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.
Dr Alixe Bovey presents a surreal journey through the world of medieval marginalia.
Joelle Taylor celebrates 'being butch' and asks whether it's an identity with a future.
Engineers worldwide are rushing to build new ventilators. Are they any good?
Why do people love pebbles? What do they tell us about the world 鈥� and about ourselves?
From gospel to grime, Jesse Bernard explores the role music plays in black churches.
An exploration of young people's mental health and their attraction to TV artist Bob Ross
Susan Bright gets bloody and fleshy with artists who use body parts as a raw material
Audio-makers reflect on the sonic worlds they want to inhabit in this moment in time.
Short strands about five knots, woven together by Timandra Harkness.
The story of one misleading post - and how we can all stop the spread of bad information.
Tracking the virus hunters who race to understand and extinguish new pathogens.
The story of the 蜜芽传媒 in the strange period of 1939-1940 and the echoes of Covid-19 today.
Conversations about money in modern Britain. With Cathy FitzGerald.
Ripples from an explosion in Saigon in 1966 are felt in the soul of a 17-yr-old Londoner.
Can you make creativity a life skill? Where might such a skill take a child in life?
Sue Armstrong hears the personal experience of people with aphantasia - no mind's eye.
Dr Oscar Duke discovers how pregnancy, birth and childcare affect the father.
Stanley Tucci tells the story of Silicon Valley's troubled founder, William Shockley.
Is there such a thing as a beauty bias?
Every citizen gets an annual dividend from the state鈥檚 oil fund. Mark Whitaker reports.
Comedian Sophie Duker traces the history of the 'bible' of polyamory.
A journey with the chaplains who support travellers on Britain鈥檚 rail network.
A grieving mother, a real life search for the truth and a race to find a little girl.
A daughter and her mother seek to reconnect by working on a theatre piece together.
