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The Essay Episodes

    Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio: Roger PhillipsShaping the Air - Writers and Radio

    4/5 Roger Phillips describes his job as the listening anchorman of a daily phone-in programme.

    Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio: David HendyShaping the Air - Writers and Radio

    3/5 Media professor and historian David Hendy on early anxieties about radio's power.

    Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio: Olivia O'LearyShaping the Air - Writers and Radio

    2/5 Journalist and broadcaster Olivia O'Leary describes the influence of radio on her.

    Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio: Samuel WestShaping the Air - Writers and Radio

    1/5 Actor Samuel West explores the art of performance and declarative language.

    Beastly PoliticsNew Generation Thinkers at 10

    3/5 Alasdair Cochrane re-imagines a political world that takes animal rights seriously.

    Dresden - TargetsWorld War One Round the World

    Herlinde Koebl discusses World War One, targets and killing.

    Sarajevo - Divine UncertaintyWorld War One Round the World

    Haris Pasovic explores WWI's effect on the long history of nationalism in the Balkans.

    London - Shell Shock and the Shock of ShellsWorld War One Round the World

    Joanna Bourke on the emotional, cultural and physical impact of WWI shelling on soldiers.

    Ned Beauman: the Appendix

    Five writers choose an organ of the body on which to reflect. In this edition, Ned Beauman

    Naomi Alderman: The Intestines

    Five writers choose an organ of the body to reflect on. In this edition, Naomi Alderman.

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