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Thomas More's Utopia
In Our TimeIn 1516, the publication of one small book would coin a new word and give rise to centuries of literature, theory, and thought. In his most influential work, the lawyer and Tudor politician Thomas More (1478-1535) described a seemingly perfect – but entirely fictional – island called Utopia. In 1535, less than two decades after writing the book, More was executed for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as supreme head of the church of England. Misha Glenny and his guests discuss why More’s exploration of service and the ideal state has been read as a blueprint for society, a scathing satire, and as a timeless warning. This In Our Time episode examines the 16th-century origin and legacy of one of most influential works of political philosophy. The discussion explores Utopia’s roots in Renaissance Humanism, what the book has to say about tyranny and governance, and why utopias can so often seem dystopian.
With
Laura Ashe
Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, University of OxfordCathy Shrank
Professor of Tudor and Renaissance Literature at the University of SheffieldAnd
Joanne Paul
Honorary Associate Professor in Intellectual History at the University of SussexProducer: Martha Owen
Reading list:
Terence Cave (ed.), Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’ in Early Modern Europe: Paratexts and Contexts (Manchester University Press, 2008)
J. H. Hexter, More’s Utopia: The Biography of an Idea (Princeton University Press, 1952)
Richard Marius, Thomas More: A Biography (Harvard University Press, 1999)
Thomas More (ed. Joanne Paul), Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Thomas More (ed. George M. Logan), Utopia (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Thomas More (ed. Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith), The Essential Works of Thomas More (Yale University Press, 2020)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England (Michael Joseph, 2025)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: Classic Thinkers (Polity, 2016)
Howard P. Segal, Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Cathy Shrank and Phil Withington (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Thomas More's Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, vol. 1: The Renaissance (Cambridge University Press, 1979)
In Our Time is a BBC Studios production
A world-class seminar every week. Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time celebrates the pursuit of knowledge and the enduring power of ideas. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.
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Thomas More's Utopia
In Our TimeIn 1516, the publication of one small book would coin a new word and give rise to centuries of literature, theory, and thought. In his most influential work, the lawyer and Tudor politician Thomas More (1478-1535) described a seemingly perfect – but entirely fictional – island called Utopia. In 1535, less than two decades after writing the book, More was executed for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as supreme head of the church of England. Misha Glenny and his guests discuss why More’s exploration of service and the ideal state has been read as a blueprint for society, a scathing satire, and as a timeless warning. This In Our Time episode examines the 16th-century origin and legacy of one of most influential works of political philosophy. The discussion explores Utopia’s roots in Renaissance Humanism, what the book has to say about tyranny and governance, and why utopias can so often seem dystopian.
With
Laura Ashe
Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, University of OxfordCathy Shrank
Professor of Tudor and Renaissance Literature at the University of SheffieldAnd
Joanne Paul
Honorary Associate Professor in Intellectual History at the University of SussexProducer: Martha Owen
Reading list:
Terence Cave (ed.), Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’ in Early Modern Europe: Paratexts and Contexts (Manchester University Press, 2008)
J. H. Hexter, More’s Utopia: The Biography of an Idea (Princeton University Press, 1952)
Richard Marius, Thomas More: A Biography (Harvard University Press, 1999)
Thomas More (ed. Joanne Paul), Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Thomas More (ed. George M. Logan), Utopia (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Thomas More (ed. Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith), The Essential Works of Thomas More (Yale University Press, 2020)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England (Michael Joseph, 2025)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: Classic Thinkers (Polity, 2016)
Howard P. Segal, Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Cathy Shrank and Phil Withington (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Thomas More's Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, vol. 1: The Renaissance (Cambridge University Press, 1979)
In Our Time is a BBC Studios production
A world-class seminar every week. Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time celebrates the pursuit of knowledge and the enduring power of ideas. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.
