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Free Thinking

Radio 4's ideas programme, where leading thinkers explore the threads connecting history, culture, and the present.

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Cover of The Mad Art of Doing Time

The Mad Art of Doing Time

by Scout Tzofiya Bolton
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 20, 2026
Cover of Hard Streets

Hard Streets

by Jacqueline Riding
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 13, 2026
Cover of Base Notes

Base Notes

by Adelle Stripe
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 13, 2026
Cover of Elites and Democracy

Elites and Democracy

by Hugo Drochon
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 6, 2026
Cover of Indignity

Indignity

by Lea Ypi
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 6, 2026
Cover of Why Plato Matters Now

Why Plato Matters Now

by Angie Hobbs
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 6, 2026
Cover of Mother State

Mother State

by Helen Charman
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 30, 2026
Cover of Femonomics

Femonomics

by Corinne Low
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 30, 2026
Cover of Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret

by Fern Riddell
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 16, 2026
Cover of When Courage Calls: Josephine Butler and the Radical Pursuit of Justice for Women

When Courage Calls: Josephine Butler and the Radical Pursuit of Justice for Women

by Sarah C. Williams
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 16, 2026