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Last broadcast on Sun, 2 Nov 2008, 20:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Matthew Sweet presents an evening of programmes recorded for BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas in Liverpool.
Includes:
Discussion: The myth of Free Will
Drama: '24 Weeks'
Festival edition of Words and Music
In addition, Matthew and a panel of guests discuss some of the issues which have arisen during the weekend of debates, interviews, dramas and lectures. The 21st Century Brain, the Value of Experience, Privacy and Public Space are the main topics of the festival, in Liverpool for its third year.
He also introduces reaction and commentary from the audience at the festival, highlights from some of the events and reflections from his studio panel to the new ideas which have been aired as well as the intellectual exchanges that have taken place over the weekend.
Susan Blackmore explores free will
In front of an audience at Liverpool's FACT centre, brain scientist and bestselling author Susan Blackmore explores the notion of free will, asking whether the choices we make really are free. Many scientists now believe that there can be no such thing and that our genes, biology and inheritance are in control.
View details and contribute to this discussion.Drama: 24 Weeks
24 Weeks: A new play about abortion by award-winning TV dramatist Tony Marchant, recorded yesterday in front of an audience in the Bluecoat arts centre.
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View details and comment on this drama.Words and Music: The Seven Ages of Man
Experience the journey of a lifetime in an hour-and-a-half with young Liverpudlian actors Annabelle Dowler and Kevin Harvey, and music performed by folk-singer Belinda Sykes, jazz/rock-percussionist Bill Bruford, pianist Ashley Wass and the Elias String Quartet!
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