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.
Have modern political movements usurped the place of religion? Helen Lewis investigates.
Why does art go up in value when a man signs it, but when a woman signs it, it goes down?
Eddie Nestor looks at the health crises caused by air pollution.
Rima Ahmed gets the bus into Leeds to find out why its public transport is so maligned.
Kavita Puri marks the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent
What鈥檚 it like to have a silent mind? Psychologist Charles Fernyhough investigates.
Duncan Weldon examines the use of economic sanctions as a tool of statecraft.
Matthew Syed explores urgent intellectual questions posed by nuclear weapons.
From Pong to Pok茅mon, what have video games ever done for us? Keza MacDonald finds out.
Is Rwanda a devlopment model for the rest of Africa, or an autocratic and ruthless state?
Has Russia rescued a million Ukrainian refugees? Or deported them in another war crime?
Does soft power still wield force in a time of brutal displays of hard power in Ukraine?
How schools can help students from minority backgrounds feel integrated in modern Britain
How a new opera is addressing the psychological aftermath of sexual violence.
Adopted from an orphanage in Romania, Ionica Adriana returns to discover her past.
Sex educator and author Ruby Rare explores the virtual world of sex education.
Clive Myrie investigates why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons.
Celebrating the Golden Jubilee of David Bowie鈥檚 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
Rachel Hurdley discovers what front doors reveal about security, sociability and status.
After a sexual assault, birder Lucy Lapwing works to renew her love of solitude in nature.
The story of the survival guide for young black men in America.
The story of two people connected by a ballet shoe.
Writer Matthew De Abaitua tries to build a machine that will let him talk with animals.
Can 鈥榥o鈥� mean 鈥榶es鈥� in mental health?
