Start the Week Episodes Episode guide
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Rationality in an Irrational Age
Amol Rajan talks about rationality with Steven Pinker, Amia Srinivasan and Irving Finkel.
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Views from across the water
Andrew Marr with Clare Jackson, Benedicte Paviot and Fintan O’Toole.
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Images of power
Kirsty Wark with Mary Beard, Andrew Roberts and Ayesha Hazarika
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Colm TóibÃn on Thomas Mann
Andrew Marr talks to Colm TóibÃn, Karen Leeder and Jesse Armstrong
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Climate activism: the next generation
Richard Powers, Mya-Rose Craig and Simon Mundy talk to Andrew Marr
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Life in the first person
Oliver Mears, Tiffany Watt Smith and Anil Seth talk to Tom Sutcliffe.
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Ali Smith
Ali Smith in conversation with Andrew Marr
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Jackie Kay on Bessie Smith
Kirsty Wark with Jackie Kay, Rosemary Hill and Michael Armitage
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London - villain and victim?
Andrew Marr with Iestyn Davies, Jennifer Kavanagh and Jack Brown
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Lionel Shriver on life and death decisions
Tom Sutcliffe with Lionel Shriver, David Jarrett and Jack Thorne.
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DH Lawrence: life and work
Andrew Marr with Frances Wilson, Salman Rushdie and Simon Armitage
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On Thin Ice: Glaciers, Geopolitics, and Nature's Goods
Kirsty Wark with Jemma Wadham, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson and Dwayne Ryan Menezes.
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Daniel Kahneman on 'noisy' human judgement
Andrew Marr with Daniel Kahneman, Gillian Tett and Ann Cairns.
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The opioid crisis and erosion of trust
Amol Rajan with Patrick Radden Keefe, Zoe Williams and Heidi Larson
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Art - plunder, power and prestige
Andrew Marr with Cynthia Saltzman, Francesco da Mosto and Charles Saumarez Smith.
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Personal faith and the Church
Tom Sutcliffe with Chine McDonald, Giles Fraser and Jeet Thayil.
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What if the Incas had colonised Europe?
Andrew Marr with Laurent Binet, Caroline Dodds Pennock and Christienna Fryar.
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Nuclear destruction
Amol Rajan with Serhii Plokhy, Patricia Lewis and Sarah Rainsford
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Defining mental illness
Andrew Marr with Suzanne O’Sullivan, Lucy Foulkes and Sally Holland
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Trade deals and human rights – in Africa and China
Andrew Marr with Tom Tugendhat, Geetha Tharmaratnam and Michela Wrong.
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Newton: science and worldly riches
Tom Sutcliffe with Edward St Aubyn, Patricia Fara and Chris van Tulleken.
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Rights and responsibilities
Andrew Marr with Matthew d’Ancona, Minouche Shafik and Kenan Malik
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Understanding Melancholy
Amol Rajan with Mary Ann Lund, Horatio Clare and Ahmed Hankir.
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Monsters of the deep
Andrew Marr with Helen Scales, Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Kolbert
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Family struggles - from Greek tragedy to The Troubles
Kirsty Wark with Sally Bayley, Kerri nà Dochartaigh and Lisa Dwan.
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Living online and IRL
Andrew Marr with Patricia Lockwood, Roisin Kiberd and Matthew Syed.
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Empire and class, shaping Britain
Tom Sutcliffe with Sathnam Sanghera, Selina Todd and Anthony Anaxagorou
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The fall of Maxwell – the end of an era.
Andrew Marr with John Preston, Julia Langdon and Emily Bell.
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Mariana Mazzucato on moonshot economics
Amol Rajan with Mariana Mazzucato, Vince Cable and Robert Verkaik
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Francis Bacon revealed
Andrew Marr with Annalyn Swan, Russell T Davies and Mark-Anthony Turnage