Free Thinking Episodes Available now
The Condom and VD
Matthew Sweet and guests talk about sexual health, VD clinics, sex work and condoms.
Chocolate
Shahidha Bari discusses the confection that has conquered the world.
The Greenwich Outrage
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss an attempt to blow up the Royal Observatory in 1894.
Picnics
From Picnic at Hanging Rock to an Iron Curtain Pan European picnic
On the Silver Globe
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Andrzej Zulawski's compelling science fiction film.
East/West religious connections
Authors Rowan Williams & Christopher Harding and artist Gayle Chong Kwan join Rana Mitter.
Secrets, lies and Irish History
Clair Wills, Martin Doyle, Scott McKendry and Louise Brangan discuss secrets and conflict.
Holocaust history
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day (Jan 27) Anne McElvoy hears testimony and new research.
The Kyoto School
Chris Harding investigates the flourishing of Japanese philosophy in the 1930s and beyond.
Heidegger and Anti-Semitism
Matthew Sweet discusses the influential German philosopher's relationship with Nazism.