Four Thought

By BBC Radio 4

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 Apr 13, 2023

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Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society


Episode Date
What I've Learned from Four Thought
Feb 22, 2023
Life Without Chilli
Feb 15, 2023
Care to Care
Feb 08, 2023
Turning to Art
Feb 01, 2023
Stand Up for Irish Travellers
Jan 25, 2023
I'm not having children to save the planet
Jan 18, 2023
Life after 'life-changing'
Jan 11, 2023
I love gaming, but gaming doesn't always love me
Jan 04, 2023
Moral Animals
Dec 21, 2022
On Regret
Dec 14, 2022
After a Parent Dies by Suicide
Dec 07, 2022
Piracy on the Page
Nov 30, 2022
From Care to Cambridge
Oct 12, 2022
Baldness, Beauty and Me
Oct 05, 2022
From Bradford with Love
Sep 28, 2022
What I learnt from Reality TV
Sep 21, 2022
A Friendship
Aug 26, 2022
Who Tells the Story?
Aug 17, 2022
Meeting Up
Aug 03, 2022
Somewhere, not Nowhere
Aug 03, 2022
Asking the right questions about crime
Jul 27, 2022
Cities made for our mental health
Jul 20, 2022
Making Time
Jul 13, 2022
Grief: A Practical Guide
Jul 06, 2022
Valuing Care
Dec 28, 2021
Brain Matters
Dec 21, 2021
Painting a different history
Dec 14, 2021
Prison Sentence
Dec 07, 2021
The Power of Doubt
Oct 06, 2021
Leaving Your Homeland
Sep 29, 2021
Freedom Is a Must
Sep 22, 2021
And They Said We'd Be Glowing
Sep 15, 2021
Mum... again
Sep 08, 2021
Who Owns Space?
Sep 01, 2021
And His Wife
Aug 25, 2021
200 Days
Aug 18, 2021
Fear of Finance
Aug 11, 2021
What is it to Hear?
Aug 04, 2021
The Tyranny of Positivity
Jul 28, 2021
The Power of Classical Music
Jul 21, 2021
When We Were Young
Jul 14, 2021
Virtually Immortal
Jul 07, 2021
Mums in Prison
Jun 30, 2021
Climate Consultations
Jun 23, 2021
The Meaning of Statues
Jun 16, 2021
What's In a Name?
Jun 09, 2021
Defeat Don't Repeat
Jun 02, 2021
Making a Friend of Fear
May 26, 2021
Our Lost Food Culture
Nov 25, 2020
Being a Carer
Nov 18, 2020
Coffee with an Imam
Nov 11, 2020
Seeing Differently
Nov 04, 2020
Selfhood
Oct 28, 2020
The Empathy Equation
Oct 21, 2020
More Than a Game
Oct 14, 2020
Class of 2020
Oct 07, 2020
Reading Outside Your Comfort Zone
Sep 30, 2020
Craftivism: Gentle Protest
Sep 23, 2020
In Defence of Embarrassment
Sep 16, 2020
Writing Black British History
Sep 09, 2020
Telford, Little Yugoslavia
Sep 02, 2020
The Other Mother
Aug 26, 2020
The Craft of Surgery
Aug 19, 2020
War on Two Wheels
Aug 12, 2020
The Power of Mentoring
Aug 05, 2020
Embracing Uncertainty
Jul 29, 2020
Ending Ageism
Jul 22, 2020
Change Through Engagement
Jul 15, 2020
Making Sense of the World
Jul 09, 2020
Good and Clever
Jul 01, 2020
Depolarizing
Jun 24, 2020
Fit and Finished
Jun 17, 2020
Digital Sadness
Jan 29, 2020
A Boy Who Died
Jan 22, 2020
Living With Gods
Jan 15, 2020
Tidying Up
Jan 08, 2020
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword
Jan 01, 2020
The Romance of Train Travel
Dec 25, 2019
Recovery After Rape
Dec 18, 2019
Life In Transit
Dec 11, 2019
Grief, and Starscape
Oct 23, 2019
Digging Deep
Oct 16, 2019
Working Class Women
Oct 09, 2019
Politics Fans
Oct 02, 2019
An Empathy Machine
Sep 25, 2019
The P Word
Sep 18, 2019
Life in Letters
Sep 11, 2019
A Pleasure Culture of War
Sep 04, 2019
How poker teaches decision making
Aug 28, 2019
Preserving the Home Visit
Aug 21, 2019
Taking Humour Seriously
Aug 14, 2019
The Inside of Being
Aug 07, 2019
House Buying Agony
Jul 31, 2019
Social Media Snooping
Jul 24, 2019
Facing Death Creatively
Jul 17, 2019
Identity Through Reading
Jul 10, 2019
The Last Poets
Oct 11, 2018
Play the game, lads
Oct 03, 2018
Rediscovering Human Connections
Sep 26, 2018
All The Music We'll Never Hear
Sep 12, 2018
Back to the Land
Sep 05, 2018
The Magic of the Forest
Aug 29, 2018
Going sober
Aug 22, 2018
Future First
Jul 18, 2018
Mental Health Crisis?
