Start the Week show

Start the Week

Summary: Start The Week sets the cultural agenda for the week ahead, with high-profile guests discussing the ideas behind their work in the fields of art, literature, film, science, history, society and politics.

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 STW: Michael Sandel, Diane Coyle & Grigory Yavlinksy 21st May 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:22

Andrew Marr discusses the relationship between markets and morals with the political philosopher Michael Sandel; and the economists Diane Coyle and Grigory Yavlinsky.

 STW: Spain in Crisis with Paul Preston, Maria Delgado, Daniel Hannan & Iain Begg 14th May 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:39

Andrew Marr discusses Spain's economic crisis, and the legacy of Franco with historian Paul Preston; academic and film critic Maria Delgado; MEP Daniel Hannan; and economist Iain Begg.

 STW: Nick Harkaway, Charles Arthur, Simon Ings & Anab Jain 7th May 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:18

Andrew Marr looks into the digital future with Nick Harkaway, Charles Arthur, Simon Ings and Anab Jain.

 STW: Creativity with Jonah Lehrer, Joanna Kavenna, Rachel O'Reilly and Scanner 30th April 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:38

Andrew Marr discusses the science of creativity with neuroscientist Jonah Lehrer; author Joanna Kavenna; musician and sound artist Scanner; and chemist Rachel O'Reilly.

 STW: National Identity with Iain Banks, David Hare, George Benjamin and Rachel Seiffert 23rd April 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 42:19

Andrew Marr discusses national identity and belonging with the author Iain Banks; the playwright David Hare; the composer George Benjamin; and the writer Rachel Seiffert.

 STW: China with Jonathan Fenby, Martin Jacques, Julia Lovell & Ou Ning 16th April 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:57

Andrew Marr discusses the state of China with the authors Jonathan Fenby and Martin Jacques; the magazine editor and documentary film maker, Ou Ning; and the academic, writer and translator Julia Lovell.

 STW: Curiosity: Peter Carey, Philip Ball & Rebecca Stott | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 42:09

Andrew Marr discusses scientific curiosity with author Peter Carey and the writers Philip Ball and Rebecca Stott.

 STW: Alwyn Turner, Janet Daley, Martin Rowson & Tristram Hunt 2nd April 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 42:06

Andrew Marr looks back at the political and cultural landscape of the last 20 years and asks whether Margaret Thatcher was right when she pronounced the death of socialism after the Conservative election victory in 1992. He is joined by the author Alwyn Turner; the journalist Janet Daley; the Labour MP Tristram Hunt; and the political cartoonist Martin Rowson.

 STW: Werner Herzog, Geoff Dyer, Paul Farley and Liz Mermin 26 March 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:48

Anne McElvoy explores ways of seeing with filmmaker Werner Herzog, writer Geoff Dyer, poet Paul Farley and filmmaker Liz Mermin.

 STW: Africa: Nadine Gordimer, Jack Mapanje and Richard Dowden 19th March 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 42:09

Andrew Marr talks to the Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer, the Malawian poet Jack Mapanje, and the journalist Richard Dowden.

 STW: Colm Tóibín, AS Byatt, Mark Pagel and Will Eaves 12th March 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:28

Andrew Marr discusses writers and their families, tribes and cultural ties with the authors, Colm Toibin and Will Eaves; evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel; and novelist A.S Byatt.

 STW: Middle Age: David Bainbridge, Simon Armitage, Deborah Moggach and Claudia Hammond 5th March 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 42:01

Andrew Marr celebrates middle age with the scientist David Bainbridge; the poet Simon Armitage; the writer Deborah Moggach; and the psychologist Claudia Hammond.

 STW: Faith and Doubt: Richard Holloway, Karen Armstrong, Jonathan Safran Foer and Helen Edmundson 27th Feb 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:46

Andrew Marr discusses faith and doubt with former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway; writer and speaker Karen Armstrong; author Jonathan Safran Foer; and playwright Helen Edmundson.

 STW: Science Shaping Civilisation: Ian Stewart, Mark Miodownik, Jane Rapley & Peter Randall-Page | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 42:05

Tom Sutcliffe considers how science shapes civilisation with materials scientist Mark Miodownik; mathematician Ian Stewart; Jane Rapley, Head of Central Saint Martin's School of Art and Design; and the sculptor Peter Randall-Page.

 STW: New Elizabethans with Max Hastings, Mary Beard, John Guy and Lola Young 13th Feb 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 42:00

Andrew Marr discusses history, how we view it and who the defining figures of the second Elizabethan Age might be with the historian, John Guy; the classicist, Mary Beard; author and historian, Max Hastings; and independent cross-bench peer Lola Young, Baroness of Hornsey.

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