Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Why Are Maps Still So Powerful?—2013 Festival
A discussion asking if maps can reveal too much and how they direct our thinking.
Therapy Versus Prayer—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay
10/10 Christopher Harding explores religion and counselling in Japan and the UK.
Who's Got Hold of Children's Imaginations?—2013 Festival
Authors Patrick Ness and Professor Charles Fernyhough discuss children's imaginations.
Cutting Tradition—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay
9/10 Rebecca Steinfeld investigates the place of religious traditions involving genital cutting
Controlling the Countryside—2013 Festival
Fiona Reynolds and Simon Thurley discuss planning and power pressures on rural areas.
Science and Sensibility—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay
8/10 Gregory Tate asks what controls humans: rational thought or unconscious emotion.
An Interview with John Waters—2013 Festival
Filmmaker John Waters talks to Samira Ahmed about Hairspray, hitchhiking and Baltimore.
Autobiographical Memory and Contemporary Fiction—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay
7/10 Alice Hall explores the effect of blogs, YouTube and phone apps on telling life stories.
Teaching the Teachers: The Future of Education—2013 Festival
Lecture in which Professor Sugata Mitra talks about teaching ourselves using computers.
Wombs on Legs? Science Fiction and the Control of Reproduction—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay
6/10 Sarah Dillon explores roles for women in science fiction and asks if the genre is sexist.