Jul 11, 2018
Belonging, On Hold
Jun 27, 2018
To Absent Friends
Jun 13, 2018
Thinking Differently about Difference
Jun 06, 2018
A Toast To The Bridesmaids
May 30, 2018
Aesthetic Labour
May 23, 2018
Married Life
May 16, 2018
Exceptional
May 09, 2018
Screened out?
May 02, 2018
Being a Muslim Dad
Apr 25, 2018
Learning Outdoors
Apr 18, 2018
The AI Ethics Challenge
Apr 11, 2018
The Invisible Entrepreneurs - Women
Apr 04, 2018
Dreams of Public Resting Spaces
Jan 31, 2018
Achieving Dreams
Jan 24, 2018
Philosophy on the Battlefield
Jan 17, 2018
Gardening, Roses and Cultural Identity
Jan 10, 2018
Am I a Gentrifier?
Jan 03, 2018
Socially Mobile?
Nov 29, 2017
Being Muslim in America
Nov 22, 2017
Truth and Reality
Nov 16, 2017
You're A Musician Too
Aug 29, 2017
How to Be Optimistic (Despite Everything)
Aug 23, 2017
The Power of Singing Together
Aug 16, 2017
The Sound of Syria
Aug 09, 2017
Get Fit, Do Good
Aug 02, 2017
Being Bereaved
Jul 26, 2017
Cash Not Card
Jul 20, 2017
Understanding Drug Addiction
Jul 12, 2017
Being Transgender
Jul 05, 2017
Intelligent Kindness in Healthcare
Jun 28, 2017
Fragmented Landscape
Jun 21, 2017
The Cyber Effect
Jun 14, 2017
Captain Trouble
May 16, 2017
Regulation Nation
May 10, 2017
Football for Good
Apr 26, 2017
A Speck of Dust
Apr 19, 2017
Capturing Moonlight
Feb 22, 2017
A Good Book
Feb 15, 2017
Building for a new life
Feb 01, 2017
The Curse of Confidence
Jan 25, 2017
Co-Art
Jan 18, 2017
Stereotypes
Jan 11, 2017
Ghost Stories
Jan 04, 2017
Digital Millennial
Dec 28, 2016
Performance Teaching
Dec 21, 2016
Listening to Street Children
Dec 14, 2016
Dealing With Dementia
Dec 07, 2016
Straight from the Root
Dec 07, 2016
A Lonely Society
Dec 07, 2016
Magazine Renaissance
Nov 30, 2016
Sensitive Souls
Nov 23, 2016
Change for the Better
Nov 16, 2016
Property Ownership
Nov 09, 2016
Supporting Mothers
Nov 02, 2016
Stories with Food
Oct 26, 2016
Other People's Stories
Oct 19, 2016
Liberating Men
Oct 12, 2016
The Art of Diary Writing
Oct 05, 2016
The Pull of the Land
Sep 28, 2016
Funny Politics
Sep 21, 2016
In Praise of Parks
Sep 16, 2016
The Social Media Poet
Sep 07, 2016
Are Pornographers Anti-Sex?
