Analysis
Summary: Analysis makes sense of the ideas that change the world, from economics to social affairs to global politics to political Islam. With thought-provoking and expert presenters, Analysis aims to make the world of policy and ideas both interesting and surprising. The programme broadcasts 26 episodes a year, in three separate series.
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Podcasts:
Jo Fidgen asks: what are the new rules of relationships? Sexual harassment is in the news, laws and codes are in place. But can we agree on what is acceptable behaviour today?
Following the crisis in Ukraine, Edward Stourton investigates the Russian leader's geostrategic vision.
Tim Finch investigates the history of asylum as a political issue and explores ideas for a fundamental rethink of the way we deal with refugees.
Evan Davis interviews economic historian Deirdre McCloskey in front of an audience at the London School of Economics, where she argues that poverty matters more than inequality.
TUC economist Duncan Weldon asks if the theories of the late Hyman Minsky provide an explanation for the financial crisis and a radical challenge to mainstream economics?
Jo Fidgen interviews psychologist Eldar Shafir about his theories of how scarcity of time and money can both help and harm us.
Owen Bennett-Jones asks if the real beneficiaries of the multiple failures of the Arab revolutions are the Islamist militants both of al-Qaeda and its increasingly violent allies.
As Scotland votes on independence, Douglas Fraser asks if there's a coherent vision for the future of the union, and what that might mean north and south of Hadrian's Wall.
Should we use chance to solve some of our most difficult political dilemmas? Jo Fidgen explores whether the luck of the draw might build a fairer society.
Frances Stonor Saunders asks why anonymity is becoming more popular while we extol celebrity and individuality. Is being anonymous the future or are there costs to being unknown?
Is the ultra-conservative 'Wahhabi' branch of Islam really the ideology behind Islamic extremism? Edward Stourton examines its emergence in 18th Century Saudi Arabia and subsequent interpretations, exploring its influence in the world today.
Comedian Russell Brand wants a revolution - why are so many young people cheering him on? The Economist's Jeremy Cliffe explores the ideas and thinkers behind a new 'anarcho-populism' - the 21st Century activist's politics of choice.
Andrew Brown asks if the Church of England has become fatally disconnected from society.
Renowned social theorist Prof Roberto Unger on why he thinks his left wing progressive comrades lack imagination. Recorded in front of an audience at the LSE.
The French are far more attached to the centralised, big state than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts. Former BBC Paris Correspondent Emma Jane Kirby asks if it is affordable.
