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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Tim Hughes. Show more

Could the next big thing in farm diversification be energy storage barns? Energy firms are already signing farmers up to use their land. Show more

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David Attenborough presents the knot. Show more

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Tom Sutcliffe in New York with novelist Colson Whitehead, philosopher and 2016 Reith Lecturer Kwame Anthony Appiah, political commentator Heather Mac Donald and lawyer Jim Zirin. Show more

Baroness Helena Kennedy, Nicky Morgan MP, Prof Sarah Childs launch Woman's Hour Power List 2016. Plus the launch of new Woman's hour series Becoming a Mother: A Hot Cup of Tea. Show more

Rebecca Front and Jeremy Front introduce us to the uncannily realistic robot known simply as Astrid. Featuring Professor Noel Sharkey. Show more

With Grace Dent. A home for army veterans suffering PTSD is closing, and resident John Gough fears he'll end up on the streets. Show more

Poet Lemn examines how he hid his true self to better fit into the world around him. With Deborah Frances-White. From 2016. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between Lisa and Nicola from Doncaster, friends who share a commitment to youth work and tackling poverty, yet voted different ways. Show more

Who should administer teeth whitening treatments? Why is the UK behind when it comes to fighting liver disease? As fur comes back into fashion, You and Yours goes to a fur farm. Show more

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Adam Smith imparts Cornelius Vanderbilt’s battle to dominate the shipping route from New York to San Francisco. From 2016. Show more

Rex is argumentative, and Alice wants to make amends. Show more

By Gregory Evans. During the referendum on EU membership, a dying man adds a codicil to his will - a final wish that threatens to tear his family apart. Show more

Nigel Rees hosts the quotation quiz with Arnold Brown, Lissa Evans, Christopher Frayling and Erica Wagner. From October 2016. Show more

A former child soldier from Sierra Leone tells Dan Saladino how food and farming provided redemption, one of three stories from Africa as told at Slow Food's Terra Madre event. Show more

Josie Long presents stories about people who have fallen in the deep end, from scamming con artists to wrestling. From 2016. Show more

Aleks Krotoski looks for the woman who made vlogging famous, then mysteriously disappeared. Show more

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David Mitchell invites Tony Hawks, Richard Osman, Clive Anderson and Vicki Pepperdine to hide truths in lies. From October 2016. Show more

Pat wants Helen to think again, and Eddie calls on Ed for help. Show more

Phil Collins discusses his new memoir Not Dead Yet; Poets Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke on their anthology of 'essential poems'; Patrick Ness on Doctor Who. Show more

Rebecca Front and Jeremy Front introduce us to the uncannily realistic robot known simply as Astrid. Featuring Professor Noel Sharkey. Show more

Historian Dan Cruickshank discovers whether the government's proposed new garden cities are the answer to the UK's housing crisis. Show more

Is the island of Ireland where Brexit will matter most? Edward Stourton visits Derry/Londonderry, right on the Irish border, to explore what is at stake as the UK leaves the EU. Show more

Brett Westwood spots a chameleon and investigates how this master of disguise has led us to ask big questions about how we adapt to the environments we find ourselves in. From 2016 Show more

Tom Sutcliffe in New York with novelist Colson Whitehead, philosopher and 2016 Reith Lecturer Kwame Anthony Appiah, political commentator Heather Mac Donald and lawyer Jim Zirin. Show more

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The UN warns that the attack on Mosul poses an 'extreme risk to civilians'. And 800 years after Crusaders wiped out the Cathars for being heretics, the Catholic church apologises. Show more

The police become involved in the search for Conrad, while Eleanor breaks up with her lover. Alone in Bologna, Conrad admits to himself that he knew he had to walk out on her. Show more

As part of the BBC LovetoRead campaign, Michael Rosen talks about his first experiences in reading and how and what he reads now. With Dr Laura Wright and Professor Kathy Rastle. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on questions to the home secretary about the inquiry into child sexual abuse. Show more

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Prompted by his frustration at how the word namaste has become 'a bastardised metaphor for spiritualism', Nikesh Shukla addresses his baby daughter on the importance of language. Show more

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