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Consciousness and Identity
Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Pollan, Fay Bound-Alberti and Mary Costello.

Under the sea
Adam Rutherford discusses the sea with Julian Sancton, Joan Passey and Samanth Subramanian

Reading and storytelling
Tom Sutcliffe hears the case for literacy and literature.

Thinking about war
Sir Lawrence Freedman on strategy, art curator Rebecca Newell and historian Jane Rogoyska.

Breakage and repair
Tom Sutcliffe's guests include Booker Prize-winner George Saunders on his new novel, Vigil

Fun and games
Naomi Alderman with C Thi Nguyen, Keza MacDonald and Stephen Bush.

Censorship
Tom Sutcliffe talks to the artist Ai Weiwei about censorship and being held for 81 days.

Biology, technology and the future
Adam Rutherford asks what it might mean if we can build human bodies and minds.

Rethinking politics
Tom Sutcliffe explores how we might reform politics

The arts and health
Adam Rutherford and guests explore the connection between body and soul.