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Bridget Kendall presents an ideas discussion show which tackles the big questions of our age with some of the world's most eminent minds.

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coming up (11)
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  1. Play the latest programme

    Corruption: where does it begin and end?

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    Available since today.

    Is there a universal understanding of what constitutes corruption?

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    1. Controlling experiments: in medicine, poverty relief and music.

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      Available since Saturday.

      What are the risks and rewards of applying scientific experiments to other areas of life?

    2. Desire and how to resist it.

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      Available since Sat, 28 Jan 2012.

      Temptation: Can we resist it?

    3. Freedom of expression: how free should it be?

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      Available since Sat, 21 Jan 2012.

      Should we re-define the limits to everyone’s right to know and to express themselves?

    4. What does home mean to us?

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      Available since Sat, 14 Jan 2012.

      With a record one billion people now on the move, what is the meaning of home?

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Coming up

Tomorrow, 23:05 on BBC World Service

Night: friend or foe?

We tried conquering our body clocks with artificial light but nature fights back.

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