Angels in America, Salomé, Queer British Art.

Philip Dodd looks at desire and politics as Angels in America runs at the National Theatre

• 45 mins

Laurent Binet, France, Blockchains

With novelist Laurent Binet, a discussion about France, and blockchain technology.

• 45 mins

Artist Taryn Simon. Deglobalisation. 2017 New Generation Thinker Eleanor Lybeck on the circus.

With artist Taryn Simon, a discussion about circuses and a debate about 'deglobalisation'.

• 45 mins

Rachel Seiffert, James Hawes, Richard Nelson, 2017 New Generation Thinker Alistair Fraser on gangs.

Anne McElvoy and her guests discuss German-Russian history, US electioneering and crime.

• 45 mins

Fiona Shaw and Mark Ravenhill on Brecht, John Knox, Joanne Paul

Philip Dodd discusses speaking truth to power and the beliefs of John Knox and Galileo.

• 45 mins

Bella Bathurst, Mike Figgis, Birds in British literature, 2017 New Generation Thinker Daisy Fancourt on music and health

Matthew Sweet explores deafness, plot twists, birds in books & how music is good for you

• 45 mins

Japan and Korea, Hokusai

Chris Harding discusses the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

• 45 mins

Artist Tom Phillips at 80, How do we save our plants?

Artist Tom Phillips talks to Philip Dodd about his career as he marks his 80th birthday.

• 45 mins

Hay 2017: Women's Voices in the Classical World

Catherine Fletcher introduces a discussion recorded at 2017's Hay Festival.

• 45 mins

Ecstasy, Carpe Diem, Hetta Howes on medieval ecstasy

Jules Evans and Roman Krznaric join Rana Mitter to discuss living in the moment.

• 45 mins

Hay Festival 2017: Writing history with Sebastian Barry, Jake Arnott, Madeleine Thien

At 2017's Hay Festival, Sarah Dillon chairs a discussion about writing history.

• 45 mins

Arundhati Roy

The Man Booker Prize-winning author and campaigner is in conversation with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Revenge: My Cousin Rachel, Natalie Haynes, Islam Issa

Matthew Sweet discusses the film My Cousin Rachel and explores revenge in Shakespeare.

• 45 mins

Political Sketch Writing, Enclosure Acts, Emma Butcher on Branwell Bronte, Pushkin House Book Prize

Anne McElvoy and guests explore the style of the election and the job of sketch writers.

• 45 mins

Will Self, RD Laing, Mandy

Will Self talks to Matthew Sweet about his new novel. Plus a film about RD Laing.

• 45 mins

Narcissism: Will Storr, Olivia Sudjic, Tom Jackson and Sophie Scott

Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore our perceived obsession with the self.

• 45 mins

Churchill, Pocahontas, The Idiot

Anne McElvoy considers Churchill on the big screen and the legacy of Pocahontas.

• 45 mins

Tom McCarthy, Jacobitism, Satirical Indexes, A Museum of Modern Nature

Anne McElvoy hears about new exhibitions on Bonnie Prince Charlie and nature.

• 45 mins

Terrorism

Rana Mitter and guests debate fact and fiction as they explore how terrorism works.

• 45 mins

Man and Machine, Wyndham Lewis, Simon Beard

Philip Dodd explores AI with Garry Kasparov. Plus vorticism and overpopulation.

• 45 mins

Canada 150: Robert Lepage, Katherine Ryan

Philip Dodd's guests are comedian Katherine Ryan and playwright/performer Robert Lepage.

• 45 mins

Canada 150: Identity - Robbie Richardson, Alison MacLeod, Deborah Pearson, Rupi Kaur and Kevan Funk

New Generation Thinkers Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott on Canada in TV, poems and art.

• 45 mins

Canada 150: Sydney Newman and British TV, Vahni Capildeo, Shubbak Festival 2017

Matthew Sweet discusses the Canadian producer who transformed British TV drama.

• 45 mins

Food

Matthew Sweet and his guests explore the joys of food.

• 45 mins

Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Jane Burnett on wild swimming, Jake Arnott on Joe Orton

Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Jane Burnett discuss the literary power of the sea.

• 45 mins

Writing Love: Jonathan Dollimore, Heer Ranjha, Sappho

Including the Punjabi Romeo and Juliet and the Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence.

• 45 mins

Queer Icons: Plato's Symposium. Part of Gay Britannia

Shahidha Bari discusses LGBTQ in the history of philosophy. Plus the 2017 Caine Prize.

• 45 mins

Art in the Age of Black Power, History of Racist Ideas in US

Including the art of the black power movement and the history of racist ideas in the US.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy

Matthew Sweet and guests debate the contemporary relevance of ideas of poet Matthew Arnold

• 45 mins

Partition: Novelists' views of India and Pakistan now

Neel Mukherjee, Preti Taneja, Mohsin Hamid and Nadeem Aslam talk to Anne McElvoy.

• 45 mins