Show less
Available now55 minutes
On airToday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
Thomas More's Utopia
In Our TimeIn 1516, the publication of one small book would coin a new word and give rise to centuries of literature, theory, and thought. In his most influential work, the lawyer and Tudor politician Thomas More (1478-1535) described a seemingly perfect – but entirely fictional – island called Utopia. In 1535, less than two decades after writing the book, More was executed for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as supreme head of the church of England. Misha Glenny and his guests discuss why More’s exploration of service and the ideal state has been read as a blueprint for society, a scathing satire, and as a timeless warning. This In Our Time episode examines the 16th-century origin and legacy of one of most influential works of political philosophy. The discussion explores Utopia’s roots in Renaissance Humanism, what the book has to say about tyranny and governance, and why utopias can so often seem dystopian.
With
Laura Ashe
Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, University of OxfordCathy Shrank
Professor of Tudor and Renaissance Literature at the University of SheffieldAnd
Joanne Paul
Honorary Associate Professor in Intellectual History at the University of SussexProducer: Martha Owen
Reading list:
Terence Cave (ed.), Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’ in Early Modern Europe: Paratexts and Contexts (Manchester University Press, 2008)
J. H. Hexter, More’s Utopia: The Biography of an Idea (Princeton University Press, 1952)
Richard Marius, Thomas More: A Biography (Harvard University Press, 1999)
Thomas More (ed. Joanne Paul), Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Thomas More (ed. George M. Logan), Utopia (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Thomas More (ed. Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith), The Essential Works of Thomas More (Yale University Press, 2020)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England (Michael Joseph, 2025)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: Classic Thinkers (Polity, 2016)
Howard P. Segal, Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Cathy Shrank and Phil Withington (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Thomas More's Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, vol. 1: The Renaissance (Cambridge University Press, 1979)
In Our Time is a BBC Studios production
A world-class seminar every week. Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time celebrates the pursuit of knowledge and the enduring power of ideas. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.
Show less
Available now55 minutes
On airToday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
Thomas More's Utopia
In Our TimeIn 1516, the publication of one small book would coin a new word and give rise to centuries of literature, theory, and thought. In his most influential work, the lawyer and Tudor politician Thomas More (1478-1535) described a seemingly perfect – but entirely fictional – island called Utopia. In 1535, less than two decades after writing the book, More was executed for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as supreme head of the church of England. Misha Glenny and his guests discuss why More’s exploration of service and the ideal state has been read as a blueprint for society, a scathing satire, and as a timeless warning. This In Our Time episode examines the 16th-century origin and legacy of one of most influential works of political philosophy. The discussion explores Utopia’s roots in Renaissance Humanism, what the book has to say about tyranny and governance, and why utopias can so often seem dystopian.
With
Laura Ashe
Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, University of OxfordCathy Shrank
Professor of Tudor and Renaissance Literature at the University of SheffieldAnd
Joanne Paul
Honorary Associate Professor in Intellectual History at the University of SussexProducer: Martha Owen
Reading list:
Terence Cave (ed.), Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’ in Early Modern Europe: Paratexts and Contexts (Manchester University Press, 2008)
J. H. Hexter, More’s Utopia: The Biography of an Idea (Princeton University Press, 1952)
Richard Marius, Thomas More: A Biography (Harvard University Press, 1999)
Thomas More (ed. Joanne Paul), Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Thomas More (ed. George M. Logan), Utopia (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Thomas More (ed. Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith), The Essential Works of Thomas More (Yale University Press, 2020)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England (Michael Joseph, 2025)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: Classic Thinkers (Polity, 2016)
Howard P. Segal, Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Cathy Shrank and Phil Withington (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Thomas More's Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, vol. 1: The Renaissance (Cambridge University Press, 1979)
In Our Time is a BBC Studios production
A world-class seminar every week. Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time celebrates the pursuit of knowledge and the enduring power of ideas. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.
