A rich selection of documentaries aimed at relentlessly curious minds. No subject is too strange, no idea too weird. Released twice a week, this podcast is introduced by Vanessa Kisuule.
Marie Le Conte considers a generation with lives book-ended by two economic crises.
Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken talk artificial hearts and broken heart syndrome.
Strange events start at an ordinary house in South London. Is it a poltergeist?
Journalist Sebastian Payne asks if Boris Johnson's government can 鈥榣evel up鈥� the UK.
Sounds of the past to come to life through the technology of the present.
Is racism on the rise in British policing? Hugh Muir investigates.
Two parents share stories of survival after their sons each took their own life.
The disabled gamers making gaming more accessible.
With Trump out of office, Leah Sottile on what鈥檚 next for America鈥檚 far-right.
Paris Lees considers the complexities of human touch.
A celebration of King Tubby, who would have turned 80 on 28 January 2021.
Dolly Alderton turns the tables on the master of the radio interview, Terry Gross.
Gaylene Gould has become immune to art. Can she reawaken her sensitivity?
The poet Anthony Joseph reflects on fatherhood in his own work and that of fellow artists
The first African-American to have a face transplant tells his own story.
Peter White explores science fiction's enduring interest in blindness.
How has streaming revolutionised the art of songwriting?
Poet Vicky Foster looks at how ideas of heroism have impacted on society and her own life
Miles Jupp joins the team of elves at Santa's post office in the Arctic Circle.
Jim Al-Khalili finds out how The Life Scientific has changed during the pandemic.
As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.
Examining the legacy of headmaster Philip Lawrence, who was stabbed to death 25 years ago
Dharshini David explores how the money taps were turned back on.
Jolyon Jenkins asks whether civilisation could be ended by a electromagnetic pulse bomb
