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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: Rewiring the Mind

The Essay: Rewiring the Mind: Episode 1: The Ethereal Mind

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Rewiring the Mind

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Episode 1: The Ethereal Mind

The Ethereal Mind

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David Hendy on how wireless communication conquered the world in the early 20th century.

Historian of broadcasting David Hendy explores how wireless communication conquered the world in the early years of the 20th century.

The historian of broadcasting, David Hendy, explores the ways in which the electronic media have shaped the modern mind. 

How did wireless conquer the world in the early years of the twentieth century, and how did a fascination with radio among scientists and writers unleash new ideas about the transmission of thought and the utopian potential of invisible forces?

Producer: Matt Thompson.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

David Hendy examines the ways in which the electronic media have shaped the modern mind

Historian of broadcasting David Hendy examines the ways in which the electronic media have shaped the modern mind

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