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The Essay New Generation Thinkers 2020 Episodes

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  1. Prison Break

    10/10 New Generation Thinker Jeffrey Howard asks if it is ever ok to escape from prison.

  2. Egyptian Satire

    9/10 Dina Rezk explores the power of humour in protest.

  3. Pogroms and Prejudice

    8/10 Brendan McGeever looks at anti-Semitism, from Russian attacks to the present day.

  4. Facing Facts

    7/10 From duelling injuries to eye patches - Emily Cock asks how we respond to people's faces.

  5. Facing Facts

    6/10 From duelling injuries to eye patches - Emily Cock asks how we respond to peoples' faces.

  6. Not Quite Jean Muir

    5/10 How does sewing a dress add to Jade Halbert's understanding of disappearing skills.

  7. Tudor Virtual Reality

    4/10 The link between VR dinosaurs and a Tudor wall painting of the Judgement of Solomon.

  8. Coming out Crip and Acts of Care

    3/10 Ella Parry-Davies draws on experiences of migrant domestic workers in the UK and Lebanon.

  9. Digging Deep

    2/10 Susan Greaney asks whether Neolithic attitudes to the earth could shape our thinking.

  10. Berlin, Detroit, Race and Techno Music

    1/10 Tom Smith on the early pioneers of Berlin's music scene and arguments about whiteness.