Night Waves, Free Thinking 2009 Episodes available on BBC iPlayer

There are currently 18 available episodes

Sport or the Arts

Philip Dodd and guests debate which is the greater human achievement - sport or the arts.

First broadcast: 05 Nov 2009

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Sarah Hall/Hugh Pym/Speed Dating with a Thinker

Highlights from Free Thinking 2009, including Sarah Hall on the sources of her writing.

First broadcast: 25 Feb 2010

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Lionel Shriver/Ian McMillan

Lionel Shriver talks to Anne McElvoy about her novel A Perfectly Good Family.

First broadcast: 18 Feb 2010

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Tom Shakespeare

Talk by Tom Shakespeare on how art can help us understand today's difficult moral issues.

First broadcast: 14 Jan 2010

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Dan Cruickshank: Building Memories

Globe-trotting architect Dan Cruickshank on why we must restore lost historic buildings.

First broadcast: 04 Jan 2010

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Julia Neuberger - Mind the Gap

Julia Neuberger gives a lecture about ending prejudice against Britain's senior citizens.

First broadcast: 10 Dec 2009

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Free Thinking - The Future of Men

A debate at the 2009 Free Thinking festival asking what sort of future lies ahead for men.

First broadcast: 03 Dec 2009

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Michael Brearley: Narcissism and Leadership

Psychoanalyst Michael Brearley delivers a talk about the nature of leadership.

First broadcast: 26 Nov 2009

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Landmarks: Land of Three Rivers

A debate about the importance of the rivers of the North East: the Tyne, Tees and Wear.

First broadcast: 19 Nov 2009

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Lisa Jardine

Lisa Jardine on how IVF is changing our ideas about the definition of a family.

First broadcast: 12 Nov 2009

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