A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Radio 4,·813 episodes
Zoe Strimpel's dilemma over voting for Kamala.
Howard Jacobson argues that liberation from red tape is no way to run a country.
Megan Nolan reflects on mothers... and not mothers.
Sarah Dunant looks forward to next week's US presidential debate.
Tom Shakespeare on the humiliation of crawling.
AL Kennedy on how a passing remark has given 'weird' back its mojo.
David Goodhart argues that the days of an ever-expanding university sector are over.
Sara Wheeler reflects on the societal forces that have created the imposter syndrome.
Will Self reflects on change... and getting ready for a stem cell transplant.
Michael Morpurgo on heroism, triumph and disappointment as the Olympics gets underway.
Adam Gopnik with the ultimate cure for sleeplessness.
Sarah Dunant on the profound challenge to America's sense of its own youthfulness.
Rebecca Stott on why Iris Murdoch's theory of 'unselfing' is so apt for our present moment
Mary Beard on the function of museums and the thorny issue of what should be in them.
Megan Nolan on why she's well suited to the insecurity of her generation's housing crisis.
Zoe Strimpel reflects on the rise and rise of the superfan.
Howard Jacobson ponders why men suddenly want to read about love.
Mark Damazer on elections and the tricky business of political language.
Sara Wheeler ponders whether holidays ever really deliver the escape that we yearn for.
Tom Shakespeare calls for new thinking to fix the current crisis in our prisons.
Rebecca Stott on her quest for a decent-tasting apple.
Megan Nolan on New York as the Main Character Syndrome capital of the world.
Will Self with a very personal take on the rise of medical records apps.
Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.
Sara Wheeler reflects on being a sibling to her brother who has a lifelong disability.
Zoe Strimpel on crossing the rubicon into motherhood.
AL Kennedy on taking on her workaholism.
John Gray accuses US liberals of displaying a 'reckless hubris' in the election campaign.
Adam Gopnik warns of our tendency to normalise evil behaviour.
Will Self reflects on an 'epidemic' of envy.
