<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 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Lindsay Johns | 2012-12-13 | ||
| Night Waves - The Nation State | 2012-12-13 | ||
| Night Waves - International Review | 2012-12-12 | ||
| Night Waves - English landscape painting | 2012-12-11 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Colm Tóibín | 2012-12-06 | ||
| Night Waves - Artificial Intelligence | 2012-12-06 | ||
| Night Waves - Julius Caesar | 2012-12-05 | ||
| Night Waves - Napoleon, Turner Prize, Georgia | 2012-12-04 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Ian Goldin | 2012-11-29 | ||
| Night Waves - Napoleon Rising | 2012-11-29 | ||
| Night Waves - Antony Gormley | 2012-11-28 | ||
| Night Waves - Nassim Nicholas Taleb | 2012-11-27 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Revolution and Democracy | 2012-11-22 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Aliens | 2012-11-21 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Julie Bindel | 2012-11-20 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Hell is Other People | 2012-11-19 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Matthew Smith | 2012-11-16 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Mark Pagel | 2012-11-16 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Sue-Ann Harding | 2012-11-15 | ||
| Free Thinking 2012 - Immigration and the Challenge to Belonging | 2012-11-15 |