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Night Waves Episodes

  1. The Atomic Bomb

    Philip Dodd presents an edition exploring the culture and politics of the atom bomb.

  2. Alvaro Siza

    Anne McElvoy talks to Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza, who won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal.

  3. Amos Oz

    Rana Mitter presents an extended conversation with celebrated Israeli writer Amos Oz.

  4. Picasso at the National Gallery

    Matthew Sweet visits the National Gallery's first Picasso exhibition.

  5. The 成人快手coming

    Philip Dodd with a Night Waves Landmark dedicated to Harold Pinter's play The 成人快手coming.

  6. Patrick Tyler

    Isabel Hilton and veteran US journalist Patrick Tyler on America's role in the Middle East

  7. Clint Eastwood

    Matthew Sweet discusses Clint Eastwood's continuing significance in cinema.

  8. Van Dyck

    Bidisha discusses the work of the great 17th-Century portraitist Van Dyck.

  9. Charles Darwin

    Rana Mitter asks who has been the most influential: Charles Darwin or Marx and Freud?

  10. Abraham Lincoln

    Anne McElvoy reassesses the legacy of Abraham Lincoln 200 years after his birth.

  11. Richard Bean

    Matthew Sweet talks to playwright Richard Bean about his play England People Very Nice.

  12. Rank in British Society/the Wilson twins

    Matthew Sweet and guests discuss an exhibition about rank in British society.

  13. Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses

    Matthew Sweet explores the legacy of the fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie in 1989.

  14. Bidisha

    Bidisha talks to South Africa's novelist Andre Brink, and discusses the chastity movement.

  15. 03/02/2009

    Isabel Hilton hears how some African thinkers are now rejecting the idea of overseas aid.

  16. 02/02/2009

    Philip Dodd talks to American writer John Patrick Shanley about his film Doubt.

  17. 29/01/2009

    Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the Israeli film Waltz with Bashir.

  18. 28/01/2009

    Psychotherapist Susie Orbach talks about our growing obsession with body image.

  19. 27/01/2009

    Philip Dodd talks to Tariq Ramadan, one of Europe's leading Muslim thinkers.

  20. 26/01/2009

    Rana Mitter talks to Christopher Frayling, outgoing chair of Arts Council England.

  21. 22/01/2009

    Bidisha reviews Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise as Hitler's would-be assassin.

  22. 21/01/2009

    Isabel Hilton talks to Daniel Tammet about his memoir about life with Asperger's syndrome.

  23. 20/01/2009

    Philip Dodd examines a controversial new biography of pioneering sociologist Max Weber.

  24. 19/01/2009

    Bidisha speaks to celebrated British fashion designer Hussein Chalayan.

  25. 15/01/2009

    Prof Sean Spence discusses the ethics of using pharmacology to regulate human behaviour.

  26. 14/01/2009

    Matthew Sweet interviews Auschwitz survivor and human rights judge Thomas Buergenthal.

  27. 13/01/2009

    Philip Dodd talks to psychoanalyst Adam Phillips about the virtues of kindness.

  28. 12/01/2009

    Rana Mitter talks to psychologist Penelope Leach, author of the book Your Baby and Child.

  29. 08/01/2009

    Bill Drummond talks about the future of music and his campaign to end recorded works.

  30. 07/01/2009

    Philip Dodd discusses the enduring fascination with the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.

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