Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
The culture of Albania
Matthew Sweet is joined by Lea Ypi, Adela Demetja, Ani Kokobobo and Aurel Qirjo
New Thinking: AI, feminism, human/machines
Kerry McInerney, Eleanor Drage and Kendra Briken share their research with Laurence Scott
Busking and Billy Waters
The early 19th century street performer Billy Waters, Streetwise Opera and street ballads
The wicked? stepmother
Ahead of Mother's Day Matthew Sweet and guests discuss new ways of looking at stepmothers
Decadent Art
New research into ideas about decadence and connections with France, England and Iran.
Debt
As Budget day approaches, Anne McElvoy looks at debt from the South Sea Bubble to Sunak
New Thinking: British Sign Language
Kate Rowley and Gerardo Ortega talk about new research into British Sign Language
Making Your Voice Heard
Shahidha Bari is joined by Dina Nayeri, Kirsty Sedgman, Michelle Assay and Alberta Whittle
Anarchism and David Graeber
Matthew Sweet and guests look at the ideas of American anthropologist (1961-2020).
Dom Sylvester Hou茅dard
Matthew Sweet and guests on the career of the C20th concrete poet and Catholic mystic