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Academics and the Media: Friends or Foes?
Debate from Free Thinking 2010 entitled Academics and the Media: Friends or Foes?
Emancipation: A Listener's Guide
Jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch gives a lecture entitled Emancipation: A Listener's Guide.
Has God Gone Global?
Philip Dodd chairs a debate at the Sage Gateshead asking Has God Gone Global?
The Joys of Failure
Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce on the Joys of Failure at the Free Thinking festival.
Do Possessions Make Us Happy?
Rana Mitter with Sarah Dunant and Sara Maitland ask - do possessions make us happy?
Violence - A New Perspective
Former Metropolitan Police chief Lord Blair on the part violence plays in human behaviour.
Ben Franklin and Shopping
TV presenter Kevin McCloud gives a lecture about the importance of craftsmanship.
Marriage
Writer Frank Cottrell Boyce discusses the subject of marriage. Does it need rescuing?
What Acting Can Teach You in Life
Actress Fiona Shaw joins a discussion asking 'what acting can teach you about life'.
Can the Government Make You Happy?
Philip Dodd hosts a debate asking the question 'can the Government make you happy?'.
Comedy or Tragedy
A debate on which approach to life and art is more illuminating - comedy or tragedy.
Philosopher Angie Hobbs on Heroes
Angie Hobbs debates today's idea of heroism in war, social justice, the arts and sport.
Free Thinking 2010
Matthew Sweet hosts a debate reflecting on the 2010 Free Thinking ideas festival.
What Does Britain Do Best: Sport or the Arts?
A special debate as 5 live sports fans battle with a panel of Radio 3 arts lovers.
Free Thinking - Jacqueline Wilson
Author Jacqueline Wilson in a lecture - Beyond the Fairytale: Happiness in the Real World.
Universities
Philip Dodd debates the question of what we really want from universities and graduates.
Is the Book Dead?
Philip Dodd is joined by an audience of authors and reader to ask - is the book dead?