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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Alfred Banya, Head of Chaplaincy at King's College Hospital in London. Show more

Great Yorkshire Show: Defra's outlines new fine system for water polluters, we ask what it means for farmers. Overseas markets for red meat. Tech innovation and methane tractor. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the wetland-loving African jacana. Show more

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All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.

An American hippie and the world's greatest table tennis player meet on a bus. It changes history. Matthew Syed tells a story of 20th-century China through ping pong. Show more

Poet Paul Farley goes walking in circles to ask why human beings find loops and rings so significant. Today he’s in orbit around one of the largest traffic roundabouts in Europe. Show more

How the police can regain women’s trust, roboticist Marita Cheng on AI, the popularity of flamenco, and Ena Miller reports on using gentle parenting to combat narcissistic mothers. Show more

Amid warming relations between Israel and some Arab states, a new generation of Palestinians is emerging to fight their cause, whether the world is on their side or not. Show more

Bangles singer and author Susanna Hoffs and actor Nina Wadia discuss their favourite books with Harriet Gilbert. Show more

An extended interview with the boss of the ticket resale company Viagogo, Cris Miller, in which presenter Shari Vahl raises concerns from You and Yours listeners. Show more

Are mosquito repellents really 'the best thing since sliced bread'? Which ones are scientifically proven to work? Show more

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AI can now emulate some types of human work so closely that there's a real concern that it could replace human workers completely. But which jobs are under threat? Show more

Tempers flare for the Carters and Pip dreams big. Show more

Written by and starring Lenny Henry. Reverend Marcus Campbell is a great success: his congregation is huge and they all adore him. But has he lost sight of his true purpose? Show more

Antonia Quirke travels to Glen Lonan to see the ancient coffin road that led west to Iona Show more

TV presenter Mel Giedroyc makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Why me? Show more

Richard Ford talks to Alex Clark about his latest novel, Be Mine - a father and son road trip across America. Show more

Mel Giedroyc invites you to explore the surreal musical world of Walt Disney’s Fantasia, a film which saw Walt attempt to elevate his animations to the status of high art. Show more

Snapchat... TikTok... Instagram... Threads... you can sign up to these apps with just a few clicks. But Marnie Chesterton asks if they should be subjected to greater regulation. Show more

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Ed Reardon returns to lead us through the ups and downs of his week and finds himself having to support his daughter in her new career as a ‘Storyteller’. Show more

Helen finds herself on the spot, and the fallout continues for George. Show more

Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One reviewed; the Royal Academy's Herzog & de Meuron architecture exhibition; plus film editor and sound designer Walter Murch at 80. Show more

The pandemic disrupted schooling everywhere. But data from the Department for Education show that persistent absence is now at a record high. So is this a blip or a worrying trend? Show more

Is the portrayal of the business world in television and film inspirational or a turn off? Does reality TV do it better than drama? Evan Davis and guests discuss. Show more

Snapchat... TikTok... Instagram... Threads... you can sign up to these apps with just a few clicks. But Marnie Chesterton asks if they should be subjected to greater regulation. Show more

Continuing his globe-spanning encounters with strangers and old friends via the internet, Alan Dein learns about the lives of people in the DRC, Uganda, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia. Show more

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Rylan is joined by Janet Street-Porter for a frank, funny and insightful analysis of what it is to be a man in the 2020s. Show more

Sean Curran reports on MPs' reaction to pay increases for public sector workers.

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