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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with leading artists and thinkers in extended interview and debate.

Free Thinking: 2013 Festival: Free Thinking Essay

Free Thinking: 2013 Festival: Free Thinking Essay: Part 5: In Search of Ecstasy

In Search of Ecstasy

Part 5 Part 5: In Search of Ecstasy

2013 Festival

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Jules Evans explores rationalists' suspicions about states of high elation.

Jules Evans of Queen Mary, University of London explores rationalists' suspicions about states of high elation, asking 'is it dangerous or beneficial to feel ecstatic?'.

The audience at a rock concert adoring the star; a Pentecostalist congregation praising God; an athlete reaching the pitch of performance known as "the zone" - these can all be described as feelings of "ecstasy". Jules Evans, from Queen Mary, University of London, examines rationalist arguments about elation being a form of madness and asks whether it is beneficial or dangerous to feel ecstatic.

Producer: Zahid Warley

First broadcast in November 2013.

Free Thinking: 2013 Festival

Free Thinking Essay

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.

Series of events from the 2013 Free Thinking festival. The theme is 'who's in control?'

Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers give talks in front of an audience at Free Thinking 2013

Series in which Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers give talks in front of an audience at Sage Gateshead for the 2013 Free Thinking festival of ideas. The theme is 'who's in control?'

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