Aug 31, 2016
Father and Son
Aug 24, 2016
Being Turkish
Aug 17, 2016
Citizen Diplomacy
Jun 15, 2016
The Muslim Soldier
Apr 29, 2016
Dead White Composers
Apr 20, 2016
Spice In Prison
Apr 06, 2016
Healing Minds
Mar 30, 2016
The Meaning of North
Jan 27, 2016
Best of Four Thought: Hinge Moments in History
Jan 27, 2016
Reaching Out
Jan 27, 2016
Positively Medieval
Jan 13, 2016
The Whirlpool Economy
Jan 06, 2016
Big Charity, Big Business
Jan 06, 2016
The End of the Age of Ideas
Jan 06, 2016
Passports for a Price
Jan 06, 2016
National Pride
Jan 06, 2016
On Being Ignored
Jan 06, 2016
Democratising Education
Jan 06, 2016
Economists' Lost Literary Touch
Jan 06, 2016
A Boat of One's Own
Jan 06, 2016
D Is for Diagnosis
Jan 06, 2016
Stories of Terrorism
Jan 06, 2016
Changing Laws of War
Jan 06, 2016
Lessons in Development
Dec 09, 2015
Trust Me, I'm a Magician
Oct 14, 2015
The Best of Four Thought: Matt Haig, Tim Meek, Adjoa Andoh
Oct 10, 2015
Why Run?
Oct 07, 2015
A Scaredy-Cat's Guide to Moving Abroad
Sep 30, 2015
The Unequal Past
Sep 23, 2015
Saving the Skyline
Sep 16, 2015
Cold Calling
Sep 09, 2015
The Power of Dreams
Sep 02, 2015
Writing Myself into the Script
Aug 26, 2015
Matt Haig
Jun 24, 2015
Amanda Palmer
Jun 17, 2015
Caroline Ingraham
Jun 10, 2015
Tim Meek
Jun 03, 2015
Brian Lobel
Jun 01, 2015
Huda Jawad
May 20, 2015
Baraa Shiban
May 13, 2015
John Williams: Unexpected Joy
May 06, 2015
Agata Pyzik
Apr 29, 2015
Peter Bleksley
Apr 22, 2015
Jamie Bartlett
Apr 15, 2015
Amy Golden
Apr 08, 2015
Keeping It Personal
Dec 31, 2014
Art, Design and Politics
Dec 24, 2014
The Shadow of the Cold War
Dec 17, 2014
Black in America
Dec 10, 2014
Writing for a Living
Dec 03, 2014
Esther Woolfson
Nov 26, 2014
Kenneth Steven
Nov 19, 2014
Andy Kirkpatrick
Nov 12, 2014
Claire Cunningham
Nov 05, 2014
Killing the Consumer
Oct 29, 2014
Risk and Reward
Oct 22, 2014
Migration, Separation and Wales
Oct 15, 2014
High Street Revival
Oct 08, 2014
Making Drugs Today
Oct 01, 2014
A World for Children
Sep 24, 2014
Judgement at Last
Sep 17, 2014
Creative Women
Sep 10, 2014
The Trouble with Paradise
Sep 03, 2014
In Defence of Anger
Aug 27, 2014
A New Currency of Commitment
Aug 20, 2014
Americans Abroad
Aug 13, 2014
Philip North
Aug 06, 2014
Adjoa Andoh
Jul 30, 2014
Rupert Goodwins
Jul 23, 2014
Noreena Hertz
Jul 16, 2014
Jasper Fforde
Jul 09, 2014
Serena Kutchinsky
Jul 02, 2014
Karl Sharro
Jun 25, 2014
Sandra Newman
Jun 18, 2014
Jono Vernon-Powell
Jun 11, 2014
Jonathan Ree
Jun 04, 2014
Rachel Armstrong
May 28, 2014
SF Said
May 21, 2014
Mark Graham
May 14, 2014
Rebecca Mott
May 07, 2014
Philippa Perry
Apr 30, 2014
Benet Brandreth
Apr 23, 2014
Making a Home
Mar 05, 2014
Cult of Girls
Feb 26, 2014
Nothing to Lose
Feb 19, 2014
Role Modelling
Feb 12, 2014
Heaven Crawley
Feb 05, 2014
Matthew Engel
Jan 29, 2014
Emile Simpson
Jan 22, 2014
Curtis Blanc
Jan 15, 2014
Refugee Stories
Jan 08, 2014
Courage and Effect
Dec 04, 2013
Chemophobia
Nov 27, 2013
Ambivalence: For and Against
