Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.

Travel, at its best, changes the way we see the world. Join us each week as we dig into stories from people who took a trip—and came home transformed. Travel Tales by AFAR is your ticket to the world, no passport required.

Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.

Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.

Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them

As She Rises brings together local poets and activists from throughout North America to depict the effects of climate change on their home and their people. Each episode carries the listener to a new place through a collection of voices, local recordings and soundscapes. Stories span from the Louisiana Bayou, to the tundras of Alaska to the drying bed of the Colorado River. Centering the voices of native women and women of color, As She Rises personalizes the elusive magnitude of climate cha ...

New research on how society works

Reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news.