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Rising Voices
Fergal Keane explores the cultural landscape of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Working Class Heroes and Poverty Porn
How the portrayal of the working class and poor in film and TV has changed over 70 years.

The Unabomber
How a reclusive maths prodigy terrorised America - and how the media amplified his cause.

Optimism - Our Enemy
Proud pessimist Bryan Appleyard investigates the contemporary cult of optimism.

The Art of the Lyricist
Clarke Peters explores the art of the musical theatre lyricist.

How to Go Straight
Ex-convicts tell intimate stories of how they renounced lives of crime.

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: Anarchy Must Be Organised
Neil Innes looks at the collision of art, humour, music and anarchy in the Bonzo Dog Band.

A Brief History of Disobedience
Joe Queenan offers a Brief History of Disobedience, follow up to Blame, Anger and Shame.

SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK
Naomi Alderman presents a history of interactive fiction in which YOU are the Listener!

In the Bluff
Poet Paul Farley shows his hand in a celebration of bluffing, from poker to geo-politics.