Show less
Available now55 minutes
On airToday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
Thomas More's Utopia
In Our TimeIn 1516, the publication of one small book would coin a new word and give rise to centuries of literature, theory, and thought. In his most influential work, the lawyer and Tudor politician Thomas More (1478-1535) described a seemingly perfect – but entirely fictional – island called Utopia. In 1535, less than two decades after writing the book, More was executed for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as supreme head of the church of England. Misha Glenny and his guests discuss why More’s exploration of service and the ideal state has been read as a blueprint for society, a scathing satire, and as a timeless warning. This In Our Time episode examines the 16th-century origin and legacy of one of most influential works of political philosophy. The discussion explores Utopia’s roots in Renaissance Humanism, what the book has to say about tyranny and governance, and why utopias can so often seem dystopian.
With
Laura Ashe
Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, University of OxfordCathy Shrank
Professor of Tudor and Renaissance Literature at the University of SheffieldAnd
Joanne Paul
Honorary Associate Professor in Intellectual History at the University of SussexProducer: Martha Owen
Reading list:
Terence Cave (ed.), Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’ in Early Modern Europe: Paratexts and Contexts (Manchester University Press, 2008)
J. H. Hexter, More’s Utopia: The Biography of an Idea (Princeton University Press, 1952)
Richard Marius, Thomas More: A Biography (Harvard University Press, 1999)
Thomas More (ed. Joanne Paul), Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Thomas More (ed. George M. Logan), Utopia (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Thomas More (ed. Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith), The Essential Works of Thomas More (Yale University Press, 2020)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England (Michael Joseph, 2025)
Joanne Paul, Thomas More: Classic Thinkers (Polity, 2016)
Howard P. Segal, Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Cathy Shrank and Phil Withington (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Thomas More's Utopia (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, vol. 1: The Renaissance (Cambridge University Press, 1979)
In Our Time is a BBC Studios production
A world-class seminar every week. Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time celebrates the pursuit of knowledge and the enduring power of ideas. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.
Show less
Available now55 minutes
On airToday
23:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(I imagine the graphic novel version of this drama being called "Why I Hate Shakespeare" and Madeline blows-up Chatham House with a high yield shoulder-launched missile ... or maybe the film version ...)
(also, very good sound design -- wear your best headphones)
Where We Belong
Drama on 4In 2015, Mohegan theatre-maker Madeline Sayet crossed the Atlantic to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare. What began as an academic journey became a profound exploration of ancestry, history and home.
Inspired by her time in the UK, Sayet's acclaimed stageplay examines Britain's uncomfortable relationship with its colonial past and its enduring connections to the Native peoples of North America. Weaving together her own experiences with the stories of Mohegan ancestors who travelled to England centuries before her, Where We Belong is a powerful and poetic meditation on connection, division, and belonging in an interconnected world. Here it is adapted for audio for the first time.
This drama is part of BBC Radio 4's Story of America, a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States.
Where We Belong is written and performed by Madeline Sayet
With,
Allison Hicks
Kholan Studi
Jason Forbes
Clare CorbettOriginal music is by Erik Schilke
Sound design ..... Pete Ringrose
Sound recording ..... James Murray
Producer ..... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinators ..... Jon Powell and Sara BenaimA BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4
Madeline Sayet is an award-winning Mohegan playwright, director, and scholar recognized for her work in contemporary Native American Theatre and reimagining the classics. She serves as Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and previously served six years as the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program at Yale University. Her plays include: The Fish, The Last Laugh, The Knife, FAUST(US), The Neverland, and Up and Down the River. Where We Belong and The Neverland are published by Methuen Drama. Where We Belong was performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2019, then completed a national tour of the United States produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Folger Shakespeare Library from 2021-2024. Accolades include: TED Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, Hermitage Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30, recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama.
Erik Schilke is an ambient electronic artist and award-winning composer working in film, theater and visual media. He has scored and sound designed multiple projects for acclaimed directors including Seth Godin’s The Practice directed by Fernando Lazzari, Madeline Sayet's Where We Belong directed by Mei Ann Teo, Eva MeiLing Pollitt's Éléphant directed by Akia Squitieri, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel’s Flying Bird's Diary and The Wishing Well directed by Madeline Sayet. His work has also been seen at The Public Theater, Goodman Theatre, Seattle Rep, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Folger Shakespeare Library, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program and internationally in museums such as Pixelbase and Moravská Galerie in Prague as well as online magazines including Stash Media. His debut album Synthesis was recently released on the German label Hymen Records.
