Free Thinking Folgen

The novelist, Karl Ove Knausgård , talks to Philip Dodd as the fifth instalment of his acclaimed My Struggle series is published in the UK. The programme also considers what it means to be Scandinavian today with the Swedish journalist, Ingrid Carlberg - author of a new biography of Raoul Wallenberg; the Danish writer and translator, Dorthe Nors; and Nicholas Aylott, an expert on models of democracy in Nordic and Baltic Europe who teaches in Stockholm.Some Rain Must Fall by Karl Ove Knausgard is published now in the UK.Raoul Wallenberg - The Biography by Ingrid Carlberg is published now in the UKKarate Chop and Minna Needs Rehearsal Space by Dorthe Nors is out now in the UKNikolai Astrup: Painting Norway is on show at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London from until 15 May 2016Producer: Zahid Warley

The novelist, Karl Ove Knausgård , talks to Philip Dodd as the fifth instalment of his acclaimed My Struggle series is published in the UK. The programme also considers what it means to be Scandinavian today with the Swedish journalist, Ingrid Carlberg - author of a new biography of Raoul Wallenberg; the Danish writer and translator, Dorthe Nors; and Nicholas Aylott, an expert on models of democracy in Nordic and Baltic Europe who teaches in Stockholm.Some Rain Must Fall by Karl Ove Knausgard is published now in the UK.Raoul Wallenberg - The Biography by Ingrid Carlberg is published now in the UKKarate Chop and Minna Needs Rehearsal Space by Dorthe Nors is out now in the UKNikolai Astrup: Painting Norway is on show at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London from until 15 May 2016Producer: Zahid Warley

Rana Mitter discusses religion and modernity, including a conversation with Buddhist thinker Stephen Batchelor on how ancient traditions can adapt to meet modern needs. They are joined by Kader Abdolah, who's recently produced a new translation of The Qur'an, classicist Tim Whitmarsh, who has written on atheism in the Ancient Greek World, and the sociologist of religion Linda Woodhead who has investigated what people really mean when they tick the 'No Religion' box on surveys. Tim Whitmarsh is the author of Battling The Gods: Atheism In The Ancient World. Linda Woodhead is the author of That Was The Church That Was. Kader Abdolah is the author of The Qur'an - A Journey and The Messenger - A Tale Retold. Stephen Bachelor is the author of Buddhism - rethinking the dharma for a secular age. Producer: Luke Mulhall