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Martin Sixsmith visits neurologist Sigmund Freud's private apartments and Europe's oldest mental asylum in Vienna. From April 2014.

In Episode 2, Martin traces a line from current government interest in 'talking cures' back to the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, visiting Freud's private apartments and also Europe's oldest mental asylum, the Narrenturm - literally, the Tower of Fools - in Vienna.

Producers: Alan Hall and Sara Parker
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

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