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30 Jun 2024: A light- hearted discussion about positive thinking in bad times. Can positive thinking create its own momentum, or to put it another way, does negativity reap its own bad harvest? Esther-Miriam Wagner and Robert Tombs read the runes. Woolf

30 Jun 2024: Many families in the UK open their homes to provide refuge for fleeing Ukrainians. What is the history and the future of sanctuary? The idea of sanctuary for the oppressed individual or for groups of people fleeing persecution or war is an ancient

30 Jun 2024: Whose genes are they anyway?

30 Jun 2024: What makes for good collaborative thinking? "Group think" implies lazy, complacent decision making. But what about group thinking? That could imply collaboration, people getting together and coming up with a collective idea that’s better than the

29 Jun 2024: Is diaspora community just a posh phrase for immigrant community? Diasporas are often born of misfortune, the experience of homelands left willingly because of lack of opportunity, or fled because of war. In the age after Empire, many subject

30 Jun 2024: Are we reaching a tipping point in our attitudes towards racial inequality? When George Floyd’s brutal killing was captured on video, Black Lives Matter protests quickly spread across the world. In England, the statue of the 17th century slave

30 Jun 2024: What does it mean to be free? When the Berlin Wall came down in 1991, the writer Alan Bennet quipped mordantly about ‘the freedom to shop’. Of course there was much more to it than that. Esther-Miriam Wagner and Alexander Massmann join Ed

30 Jun 2024: Could space be where the next arms race plays out? The night sky has been a source of wonder for humanity. We may still look at the stars with awe but we also think of space as a potential military asset. And we are filling it with junk. Gerry

30 Jun 2024: Is there a science of forgiveness? "Without forgiveness there is no future." So said the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. But do we have it in us to forgive the most egregious sins? Some think that is in God's realm. Kitty O'Lone and

29 Jun 2024: Immortality is a fantasy so we better get real about death and dying. How should we prepare for death? How can we cope when those we love die? Medical advances mean life can be prolonged as never before but is this the right way to go? Joining Ed

30 Jun 2024: Magic Thinking

30 Jun 2024: Modern Slavery

30 Jun 2024: Reconciliation

30 Jun 2024: Evolution: Past, Present and Future

30 Jun 2024: Fortress Europe

30 Jun 2024: Living Together

30 Jun 2024: What is it that makes us feel lonely? Most of us feel lonely some of the time, but some of us feel lonely most of the time. To be alone, however, is not to be lonely, and sometimes being part of a crowd can feel very lonely indeed. Kitty O’Lone

30 Jun 2024: Musical Networks

30 Jun 2024: Religious Relics

30 Jun 2024: Should we really go with our guts? There’s a wide spectrum of gut feeling. It can lead to wise judgements that rise above conflicting arguments, or it can disguise a stubborn refusal to listen to evidence. Joining Ed Kessler to unpack gut feelings