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Night Waves Episodes

  2. The Social Network, Germany and Shakespeare

    Anne McElvoy talks to The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin about his film The Social Network

  3. Salman Rushdie

    Matthew Sweet talks to Salman Rushdie about his new novel Luka and the Fire of Life.

  4. Art in China, Socrates, Psychoanalysis

    Philip Dodd looks at the burgeoning art scene in China and discusses the life of Socrates.

  5. Mario Vargas Llosa, Peter Lanyon, Che Guevara, Mona Saudi

    Anne McElvoy discusses The St Ives group of artists and a new Che Guevera biography.

  6. Henry Mayhew

    Philip Dodd and guests on Henry Mayhew's masterpiece London Labour and the London Poor.

  7. Peter Ackroyd, Norman Wisdom, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Jonathan Franzen

    With Matthew Sweet. Peter Ackroyd; Norman Wisdom; Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

  8. Frans de Waal, The Song of Lunch, Or You Could Kiss Me, WWI Reparations

    Rana Mitter talks to influential primatologist Frans de Waal.

  9. Elizabeth Gaskell, Collapse, Dominic Sandbrook, Mona Saudi

    Anne McElvoy celebrates the 200th birthday of writer Elizabeth Gaskell.

  10. Galileo, Birdsong, Nigeria, Sound in Art

    Rana Mitter discusses Galileo, a stage version of Birdsong and Nigerian national identity.

  11. Colm Toibin, Gauguin, Christopher Isherwood

    With Philip Dodd. Includes Colm Toibin, Gauguin at Tate Modern and Christoper Isherwood.

  12. Correct English, John Le Mesurier, Made in Dagenham, Martin Parr

    Presented by Matthew Sweet. With photographer Martin Parr and Made in Dagenham reviewed.

  13. Downton Abbey, the Limits of Science, Krapp's Last Tape, Serge Diaghilev

    Anne McElvoy discusses Serge Diaghilev and probes the limits of scientific understanding.

  14. Marilynne Robinson, Irish Poetry, Progressive

    Philip Dodd talks to American novelist Marilynne Robinson.

  15. John Pawson

    Matthew Sweet talks to designer, architect and champion of minimalism John Pawson.

  16. 'Should Britain Give up its Delusions of Grandeur?'

    Philip Dodd presents a debate asking 'should Britain give up its delusions of grandeur?'.

  17. Tony Blair

    Philip Dodd in extended conversation with former prime minister Tony Blair.

  18. Barry Humphries, Juliet Gardiner, Alan Plater

    Matthew Sweet talks to Barry Humphries and celebrates the work of TV writer Alan Plater.

  19. David Lloyd George, Faust, Winter's Bone and Neville Brody

    Anne McElvoy on David Lloyd George with his biographer Roy Hattersley and Shirley Williams

  20. Mao Zedong, The Human Comedy, Ashmolean Museum, David Grossman

    Rana Mitter returns for a new season of the Arts and ideas magazine.

  21. Adam Phillips, Nudity, Barbara Kingsolver, The Pyramids

    Presented by Philip Dodd. With Adam Phillips on his new book about greed and excess.

  22. The Duchess of Malfi, Went the Day Well?, Henry IV, Burma

    Presented by Matthew Sweet. With a review of a new version of The Duchess of Malfi.

  23. Bret Easton Ellis, The Miners' Hymns, Georg Buchner

    Anne McElvoy talks to US author Bret Easton Ellis about his new novel, Imperial Bedrooms.

  24. 12/07/2010

    Philip Dodd with the arts and ideas programme, including a debate on the value of optimism

  25. International Review

    Anne McElvoy hosts an International Review edition, with critics from across the world.

  26. Philip Dodd

    Philip Dodd talks to the novelist Howard Jacobson and reviews Mark Rylance's latest show.

  27. Niall Ferguson, Hugh Trevor-Roper

    Rana Mitter talks to historian Niall Ferguson about the history of ethics and money.

  28. Sylvia Earle

    Matthew Sweet is in conversation with veteran oceanographer Sylvia Earle.

  29. Claire Denis

    Philip Dodd talks to celebrated French film director Claire Denis.

  30. Slavoj Zizek, Jared Diamond

    Anne McElvoy talks to the radical philosopher Slavoj Zizek and Jared Diamond's new columns

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