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  1. 6 days left to listen
    4/5. Jane Shaw of Oxford University explores artists' attempts to create utopian communities.
  2. 5 days left to listen
    3/5. Jane Shaw explores the uses of eugenics and genetics in the quest for perfection.
  3. 4 days left to listen
    2/5. Jane Shaw explores the pursuit of harmony by political regimes and religious communities.
  4. 3 days left to listen
    1/5. Jane Shaw explores the viability of utopian communities.
  5. 5/5. Leading psychotherapist Adam Phillips discusses excessive religious belief. (R)
  6. 4/5. Leading psychotherapist Adam Phillips looks at self-destructive behaviour. (R)
  7. 3/5. Psychotherapist Adam Phillips discusses how sexual desire can be considered excessive. (R)
  8. 2/5. Psychotherapist Adam Phillips focuses on the problem of addiction. (R)
  9. 1/5. Adam Phillips asks if our appetite is by nature excessive. (R)
  10. 5/5. Annabel Patterson considers the influence of Milton's writings on America.

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