Nov 20, 2013
Putting Profit in Its Place
Nov 13, 2013
How to Remember
Nov 06, 2013
Learning from our teenage selves
Oct 30, 2013
Empires of Attention
Oct 23, 2013
Hello Cheeky
Oct 16, 2013
Drugs in Sport
Oct 14, 2013
Language Is Power
Oct 02, 2013
Mona Siddiqui
Sep 25, 2013
Danny Dorling
Sep 18, 2013
Emily Bell
Sep 11, 2013
Alan Bissett
Sep 04, 2013
Greg Votolato
Aug 28, 2013
Yasmin Hai
Aug 21, 2013
Jad Adams
Aug 14, 2013
Andrew Graystone
Aug 07, 2013
Kevin Allen
Jul 03, 2013
Jamie Tehrani
Jun 26, 2013
Judith Shapiro
Jun 19, 2013
Dick Moore
Jun 12, 2013
Steven Poole: Think for Yourself
Jun 05, 2013
Anna Woodhouse: Windows to the Soul
May 29, 2013
Henry Stewart: Choose Your Boss
May 22, 2013
Emma Byrne: Why We Swear
May 15, 2013
Stewart Henderson: Poetry in Politics
May 08, 2013
Daniela Papi: The Problem with Volunteering
May 01, 2013
Mat Paskins: The future in history
Apr 24, 2013
Emma Woolf: Explaining Anorexia
Apr 17, 2013
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy: Forget Impartiality
Apr 10, 2013
Ranjini Obeyesekere: Lost in Translation?
Apr 03, 2013
Anwar Akhtar: The Meaning of Pakistan
Jan 09, 2013
Sally Kettle: Does hope help?
Jan 02, 2013
Tom Armitage: The Coded World
Dec 26, 2012
Georgie Fienberg: Saying No to Pity
Dec 21, 2012
Nancy Lublin: 21st-Century Social Activism
Dec 12, 2012
Amber Dermont: The Benefits of an Unhappy Childhood
Dec 05, 2012
Sara Ziff: The Problem with Fashion
Nov 28, 2012
Maria Popova: The Architecture of Knowledge
Nov 21, 2012
Ismail Einashe: The Challenge for British Somalis
Nov 14, 2012
James Friel: In Praise of the Single Life
Nov 07, 2012
Anna Minton: Fuelling Fear with High Security
Oct 31, 2012
Ben Dyson: Understanding How Money Works
Oct 24, 2012
Rabina Khan: Redefining Multiculturalism
Oct 17, 2012
Mark Vernon: Narcissism
Oct 10, 2012
Colin Murray Parkes: Insecurity and Extremism
Oct 03, 2012
Margaret Heffernan: Whistleblowers
Sep 26, 2012
Ruchir Sharma: The Search for Economic Growth
Sep 19, 2012
Niall Iain MacDonald: Rowing the Minch
Sep 12, 2012
Ian Robertson: The Winner Effect
Aug 29, 2012
Joe Dunthorne: Lessons from the Mosh Pit
Aug 22, 2012
Katarina Skoberne: Family History Repeating
Aug 15, 2012
Ali Mangera: The Future of Shopping
Aug 08, 2012
James Bridle: Computers and Cultural Memories
Aug 01, 2012
Gillian Wheeler: Flower Design as Art
Jul 25, 2012
Naif Al-Mutawa: Art and Religion
Jul 18, 2012
Leisa Rea: The Delight of Losing
Jul 11, 2012
Alice Bell: Improving Public Understanding of Science
Jul 04, 2012
Colin Crooks: The Let-Down Generation
Jun 27, 2012
Mitu Khandaker: Knowing Ourselves Through Computer Games
Jun 20, 2012
Sir Terry Farrell: Architects are Problem Solvers
Jun 13, 2012
Kamin Mohammadi: Life in Authoritarian Regimes
Jun 06, 2012
Paddy Docherty: Poverty and Entrepreneurship
May 30, 2012
Kate Smurthwaite: Stop Laughing at Sexism
May 23, 2012
Martin Cassini: The Case Against Traffic Lights
May 16, 2012
Matthew Syed: Does Talent Trump Effort?
