Free Thinking explores divisions and differences and the way people define themselves in today’s world. Guests include Mark Lilla, Linda Yueh, Steven Pinker, Sonia Boyce, John Gray, Scrumbly Koldewyn, Leïla Slimani and Ash Sarkar.
The cultural contribution of Muslim women, and Rana Mitter talks to artist John Keane.
Anne McElvoy talks to Gabrielle Rifkind, William J Burns and Gabriel Gatehouse.
Histories of West Africa, 20th-century China, and the art of translation.
Rana Mitter talks to Jason Webster, Ed Morales, Iain Sinclair and Iwona Blazwick.
Quassim Cassam and Simon Beard with Matthew, plus RW Fassbinder's 1970s TV sci-fi series.
Philip Dodd talks to gilet jaune and novelist Edouard Louis about streets and culture.
Do our heroes and heroines have to be perfect? We look at ikons, film idols & politicians.
Self help and identity politics are on the agenda as Philip Dodd meets a YouTube star.
Nandini Das and John Gallagher look at words for strangers in Tudor and Stuart England.
Philip Dodd on the intellectual dark web with Bari Weiss, Douglas Murray and Ed Husain.
Why Mark Lilla thinks the American Left needs a rethink and Gulzaar Barn on medical trials
Matthew Sweet looks at French philosophy and spies and explores belief with John Gray.
Anne McElvoy and others assess the influence of people power in Sage, Gateshead.
Economist Linda Yueh delivers her vision for restoring faith in the free market.
David Willetts, Polly Toynbee, Simone Finn, Julia Black, Adrian Wooldridge + Anne McElvoy.
Philip Dodd talks to Michael Ignatieff about the political landscape of central Europe.
Steven Pinker explains to Philip Dodd why we should ignore headlines + be more optimistic.
Leila Slimani, President Macron's champion of French culture and language, is interviewed.
Film maker Clio Barnard and novelist Amanda Craig on rural life. Matthew Sweet presents.
Philip Dodd and guests ask has culture forgotten the working class?
Peter Carey talks to Rana Mitter about race and racing, on the subject of his latest novel
Masha Gessen talks to Philip Dodd about tracing Russian history through four lives.
Essayist Adam Gopnik talks to Shahidha Bari about city living. Plus artist Lucinda Rogers.
The Rt Hon Lord David Willetts talks to Philip Dodd about universities in the UK.
