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    46. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 2

    Matthew Syed tells the story of China's rise in the 20th century - through ping pong.

  2. 45. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 1

    Matthew Syed tells the story of China's rise in the 20th century - through ping pong.

  3. 44. Matthew鈥檚 been telling tales

    Matthew Syed explores the importance of storytelling for understanding ourselves.

  4. 43. Do I really sound like that?

    Matthew Syed explores how our accents become part of our identity.

  5. 42. The Big Reward

    Matthew Syed explores the true cost of rewarding people.

  6. 41. A Small Bowl of Rocket

    Matthew Syed sticks his fork into the world of food to think about how taste is formed.

  7. 40. The Embodiment of Music

    Matthew Syed explores the passion and the pain of music.

  8. 39. Please, I beg you.

    Matthew Syed tells the story of how a leap of trust altered two strangers鈥� lives.

  9. 38. Past Your Peak

    Matthew Syed unpicks the relationship between age and innovation.

  10. 37. My Last 5p

    Matthew Syed explores how one act of generosity can have profound consequences.

  11. 36. All in a Name

    Matthew Syed explores how finding the right words can help us tackle big wrongs.

  12. 35. The Riddle

    Matthew Syed unravels a riddle set in the future, to consider the importance of legacy.

  13. 34. It Takes a Village

    Matthew Syed thinks about how we can get more of the good stuff out of family life.

  14. 33. Doc and Jim: A Beautiful Partnership

    How Dr William Key and his super smart horse 'Beautiful' Jim Key made America kinder.

  15. 32. The Social Contagion

    Matthew Syed examines the strange spread of illness in a school in Yorkshire.

  16. 31. To Absent Friends

    Matthew Syed explores why we make friends and the lifelong influence they have over us.

  17. 30. The Woman in the Portrait

    How can understanding our ancestors make us feel whole?

  18. 29. Fooling the Opposition

    Matthew delves into deception in sport and how it gives us the upperhand.

  19. 28. Exiting the Bunker

    Matthew examines the routes to a safer nuclear future.

  20. 27. A Blip on the Radar

    Matthew Syed explores how we might deal with the extreme risks that nuclear weapons pose.

  21. 26. War Games in the Pink Tower

    Matthew Syed goes inside a wargame to explore the evolution of deterrence.

  22. 25. A Nuclear Awakening

    Matthew Syed explores urgent intellectual questions posed by nuclear weapons.

  23. 24. Sweet Harmony

    Matthew Syed asks whether thinking musically could bring us more harmony in our lives.

  24. 23. Oostvaardersplassen: A Wild Idea

    Matthew Syed explores ideas that shape our lives, making us see the world differently.

  25. 22. Inspiring Bill Strickland

    Matthew Syed explores how inspiring teachers can change the world, one student at a time.

  26. 21. The Woman Who Brought Down the Mob

    Matthew Syed tells the story of a pioneering lawyer who took on a notorious mobster.

  27. 20. An appointment with Dr Leech

    Matthew Syed explores how knowledge is lost and found.

  28. 19. Is This What Success Looks Like?

    Matthew Syed reveals the real secrets to success.

  29. 18. Tongue-Tied

    Matthew Syed explores why words fail us and how we can find them again.

  30. 17. The Endurance of Arlene Blum

    Matthew Syed reveals how to get to the top of the mountains in our lives.

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