Free Thinking Episodes Episode guide
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African identity via China and photography
Teju Cole, Noo Saro-Wiwa and Tate curator Osei Bonsu talk to Laurence Scott.
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Korea and Japan
Chris Harding reads from Yu Miri's new novel, The End of August.
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Robert Aickman
On Halloween, Matthew Sweet & guests discuss supernatural fiction, conservation and canals
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Eliza Flower and non-conformist thinking
Matthew Sweet hears about research into the singer and friend of JS Mill feat. live songs!
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Sleep
John Gallagher gets sleeping tips from research pioneers and early modern history
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Sankofa and Afrofuturism
Curator Ekow Eshun, academic Sarah Jilani and sculptor Zak Ov茅 with Shahidha Bari.
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Valis and Philip K Dick
A weirdly autobiographical science fiction novel from 1981, inspired by hallucinations.
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Humours and the body
From mitochondria and 16th-century cancer treatments to breath, blood and Bach cantatas.
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Victorian colour, jewellery and metalwork
Nandini Das visits Colour Revolution at the Ashmolean in Oxford and talks to a jeweller.
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Being Blonde
Matthew Sweet and Professor Lynda Nead explore links between Diana Dors and Ruth Ellis.
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The Frieze/Radio 3 Museum Directors Debate 2023
Directors of the National Portrait Gallery, London and MACBA, Barcelona join Anne McElvoy
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Art, Kew, a symphony and nature
Artist Mat Collishaw, composer Jimmy L贸pez Bellido, academics Vid Simoniti and Sarah Casey
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Faith, consciousness and creating meaning in life
Philosophers Daniel Dennett, Philip Goff, podcaster Liz Oldfield & a faith museum curator.
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Refuge and National Poetry Day
Poets Momtaza Mehri, Julianknxx and historian Jes煤s Sanjurjo join Matthew Sweet.
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Slavic culture and myth
Matthew Sweet looks at the origins of creatures like Baba Yaga, Banniks and Rusalkas.
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Hobbes and New Leviathans
John Gray on why rereading Hobbes can help us understand contemporary politics.
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Childbirth and parenthood: Contains Strong Language
Testament, Hannah Silva, historian Jessica Cox and Thackray museum curator Laura Sellers.
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Betty Miller and Marghanita Laski
Howard Jacobson, Lara Feigel and Lisa Mullen with Matthew Sweet.
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Notebooks and new technology
Authors Jonathan Coe, Roland Allen, Lesley Smith and art book maker Gill Partington.
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Why go into space?
Christopher Harding investigates the history, culture and science of space exploration.
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Black Atlantic
Artist Jaqueline Bishop and curator of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
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The Red Shoes
Ahead of a BFI festival, Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Powell and Pressburger's film
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Queer history, new narrative in San Fransisco
Diarmuid Hester & Dodie Bellamy tell Naomi Paxton about a 70s experimental writing group.
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The Wolfson Prize 2023
Rana Mitter talks to the six authors shortlisted for the UK's main history writing prize.
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Rock Follies
The groundbreaking 1970s TV drama reassessed with guests including actor Rula Lenska.
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Oxford Philosophy
The influence of JL Austin, Gilbert Ryle, Elizabeth Anscombe, and later, Derek Parfit.
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Childhood and play
The V&A has re-opened its museum of childhood as Young V&A plus how kids learn to speak.
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South Asia: poverty and princes
Historians Joya Chatterji and Tripurdaman Singh, plus the novels of Kamala Markandaya.
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Liverpool Biennial and art at MIF
Catherine Fletcher talks to three artists with new works at the Liverpool Biennial.
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A lively Tudor world
From needlework to marriage portraits to depicting music on the page.
