Myriam François

Author, broadcaster, podcast host

Myriam Francois is an author, broadcaster and academic on issues related to Islam, France and the Middle East. She is host of the increasingly popular We Need to Talk about Whiteness Podcast.

Myriam Francois is an author, broadcaster and academic on issues related to Islam, France and the Middle East. She is host of the increasingly popular We Need to Talk about Whiteness Podcast.

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Myriam François, Anthony Gottlieb, Linda Woodhead, Julian Baggini

Reason and the Gods

What do secular and religious worldviews share?

Myriam François

Ideology and the East

We overstate the importance of religion in terrorist acts.

Myriam François, Rowan Pelling, Emma Sulkowicz, Isabel Hilton

Dreams of Equality

What does mainstream feminism promise?

Brian Klug, David Aaronovitch, Myriam François, Stephen Sackur

Je Suis Charlie?

Is our belief in freedom a fantasy?

Myriam François

Decolonising Britain

Creating post-colonial identity | Myriam Francois

Myriam François

How to think about whiteness

Overcoming the taboo

Myriam François, Stephanie Hare, Shazia Mirza, Emma Sayle

Promiscuity and power

A path to empowerment?

Myriam François, Kehinde Andrews, Raymond Tallis, Mary Ann Sieghart

Values of the West

Do we need a new set of ideals?

Isabel Hilton, Myriam François, Toby Young, Roger Bolton

Tolerance and outrage

Have we become an increasingly intolerant society?

Myriam François, Hilary Lawson, Peter Atkins, Mark Salter

New gods and lost rituals

Should religion play a role in modern life?

Sean Curran, Rowan Pelling, Myriam François, Ella Whelan

Bad boys

Is danger integral to desire?

Isabel Hilton, Myriam François, Paul Dolan, Ella Whelan

Overcoming tribal division

Is our society too divisive?

Myriam François, Mark Salter, Kehinde Andrews, Calvin Robinson

Sins of the past, visions of the future

How our construction of race impacts the future

Rana Mitter, Myriam François, Louise Perry, Zoe Strimpel

Forbidden Fruit

Sex and taboo in the modern age

Isabel Hilton, Harriet Wistrich, Myriam François, David Livingstone Smith

Justice in jeopardy

Innocence and guilt in the modern world

Myriam François, Steven Bonnell, Maya Oppenheim, Isabel Millar, Sophie Scott-Brown

The morality of sex

Should monogamy fall from its moral highground?

Joanna Kavenna, Myriam François, Jack Symes, Jolyon Maugham

Creativity and freedom

Should there be limits on creative freedom?

Myriam François

What I've learned about whiteness

Moving towards a fairer society

Rana Mitter, Peter Tatchell, Myriam François, Sonia Poulton, Ruth Michaelson

The final wave

Free speech and feminism

Natalie Bennett, Henry Gee, David Pearce, Myriam François

Extinction and Renewal

Are we facing the Sixth Great Mass Extinction?