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Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 1: The Free Thinking Lecture: Linda Yueh on Globalisation

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Linda Yueh delivers her vision for restoring faith in the free market and the analysis of economists. Chaired by Philip Dodd with an audience at Sage Gateshead. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 3: The Population Bomb

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

The Population Bomb: Danny Dorling and Stephen Emmott join Lionel Shriver to look at the warnings of a 1968 book and whether we should heed its view of an overpopulated planet. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 4: The Dance of Nature

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

From schools of fish to starlings to atomic particles, group behaviour in nature discussed by Jim Al-Khalili, Melissa Bateson, Andrew Mcbain and Richard Bevan. Rana Mitter hosts. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 5: There is no i in Team

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Army captain turned MP Johnny Mercer, Theatre Director Elizabeth Newman and former footballer Paul Fletcher compare notes on leadership and teamwork - presented by Rana Mitter. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 6: Has Social Media Cracked the Code to the Crowd?

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Julia Hobsbawm, Jamie Bartlett, Laurence Scott and Abeba Birhane switch off their phones to focus on the impact of tech on the way we behave with presenter Anne McElvoy. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Are We Afraid of Being Alone?

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Sara Maitland, Lionel Shriver and John-Henry Clay explore solitude, in the modern city, online, in the medieval monk's cell and the asylum. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 8: Power to the People?

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Author David Runciman, columnist Rod Liddle, Caroline MacFarland and Professor Danny Dorling join Anne McElvoy and a Gateshead crowd to assess people power. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 9: Gangs: The Usual Suspects

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

What do we mean when we talk about a gang, the difference between loose street connections and organised crime, and why asking the question 'who am I' so often leads to trouble. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 10: Rethinking Civilisations

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

BBC TV presenter David Olusoga, anthropologist Kit Davies and writer Kenan Malik debate what civilisation means with Philip Dodd and an audience at Sage Gateshead. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Mass Hysterics

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Comedians Alexei Sayle, Jen Brister and Sanjeev Kohli join Matthew Sweet to offer a masterclass in making the many laugh. Recorded with an audience at Sage Gateshead. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 13: #Speaking Up

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Afua Hirsch and Tarjinder Wilkinson debate activism, social change and Britishness with Philip Dodd. Recorded with an audience at Sage Gateshead. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 14: Building Bridges and Other Megastructures

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Writer Erica Wagner, engineer Sean Wilkinson and architect Simon Roberts discuss the vision and the practicalities involved in building bridges. Rana Mitter chairs. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 15: Introducing the New Generation Thinkers 2018

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

From piracy to vegetarianism, George Orwell to surrogacy, Newton's alchemy to C18 fitness fads. Hear from the 10 academics chosen to turn their research into radio this year. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

What do we mean by 'Working Class Writing'?

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Novelists Kit de Waal and Adelle Stripe, TV, theatre and radio writer Michael Chaplin and author, rapper and winner of this year's Orwell Prize Darren McGarvey with Shahidha Bari. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 17: Death Comes to Us All

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Richard Holloway, Kathryn Mannix and Kevin Toolis debate the end of life, rituals and religion, with Philip Dodd. Recorded with an audience at Sage Gateshead. Show more

Free Thinking

Festival 2018 - The One and the Many

Episode 11: Can There Be Multiple Versions of Me?

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

TV presenter and campaigner June Sarpong, performer Emma Frankland, GP and author Gavin Francis and philosopher Julian Baggini discuss the changing self with Anne McElvoy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
June Sarpong
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Frankland
Interviewed Guest:
Gavin Francis
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Baggini
Producer:
Fiona McLean