From Sage Gateshead, American poet Claudia Rankine gives the opening lecture of Radio 3's 2015 Free Thinking Festival, focusing on race, politics and the power of language. Show more
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Philip Dodd hosts a debate about our relationship with rule-breaking in the company of writer Simon Heffer, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and former MP Joyce Quin. Show more
Philip Dodd hosts a debate about drama on the page, stage, screen and in the way news stories are presented. With John Yorke, Bim Adewunmi, Allan Little and Emily Woof. Show more
In front of an audience at Sage Gateshead, Philip Dodd is in conversation with evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who talks about culture, religion and science. Show more
Rana Mitter hosts a debate asking if in the hunger for new ideas we are forgetting the lessons of the past. With shepherd James Rebanks and cultural anthropologist Veronica Strang. Show more
Rana Mitter chairs a debate about the best ways of developing scientific breakthroughs. With Carlos Frenk, Jim al-Khalili, lecturer Katy Price and Tom Shakespeare. Show more
Matthew Sweet chairs a debate asking how easy it is to break rules in the theatre. He is joined by actress Juliet Stevenson and director Natalie Abrahami. Show more
Rana Mitter debates the future of work with journalist Paul Mason, business development chief executive Lucy Armstrong and authors Richard and Daniel Susskind. Show more
Philip Dodd explores the writing of Angela Carter with critic Christopher Frayling, novelists Joanna Kavenna and Natasha Pulley and writer Susannah Clapp. The Reader is Emily Woof. Show more
Addiction expert Dr Sally Marlow gives a talk about our attitudes to alcohol. She then joins a debate with Professor Barry Smith, David Yelland and Shelina Zahra Janmohamed. Show more
Rana Mitter chairs a discussion about attitues to rules. With actress and author Sheila Hancock, journalist Bim Adewunmi, director Neil Bartlett and headteacher Jonny Mitchell. Show more
Anne McElvoy hosts a debate about success, asking what is both good and bad about competition. With Margaret Heffernan, Matthew Syed, Cath Bishop and Christopher Frayling. Show more
Anne McElvoy chairs a debate exploring the way medical advances appear to be changing the nature of family life. With Anne Fine, Tobias Jones and Sarah Cunningham-Burley. Show more
Author Joanne Harris and Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough discuss the god Loki and the power of Norse mythology. Recorded at the Free Thinking Festival for the Northern Lights season. Show more