<p>Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| The Middle Classes | 2025-03-28 | ||
| Isolation | 2025-03-21 | ||
| Evidence | 2025-03-14 | ||
| Uncertainty | 2025-03-07 | ||
| A pinch of salt | 2025-02-28 | ||
| Malcolm X, life changes and flexible thinking | 2025-02-21 | ||
| All we need is love | 2025-02-14 | ||
| Repetition | 2025-02-07 | ||
| Decision Making | 2025-01-31 | ||
| Diaries | 2025-01-24 | ||
| Knowing When To Stop | 2025-01-10 | ||
| Beer, Crisps and the British pub | 2024-12-20 | ||
| Luck, predictability and superstition | 2024-12-13 | ||
| How we think about evil | 2024-12-06 | ||
| Gifts and Gratitude | 2024-11-29 | ||
| Diplomacy from Ancient Greece to Trump | 2024-11-22 | ||
| Cosy comfort reading or Nietzsche? | 2024-11-15 | ||
| Milton and our modern world | 2024-11-08 | ||
| Ghosts, death and ecstatic states | 2024-11-01 | ||
| Are we all American now? | 2024-10-25 |