Free Thinking 2014 Festival Episodes Available now
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Fear or Wonder: Everything Under the Moon
Have science fiction and space travel changed people's relationship with the world?
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The Cost of Free Information
Rana Mitter hosts a debate asking if the internet can make knowledge open to all.
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Happy Talk: Beatrix Campbell, Vincent Deary and Paul Dolan
Rana Mitter and a panel consider 'how much self-knowledge do we need to be happy?'.
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Knowing Your Characters: David Greig and Siobhan Redmond in Conversation
Siobhan Redmond and David Greig discuss drama and how much one has to know about a play.
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The Spin Doctors of 19th-Century America—The Free Thinking Essay
10/10 Joanna Cohen compares 19th-century attitudes to American politicians with those of today.
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Shakespeare and India—The Free Thinking Essay
9/10 Preti Taneja explores the politics of language and its impact on Indian literature.
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Animals: Watching Us Watching Them Watching Each Other
Rana Mitter explores the links between the behaviour of animals and humans.
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A Theatre of Their Own—The Free Thinking Essay
8/10 Naomi Paxton on the movement for a women's theatre from the 1890s to the start of WWI.
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Bringing the Rich to Book: John Lanchester on the Language of Money
John Lanchester discusses the wealth gap, banking and how we understand the economy.
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Speech Before Words—The Free Thinking Essay
7/10 Will Abberley explores the evolution of language and what we learn from science fiction.