BBC Free Thinking

the ideas shaping our lives & links between past & present discussed Friday 9pm BBC Radio 4 / BBC Arts & Ideas podcast

[Prof Bob Davis @Rokewood]

another wide-ranging episode of @BBCFreeThinking @BBCRadio4 on the anthropology, politics & theology of the gift. A topic that needs a refresh—& with many traps. @ShahidhaBari introduces @ESOldfield @Rhodri_H_Davies @profgeraldmoore, Sophie Scott-Brown
https://t.co/CsGLsnpwlM

[Matthew Sweet @DrMatthewSweet]

Signs, symbols and secrets on @BBCFreeThinking tonight - from Raphael's Ostrich to Pepe the Frog. @mariannaspring @lisabortolotti @csandis sort the esoteric from the exoteric. Live on @BBCRadio4 at 9pm. https://t.co/8kkyBv6aJx

[Prof Bob Davis @Rokewood]

Now here is @BBCFreeThinking @BBCRadio4 at its cornucopiac best.
@DrMatthewSweet, with @TheProfRog @MichaelLCrick @hrcastor @DavidEdmonds100 @KateMaltby & @Warburg_Library (where I spent many pre-internet PhD hours on goddess cults in the early 80s 🙂)
https://t.co/pVwCaRvJd6

[Prof Bob Davis @Rokewood]

I am absolutely delighted to see @BBCFreeThinking returning to @BBCRadio4. I still miss its R3 version & it won’t coax me away from Friday night junk TV like Rings of Power🙂. But with eg @annemcelvoy & @DrMatthewSweet, it will remain unmissable radio
https://t.co/cGC9xri6Wz

[Daniel Seifert @DanSeifwrites]

Need a new podcast?@BBCFreeThinking’s Arts & Ideas a is great listen. Clever, friendly Brits philosophising on escapism, time and the history of pranks. It’s like having a salon in my ears

[Emily @EtheHerring]

TONIGHT at 21:00, to celebrate the summer solstice, I will be LIVE on @BBCFreeThinking to talk about Bergson's philosophy of durée with @DrMatthewSweet
https://t.co/mzYdNrOJ14

[Clare Siviter-Groschwald 🇪🇺 @ClareSiviter]

High-stakes voting now and in 1789 on ‘The Long View’

Really enjoyed recording this with @Freedland (a voice I knew so well) and @emile_chabal. Hats off to @ilov77 for all his work and editing through my dyslexic brain. Merci à tous !

https://t.co/VA3DZCn0Hi

[Blavatnik School of Government @BlavatnikSchool]

Prof Tom Simpson on @BBCFreeThinking, discussing global instability. "Actors are challenging the US-led order established after Bretton Woods. The Russian invasion of Ukraine tests American power, and others may seek to capitalise on this shift."
🎧 https://t.co/E4abRLGDnU

[Matthew Sweet @DrMatthewSweet]

Did William the Conqueror cause the housing crisis? Did a volcano dethrone Cleopatra? Long & short, micro & macro views of history on @BBCFreeThinking with Alison Light @TheZeinabBadawi @peterfrankopan @bronwenmaddox @BBCSteveR - live at 9pm on @BBCRadio4 https://t.co/tFuIds9QIQ

[anne mcelvoy @annemcelvoy]

Take a breath from hurly burly of elex debate & listen to our ⁦@BBCFreeThinking⁩ exploration at 9 pm R 4 - on the politics and culture of dividing us into generations. Great cast inc GenZ, millennial, Gen X (me) and prod @ilov77 (a Grunge graduate). Also ⁦@BBCSounds⁩

[Dr Sarah Jilani @sarahjilani]

Very much enjoyed this chat last night with @KateMaltby @KeithShiri & @stephenkb with @DrMatthewSweet leading the charge — on blockbusters, the depiction of civil wars, & a season of African cinemas on at @BFI now! 🌍🎞️Listen here ⬇️
https://t.co/tLLgUwBc4l

[Matthew Sweet @DrMatthewSweet]

On tonight's @BBCFreeThinking we read America through the movies - Civil War & Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Cautionary tales? Alarmist fantasies? What do you think? I can share your points with @stephenkb @KateMaltby @sarahjilani & @KeithShiri live at 9 on @BBCRadio4.

[BBC Free Thinking @BBCFreeThinking]

Hear @JasiBP explain her research in the final third of this Free Thinking episode @BBCRadio4 https://t.co/nw4kiEpmM8

[BBC Free Thinking @BBCFreeThinking]

We discussed intellectual vices, service with a smile 😃and "performing" at work and whether our guests were glass half full or empty people 🥃in Free Thinking @BBCRadio4 w/ @annemcelvoy @QCassam @M_Heffernan @IsabelOakeshott @JasiBP @RichardEvans36
🎧➡️ https://t.co/nw4kiEpmM8

[Matthew Sweet @DrMatthewSweet]

We like intellectuals

[BBC Free Thinking @BBCFreeThinking]

We'll be hearing more from @JonathanEgid @KingsCollegeLon as we introduce him as a 2024 New Generation Thinker @ahrcpress @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds🥳

[BBC Free Thinking @BBCFreeThinking]

New Generation Thinker @ahrcpress @emily_baughan @sheffielduni has already contributed to @BBCWomansHour 📻 @BBCRadio4 with her research on the history of childcare 🎧➡️ https://t.co/psBSDor8y4

[Goldsmiths, University of London @GoldsmithsUoL]

"I want to test, share, and develop ideas and take them beyond the academy."

@BeccaVoelcker on her research and ambitions in her new role as one of this year's New Generation Thinkers https://t.co/bJFibdJosP

[Daily Nous / Justin Weinberg @DailyNousEditor]

Among the 10 "new generation thinkers" selected by the @BBC and @ahrcpress for media training and appearances on @BBCRadio4 are two philosophers... https://t.co/AtLDsHFGnS