Start the Week Podcast
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
Episodes to download
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Videogames – from fantasy to reality
Mon 23 Jan 2023
Adam Rutherford with Sandra Youkhana, Adrian Hon and Louise Blain
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The view from Latin America
Mon 16 Jan 2023
Kirsty Wark with Caroline Dodds Pennock, Adrian Locke and Iokiñe Rodríguez Fernandez.
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Where are you from?
Mon 9 Jan 2023
Tom Sutcliffe with Kenan Malik, Francesca Sobande and Don Paterson.
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Listening in the dark
Mon 12 Dec 2022
Adam Rutherford with Johan Eklöf, Kate Summerscale, Simon McBurney and Geraint Rees
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Returning to the moon
Mon 5 Dec 2022
Tom Sutcliffe with Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Oliver Morton and Luke Jerram.
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Faith: lost in translation?
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Adam Rutherford with Kaveh Akbar, John Barton and Emma Donoghue
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The authentic taste of Britain
Mon 7 Nov 2022
Tom Sutcliffe with Jonathan Coe, Emily Bootle and Soweto Kinch
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Building the Body, Opening the Heart
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Adam Rutherford with Siddhartha Mukherjee, Sian Harding and Paul McAuley.
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Zombies, exiles and monsters
Mon 24 Oct 2022
Tom Sutcliffe with George Saunders, Helen Rappaport and Anna Bogutskaya.
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Black Britain and beyond
Mon 17 Oct 2022
Adam Rutherford with Christine Checinska, Miranda Kaufmann, Yomi Ṣode and Peter Frankopan.
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Power plays and family dynamics
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Tom Sutcliffe with AM Homes, Nick Hytner and Simon Sebag Montefiore.
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Political leadership and oversight
Mon 3 Oct 2022
Kirsty Wark with Adam Wagner, Isabel Hardman, Tim Bale and Annalisa Piras.
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Bradford - Brave New World
Mon 26 Sep 2022
Adam Rutherford with Matthew Cobb, Alison Bashford and Deborah Lawlor
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Health, sickness and exploitation
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Adam Rutherford with Jules Montague, Gavin Francis and Jennifer Jacquet
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Justice, war crimes and targeted killings
Mon 20 Jun 2022
Helen Lewis with Linda Kinstler, Ronen Bergman and Philippe Sands.
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Social inequality - up close
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Adam Rutherford with Darren McGarvey, Jo Clement and Brett Scott
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A revolution in food and farming
Mon 6 Jun 2022
Tom Sutcliffe with George Monbiot, Sarah Langford and Claire Ratinon.
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Family drama at Hay Festival
Mon 30 May 2022
Helen Lewis with Damon Galgut, Margo Jefferson and Jennifer Egan at the Hay Festival
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Learning from apes, fish and wasps
Mon 23 May 2022
Adam Rutherford with Frans de Waal, Seirian Sumner and Nichola Raihani.
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The body clock and sleep
Mon 16 May 2022
Tom Sutcliffe with Russell Foster, Sonja Linden and Ros Holmes.
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Marwa Al-Sabouni - Rebuilding with hope
Mon 9 May 2022
Helen Lewis with Marwa Al-Sabouni, Jo da Silva and Jessie Childs
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Curiosity, ingenuity and experimentation
Mon 2 May 2022
Kirsty Wark talks to Suzie Sheehy, Laura Beatty and Philip Ball
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The age of the strongman leader
Mon 25 Apr 2022
Tom Sutcliffe with Gideon Rachman, Judy Dempsey and Christopher de Bellaigue.
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NoViolet Bulawayo on Glory
Mon 18 Apr 2022
Adam Rutherford with NoViolet Bulawayo, Dipo Faloyin and Julia Gallagher
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Love poetry; love books
Mon 11 Apr 2022
Kirsty Wark with Katherine Rundell, Emma Smith and Megan Walsh
