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Anna Hill gets the low-down on the new Defra secretary, Steve Barclay. Show more

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Sean Curran reports as MPs absorb the government's reshuffle and peers question the policing of pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Jim Al-Khalili discusses how ageing populations and falling birthrates could change the world with Professor Sarah Harper from the Oxford University Institute of Population Ageing. Show more

Ed Finn, from the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, on how scientists and artists should work together to help us avoid the dystopias we fear. Show more

Dame Kelly Holmes on her new book, Unique, which records her experience of being gay in the military. Show more

Anne McElvoy goes on the road in north east Italy to explore the modern challenges facing a country steeped in history. Show more

Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer. This episode – Ambulance Call by Jacob Lawrence. Show more

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Horizon is rolled out - and prosecutions on its data begin in earnest. Show more

Joy comes to the rescue, and Lilian faces the wrath of a dissatisfied customer. Show more

Sebastian Baczkiewicz conjures up a thrilling prequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Sixteen years have passed since Claudius was banished from Denmark. Now he contemplates his return. Show more

Liminal prose and cryptic hotlines. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures navigating our relationship and imaginations to history collecting. Show more

Lucy Worsley investigates Britain’s first female serial killer, asking how she got away with it for so long. Show more

Can juries acquit a defendant as a matter of conscience? Who has liability in outer space if one satellite damages another? And if you find treasure in Scotland, can you keep it? Show more

Journalist India Knight and writer Emma Dabiri talk to Harriett about books, among them The Tap Dancer by Andrew Barrow, and the novel Anne Tyler considers her best work. Show more

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Comedian Ria Lina wants everyone to get a CT scan, historian Caroline Rance debunks dodgy inhalation practices, Rev Kate Bottley offers up faith, and Kiri learns about sickle cell. Show more

Events spiral out of control for Helen, and there’s a surprising confrontation for Alice. Show more

Emerald Fennell on Saltburn, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, and the Booker Prize shortlisted author Paul Harding. Show more

Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests to discuss what happens when the Israel Gaza war ends. Show more

Anthony Doerr's 2014 novel All The Light We Cannot See has been adapted into a TV series on Netflix. With the actress who plays her, we discuss the story's blind heroine. Show more

Zoe Strimpel on why she's seeking out engineers, agriculturalists and silversmiths instead of journalists, sociologists and anthropologists. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili discusses how ageing populations and falling birthrates could change the world with Professor Sarah Harper from the Oxford University Institute of Population Ageing. Show more

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It’s the mid 1960s, and 18-year-old Katherine finds herself spending a weekend at the Sussex home of her professor of philosophy. She’s been invited by a charming older man. Show more

A new series from Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn tackling the problems - large or small - of their listeners. Contact: marianandtara@bbc.co.uk Show more

Sean Curran reports as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and his Labour shadow Rachel Reeves clash over the economy.

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Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in the field of cuteness studies, explores how the cute aesthetic spread around the globe. Show more

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