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Night Waves Episodes

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    Phil Redmond, The Master

    Philip Dodd talks to TV producer and writer Phil Redmond. Plus the new film The Master.

  2. Thomas Keneally, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, David Byrne

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. With Thomas Keneally, a Barbara Hepworth show and David Byrne.

  3. Wagner and Myth

    In a special edition, Samira Ahmed examines how myth influenced Wagner.

  4. Jo Nesbo interviewed, Howard Brenton on Cromwell

    Jo Nesbo discusses his novel The Bat; Howard Brenton on his play featuring Cromwell.

  5. Syrian Art, Institutions and Abuse, David Thomson

    Matthew Sweet is joined by film historian David Thomson.

  6. Wagner

    Anne McElvoy maps the intellectual development which informed Richard Wagner's work.

  7. Hanna Rosin, Hollywood Costume, Psychoanalysis and Climate Change, 1922

    Philip Dodd on 1922, Hollywood Costume, The End of Men, and climate change.

  8. Keats, Michael Chabon, The Ash Tree

    Arts and cultural discussion with Matthew Sweet includes a new biography of John Keats.

  9. Mo Yan, Anish Kapoor, All that Fall, Frontline Medicine

    Samira Ahmed talks to sculptor Anish Kapoor. Plus Samuel Beckett's All that Fall reviewed.

  10. Kofi Annan

    Kofi Annan talks to Philip Dodd about diplomacy, his father and the future of the UN.

  11. International Review

    Matthew Sweet with an International Review edition, discussing the arts around the world.

  12. Paul Auster, Catalan Independence, Ruby Sparks, Edmund de Waal

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. With novelist Paul Auster and potter/writer Edmund de Waal.

  13. Scenes from an Execution, Tamara Rojo, al-Qaeda, Rothko/Sugimoto

    Anne McElvoy presents a review of Howard Barker's play Scenes from an Execution.

  14. Don Paterson

    Poet and musician Don Paterson talks to Philip Dodd as his selected poems are published.

  15. Open Accesss, Anne Applebaum, Berenice

    Rana Mitter is joined by writer and editor Anne Applebaum.

  16. Eric Hobsbawm, Mark Mazower, Madness and Incarceration

    Eric Hobsbawm remembered, The idea of governing the world and Victorian madness.

  17. Jack Straw, Noise, A Small Town Near Auschwitz

    Arts and cultural discussion with Anne McElvoy includes Jack Straw on power and depression

  18. Mars

    Samira Ahmed examines the cultural significance of the planet Mars.

  19. Louvre Islamic Wing, Tarun J Tejpal, Untouchable, Servants

    Matthew Sweet is in Paris to examine the newly-opened Islamic art wing at the Louvre.

  20. Mark Rylance

    Philip Dodd's guest is Mark Rylance, former artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe.

  21. Ryszard Kapuscinski, Jonathan Healey, Mademoiselle Julie, Bristol Old Vic

    With a discussion on Ryszard Kapuscinski, the 'undeserving poor', and Mademoiselle Julie.

  22. Howard Jacobson, Morality, Barbara Hulanicki

    Philip Dodd is joined by Barbara Hulanicki, founder of the famous clothes store Biba.

  23. Sir John Major, Salman Rushdie, Julietta

    Matthew Sweet talks to Salman Rushdie about his time living under the Iranian Fatwa.

  24. Sebastian Faulks, John Elliott, Cui Jian

    Rana Mitter talks to author Sebastian Faulks and the historian John Elliott.

  25. Amartya Sen

    In a programme exploring 'the good life', economist Amartya Sen talks to Philip Dodd.

  26. Landmarks: Dostoevsky's The Idiot

    Matthew Sweet with a Landmark edition examining Dostoevsky's The Idiot.

  27. 11/09/2012

    Anne McElvoy asks if we put too much weight on happiness as a measure of quality of life.

  28. What is 'Enough'?

    Philip Dodd on what 'enough' means in an economic climate dominated by wanting 'more'.

  29. LS Lowry, Thomas Kuhn, Magic Mike, Voyeurism

    Philip Dodd casts an irreverent eye over the reputations LS Lowry and Thomas Kuhn.

  30. James Fenton, Tommie Smith, Ibsen, Jonathan Healey

    Presented by Rana Mitter. With James Fenton, Tommie Smith and Jonathan Healey.

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