The Rotten Heart of Europe, Zero Dark Thirty, The Idea of the Artist, Juergen Teller

With Anne McElvoy. Includes the future of the EU, Zero Dark Thirty, and what is an artist?

• 45 mins

Kurt Schwitters, On the Edge, Gender, The Love Charm of Bombs

Matthew Sweet examines the late work of Kurt Schwitters.

• 45 mins

Neil Shubin, Quartermaine's Terms, Syrian Writers, China's Silent Army

Includes Neil Shubin, Quartermaine's Terms, Syrian writers and China's Silent Army.

• 45 mins

Deborah Cohen

Historian Deborah Cohen talks to Philip Dodd about her new book Family Secrets.

• 45 mins

Timbuktu and Beyond, Old Times, Engineering for Victory, The Shard

With Anne McElvoy. Includes Timbuktu and Beyond, Engineering for Victory and the Shard.

• 45 mins

Richard III Bones, Victorian Cross-Dressing, Hitchcock, Jared Diamond

Matthew Sweet talks to Jared Diamond. Plus the discovery of the bones of Richard III.

• 45 mins

Eugene Onegin, Biotechnology, Extinction, Liberty and Security

Philip Dodd reviews Eugene Onegin at Covent Garden. Plus the benefits of extinction.

• 45 mins

Ice Age Art, Nadeem Aslam, No, Rumer Godden

Samira Ahmed discusses the Oscar-nominated Chilean film No.

• 45 mins

Man Ray, Paris, William Dalrymple, Oliver James

Including Man Ray, Paris in the 1920s, William Dalrymple and Oliver James.

• 45 mins

Amit Chaudhuri, Pope Benedict XVI Resignation, Robert Lepage, Inside the FCO

Amit Chaudhuri, Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, Robert Lepage review and inside the FCO.

• 45 mins

Sylvia Plath, Marcel Duchamp, Asteroid Watch, Side by Side

Matthew Sweet examines a new exhibition assessing the legacy of Marcel Duchamp.

• 45 mins

Corporations, A Life of Galileo, I Wish, Mundanity

With Mark Ravenhill on A Life of Galileo, the film I Wish and can we trust corporations?

• 45 mins

Andrew Solomon

Tribute to Ronald Dworkin; Andrew Solomon; Complicit; Italian unification.

• 45 mins

A Chorus Line, Shlomo Sand, What is Old Age

Philip Dodd discusses the West End revival of A Chorus Line. Plus historian Shlomo Sand.

• 45 mins

Anders Lustgarten, Ray Kurzweil, the Anglosphere

Rana Mitter talks to futurist Ray Kurzweil.

• 45 mins

Landmarks: Le Grand Meaulnes

Anne McElvoy and guests examine Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.

• 45 mins

Barocci, Hugo Chávez, David Blunkett on compassion

David Blunkett on compassion, a new Barocci exhibition, and Rory Carroll on Hugo Chavez.

• 45 mins

Paul Foot Award, John Gray, Literary Stalking

With the Paul Foot award, philosopher John Gray and James Lasdun on literary stalking.

• 45 mins

Finnegans Wake in Chinese, Sara Wheeler, Muslim Comedy, Apocalypses

Finnegans Wake in Chinese, Sara Wheeler, Muslim Comedy and Apocalypses.

• 45 mins

Caesar Must Die, 1930s Berlin, Stage Design, Anarcho-Capitalists

Anne McElvoy presents the arts and ideas programme.

• 45 mins

Sex in the Arab World, a New Age of Enlightenment, the Louvre as History

Philip Dodd and sex in the Arab world, a new Age of enlightenment, the Louvre as history.

• 45 mins

The Audience, Heritage, Side Effects, The Digital Revolution

With Matthew Sweet. Including the play The Audience and the film Side Effects.

• 45 mins

Danny Boyle, David Livingstone, Ruth Ozeki

Rana Mitter presents. With Danny Boyle, Ruth Ozeki and a discussion on David Livingstone.

• 45 mins

David Cohen Prize, Mark Vernon, Tom Morris, Michael Axworthy

Michael Axworthy talks to Anne McElvoy about his new book Revolutionary Iran.

• 45 mins

Julia O'Faolain, Written on Skin, The Revolt of Islam, Non-judgemental language

Matthew Sweet is joined by Irish novelist Julia O'Faolain.

• 45 mins

Yael Farber, Kevin Fong, John Agard and Carlos Reygadas

Presented by Samira Ahmed. With Yael Farber, Kevin Fong, John Agard and Carlos Reygadas.

• 45 mins

George Bellows, Geoff Mulgan, Psychology As Science, Ken Loach

George Bellows, Geoff Mulgan, psychology as a science, and Ken Loach's Spirit of '45.

• 45 mins

Industrial Revolution, Yinka Shonibare, Aleksandar Hemon, Alice Rawsthorn

Anne McElvoy talks to celebrated Balkan novelist and essayist Aleksandar Hemon.

• 45 mins

David Bowie, Javier Marias, David Cannadine

Matthew Sweet talks to award-winning Spanish novelist Javier Marias about his new novel.

• 45 mins

Noam Chomsky, Anthony Seldon

Philip Dodd talks to the philosopher Noam Chomsky and the biographer Anthony Seldon.

• 45 mins