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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Iwan Russell Jones, a lay reader for the Church in Wales. Show more

More farmers are waking up to floods this morning. And why Lynx body spray is apparently really useful for sheep farmers. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the black drongo of Southern Asia. Show more

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Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Women's Health Ambassador, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Singer-songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, women being hardest hit in the rental market, the history of the Welsh women's peace petition, and Maggie Murphy CEO, Lewes FC. Show more

Misha Glenny and Miles Warde on the centenary of the creation of the Turkish Republic in 1923. Show more

Tom Allen's calm and collected exterior image has collapsed, and he has finally realised that he is actually not very nice. Show more

Stories and songs from restless American highways by way of a Greyhound bus. Riders, stations, drivers and highways from New York to California and Minnesota to Texas. Show more

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A new animal madness emerges in North America, as history repeats. This time its deer not cows, and hunters are speculating on the origin theory of this other prion brain disease. Show more

Harrison faces a difficult negotiation, and Stella puts her foot in it. Show more

Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller continues. Has reclusive industrialist Darius Fordingbridge convinced Dan that the Hare Witches are a real threat to their survival? Show more

Former Marine and now TV presenter JJ Chalmers joins Martha Kearney to make his selection of a favourite picture from the National Portrait Gallery. Show more

Which fruit and veg would the panel recommend for novice gardeners to grow? Is gardening an art or a science? Kathy Clugston and her panel of experts are in Smethwick. Show more

An original short story by Carys Shannon. Gwen is 82. Life should be quieter these days… but the Pwca has started visiting again. Read by Sharon Morgan Show more

Matthew Bannister on lawyer Benedict Birnberg, historian Professor Jose Harris, Mau Mau fighter Muthoni Wa Kirima and actor Matthew Perry. Show more

Andrea Catherwood discusses BBC Sounds five years on with the people who launched it and BBC's director of Sounds, Jonathan Wall, tells us his ambitions for the future. Show more

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The Israeli prime minister said there will be no ceasefire until Hamas releases hostages

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They are joined by Ken Cheng, Helen Bauer and Rachel Parris. Show more

There’s more bad news for Alan, and Pip attempts to build bridges. Show more

Trumpeter Matilda Lloyd and steel pan player Leon Foster Thomas join Cerys and Jeffrey as they add the next five tracks. Show more

Alex Forsyth presents topical discussion from Harston Village Hall in Cambridgeshire with Gareth Davies MP, Timandra Harkness, Gwen Hines and Peter Kyle MP. Show more

As his infant son feels rain for the first time, John Connell reflects on Ireland's relationship with rain. Show more

The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office. Show more

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Kennedy meets retired detective Ian Bartram at a trailer park in Suffolk. Can he shed light on Philip Gibson and the whereabouts of Robert Blake's notebook? Show more

Twelve months until the US election, Americasters join us on the recording to ask some of the big questions. Show more

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