewart, with Tom Sutcliffe.

  17. Crossing genres with Wayne McGregor

    Wayne McGregor, Anne Enright and Tanika Gupta talk to Shahidha Bari.

  18. Maps 鈥� lost, secret and revealing

    James Cheshire, Jerry Brotton and Jenny Uglow, with Tom Sutcliffe.

  19. Endangered languages and vanishing landscapes

    Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Klaus Dodds and Sverker S枚rlin, with Adam Rutherford

  20. Yanis Varoufakis on Greece鈥檚 civil war

    Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and historians Paul Cartledge and Mary Vincent.

  21. Steven Pinker on common knowledge

    Steven Pinker, Aleks Krotoski and David Edmonds, with Adam Rutherford.

  22. Contains Strong Language Festival, Bradford

    Saima Mir, Andrew McMillan and Catherine Clarke at the CSL Festival in Bradford.

  23. Afghanistan and the DRC

    Lyse Doucet, Michela Wrong and Ashleigh Percival-Borley talk to Shahidha Bari.

  24. Arundhati Roy and maternal inheritance

    Arundhati Roy, Lea Ypi and Sarah Howe talk to Tom Sutcliffe.

  25. Sanctuary, refuge and exile

    Tom Sutcliffe talks to Marina Warner, Oliver Basciano and Fergus Butler-Gallie.

  26. The Idea of Genius

    Adam Rutherford talks to Helen Lewis, Francesca Wade and Dean Van Nguyen

  27. Hidden spaces and dangerous places

    Tom Sutcliffe talks to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Danny Dorling and Adele Zeynep Walton.

  28. The uses and abuses of the atom

    Shahidha Bari talks to Frank Close, Tim Gregory and Baroness Natalie Bennett.

  29. Hay Festival: exposing the secrets of rubbish

    Tom Sutcliffe at Hay Festival, with Chloe Duckworth, Sarah Gabbott and Saabira Chaudhuri

  30. Mathematics, Symbiosis and Japanese art

    Adam Rutherford discusses art, maths and creativity with Marcus du Sautoy.

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