May 09, 2012
Clare Melford: Buddah in the Boardroom
May 02, 2012
June Andrews: A Revolution for Dementia Treatment
Apr 25, 2012
Jules Evans: Socrates and Psychotherapy
Apr 18, 2012
Bobby Cummines: How to Reform Criminals
Apr 11, 2012
Robin Gorna: Are We Losing the Fight Against AIDS?
Feb 22, 2012
Rob Hopkins: Sustainability and Community
Feb 15, 2012
Gordon Bridger: Re-thinking Foreign Aid
Feb 08, 2012
Bali Rai: Stop Talking About Race
Feb 01, 2012
Gerard Darby: Science and Creativity
Jan 25, 2012
Clare Allan: Liberation Through Lies
Jan 18, 2012
Judith Clegg: Pay it Forward
Jan 11, 2012
Paul Flatters: Childhood is Better Than Ever
Jan 04, 2012
Tim Smit: Britain's Not Broken
Dec 28, 2011
James Lange: YouTube and Scientific Research
Dec 21, 2011
Anthony McGowan: Seeing Ourselves as Villains
Dec 14, 2011
David Perks: Re-thinking Science in Schools
Dec 07, 2011
Angela Saini: Throwaway Technology
Nov 30, 2011
David Bainbridge: Celebrating Middle Age
Nov 23, 2011
James Daunt: In Defence of Bookshops
Nov 16, 2011
Aza Raskin: A Design Renaissance for Healthcare
Nov 09, 2011
Dreda Say Mitchell: Family, Faith and Community
Nov 02, 2011
Christie Watson: What's Worse than Death?
Oct 26, 2011
Ed Yong: The Philosophy of Bacteria
Oct 19, 2011
Kate Fox: Understanding Alcohol
Oct 12, 2011
Cindy Gallop: Embracing Zero Privacy
Oct 05, 2011
Matthew Goodwin: An Electable Far Right?
Sep 28, 2011
Russell M Davies: The Next Technological Revolution
Sep 22, 2011
Charles ffrench-Constant: Regenerating the Human Body
Sep 14, 2011
Jim Crumley: A New Dance with Wolves
Sep 07, 2011
Ed Howker: Do Young People Deserve a Bad Reputation?
Sep 05, 2011
Andrew Robinson: What Can We Learn from Geniuses?
Sep 02, 2011
Owen Hatherley: The Decline of Architecture
Aug 17, 2011
Dominic Hobson: Sport is a Zero Sum Game
Aug 10, 2011
Musa Okwonga: Life without Facebook
Aug 03, 2011
Clare Lockhart: Rethinking Aid and the Developing World
Jul 27, 2011
Hilary Cottam: Redesigning Welfare
Jul 20, 2011
Matthew Engel: An Invasion of Americanisms
Jul 13, 2011
Penny Pepper: Disability and Identity
Jul 06, 2011
Danny Kruger: The Purpose of Punishment
Jun 29, 2011
Ed Smith: Professionalism in Sport
Jun 22, 2011
Steve Jones: The Legacy of Eugenics
Jun 15, 2011
Anne Applebaum: Repressive Regimes
Jun 01, 2011
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: The Myth of the Protestant Work Ethic
Jun 01, 2011
Philip Cowley: Politicians and Pogo Sticks
May 25, 2011
Jake Wallis Simons: Buddha vs Buddha
May 18, 2011
Johann Hari: Dying for a New Phone
May 11, 2011
Jonathan Sumption: Don't Apologise
May 04, 2011
Christina Patterson: Care to be a Nurse?
Apr 27, 2011
Tom Gill: Homeless in Japan
Mar 09, 2011
Naomi Shragi: Fusion and Confusion
Mar 02, 2011
Ahdaf Soueif: The Egyptian Uprising
Feb 23, 2011
David Goldblatt: Guerilla Urbanism Comes to Town
Feb 16, 2011
Peter Hennessy: On Joining the Constitution
Feb 11, 2011
Susan Greenfield: Once Upon a Future
Feb 03, 2011