Episode 44: Paul Thomas, Leeds Salon
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"The Leeds Salon is a discussion group founded in early 2009 by Michele Ledda and Paul Thomas, inspired by similar initiatives they had attended and, in particular, their participation in the Academy of Ideas sixth-form Debating Matters competition.
The Salon organises public discussion around political, cultural and scientific issues, with the aim of challenging any orthodoxies along the way, defending and developing the legacy of the Enlightenment and, above all, providing a space where free speech can take place.
Writers, academics and experts in their field are invited to present their ideas and to have them debated and held up to scrutiny by the audience. The Salons are lively, informal and open to all \\u2014 but please let us know you intend to come along by e-mailing us at contact@leedssalon.org.uk.
Leeds Salon also runs and helps organise debating competitions and debate training in schools and colleges in Leeds and beyond."
The featured song on this episode is "The Boor" by the briliant (and excellently named) Priest of Beards.
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