Buddhism, Therapy, Violence and Rationality

Rana Mitter explores Buddhism in therapy and politics.

• 45 mins

Paul Foot Award, Valuing the Arts

Anne McElvoy with the 2014 Paul Foot Award winner and Craig Calhoun on valuing the arts.

• 45 mins

Social Identity and Belonging in Europe, Valuing the Arts

Philip Dodd discusses the value of the arts and the notion of social identity in Europe.

• 45 mins

David Cohen prize winner

Rana Mitter talks to the winner of the biennial David Cohen Prize for Literature.

• 45 mins

John Gray, Paul Durand Ruel and Inventing Impressionism

Presented by Matthew Sweet. Philosopher John Gray discusses illusory ideas of freedom.

• 45 mins

The Arguments Against Democracy

Rana Mitter and guests discuss the arguments against democracy.

• 45 mins

Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro, Antigone Review

Kazuo Ishiguro talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel, The Buried Giant.

• 45 mins

The Age of Earthquakes, Maths in Films

With discussions about the 'extreme present' and maths and mathematicians in film.

• 45 mins

Tom McCarthy, Asne Seierstad, Fairness

With novelist Tom McCarthy, journalist Asne Seierstad and what is the idea of fairness.

• 45 mins

Madness in Civilisation, Night Walking

Matthew Sweet discusses the history of mental illness. Plus a nocturnal history of London.

• 45 mins

Sociology in the 21st Century

Philip Dodd debates whether sociology still has a role to play in the 21st century.

• 45 mins

School Report - A Sense of Home, Beauty in Ancient Greece

Anne McElvoy hears from young people involved in the BBC's School Report Day.

• 45 mins

Culture Wars: Secularism v Religion

Philip Dodd and guests discuss secularism and religion.

• 45 mins

Peggy Seeger

Philip Dodd is joined by folk singer Peggy Seeger, who talks about her music and politics.

• 45 mins

Culture Wars: Cosmopolitanism v the Nation State

Philip Dodd investigates the tension between cosmopolitanism and the nation state.

• 45 mins

New Media Culture and Blade Runner

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss new media culture and the film Blade Runner.

• 45 mins

Public v Private Art

Philip Dodd considers the idea of public and private art.

• 45 mins

Patricia Duncker, Adrienne Mayor on the Amazons, Harriet Walter and Guy Paul

Patricia Duncker talks about George Eliot, and Adrienne Mayor discusses Amazonian women.

• 45 mins

Sex and Numbers, Nick Broomfield, The History of the Audiobook

Including a new sex survey, a Nick Broomfield documentary and the history of the audiobook

• 45 mins

Landmark: Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now

Philip Dodd with a special edition devoted to Anthony Trollope's novel The Way We Live Now

• 45 mins

Developments in Neuroscience, Krzysztof Zanussi, Peaceful Resistance

Rana Mitter discusses new developments in neuroscience.

• 45 mins

Process: Mexico in Words, Carmen Disruption, Christopher Doyle

Matthew Sweet with Francisco Goldman, Valeria Luiselli, Simon Stephens, Christopher Doyle.

• 45 mins

Violence in Culture

Frances Fyfield, Richard Bessel, Peter Stanford and Mayura Deshpande join Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Landmark: The Tin Drum

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss Gunter Grass's 1959 novel The Tin Drum.

• 45 mins

What does Global Shakespeare Mean?

Philip Dodd asks what we understand Shakespeare to mean around the world.

• 45 mins

Caryl Phillips, Stanley Wells, Ah, Wilderness!

Including Caryl Phillips, Shakespearean actors, South African protests and Ah, Wilderness!

• 45 mins

English Civil War, Indigenous Australia

Anne McElvoy hears how a mid-1970s play might cast light on today's political landscape.

• 45 mins

Alberto Manguel, Alice in Wonderland, Fashionable Victorian Writers

Alberto Manguel talks to Matthew Sweet about curiosity and a lifetime of reading.

• 45 mins

Carol Ann Duffy's Everyman, Clive James

Philip Dodd reports on the first night of Carol Ann Duffy's new adaptation of Everyman.

• 45 mins

Julian Barnes, Bapsi Sidhwa, light-inspired poetry

With Booker Prize-winning writer Julian Barnes and Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa.

• 45 mins