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Philippa Perry

Philippa Perry explains why the stories we tell to and about ourselves are so powerful.

• 15 mins

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Rebecca Mott

Rebecca Mott calls for the abolition of prostitution.

• 15 mins

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Mark Graham

Thought-provoking talks with a personal dimension.

• 15 mins

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SF Said

SF Said believes fiction can help to bridge the divide between 'us' and 'them'.

• 15 mins

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Rachel Armstrong

Rachel Armstrong proposes we should harness the computing power of the natural world.

• 15 mins

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Jonathan Ree

Jonathan Ree warns against the current fashion for confusing morality with politics.

• 15 mins

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Jono Vernon-Powell

Jono Vernon-Powell argues for a revival in the lost art of hitchhiking.

• 15 mins

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Sandra Newman

Sandra Newman argues that genuinely cool people are a liability.

• 15 mins

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Karl Sharro

Karl Sharro wants people to be allowed to build whatever they want.

• 15 mins

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Serena Kutchinsky

Serena Kutchinsky reflects on a fateful obsession with the Faberge egg.

• 15 mins

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Jasper Fforde

Jasper Fforde asks whether humans have reached the limit of creative thought.

• 15 mins

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Noreena Hertz

Noreena Hertz argues that it is sometimes very dangerous to put your trust in experts.

• 15 mins

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Rupert Goodwins

Technology writer Rupert Goodwins asks what has gone wrong with internet discourse.

• 15 mins

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Adjoa Andoh

Adjoa Andoh on raising a transgender child.

• 15 mins

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Philip North

Philip North argues that poor people have been held back by the professional middle class.

• 15 mins

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Americans Abroad

Mara Oliva argues that we need to think differently about Americans and foreign policy.

• 15 mins

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A New Currency of Commitment

Comedian Rosie Wilby proposes the end of monogamy.

• 15 mins

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In Defence of Anger

Philosopher Amia Srinivasan makes the case for anger.

• 15 mins

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The Trouble with Paradise

Carrie Gibson argues that we need to rethink our notion of paradise.

• 15 mins

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Creative Women

Anna Beer asks why we do not hear more music composed by women.

• 15 mins

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Judgement at Last

Tiffany Jenkins argues that we need more judgement about quality in art, culture and life.

• 15 mins

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A World for Children

Daniel Hahn argues that more children's books should be translated into English.

• 15 mins

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Making Drugs Today

Sunil Shaunak argues that pharmaceuticals could, and should, build social capital.

• 15 mins

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High Street Revival

We are trying to revive our high streets the wrong way, argues Clare Richmond.

• 15 mins

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Migration, Separation and Wales

Wyn James tells the story of the Welsh settlements in Patagonia.

• 15 mins

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Killing the Consumer

Jon Alexander argues that consumer power has become an idea which is damaging society.

• 15 mins

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Claire Cunningham

Disabled dancer Claire Cunningham considers why she would never want to be 'fixed'.

• 15 mins

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Andy Kirkpatrick

Mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick considers the importance of managed risk for our children.

• 15 mins

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Kenneth Steven

Kenneth Steven considers the damage cruise ships do to fragile indigenous communities.

• 15 mins

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Esther Woolfson

Esther Woolfson controversially argues it may be time to stop owning pets?

• 15 mins