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Radio 3,10 Dec 2014,45 mins

Rebecca Solnit, Wonder Woman, Submarine Films

Free Thinking

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American author Rebecca Solnit discusses the impact of "mansplaining" which she explores in her book Men Explain Things To Me. Matthew Sweet looks at the image of Wonder Woman with comic artist Steve Marchant and Jill Lepore, author of The Secret History of Wonder Woman. New Generation Thinker Dr Will Abberley discusses the literary traditions followed by submarine films from Jude Law's new cinema release The Black Sea to Das Boot and The Hunt for Red October. Producer: Zahid Warley You can download this programme by searching in the Arts and Ideas podcasts for the broadcast date.

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