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Short reflection and prayer with Glenn Jordan.
The Countryside Alliance calls for tighter controls to be put in place before fracking licences are granted. Plus a visit to a turkey farmer who is cashing in on Thanksgiving. Show more
Chris Packham presents the flightless cormorant adapted to its Galapagos world. Show more
Susan Hulme reports on the best of Monday in the Commons and the Lords. Show more
Surgeon and writer Dr Atul Gawande explores the nature of fallibility and suggests that preventing avoidable mistakes is a key challenge for the future of medicine. Show more
Woman's Hour
Listener Week: Refuge Closures, Social Work, Big Feet
58 minutes
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On day two of Listener Week: a look at the effects of refuge closures; social work; a sports park memorial to a son; big feet; and when is the right time to leave home? Show more
Hassan is testing out the contents of one of the food parcels when the aid convoy reaches the first checkpoint. Show more
Shared Planet
Snapping Turtles - Taking the Long View
28 minutes
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Monty Don asks if we are being short-sighted when it comes to conserving long-lived species. Show more
The Latin American anthem to life 'Gracias A La Vida' - thank you to life - is explored through personal stories. From 2014. Show more
A History of Ideas
Theologian Giles Fraser on Moral character
13 minutes
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How do you make good moral decisions when you have no time to make them? Giles Fraser takes Aristotle's Virtue ethics onto the 21st century battlefield. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Have you struggled with loneliness and what have you done about it?
45 minutes
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Have you been touched by loneliness? What solutions have you found? Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
Governments do not just fight terrorists, sometimes they use them for their own ends. Fergal Keane discusses the extent of state involvement in terrorism through the 70s and 80s. Show more
Helen is worried, and Adam complains about Charlie. Show more
Friendship is tested, as Sally and Rachel await trial in Mexico for insurance fraud and attempting to bribe a police officer. Show more
Tom Dyckhoff explores the history and the practice of design in protest. Featuring contributions from fashion writer Cally Blackman and political activist Mark Thomas. Show more
Angélique Kidjo answers audience questions about her 1994 breakthrough album, 'Ayé'. With John Wilson. From 2014. Show more
Michael Scott explores the shattering impact of Alexander the Great's sudden death on the ancient Greek world and events beyond his influence. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Dawn O'Porter, Graham Fellows, and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Herman Hesse, Kate Zambreno and Nancy Mitford. From 2014. Show more
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Tom is bracing himself for some stag weekend shenanigans and his dad has signed up for a marathon. With Judy Parfitt. From 2014. Show more
Adam consorts with the enemy, and David and Ruth decide. Show more
Front Row
Barry Manilow; Diana Souhami; War photography; Jewish comedy
30 minutes
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Barry Manilow on his album of duets with artists no longer alive, a new exhibition of war photography at Tate Modern, and Jewish comedy with David Baddiel and David Schneider. Show more
Hassan is testing out the contents of one of the food parcels when the aid convoy reaches the first checkpoint. Show more
Major General Andrew Mackay, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, embarks on a personal journey to find out what has been achieved by the 13-year campaign. Show more
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists calls for a review of the drug Avastin to be used in the eye as a treatment for macular disease. Rae Mattocks talks about Anti-TNF drugs. Show more
All in the Mind
Airport Security; Attitudes to Psychosis; Walking Happy
28 minutes
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Airport security needs an urgent upgrade according to two psychology professors who have designed and tested a new conversation-based screening method to detect lying passengers. Show more
Gordon Corera travels to Stockholm to investigate the assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme. He begins with newly-unearthed documents written by writer Stieg Larsson. Show more
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
Esmond meets Fiamma Ricci and some of the British expatriate community in Florence. Show more
What if drugs were legal, 30 years from now? Kirsty Wark’s documentary from the future. With Geoffrey McGivern. From 2014. Show more
Susan Hulme watches as David Cameron faces tough questions about the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. Plus the best of the rest of the day in the Commons and the Lords. Show more
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Margaret Forster's journey through houses she has lived in. Once at Oxford she finds a 'room of one's own'. Read by Sian Thomas. Show more
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