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Last onToday
15:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(I imagine the graphic novel version of this drama being called "Why I Hate Shakespeare" and Madeline blows-up Chatham House with a high yield shoulder-launched missile ... or maybe the film version ...)
(also, very good sound design -- wear your best headphones)
Where We Belong
Drama on 4In 2015, Mohegan theatre-maker Madeline Sayet crossed the Atlantic to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare. What began as an academic journey became a profound exploration of ancestry, history and home.
Inspired by her time in the UK, Sayet's acclaimed stageplay examines Britain's uncomfortable relationship with its colonial past and its enduring connections to the Native peoples of North America. Weaving together her own experiences with the stories of Mohegan ancestors who travelled to England centuries before her, Where We Belong is a powerful and poetic meditation on connection, division, and belonging in an interconnected world. Here it is adapted for audio for the first time.
This drama is part of BBC Radio 4's Story of America, a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States.
Where We Belong is written and performed by Madeline Sayet
With,
Allison Hicks
Kholan Studi
Jason Forbes
Clare CorbettOriginal music is by Erik Schilke
Sound design ..... Pete Ringrose
Sound recording ..... James Murray
Producer ..... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinators ..... Jon Powell and Sara BenaimA BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4
Madeline Sayet is an award-winning Mohegan playwright, director, and scholar recognized for her work in contemporary Native American Theatre and reimagining the classics. She serves as Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and previously served six years as the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program at Yale University. Her plays include: The Fish, The Last Laugh, The Knife, FAUST(US), The Neverland, and Up and Down the River. Where We Belong and The Neverland are published by Methuen Drama. Where We Belong was performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2019, then completed a national tour of the United States produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Folger Shakespeare Library from 2021-2024. Accolades include: TED Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, Hermitage Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30, recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama.
Erik Schilke is an ambient electronic artist and award-winning composer working in film, theater and visual media. He has scored and sound designed multiple projects for acclaimed directors including Seth Godin’s The Practice directed by Fernando Lazzari, Madeline Sayet's Where We Belong directed by Mei Ann Teo, Eva MeiLing Pollitt's Éléphant directed by Akia Squitieri, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel’s Flying Bird's Diary and The Wishing Well directed by Madeline Sayet. His work has also been seen at The Public Theater, Goodman Theatre, Seattle Rep, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Folger Shakespeare Library, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program and internationally in museums such as Pixelbase and Moravská Galerie in Prague as well as online magazines including Stash Media. His debut album Synthesis was recently released on the German label Hymen Records.
Show less
Available now57 minutes
Last onToday
15:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(I imagine the graphic novel version of this drama being called "Why I Hate Shakespeare" and Madeline blows-up Chatham House with a high yield shoulder-launched missile ... or maybe the film version ...)
(also, very good sound design -- wear your best headphones)
Where We Belong
Drama on 4In 2015, Mohegan theatre-maker Madeline Sayet crossed the Atlantic to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare. What began as an academic journey became a profound exploration of ancestry, history and home.
Inspired by her time in the UK, Sayet's acclaimed stageplay examines Britain's uncomfortable relationship with its colonial past and its enduring connections to the Native peoples of North America. Weaving together her own experiences with the stories of Mohegan ancestors who travelled to England centuries before her, Where We Belong is a powerful and poetic meditation on connection, division, and belonging in an interconnected world. Here it is adapted for audio for the first time.
This drama is part of BBC Radio 4's Story of America, a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States.
