Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Taking the Long View with the Animal Kingdom—Festival 2017
16/16 Tim Birkhead and Phyllis Lee on long-lived animal species and their survival strategies.
My Body Clock Is Broken—Festival 2017
15/16 Jay Griffiths, Vincent Deary, Louise Robinson and Matthew Smith discuss our mental health.
Time, Space and Science—Festival 2017
14/16 Carlos Frenk, Eugenia Cheng, Jim Al-Khalili and Louisa Preston debate time and space.
Writing Life—Festival 2017
13/16 Poet Simon Armitage and writer Alexandra Harris explore time and place in modern Britain.
Free Thinking at Uproot Festival
Author David Mark and poet Adelle Stripe join Matthew Sweet and an audience at Hull Truck.
An interview with Haemin Sunim—Festival 2017
12/16 Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist meditation teacher, on calm in a fast-paced 21st-century world.
New Generation Thinkers 2017—Festival 2017
11/16 The 2017 New Generation Thinkers make their first public appearance together.
Education Slow and Fast—Festival 2017
10/16 Tony Sewell and Mike Grenier discuss the challenges of education in the 21st century.
The Time of Your Life—Festival 2017
9/16 Edwina Currie, Miranda Sawyer and Lola Okolosie explore the different times of our lives.
The Never-Ending Workday—Festival 2017
8/16 Matthew Sweet introduces a discussion exploring the history of the workplace.