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By Martin Jameson. In today's 'zeit', the 'geist' is everywhere - environmental catastrophe, conspiracy theories, populism, fake news, the age of the algorithm, nationalism, racism,social exclusion. Not to mention pandemics. As the world teeters on the edge of various self-made apocalypses, Angst! takes a satirical sideways look at our own naked fears. Five separate but connected half-hour 'what if?' stories all told under the watchful eye of the enigmatic Timor Greer. Microplastics can be found everywhere, from the snows of Mount Everest to the placenta of unborn babies. They pollute our seas and the very air we breathe, threatening the future of the planet. So when a plastic-eating enzyme is created that can munch through an Evian bottle in 2.93 seconds, it should be a giant step in the fight against climate change. Or at least it would be if the enzyme wasn’t self-replicating. And if it didn’t fall into the wrong hands and end up at the bottom of the sea. Cast: Treve ….. Reece Shearsmith Judith ….. Rosie Cavaliero Adam ….. Will Howard Eve ….. Skye Lourie Dale …. Joshua Akehurst Fargeas ….. Ben Crowe Timor Greer ….. Cyril Nri Other voices are played by the cast Sound design ….. Steve Bond and Adam Woodhams Production manager ….. Anna de Wolff Evans Executive producer ….. Sara Davies Series creator ….. Martin Jameson Produced and directed by Nicolas Jackson An Afonica production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4