Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Death Comes to Us All
Richard Holloway, Kathryn Mannix and Kevin Toolis debate the end of life with Philip Dodd
What Do We Mean by "Working Class Writing"?
Kit de Waal, Darren McGarvey, Adelle Stripe and Michael Chaplin with Shahidha Bari.
Introducing the New Generation Thinkers 2018
From piracy to vegetarianism, George Orwell to surrogacy, Newton's alchemy to C18 fitness
Building Bridges and Other Megastructures
Writer Erica Wagner, engineer Sean Wilkinson & architect Simon Roberts with Rana Mitter.
#Speaking Up
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Afua Hirsch & Tarjinder Gill debate identity with Philip Dodd.
Mass Hysterics
Comedians Alexei Sayle, Jen Brister & Sanjeev Kohli join Matthew Sweet at Sage Gateshead
Can There Be Multiple Versions of Me?
June Sarpong, Emma Frankland, Gavin Francis and Julian Baggini chaired by Anne McElvoy.
Free Thinking Essay: What Do You Do If You Are a Manically Depressed Robot?
Simon Beard, from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, on AI and Douglas Adams.
Free Thinking Essay: Kids With Guns
Emma Butcher looks at the view of war in the childhood writings of the Bronte family.
Rethinking Civilisations
David Olusoga, Kit Davies and Kenan Malik debate what civilisation means with Philip Dodd
