The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.
World Service,·763 episodes
Boundaries: real and imagined
17 Oct 2015,·40 mins
How important is the bicycle and what does it do for us?
10 Oct 2015,·40 mins
Is it time to rethink what a modern state is for?
03 Oct 2015,·40 mins
How the wind shapes our environment from the sea to art and outer space
26 Sep 2015,·40 mins
In the age of perpetual distraction, are we losing the ability to focus?
19 Sep 2015,·40 mins
Subversion and inversion in a topsy-turvy world
12 Sep 2015,·40 mins
Curves in art, space and life
05 Sep 2015,·40 mins
How steel gives us music, art and the modern world
29 Aug 2015,·40 mins
The art - and science - of magic and its place in the world today.
22 Aug 2015,·40 mins
Salt: its history and future.
15 Aug 2015,·40 mins
Grief and loss and ritual in different creatures and different cultures.
08 Aug 2015,·40 mins
Design is everywhere- from tables and chairs to physics. Does it have to be beautiful?
01 Aug 2015,·40 mins
Why tiny things appeal to us.
25 Jul 2015,·40 mins
Developments in the human voice
18 Jul 2015,·40 mins
How countries and NGOs exert power
11 Jul 2015,·40 mins
What is the future of graphene and other ‘2D’ materials?
04 Jul 2015,·40 mins
The joys and perils of porcelain, kaolin and volcanic soils
27 Jun 2015,·40 mins
What shells can tell us about our past, present and future
20 Jun 2015,·40 mins
How manufacturing might look in the future from the BIG M conference in Detroit
13 Jun 2015,·40 mins
What does it mean to be good and how do you become a better person?
06 Jun 2015,·40 mins
Should we bring the woolly mammoth back to life and should ancient languages be revived?
30 May 2015,·40 mins
The importance of Myth and Storytelling
23 May 2015,·40 mins
Shape-shifting in everyday objects, our brains and plastic waste.
16 May 2015,·40 mins
Is the future of education a massive online classroom?
09 May 2015,·40 mins
New insights into how we perceive time
02 May 2015,·40 mins
How well does the idea of free trade really work? Does it improve our economic welfare?
25 Apr 2015,·40 mins
New insights into why some objects, stars and people attract or repel.
18 Apr 2015,·40 mins
Can shame be a force for good?
11 Apr 2015,·40 mins
An exploration into dependency from fossil fuels to obesity and ageing populations
04 Apr 2015,·40 mins
Is Déjà vu a brain glitch or misplaced ‘real’ memory?
28 Mar 2015,·40 mins
