Episode 2
Helena Kennedy QC explores idea of consent in our politics, law, media and digital lives.
20 Mar 2017,·28 mins
Philip Hensher explores the art of the gloriously eccentric Molesworth books.
28 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Does a financial system with roots deep in the past have answers to modern economic woes?
21 Jul 2020,·37 mins
Adam Fowler visits Northern Canada to discover some potential benefits of global warming.
01 Jan 2008,·30 mins
David Willis celebrates the centenary of the Hollywood sign.
25 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Historian Adam Smith explores how America was transformed by entry into war in April 1917.
09 May 2017,·38 mins
Exploring the 1932 letters between Einstein and Freud on global peace and total war.
29 Dec 2023,·28 mins
The poet Ross Sutherland takes a visceral look at the art of professional wrestling.
17 Sep 2017,·30 mins
Mark Doyle investigates the new threat from Africa's Islamist militants.
17 Dec 2013,·38 mins
90-year-old Barbara Smith tracks down the charities that have bought and sold her data.
06 Oct 2017,·28 mins
Michael Goldfarb revisits Trump supporters as the president passes his 100th day in office
07 May 2017,·30 mins
Shell UK
Business life in London as seen by an immigrant from Australia
11 Nov 1991,·13 mins
Journalist Chris Page travels to Africa and meets members of the Ghanaian Orange Order.
31 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Sending Money Home – to Mexico
The impact of money migrant workers in the USA send home to friends and familiy in Mexico
10 Aug 2004,·22 mins
Martin Rosenbaum explores how events in London played a role in the Russian Revolution.
16 Oct 2017,·28 mins
The Pyramids
Exploring the construction of the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt
17 May 1998,·13 mins
Martha Reeves uncovers the politics of the disco movement, beginning in New York.
28 Jun 2011,·30 mins
Carole Hayman serves time in a secure unit for men detained under the Mental Health Act.
26 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Meet the crafts people behind the current revival in making and repairing belongings.
17 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Shelina Janmohamed explores what it means to be young, female and Muslim today.
09 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Ann Nesby: Going Solo
Deniece Williams interviews Ann Nesby, lead vocalist with Sounds of Blackness
07 Aug 2000,·13 mins
Martin Wolf argues for a movement devoted to public engagement with economics.
27 Jul 2018,·28 mins
Kwame Anthony Appiah investigates president-elect Obama's academic career.
06 Jan 2009,·40 mins
Matthew Syed explores the vexed role of money at the pinnacle of contemporary sport.
06 Dec 2016,·28 mins
Roger Law takes a look at the 'fancy': the wonderful world of show rabbits
29 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Terence Blacker explores politically incorrect music over the last century.
02 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Joe Queenan on the German Wild West novels that inspired Adolf Hitler throughout his life.
02 Dec 2013,·28 mins
Dotun Adebayo explores his teenage obsession with actor James Dean
24 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.
27 Dec 2011,·40 mins
