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.
Philip Dodd looks at 2000 years of Arab Christians and the modern rise of Pentecostalism.
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith share visions of the future with Rana Mitter. Plus Kevin Rudd.
Yanis Varoufakis with Philip Dodd. Plus the new play from Richard Bean and Clive Coleman.
Rana Mitter hosts a debate on relations between Japan, US and China.
Simon Schama and Devorah Baum discuss Jewishness.
Niall Ferguson argues for a less hierarchical history. Degas' images of the human body.
From Fact in Liverpool, Rana Mitter and guests debate mermaids, robots, humans and animals
Rana Mitter and guests look back to Edwardian England and at conservative thinking now.
New Generation Thinkers Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott on Canada in TV, poems and art.
Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore our perceived obsession with the self.
Writer Paul Kingsnorth talks about his changing attitude to the environmental movement.
With a discussion about anger, Elif Shafak's new novel and a debate about Trumpism.
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Colin Grant and Kei Miller discuss the Caribbean with Matthew Sweet
Philip Dodd presents, with debates about empathy, rigorous thinking and the welfare state.
Anne McElvoy explores the history and future of the Union Jack.
Rana Mitter and guests debate the meaning of patriotism beyond the west.
Alain Finkielkraut and Karim Miske talk to Philip Dodd about French identity.
Edith Hall, Chris Kissane and Matthew Sweet on what might be on a Brexit reading list.
Exploring identity through the lens of literature, art and everyday 21st-century life.
Douglas Carswell, David Runciman, Eliane Glaser and Lynsey Hanley on elites.
With a graphic novel based on Paul Nash's dreams, plus religion and revolution in Hungary.
With Chris Kissane discussing citizenship, plus Matthew Wall on betting patterns.
Frank Dikotter, Xiaolu Guo and Xinran discuss the Cultural Revolution with Rana Mitter.
Philip Dodd talks to artist Olafur Eliasson and novelist Andrey Kurkov.
