Episodes categorised as 'Discussion & Talk' available now on BBC iPlayer

Alyn Shipton talks to Italian pianist Stefano Bollani about his varied recording career.

Tom Service travels across the English Midlands taking a snapshot of music making.

With Ian McMillan. Featuring new writing from award-winning comedian Matthew Holness.

5/5. Donald Macleod considers some of the radiant music from Spohr's last years.

4/4. Rana Mitter discusses Moliere's The Misanthrope and re-assesses Jean-Paul Sartre.

4/5. Donald Macleod considers how Spohr laid the musical foundations for other composers.

3/4. Anne McElvoy and guests re-assess the reputation of philosopher Bertrand Russell.

3/5. With Donald Macleod. Jessonda - Overture and excerpts; Violin Concerto No 8.

2/4. Matthew Sweet talks to new Dr Who producer Steven Moffat and film director James Cameron.

2/5. Donald Macleod explores Spohr's work in Vienna, where he befriended Beethoven.

1/4. Philip Dodd and guests on the contested reputation of German dramatist Bertolt Brecht.

1/5. With Donald Macleod. Overture, Op 12. Clarinet Concerto No 1. Sonata (Alruna, Wo0 15).

Julian Joseph presents saxophonist John Surman in concert at 2009's London Jazz Festival.

Aled Jones talks to members of the long-established Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

At the 2009 London Jazz Festival, Alyn Shipton explores pieces written for Benny Goodman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Foreign Secretary David Miliband talks to Philip Dodd at 2009's Free Thinking festival.

5/5. Why the medieval monk the Venerable Bede is the great Free Thinker of the North East.

4/5. Poet Sean O'Brien charts the growth of Newcastle's Literary and Philosophical Society.

Rana Mitter hosts a public debate: Is The West Losing Its Nerve?

3/5. Henrietta Heald on the achievements of inventor and industrialist William Armstrong.

Innovative music producer William Orbit presents his personal guide to the world of sound.

2/5. Kitty Fitzgerald on the life of Gertrude Bell, author of the 1921 map of modern Iraq.

Philip Dodd meets psychotherapist Gwen Adshead. Contains some disturbing images.

1/5. Graeme Rigby discusses T Dan Smith, former leader of Newcastle City Council.

Ken Livingstone asks an audience in Gateshead if the North-South divide still matters.

2/2. Matthew Sweet hosts further conversation and debate about the 2009 Free Thinking festival.

1/2. Matthew Sweet hosts conversation and debate about Radio 3's 2009 Free Thinking festival.

2009's Free Thinking festival opens with Tanya Byron's vision of the 21st-century family.