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  1. Taking the Long View with the Animal Kingdom

    16/16Tim Birkhead and Phyllis Lee on long-lived animal species and their survival strategies.

  2. My Body Clock Is Broken

    15/16Jay Griffiths, Vincent Deary, Louise Robinson and Matthew Smith discuss our mental health.

  3. Time, Space and Science

    14/16Carlos Frenk, Eugenia Cheng, Jim Al-Khalili and Louisa Preston debate time and space.

  4. Writing Life

    13/16Poet Simon Armitage and writer Alexandra Harris explore time and place in modern Britain.

  5. An interview with Haemin Sunim

    12/16Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist meditation teacher, on calm in a fast-paced 21st-century world.

  6. New Generation Thinkers 2017

    11/16The 2017 New Generation Thinkers make their first public appearance together.

  7. Education Slow and Fast

    10/16Tony Sewell and Mike Grenier discuss the challenges of education in the 21st century.

  8. The Time of Your Life

    9/16Edwina Currie, Miranda Sawyer and Lola Okolosie explore the different times of our lives.

  9. The Never-Ending Workday

    8/16Matthew Sweet introduces a discussion exploring the history of the workplace.

  10. The Speed of Revolution

    7/16Bettany Hughes, Richard J Evans and John Hall join Philip Dodd and an audience at Sage.

  11. Doing Time/Confinement

    6/16Terry Waite, Erwin James and Cleo van Velsen on the experience of isolation.

  12. Quick Reactions

    5/16Damon Hill,Tanni Grey-Thompson and Lincoln Jopp on pressured decision-making at top speed

  13. How Short is a Short Story?

    4/16George Saunders, Kirsty Logan, Jenn Ashworth and Paul McVeigh on writing short fiction.

  14. Politics Fast and Slow

    3/16Labour MP Harriet Harman on sustaining her career in a fast-changing political world.

  15. Pinky Lilani, Denise Mina, Jay Griffiths and John Gallagher debate the speed of life

    2/16Pinky Lilani, Denise Mina, Jay Griffiths and John Gallagher debate the speed of life.

  16. Sleep - Freedom to Think

    1/16Russell Foster delivers the opening lecture of Radio 3's 2017 Free Thinking Festival.