Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Burns the Radical; Exploration
Humboldt as Ecuadorian explorer, plus the territory between Scotland and England.
Royalty, art and patronage
Craig Brown, Afua Hirsch, Joe Moshenska and Philip Dodd discuss Charles I's art.
Oscar Contenders, Movie Moguls and Silent Film Stars
Matthew Sweet looks at the films nominated for the 2018 Academy Awards.
Frankenstein and AI now
Fiona Sampson, Daisy Hay, Christopher Frayling and David H.Guston with Matthew Sweet.
French writing and politics
Leila Slimani, President Macron's champion of French culture and language, is interviewed.
Australian novelist Peter Carey
Peter Carey talks to Rana Mitter about race and racing, on the subject of his latest novel
Counterculture and Protest
Matthew Sweet with Paul Hartnoll, Tony White, Tessa DeCarlo and Paul Cronin on uprisings.
The In Between
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough considers airport lounges railway stations and liminal spaces
Landmark: The Odyssey
Amit Chaudhuri, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Daniel Mendelsohn and Emily Wilson join Philip Dodd.
Diving Deep
Diving as metaphor, occupation and study from Tudor times to the present.
