A Point of View Podcast
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Episodes to download
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Virtual Violence
Fri 1 Apr 2016
Will Self thinks people are as violent as ever, counting the virtual and online worlds.
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Allergic to Food
Fri 25 Mar 2016
Finding himself on a restricted diet, Will Self reflects on the rise of food allergies.
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Resolutions
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Adam Gopnik struggles with his new year's resolutions to meditate and listen to good music
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Human Hybrids
Fri 11 Mar 2016
Adam Gopnik deplores the fashion for attacking so-called 'cultural expropriation'.
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Moral Futures
Fri 26 Feb 2016
Adam Gopnik thinks future generations will judge us as harshly as we judge our ancestors.
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Vanilla Happiness
Fri 19 Feb 2016
Adam Gopnik says the secret of happiness lies in unexpected pleasures.
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Star Wars Obsession
Fri 5 Feb 2016
Writer Helen Macdonald confesses to an obsession with the recent Star Wars movie.
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Expert by Experience
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Tom Shakespeare reflects that personal experience is the most powerful form of expertise.
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Face to Face
Fri 22 Jan 2016
Tom Shakespeare is concerned by what the rise of cosmetic surgery says about society.
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Sing a New Song
Fri 15 Jan 2016
Tom Shakespeare argues that the country needs a new national anthem.
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Peerless
Fri 8 Jan 2016
Tom Shakespeare suggests ways to shrink and completely reform the House of Lords.
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Howard Jacobson: Wisdom
New Year's Day 2016
Howard Jacobson does not feel complimented when someone describes him as 'wise'.
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Howard Jacobson: Sermons
Christmas Day 2015
Howard Jacobson would sooner see Radio 4's Thought for the Day more, not less, religious.
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Howard Jacobson: Christmas
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Howard Jacobson recalls a mongrel mix of traditions in his family's Christmas festivities.
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Sarah Dunant: Protest, Paris, Terror
Fri 4 Dec 2015
Sarah Dunant reflects on the links between protest, terrorism, climate change and Paris.
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From Pot to Profit
Fri 27 Nov 2015
Sarah Dunant welcomes Canada's plans to fully legalise marijuana.
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Sarah Dunant: Crisis in Catholicism
Fri 20 Nov 2015
Sarah Dunant sees a new crisis in the Catholic Church as a result of unchanged policy.
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Roger Scruton: The Tyranny of Pop
Fri 6 Nov 2015
Roger Scruton deplores the tyranny of banal and ubiquitous pop music.
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Roger Scruton: Offensive Jokes
Fri 30 Oct 2015
Roger Scruton argues for the freedom to make jokes that others may find offensive.
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Roger Scruton: In Defence of Free Speech
Fri 23 Oct 2015
Roger Scruton argues that the law on freedom of speech ought to protect heretical views.
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Will Self: On Gardening
Fri 16 Oct 2015
Will Self reflects on our relationship with gardens and gardening.
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Will Self: Looks Matter
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Will Self says people cannot pretend that looks do not matter.
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Will Self: What's in a Name
Fri 2 Oct 2015
Will Self reflects on the significance of names, including his own.
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Will Self: A Life of Habit
Fri 25 Sep 2015
Will Self sees a love of habit as a shield against the unexpected in life.
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Will Self: Losing Sleep
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Will Self reflects on the various reasons for his inability to sleep soundly any more.
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P J O'Rourke: Presidential Candidates
Fri 11 Sep 2015
PJ O'Rourke sizes up the candidates aspiring to be President of the United States.
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The Abolition of Man
Fri 4 Sep 2015
John Gray warns about the dangers of science that promises to enhance human abilities.
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Another Kind of Atheism
Fri 28 Aug 2015
John Gray discusses why it's time to rethink today's narrow view of atheism.
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John Gray: Recalling Eric Ambler
Fri 21 Aug 2015
John Gray frecalls the work of Eric Ambler and finds unsettling contemporary echoes.
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John Gray: Euro Despair
Fri 14 Aug 2015
John Gray sees the euro as a misconceived project with Greece's economy as a casualty.
