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The things that we think will make us happy or unhappy can have, in many cases, very little impact on our overall happiness. Oliver Burkeman explores the hedonic treadmill. Show more

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In the last of the series, Jill Lepore finds Silicon Valley's cryptocurrency craze foreshadowed in dystopian science fiction. Show more

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George Townsend leads us through the unique history of Parson’s Pleasure, a male-only nude bathing place on the outskirts of Oxford. Show more

Helena Merriman asks why so many of us are drawn to gardening. Along the way, she discovers some secrets in the soil. Show more

The mystery of Flight 702 continues with Season Two of the hit podcast, starring Kelly Marie Tran, Ben Daniels, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. Show more

Four more competitors join Russell Davies for the wide-ranging general knowledge contest. Show more

Dan Saladino finds out why a UN summit to transform the global food system has become so controversial. It has generated 2500 ideas for change but also a boycott by protesters. Show more

Writer Anna Freeman presents a showcase of true stories about the meaning of art in people's lives. This week, stories of micro worlds and the people who make them. Show more

What determines whether species can interbreed? Scientists Aoife LcLysaght, Kit Yates and Joana Meier explain. From 2020. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

Peaty, Daley and Pidcock all win gold on the third day of the Olympics

David Mitchell gets Zoe Lyons, Richard Osman, Henning Wehn, and Holly Walsh to lie with some truths. From July 2021. Show more

Ian demands the truth and Roy makes an impression. Show more

Prince's music director Morris Hayes on new album Welcome 2 America. Freya McClements discusses theatre reopenings in Northern Ireland. Actor Amir El-Masry on new film Limbo. Show more

Professor Sunil Khilnani returns with Incarnations. In the first programme he profiles the pioneering photographer Lala Deen Dayal. Show more

Andrea Catherwood crosses the Irish Sea and goes back home to Northern Ireland to ask what unionism means now and explore some of the challenges it faces Show more

In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the tentacles of ‘narco cultura’ extend deep into the lives of local women. Show more

50 years ago, as scientists attempted the first experiments in genetic engineering, other researchers sounded the alarm. Matthew Cobb talks to the founders of the GM age. Show more

The random postcode generator takes us to a religious order, the Focolare, living in Welwyn Garden City. They say they believe in "unity", but what does that mean? Show more

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Sarah Winman's sweeping novel of love, art, food and friendship set in Tuscany. Read by Will Howard. Show more

How does one go about inventing a language? David J. Peterson, who made up the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for fantasy series Game of Thrones, joins Michael to discuss. Show more

Billy Bragg in conversation with John Wilson about 'Talking with the Taxman about Poetry', his 'difficult' third album. From October 2012. Show more

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When King Charles II returns to the throne in 1660 he installs his beautiful mistress Barbara Villiers at the centre of his court. Show more

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