bbc Radio 3 podcasts

Rana talks to Germaine Greer, Lisa Appignanesi and Christina Howells to discuss The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. Russell T Davies talks to Matthew Sweet about Doctor Who and Torchwood and we also look at the nature of creative and how working in pairs can make something unforgettable.

Guy Barker was a great fan and personal friend of Freddie Hubbard, who died last year. In this week’s Jazz Library Podcast he joins Alyn Shipton to select the best recordings by Hubbard, which show the many facets of this remarkable musician, from tender ballads to storming hard bop, and from gentle flugelhorn sounds to blistering speed on the trumpet. We follow his several recording contracts with Blue Note, Atlantic, Impulse and CTI, finishing with a brand new release from Blue Note, capturing Hubbard on fine form at London's Royal Festival Hall.

BAL: Falla El Amor Brujo Chris de Souza recommends a recording of the original score as well as the later ballet version - a twentieth century classic.

From 1939 until his death in New York in 1971 Stravinsky made America his home. This week Donald Macleod explores this final chapter of the composer's life, looking at the impact his American experiences had on Stravinsky and his works.