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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with journalist Vishva Samani, a Hindu centred in Advaita Vedanta, the philosophical teachings of the Upanishads

As workers from Nepal and Indonesia step in to ease the shortage of labour in UK fields, we hear if the 10,000 new visas the government’s promised for seasonal workers are enough. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of the quail and its sound. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works and ideas of this celebrated Welsh poet, from his teenage success to his tours of America via Under Milk Wood. Show more

A Ukrainian journalist discusses how her newspaper has attracted worldwide attention, and former Olympic Athlete Anyika Onuora tells us more about her new memoir: My hidden race. Show more

Remembering Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira; flying as a wheelchair user; Russia's liking for lie detectors; plus the silence of Japanese baseball, and a hundred years of Ulysses. Show more

The Fairy Meadow migrant hostel is a lonely place for the Grimmer family. Then a note arrives from someone who claims to be the kidnapper, and public anxiety mounts in Wollongong. Show more

How Ruari Fairbairns, founder of One Year No Beer, found a gap in the market, to encourage people to take an alcohol free challenge. Show more

Air purifiers claim to get rid of pollutants and particulates from the air around us. But how effective are they at doing that? Show more

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Hoover fans paranoia as his spy machine goes after communists - real and imagined. Emily Maitlis on the story of arguably 20th-century America's most powerful figure. Show more

Tom and Natasha have somewhere to be. Beth and Ben have their patience tested. Show more

By Nicholas Meiklejohn. When an old friend turns up with an unusual request it sparks contradictory memories of the past. Show more

Composer Erland Cooper takes us on a tour of his Orkney homeland. Show more

Actor and comedian Matt Lucas makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Teach A Man To Fish. Show more

Johny Pitts talks to novelist Elif Batuman, who has followed up her best-selling 2017 novel, The Idiot, with a sequel, Either/Or. Show more

Embracing softer hairstyles with stylist George Northwood, how loungewear left the living room, and the latest beauty trends with Anita Bhagwandas. Show more

Marnie Chesterton and guests mull over the saga of an AI engineer who believes his chatbot is sentient. Also, climate scientists propose a major leap in earth system modelling. Show more

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A resignation letter sent to the Prime Minister by his ethics adviser has described how he was put in "an impossible and odious position" shortly before he quit

Fed up with the local veg box delivery, Milton decides to get an allotment. But when's he smells something fishy, it's time to dig a little deeper. Show more

Hannah has a dinner date. What has tickled Pat and Tony? Show more

Circle of Fifths at National Theatre Wales, a live documentary on life and death. Reviews of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande starring Emma Thompson and TV show The Lazarus Project. Show more

Joshua speaks to ICC prosecutor Karim Khan QC. Why lawyers in Scotland are boycotting some domestic abuse cases and does a bookmaker have to pay out if they make a mistake? Show more

Can we trust the wisdom of the crowd on online review platforms? Presented by Evan Davis. Show more

Marnie Chesterton and guests mull over the saga of an AI engineer who believes his chatbot is sentient. Also, climate scientists propose a major leap in earth system modelling. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works and ideas of this celebrated Welsh poet, from his teenage success to his tours of America via Under Milk Wood. Show more

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A gripping story about two strangers brought together by chance as world catastrophe strikes, who must survive against the odds and learn to live and hope again. Read by Kerry Fox. Show more

Bridget explores spirituality - will yoga, Hinduism or being a nun solve her problems, or will life still be rubbish? From 2018. Show more

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Writer and activist Darren McGarvey maps out class in Britain today, looking at health and deprivation and considering the possibility of entrepreneurialism. Read by the author. Show more

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