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Series of thought-provoking talks on topics that affect culture and society.

Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society

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Four Thought: The Best of Four Thought: Matt Haig, Tim Meek, Adjoa Andoh

10/10/2015

The Best of Four Thought: Matt Haig, Tim Meek, Adjoa Andoh

BBC Radio 4 - Four Thought, The Best of Four Thought: Matt Haig, Tim Meek, Adjoa Andoh

Another chance to hear three great talks combining personal stories and new ideas.

Another chance to hear three great editions of Four Thought, in which speakers combine powerful personal stories with exciting new ideas.

Another chance to hear three great talks combining personal stories and new ideas.

Adjoa Andoh talks movingly about raising a transgender child, and about what really defines who we are or who we might become. "In too many places today," she says, "and in too many ways, we suffocate our true potential selves at birth."

Matt Haig describes how words helped him live with depression. "You have to believe there is a point of there being words, and that they can offer real meaning. Normally this belief is taken for granted, but that is because normally we are taking the world itself for granted. But when your mind crumbles to dust everything you thought you knew suddenly becomes something to question. You have to build reality up again. And the bricks we use to shape our realities are called words." 

Tim Meek explains why he and his family have left their old life behind them for a year of adventure on the road. "We believe that the real measure of modern success is nothing to do with your bank balance or the size of your house, but instead, the amount of free time you have at your disposal."

Presenter: Mark Coles
Producer: Sheila Cook
Editor: Richard Knight.

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