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Jon Ronson and guests examine a series of diverse stories and subjects

Jon Ronson examines a series of diverse stories and subjects with the help of contributors from the worlds of comedy, journalism, entertainment and culture

Jon Ronson On: Series 5

Jon Ronson On: Series 5: Episode 4: Being Alone

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Episode 4: Being Alone

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Being Alone

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Jon Ronson asks if we are more ourselves or less ourselves when we are alone.

Writer Jon Ronson asks are we more ourselves or less ourselves when we are alone? With David Quantick, Graham Linehan and Yoshiro Nakamatsu. From January 2010.

The writer Jon Ronson asks are we more ourselves or less ourselves when we are alone? He confronts David Quantick, who Jon noticed avoiding him in the street one day. 

Father Ted writer Graham Linehan reveals the moment he was ignored. We also talk to Yoshiro Nakamatsu, the world's most prolific inventor about the moment he invents - alone and under water. Finally we hear of the British man who was jailed in Japan and wasn't allowed to speak to anyone in his daily life for nearly 3 years. 

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