Where We Belong is written and performed by Madeline Sayet
With,
Allison Hicks
Kholan Studi
Jason Forbes
Clare CorbettOriginal music is by Erik Schilke
Sound design ..... Pete Ringrose
Sound recording ..... James Murray
Producer ..... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinators ..... Jon Powell and Sara BenaimA BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4
Madeline Sayet is an award-winning Mohegan playwright, director, and scholar recognized for her work in contemporary Native American Theatre and reimagining the classics. She serves as Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and previously served six years as the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program at Yale University. Her plays include: The Fish, The Last Laugh, The Knife, FAUST(US), The Neverland, and Up and Down the River. Where We Belong and The Neverland are published by Methuen Drama. Where We Belong was performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2019, then completed a national tour of the United States produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Folger Shakespeare Library from 2021-2024. Accolades include: TED Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, Hermitage Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30, recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama.
Erik Schilke is an ambient electronic artist and award-winning composer working in film, theater and visual media. He has scored and sound designed multiple projects for acclaimed directors including Seth Godin’s The Practice directed by Fernando Lazzari, Madeline Sayet's Where We Belong directed by Mei Ann Teo, Eva MeiLing Pollitt's Éléphant directed by Akia Squitieri, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel’s Flying Bird's Diary and The Wishing Well directed by Madeline Sayet. His work has also been seen at The Public Theater, Goodman Theatre, Seattle Rep, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Folger Shakespeare Library, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program and internationally in museums such as Pixelbase and Moravská Galerie in Prague as well as online magazines including Stash Media. His debut album Synthesis was recently released on the German label Hymen Records.
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Last onToday
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BBC Radio 4 -
(I imagine the graphic novel version of this drama being called "Why I Hate Shakespeare" and Madeline blows-up Chatham House with a high yield shoulder-launched missile ... or maybe the film version ...)
(also, very good sound design -- wear your best headphones)
Where We Belong
Drama on 4In 2015, Mohegan theatre-maker Madeline Sayet crossed the Atlantic to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare. What began as an academic journey became a profound exploration of ancestry, history and home.
Inspired by her time in the UK, Sayet's acclaimed stageplay examines Britain's uncomfortable relationship with its colonial past and its enduring connections to the Native peoples of North America. Weaving together her own experiences with the stories of Mohegan ancestors who travelled to England centuries before her, Where We Belong is a powerful and poetic meditation on connection, division, and belonging in an interconnected world. Here it is adapted for audio for the first time.
This drama is part of BBC Radio 4's Story of America, a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States.
Where We Belong is written and performed by Madeline Sayet
With,
Allison Hicks
Kholan Studi
Jason Forbes
Clare CorbettOriginal music is by Erik Schilke
Sound design ..... Pete Ringrose
Sound recording ..... James Murray
Producer ..... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinators ..... Jon Powell and Sara BenaimA BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4
Madeline Sayet is an award-winning Mohegan playwright, director, and scholar recognized for her work in contemporary Native American Theatre and reimagining the classics. She serves as Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and previously served six years as the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program at Yale University. Her plays include: The Fish, The Last Laugh, The Knife, FAUST(US), The Neverland, and Up and Down the River. Where We Belong and The Neverland are published by Methuen Drama. Where We Belong was performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2019, then completed a national tour of the United States produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Folger Shakespeare Library from 2021-2024. Accolades include: TED Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, Hermitage Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30, recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama.
Erik Schilke is an ambient electronic artist and award-winning composer working in film, theater and visual media. He has scored and sound designed multiple projects for acclaimed directors including Seth Godin’s The Practice directed by Fernando Lazzari, Madeline Sayet's Where We Belong directed by Mei Ann Teo, Eva MeiLing Pollitt's Éléphant directed by Akia Squitieri, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel’s Flying Bird's Diary and The Wishing Well directed by Madeline Sayet. His work has also been seen at The Public Theater, Goodman Theatre, Seattle Rep, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Folger Shakespeare Library, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program and internationally in museums such as Pixelbase and Moravská Galerie in Prague as well as online magazines including Stash Media. His debut album Synthesis was recently released on the German label Hymen Records.
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Available now57 minutes
Last onToday
15:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(I imagine the graphic novel version of this drama being called "Why I Hate Shakespeare" and Madeline blows-up Chatham House with a high yield shoulder-launched missile ... or maybe the film version ...)
