Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Free Thinking: Ecstasy. Carpe Diem. 2017 New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes on medieval ecstasy.
Jules Evans and Roman Krznaric discuss living in the moment and trances with Rana Mitter.
Free Thinking: Hay 2017: Women's Voices in the Classical World.
Writers and historians join Catherine Fletcher for a discussion recorded at Hay.
Free Thinking: Artist Tom Phillips at 80; How do we save our plants?
Artist Tom Phillips talks to Philip Dodd about his career as he marks his 80th birthday.
Free Thinking - Japan and Korea. Hokusai
Chris Harding discusses the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai
Free Thinking - Bella Bathurst. Mike Figgis. Birds in British literature. 2017 New Generation Thinker Daisy Fancourt.
Matthew Sweet explores deafness, plot twists, birds in books & how music is good for you
Free Thinking: Fiona Shaw and Mark Ravenhill on Brecht, John Knox, 2017 New Generation Thinker Joanne Paul.
Philip Dodd looks at speaking truth to power and the beliefs of John Knox and Galileo.
Free Thinking: Rachel Seiffert. James Hawes,Richard Nelson. 2017 New Gen Thinker Alistair Fraser on gangs
Anne McElvoy explores German Russian history, US electioneering and crime with her guests
Free Thinking - Artist Taryn Simon. Deglobalisation. 2017 New Generation Thinker Eleanor Lybeck on the circus.
Photo London's Master of Photography Taryn Simon on her new exhibition Image Atlas
Free Thinking: Laurent Binet; the rise of blockchain tech.
Anne McElvoy talks to the French novelist about Roland Barthes.
Free Thinking: Salom茅, Angels in America, Queer British Art
Philip Dodd looks at desire & politics as Angels in America runs at the National Theatre