Free Thinking - Hay Festival

Arts & Ideas

BBC

Society & Culture

4.2 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council run a scheme to find the best young academics able to turn their research into radio. We meet some of this year's winners.

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0:00.0	Can I just say?
0:01.5	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:04.0	It's such a wonderful listen.
0:05.6	So nice.
0:06.5	There are loads more like it on BBC sounds.
0:08.8	Different paces, different heights.
0:10.6	The roof is buckling.
0:11.9	Where you can also listen to live sports commentary.
0:14.2	It's right foot goes for goal.
0:16.6	And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories.
0:21.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
0:25.2	And she's had to live with that.
0:26.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
0:29.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.8	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:49.3	Welcome to the BBC tent here at the Hay Festival.
0:52.9	And today we're filling our tent with an astonishing array of items.
0:58.2	We've got some merry widows sitting down a bit gingerly on some fascist furniture.
1:02.3	Over on the floor, we've chucked Cardinal Woolsey's massive furry hat.
1:06.8	And waiting in the wings, there's someone who claims he can solve your medical problems with a bit of vigorous stroking.
1:09.8	Now, who could be responsible for this smorgasbord of stimulation?
1:13.4	It could only be the 2015 New Generation Thinkers, the best emerging minds from today's academic world.
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