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Susan Blackmore

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Wendy Cope
An evening with Britain's best poets · Jan 2015

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Aaron Levie

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Adam Gopnik
Voices of the Founding Fathers: Words that Shaped a Nation · 2 episodes

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Billy Bragg
Brexit Britain – Our Divided Nation · Jul 2016

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Harley Finkelstein
Black Friday, Shopify, and Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age · Nov 2022

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Michael Wolff
The End of the Murdoch Empire · Oct 2023

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Samira Ahmed
Remembering Benjamin Zephaniah · Dec 2023

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William Kristol

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Alan Dershowitz
The nuclear deal with Iran won't make the world a safer place · May 2018

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Allison Pearson
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Cannot Rock the Boardroom · 2 episodes

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Andrew Keen

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David Goodhart
The Sunday Debate: If You Believe You are a Citizen of the World, You are a Citizen of Nowhere · Aug 2022

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Inaya Folarin Iman

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Josh Chin
Inside China’s Quest for Social Control · May 2023

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Julie Bindel

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Katharine Birbalsingh

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Kehinde Andrews
The Psychosis of Whiteness · 4 episodes

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Kenneth Cukier
Framing: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century · Jun 2021

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Lauren Fleshman
The Betrayal of Female Bodies in Professional Sport · Mar 2023

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Matthew Parris

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Melanie Phillips

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Michael Hayden

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Natasha Hausdorff

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Nigel Farage

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Peter Hitchens
Archive: Debate – There’s Not Much Great About Britain · 3 episodes

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Pippa Malmgren

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Robert Hardman
The Heir and the Spare: Prince Harry Takes Aim at the Royal Family · Jan 2023

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Sarah Wilson

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Shabnam Nasimi
Afghanistan After The Withdrawal: What Lessons Have We Learned? · 2 episodes

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Tony Sewell

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Trevor Phillips
Identity Politics Is Tearing Society Apart · May 2019

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Christopher Hitchens

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Ian Leslie
John and Paul: A Beatles Love Story in Songs (Part Two) · 2 episodes

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James Bessen

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John Ioannidis

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Thomas Piketty
Spotlight On Piketty · May 2015

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Tom Tugendhat
Debate: It’s Time for the West to Get Tough with China · Dec 2020

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Yasheng Huang
The Sunday Debate: Will protests rock China? · Dec 2022

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George Magnus
The Sunday Debate: The Robots are Coming and They Will Steal Our Livelihoods · Mar 2022

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