Henry Marsh Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem, Daniel Levitin
Matthew Sweet is joined by Henry Marsh and Susannah Clapp to review Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem at the National Theatre. Plus musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin.
Surgeon Henry Marsh and critic Susannah Clapp review the opening of Tom Stoppard's 'The Hard Problem' at the National Theatre tonight. It follows a young scientist at a brain science institute investigating the nature of consciousness.
Matthew Sweet is also joined by musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin. His new book is 'The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload'.
And New Generation Thinker Alasdair Cochrane and Anne Phillips, author of a forthcoming book
'The Politics of the Human', discuss what comprises humanness.
Producer: Harry Parker.
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Tom Stoppard's new play The Hard Problem
Observer critic Susannah Clapp and neurosurgeon Henry Marsh review the first night
Duration: 14:20
The Organized Mind by Daniel J. Levitin
Matthew Sweet in conversation with Daniel J. Levitin
Duration: 09:37
What comprises humanness?
Discussion - Alasdair Cochrane and Anne Phillips, author of 'The Politics of the Human',
Duration: 20:49
Credits
Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Henry Marsh Interviewed Guest Susannah Clapp Presenter Matthew Sweet Interviewed Guest Daniel Levitin Interviewed Guest Alasdair Cochrane Interviewed Guest Anne Phillips Producer Harry Parker Broadcast
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