Arts & Ideas
Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.
Latest Episode
Friendship (12.07.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Censorship, editing and self-censorship 05.07.2025
- Christian faith, politics and culture 28.06.2025
- Language 21.06.2025
- Failure 14.06.2025
- Podcasting difficult histories 07.06.2025
- Common Sense 04.06.2025
- Power: A User's Guide 04.06.2025
- WOLVES 24.05.2025
- Political Visions 17.05.2025
- Peace 10.05.2025
- Community 03.05.2025
- Decadence 26.04.2025
- The Middle Classes 29.03.2025
- Isolation 22.03.2025
- Evidence 15.03.2025
- Uncertainty 08.03.2025
- A pinch of salt 01.03.2025
- Malcolm X, life changes and flexible thinking 22.02.2025
- All we need is love 15.02.2025
- Repetition 08.02.2025
