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Life behind the iron curtain
Adam Rutherford with Karl Schlögel, Katja Hoyer and Adam Curtis
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Ancient trees
Kirsty Wark with Peter Wohlleben, Jill Butler and Carolyne Larrington.
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A place called home
Tom Sutcliffe with Kieran Yates, Natasha Carthew, Christine Whitehead and Alice Brownfield
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Ai Weiwei and design values
Adam Rutherford with Ai Weiwei, Roma Agrawal and Bent Flyvbjerg
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Mastering a new skill
Tom Sutcliffe with Adam Gopnik, Hannah Critchlow and Rebecca Struthers.
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Climate - past, present and future
Kirsty Wark with Peter Frankopan, Jane Francis and Jessie Greengrass.
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Humanism - what is it good for?
Adam Rutherford with Sarah Bakewell, Julian Baggini and Leila Aboulela
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George Eliot and married life
Tom Sutcliffe with Clare Carlisle, Claudia Rankine and David Eldridge
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The Iraq War – 20 years on
Kirsty Wark with Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Emma Sky and Gordon Corera.
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Democratic capitalism – marriage on the rocks
Tom Sutcliffe with Bernie Sanders, Martin Wolf and Kate Raworth.