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Free Thinking Festival 2018 - The One and the Many Episodes

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  1. Death Comes to Us All

    Richard Holloway, Kathryn Mannix and Kevin Toolis debate the end of life with Philip Dodd.

  2. Introducing the New Generation Thinkers 2018

    From piracy to vegetarianism, George Orwell to surrogacy, Newton's alchemy to C18 fitness.

  3. Building Bridges and Other Megastructures

    Writer Erica Wagner, engineer Sean Wilkinson and architect Simon Roberts with Rana Mitter.

  4. #Speaking Up

    Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Afua Hirsch and Tarjinder Wilkinson on activism and Britishness.

  5. Can There Be Multiple Versions of Me?

    With June Sarpong, Emma Frankland, Gavin Francis and Julian Baggini.

  6. Rethinking Civilisations

    David Olusoga, Kit Davies and Kenan Malik debate what civilisation means with Philip Dodd.

  7. Gangs: The Usual Suspects

    Symeon Brown, James Docherty and Alistair Fraser chaired by Matthew Sweet.

  8. Power to the People?

    Anne McElvoy and others assess the influence of people power in Sage, Gateshead.

  9. Has Social Media Cracked the Code to the Crowd?

    Anne McElvoy discusses the impact of tech on the way we behave with guests.

  10. There is no i in Team

    MP Johnny Mercer, Theatre Director Elizabeth Newman and former footballer Paul Fletcher.

  11. The Dance of Nature

    Jim Al-Khalili, Melissa Bateson, Andrew Mcbain and Richard Bevan explore group behaviour.

  12. The Population Bomb

    Danny Dorling, Lionel Shriver and Stephen Emmott debate with Matthew Sweet.

  13. The One and the Many

    Celebrated artists from Paul Watkins to Vadim Gluzman introduce great works for soloists.

  14. The Free Thinking Lecture: Linda Yueh on Globalisation

    Economist Linda Yueh delivers her vision for restoring faith in the free market.

  15. What do we mean by 'Working Class Writing'?

    Kit de Waal, Darren McGarvey, Adelle Stripe and Michael Chaplin with Shahidha Bari.

  16. Mass Hysterics

    Comedians Alexei Sayle, Jen Brister and Sanjeev Kohli join Matthew Sweet at Sage Gateshead

  17. Are We Afraid of Being Alone?

    Sara Maitland, Lionel Shriver and John-Henry Clay explore solitude