Start the Week Podcast
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
Episodes to download
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Russia, religion and the Middle East
Mon 4 Dec 2017
Masha Gessen, Dominic Rubin, Liwaa Yazji and Roy Allison with Andrew Marr.
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Finland at 100
Mon 27 Nov 2017
Amol Rajan with Sakari Oramo, Sointu Fritze, Horatio Clare and Martin Sandbu.
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Blood, guts and swearing robots
Mon 20 Nov 2017
Andrew Marr with Lindsey Fitzharris, Lesley Colvin, Beth Singler and Emma Byrne.
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Anger and deprivation
Mon 13 Nov 2017
Francine Stock with Nico Muhly, Ivo van Hove, Darren McGarvey and Caroline Relton.
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Heart of Darkness: Conrad and Orwell
Mon 6 Nov 2017
Andrew Marr with Maya Jasanoff, Robert Colls, Ishion Hutchinson and Gideon Rachman.
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Animals: tamed, exploited and resurrected
Mon 30 Oct 2017
Alice Roberts, Britt Wray and Gaia Vince discuss our relationship with the animal kingdom.
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Living with the Gods
Mon 23 Oct 2017
Andrew Marr with Neil MacGregor, Jennifer Sliwka, Dan Jones and Caspar Henderson.
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The End of War?
Mon 16 Oct 2017
Peace and War: Oona Hathaway, Mona Juul, Elisabeth Kendall and Philip Collins.
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Russian Revolution a hundred years on
Mon 9 Oct 2017
The Russian Revolution with Mikhail Zygar, Arkady Ostrovsky and Zelfira Tregulova.
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Power, the People and the Party
Mon 2 Oct 2017
Power and the people with David Cannadine, Hilary Spurling, Jane Green and Phillip Blond.
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Hard work and sweet slumber
Mon 25 Sep 2017
Francine Stock with Matthew Walker, Sasha Handley, Matthew Taylor and Susan Foister.
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Orhan Pamuk on competing myths
Mon 18 Sep 2017
Andrew Marr with Orhan Pamuk, Jon Sopel, Shobana Jeyasingh and Roxana Silbert.
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From Darwin to Big Data with Richard Dawkins
Mon 3 Jul 2017
Andrew Marr with Richard Dawkins, Deborah Kelemen, Cathy O'Neil and Alex Bellos.
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Power: Fleet Street and Whitehall
Mon 26 Jun 2017
Tom Sutcliffe with Chris Patten, Tessa Blackstone, James Graham and Kerry-Anne Mendoza.
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Health Inequality: TB, Trauma and Technology
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Andrew Marr with Lynne Jones, Michael Marmot, Kathryn Lougheed and John Powell.
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Crossing the Boundaries of Gender, Race and Class
Mon 12 Jun 2017
Kirsty Wark with Thomas Page McBee, Gary Owen, Kayo Chingonyi and Penny Woolcock.
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Inventing the Self: Fact and Fiction
Mon 5 Jun 2017
Andrew Marr with Robert Lepage, Rebecca Stott, Miranda Doyle and Andrew O'Hagan.
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Live from the Hay Festival
Mon 29 May 2017
Tom Sutcliffe with Colm Toibin, Sebastian Barry, Meg Rosoff and Jan Kizilhan.
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India's Rise?
Mon 22 May 2017
Andrew Marr with Shashi Tharoor, Preti Taneja, Kate Sullivan de Estrada and Adam Roberts.
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Post-Truth and Revolution
Mon 15 May 2017
Amol Rajan with Matthew D'Ancona, Claire Wardle, China Mieville and Lijia Zhang.
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Kate Tempest: Everyday Epic
Mon 8 May 2017
Andrew Marr with Kate Tempest, Tracy Chevalier, Hanif Kureishi and Lewis Hyde.
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Wendell Berry: The Natural World
Mon 1 May 2017
Andrew Marr with Wendell Berry, Paul Kingsnorth and Kate Raworth.
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Eliza Carthy and Nicholas Hytner: Art for All
Mon 24 Apr 2017
Kirsty Wark with Nicholas Hytner, Eliza Carthy, Jennifer Harris and Jules Evans.
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The Age of Spectacle?
Mon 17 Apr 2017
Andrew Marr with Tom Dyckhoff, Takeshi Hayatsu, Anissa Helou and Charles Spence.
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Christianity: Luther's Legacy
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Andrew Marr with Sarah Dunant, Peter Stanford, Alec Ryrie and Linda Woodhead.
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Dissecting Death
Mon 3 Apr 2017
Tom Sutcliffe with Raymond Tallis, Laura Tunbridge, Mark O'Connell and Carla Valentine.
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Sayeeda Warsi: Muslims in Britain
Mon 27 Mar 2017
Amol Rajan with Sayeeda Warsi, Paul Collier and Roger Scruton.
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The Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Tom Sutcliffe with Russell Foster, Denise Mina, Stephen Westaby and Eugenia Cheng.
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Britain Divided: 1642-2016
Mon 13 Mar 2017
Andrew Marr with David Goodhart, Oliver Letwin, Erica Benner and Richard Bean.
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Paul Auster and the American Dream
Mon 6 Mar 2017
Andrew Marr with Paul Auster, Catherine Daunt and Simon McBurney.
