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.
Lyse Doucet talks to Madeha Al Ajroush about Saudi women's battles for the right to drive.
Monica McWilliams talks to Lyse Doucet about her role in the Good Friday Agreement.
Mongolia's remarkable rise to being an opera superpower.
Christopher Frayling explores the rich and unsettling history of the Frankenstein myth.
Rhianna Dhillon brings you another seriously interesting story from Radio 4.
The British Muslims who joined Jihad in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kashmir in the 80s and 90s
Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the moon, so he has made one to take around the world.
How do we prepare for the distant future? Helen Keen meets the people who try to.
Lenny Henry retraces the late comedian Richard Pryor's time in Berkeley, California.
Lucy Cooke discovers the joy of sloth and sloths and the benefits of being really slow.
Mark Lawson explores how technology is changing the way people write stories.
Storyteller Andri Sn忙r Magnason is dreaming of a dark Christmas, in Iceland.
Daniel Pick traces how aerial bombardment has made the unconscious mind a field of battle.
A special subtitled version of the Radio 4 documentary Listening Without Ears.
Why do some of us do bizarre things in our sleep?
What does the heartbeat mean to our culture, our identity, our lives?
Zia Haider Rahman explores the very real impact metaphor has on the world around us.
Marie-Louise Muir traces poet Frank Ormsby's creative response to illness.
Byron Vincent joins a scheme turning young men away from violence.
Why are so few novelists from working class backgrounds? Author Kit de Waal investigates.
Jonathan Guyer examines the rise of neo-noir fiction in Egypt.
Protest art in Latin America. A journey into the memorial art of Guatemala and Chile.
Pairing American military veterans suffering from PTSD with songwriters.
Tayo Popoola explores Nigeria's enduring love of Jim Reeves and country and western music.