(also, very good sound design -- wear your best headphones)
Where We Belong
Drama on 4In 2015, Mohegan theatre-maker Madeline Sayet crossed the Atlantic to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare. What began as an academic journey became a profound exploration of ancestry, history and home.
Inspired by her time in the UK, Sayet's acclaimed stageplay examines Britain's uncomfortable relationship with its colonial past and its enduring connections to the Native peoples of North America. Weaving together her own experiences with the stories of Mohegan ancestors who travelled to England centuries before her, Where We Belong is a powerful and poetic meditation on connection, division, and belonging in an interconnected world. Here it is adapted for audio for the first time.
This drama is part of BBC Radio 4's Story of America, a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States.
Where We Belong is written and performed by Madeline Sayet
With,
Allison Hicks
Kholan Studi
Jason Forbes
Clare CorbettOriginal music is by Erik Schilke
Sound design ..... Pete Ringrose
Sound recording ..... James Murray
Producer ..... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinators ..... Jon Powell and Sara BenaimA BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4
Madeline Sayet is an award-winning Mohegan playwright, director, and scholar recognized for her work in contemporary Native American Theatre and reimagining the classics. She serves as Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and previously served six years as the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program at Yale University. Her plays include: The Fish, The Last Laugh, The Knife, FAUST(US), The Neverland, and Up and Down the River. Where We Belong and The Neverland are published by Methuen Drama. Where We Belong was performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2019, then completed a national tour of the United States produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Folger Shakespeare Library from 2021-2024. Accolades include: TED Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, Hermitage Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30, recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama.
Erik Schilke is an ambient electronic artist and award-winning composer working in film, theater and visual media. He has scored and sound designed multiple projects for acclaimed directors including Seth Godin’s The Practice directed by Fernando Lazzari, Madeline Sayet's Where We Belong directed by Mei Ann Teo, Eva MeiLing Pollitt's Éléphant directed by Akia Squitieri, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel’s Flying Bird's Diary and The Wishing Well directed by Madeline Sayet. His work has also been seen at The Public Theater, Goodman Theatre, Seattle Rep, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Folger Shakespeare Library, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program and internationally in museums such as Pixelbase and Moravská Galerie in Prague as well as online magazines including Stash Media. His debut album Synthesis was recently released on the German label Hymen Records.
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(... oh, no ... Her perfectness, Caroline Wyatt, my one true spiritual guide [sorry Stacy and Ms Mullaly], is presenting ... er ... This is the best AI news package evah! 👍)
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(... oh, no ... Her perfectness, Caroline Wyatt, my one true spiritual guide [sorry Stacy and Ms Mullaly], is presenting ... er ... This is the best AI news package evah! 👍)
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Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
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Redwood by Ben Macintyre
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5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4 -
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4 -
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4 -
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Episode 5 of 5
5. A Reckoning
Ben Macintyre's latest book tells a story of Cold War espionage set against the backdrop of Iran's revolution in the 1980s. Today, there is a reckoning. Read by Jamie Parker.
The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story.
It's 1981, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has swept to power and the Soviets are preparing to overthrow his fledgling Islamist regime. If their plans were to succeed, the American response could see the Western superpower resort to nuclear weapons. One double agent sets out to thwart the KGB and change the course of the Cold War. In turning to the MI6, the Soviet spy set in train a series of events that continue to have ramifications in the Middle-East and throughout the world today.
Ben Macintyre is the acclaimed author of many best-selling books including several titles which have featured as Book of the Weeks on BBC Radio 4. They include The Siege, Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and Operation Mincemeat. Many of his books have been adapted for stage and screen. Series three of SAS: Rogue Heroes is in production, and The Siege is being adapted for the screen. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times.
Jamie Parker is an award-winning English actor and singer known for originating the role of Harry Potter in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He won the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and received a Tony Award nomination. He also was in the original cast of The History Boys by Alan Bennet. Alongside his stage and screen work, he has appeared in numerous radio dramas.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard29 days left to listen
14 minutes
00:30
BBC Radio 4
