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Radio 4,21 Mar 2024,44 mins

Happiness

Free Thinking

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet investigates the history, politics and economics of this elusive concept, with Tiffany Watt-Smith, historian of emotion, Reader in Cultural History at Queen Mary, University of London Sophie Scott-Brown, political philosopher and historian, Fellow of St Andrew's Becca Voelcker, film historian and cultural critic, Lecturer in Fine Art Critical Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London Christian Krekel, Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science, London School of Economics Producer: Luke Mulhall

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