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Delusions of grandeur and freedom of speech
Tom Sutcliffe with Grayson Perry, Lionel Shriver and Fara Dabhoiwala

Abdulrazak Gurnah on family and resistance
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Samantha Ellis and Jason Allen-Paisant with Shahidha Bari.

Lockdown and the Covid generation
Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the impact and legacy of Covid lockdown

How political ideology affects the brain
Adam Rutherford with Leor Zmigrod, Iain Dale and John Rees.

The Great Auk meets Victorian explorers, and zombie ponds
Tom Sutcliffe with Tim Birkhead, Kaliane Bradley and Mark Nowers.

Community and industrial decline
Adam Rutherford with Sam Wetherell, Yu Jie and Jack Thorne.

Writing and rewriting history
Tom Sutcliffe with Tom Holland, Moudhy Al-Rashid and Gus Casely-Hayford.

Wages for Housework – then and now
Shahidha Bari with Emily Callaci, Rosie Campbell and Victoria Smith

Manufacturing and sustainability
Tom Sutcliffe with Tim Minshall, Bernie Bulkin and Fiona Dear.

Climate Crisis: truth, lies and compromise
Adam Rutherford with Mike Berners-Lee, Joe Murphy and Marianne Brown