A Point of View Podcast
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Episodes to download
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Trust in Voices
Fri 28 Apr 2017
A L Kennedy commends paying attention to voices as a way to discern truth telling.
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The Past in the Present
Fri 21 Apr 2017
A.L. Kennedy reflects on the way our past shapes our present and our future.
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The Power of Reading
Fri 14 Apr 2017
AL Kennedy extols the virtues of reading and its power to encourage respect for others.
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Bad News is Good Business
Fri 7 Apr 2017
AL Kennedy says we should reject the media outlets that peddle only bad news.
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Dementia Rights
Fri 31 Mar 2017
Tom Shakespeare argues that dementia should be viewed as a disability.
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The Power and Peril of Stories
Fri 24 Mar 2017
Tom Shakespeare reflects on why the political populists are all master story tellers.
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The Screensaver of Life, or the Idling Brain
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Stella Tillyard looks at the phenomenon of the "idling brain".
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Flying Saucers and an Uncertain World
Fri 3 Mar 2017
John Gray asks how we come to terms with a world that is frighteningly unpredictable.
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The Follies of Experts
Fri 17 Feb 2017
John Gray on how we can prepare ourselves for an 'unknowable future'.
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Protecting Our Way of Life
Fri 10 Feb 2017
John Gray examines what lies behind our desire to protect our "way of life".
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States of Confusion
Fri 3 Feb 2017
Will Self on why we really should spend time worrying about why we are here.
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The Fourth Plinth
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Will Self on the role of public art projects like the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
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Re-launching National Service
Fri 13 Jan 2017
Will Self argues for the re-introduction of National Service.
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The fun of work - really?
Fri 6 Jan 2017
Will Self on how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged.
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The Shape Of Our Time
Fri 30 Dec 2016
Adam Gopnik explores the differences between patriotism and nationalism.
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"Baby It's Cold Outside"
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Adam Gopnik on the controversy surrounding the Christmas song Baby It's Cold Outside.
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Holes in Clothes
Fri 9 Dec 2016
Adam Gopnik reflects on the greater significance of designer holes in jeans!
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Bob Dylan and the Bobolaters
Fri 2 Dec 2016
Adam Gopnik reflects on Bob Dylan's predictable lack of gratitude towards his Nobel Prize.
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The Trump Card
Fri 11 Nov 2016
Roger Scruton assesses some of the reasons behind Donald Trump's victory.
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America Votes
Fri 4 Nov 2016
Adam Gopnik reflects on why he believes a Trump victory would be a disaster for America.
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In Praise of Prophets of Doom
Fri 28 Oct 2016
Howard Jacobson argues that dissatisfaction with life is essential.
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Shylock's Mock Appeal
Fri 21 Oct 2016
Howard Jacobson applauds the granting of an appeal by Shylock in a mock trial in Venice.
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In Praise of Difficulty
Fri 14 Oct 2016
Howard Jacobson applauds Tom Stoppard's attack on the ignorance of the average audience.
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