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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 Climate Majority Project: Setting the Stage for a Mainstream, Urgent Climate Movement

Climate Majority Project: Setting the Stage for a Mainstream, Urgent Climate Movement

by Rupert Read
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 5, 2025

TRANSFORMATIVE ADAPTATION

by Rupert Read
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 5, 2025
Cover of The Mirror of Great Britain

The Mirror of Great Britain

by Clare Jackson
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 5, 2025
Cover of The People

The People

by Selina Todd
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 5, 2025
Cover of The Bonds of Freedom

The Bonds of Freedom

by Jake Subryan Richards
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 5, 2025
Cover of Autocracy, Inc.

Autocracy, Inc.

by Anne Applebaum
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 5, 2025
Cover of Lower than the Angels

Lower than the Angels

by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Nov 28, 2025
Cover of Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Nov 28, 2025
Cover of The Life Inside

The Life Inside

by Andy West
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Nov 14, 2025
Cover of Warhead

Warhead

by Nicholas Wright
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Nov 14, 2025