Start the Week Podcast
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
Episodes to download
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Animals and us
Mon 11 Nov 2019
Andrew Marr with Karsten Brensing, Emma Napper, Fritz Vollrath and Diana Donald.
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Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo
Mon 4 Nov 2019
Nobel prize-winner Esther Duflo, Julian Barnes and Richard Evans with Tom Sutcliffe.
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The artist - warts and all
Mon 28 Oct 2019
Andrew Marr with William Feaver, Humphrey Ocean and Kate Grandjouan
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Breaking bread together
Mon 21 Oct 2019
Kirsty Wark with Shamil Thakrar, Priya Basil, Joanna Blythman and Thomas Harding.
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Global culture
Mon 14 Oct 2019
Andrew Marr with Fatima Bhutto, Erica Whyman, Sook-Kyung Lee and John Burnside.
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Where is power now?
Mon 30 Sep 2019
Andrew Marr with Steve Richards, Ruth Kinna, Catherine Haddon and Eleanor Rhode.
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Antony Gormley: challenging conventions
Mon 23 Sep 2019
Tom Sutcliffe with Antony Gormley, Laura Wade, Charles Hazlewood and Daniel Rachel.
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Escaping the past
Mon 16 Sep 2019
Andrew Marr with Susan Neiman, David Howell, Jane Green and Stuart Ward.
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Epic quests and Greek myths
Mon 1 Jul 2019
Stephen Fry, Alison Balsom, David Hare and Lucy Hughes-Hallett with Tom Sutcliffe
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The power of poetry
Mon 24 Jun 2019
Andrew Marr with Rowan Williams, Martin Sixsmith, Jay Bernard and Kate Clanchy
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Money - in your pocket and in the bank
Mon 17 Jun 2019
Andrew Marr with John Guy, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Paul Tucker and Alice Tapper.
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Beyond the headlines
Mon 10 Jun 2019
Kirsty Wark with Chris King, Hussein Kesvani, Nicole Rousmaniere and Shahidha Bari.
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Jared Diamond on national crisis
Mon 3 Jun 2019
Andrew Marr with Jared Diamond, David Runciman and Kate Andrews.
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Hay Festival
Mon 27 May 2019
Jeanette Winterson, Naomi Wolf and John Browne join Tom Sutcliffe at the Hay Festival.
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Medical controversies
Mon 20 May 2019
Andrew Marr with Joshua Mezrich, Angela Saini, Caroline Criado Perez and Richard Ashcroft.
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Billy Bragg on anger and hope
Mon 13 May 2019
Tom Sutcliffe with Kerry Hudson, Billy Bragg, Howard Brenton and Will Tanner.
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Icons of English literature
Mon 6 May 2019
Andrew Marr with Marion Turner, Emma Smith and Juliet John.
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Freedom: From Kierkegaard to Black Lives Matter
Mon 29 Apr 2019
Amol Rajan with DeRay Mckesson, Clare Carlisle, Inua Ellams and Elizabeth Day
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Life in the wilderness
Mon 22 Apr 2019
Kirsty Wark with Dan Richards, Rebecca Frecknall, Sarah O'Connor and Heida.
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Ageing visibly
Mon 8 Apr 2019
Andrew Marr with Nicci Gerrard, Sue Armstrong, John Agard and David Slater.
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Free Thinking Festival
Mon 1 Apr 2019
Tom Sutcliffe with Harriet Shawcross, William J Burns, Kathryn Tickell and Thomas Dixon
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Art for all
Mon 25 Mar 2019
Tom Sutcliffe with Karl Ove Knausgaard, Fiona MacCarthy, Tamsin Wimhurst and Alison Brown.
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Understanding China
Mon 18 Mar 2019
Andrew Marr with Xinran, Julia Lovell, David KS Tse and Roel Sterckx.
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The battle against so-called Islamic State
Mon 11 Mar 2019
Kirsty Wark with David Nott, Azad Cudi, Joana Cook and Claire Foster-Gilbert
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Language and Culture
Mon 4 Mar 2019
Andrew Marr with Jhumpa Lahiri, April De Angelis, Katrin Kohl and Marcus du Sautoy
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Populations and contested lands
Mon 25 Feb 2019
Amol Rajan with Paul Morland, Julia Blackburn and Diarmaid Ferriter.
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The Eye of the Beholder
Mon 18 Feb 2019
Andrew Marr with Jill Burke, Elizabeth Goldring, Tom Stuart and Martin Sherman.
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The mind unravelling
Mon 11 Feb 2019
Kirsty Wark with Randolph Nesse, AK Benjamin and George Szirtes.
