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Taste
Matthew Sweet and guests explore what it means to have 'good taste'.
Women, language and experience
Shahidha Bari's guests include Karen McCarthy Woolf, Lauren Elkin and Sara Ahmed.
Authority
Anne McElvoy and guests discuss authority in politics, business, education and the family.
Crime and punishment medieval to modern
Matthew Sweet's guests include Lord Sumption and criminal barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind.
Working Class Creativity
Depictions of working class life on TV and in culture and how they've changed.
Is Might Right?
The history of an idea that's shaped political philosophy, from Plato to Carl Schmitt.
Labour, work and productivity
Anne McElvoy and guests discuss labour in terms of both work and childbirth.
Double Lives
From spying behind enemy lines in WWII France to lives lived online.
Victorian Values
Gisela Stuart, AN Wilson, Fern Riddell, Sarah Williams, Matthew Stallard and Matthew Sweet
Innovation
Matthew Sweet explores the cultures of novelty.
