<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 | ||
| Boyhood to manhood | 2023-06-26 | ||
| Gut instinct | 2023-06-23 | ||
| Diva | 2023-06-21 | ||
| The Sorrows of Young Werther | 2023-06-20 | ||
| Life, art and drama in the kitchen | 2023-06-16 | ||
| Glenda Jackson and Filming Sunday Bloody Sunday | 2023-06-15 | ||
| Portraits | 2023-06-14 | ||
| Ideas about health | 2023-06-13 | ||
| Adam Smith | 2023-06-08 | ||
| Yellowface, AI and Asian stereotypes | 2023-06-07 | ||
| Michel Piccoli | 2023-06-06 | ||
| Nature Memoirs | 2023-05-31 | ||
| Europe | 2023-05-31 | ||
| The Troubles in Northern Ireland | 2023-05-26 | ||
| Sneezing, smells and noses | 2023-05-26 | ||
| Linda Grant and Jewish history | 2023-05-25 | ||
| Mermaids, Caribbean tales and copyright | 2023-05-24 | ||
| Essex | 2023-05-19 | ||
| Rocky Horror and camp | 2023-05-17 | ||
| Zimbabwean writing | 2023-05-16 |