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Humility

From Spinoza's thinking to the "humble brag" - Matthew Sweet and guests explore humility.

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss look at fluently in politics, the classroom & society

Matthew Sweet and guests explore what it means to have "good taste".

Shahidha Bari's guests include Karen McCarthy Woolf, Lauren Elkin and Sara Ahmed

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss authority in politics, business and education.

Matthew Sweet's guests include Lord Sumption and criminal barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind

Depictions of working class life on TV and in culture and how they've changed

The history of an idea that's shaped political philosophy, from Plato to Carl Schmitt

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss labour in terms of both work and childbirth

From spying behind enemy lines in WWII France to lives lived online