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Power to the people
Tom Sutcliffe discusses democracy with Erica Benner, Alpa Shah and Bobby Duffy.
Music and poetry
Kirsty Wark discusses poetry and music with Alison Balsom, Graeme Lawson and John Burnside
The war between science and religion
Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Taylor, Nick Spencer and Frances Flinter.
Crossing borders and belonging
Adam Rutherford with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Helena Lee and Jessica J Lee.
Intrigue and disinformation from the Russian Revolution to Ukraine invasion
Tom Sutcliffe with Andrey Kurkov, Peter Pomerantsev and Charlotte Jee.
Time passing: ageing, memory and nostalgia
Adam Rutherford with Venki Ramakrishnan, Charan Ranganath and Agnes Arnold-Forster
Mysterious Plants
Kirsty Wark with Chris Thorogood, Kelsey Byers and William Milliken
Weighty issues
Tom Sutcliffe with Naveed Sattar, Stephanie Yeboah and Henry Dimbleby
Arts: changing the world?
Tom Sutcliffe with Ellen E Jones, Hew Locke and Noora Niasari
Global influences
Kirsty Wark with Josephine Quinn, Carolina Rangel de Lima and Christopher Harding.
