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Mark Tully discusses our longing for the sea with National Poet of Wales Gwyneth Lewis, who spent a year on a disastrous round the world voyage. Show more

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Students from Louisiana discuss the oil spill, Mike eats insects and we hear from Malawi. Show more

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Dr David Kessler, former head of America's Food and Drug Administration says our brains have been hijacked by processed food and we have a compulsion to eat fat, sugar and salt. Show more

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Ros Atkins in South Africa takes World Cup calls, texts and emails from football fans around the world.

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Carrie Gracie speaks to African telecommunications entrepreneur and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim.

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Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka travels from his native Nigeria to South Africa to assess the past and present of the rainbow nation through the eyes of its finest writers. Show more

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The man top CEOs turn to for sympathy. Is President Obama going the environmental way of President Carter? And are workers in communist China now striking for pay like their capitalist comrades? Show more

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Nina Robinson travels to a town in Kenya to find out why religious leaders there are voicing their opposition to homosexuality. Listeners may find some of the views expressed offensive. Show more

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Richard Coles explores the role faith plays in football and asks how realistic it is to expect football to be secular.

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David Cannadine reveals the colourful history of passports and identity cards - the political tensions, public resistance and some curious nineteenth century practices.

The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, talks to Rajan Datar about the BBC’s role in the modern world, and his priorities for the future. Show more

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Eminent scientist Martin Rees delivers this years Reith Lectures, exploring the challenges facing science in the 21st century.

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Dr David Kessler, former head of America's Food and Drug Administration says our brains have been hijacked by processed food and we have a compulsion to eat fat, sugar and salt. Show more

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Ros Atkins in South Africa takes World Cup calls, texts and emails from football fans around the world.

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Peter Day finds out how Silicon Valley, California is coping with the effects of recession. Show more

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The man top CEOs turn to for sympathy. Is President Obama going the environmental way of President Carter? And are workers in communist China now striking for pay like their capitalist comrades? Show more

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Is the world hurtling towards a final theory of everything ? And if so, what might it look like? Show more

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The psychological consequences of solitary confinement in prison, lead poisoning in Nigerian children, Savant syndrome and Restless Legs that cause sleepless nights. Show more

A fast-paced, dark comedy set in the multicultural world of urban gangsters by Ian Weir. Show more

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Fans will be avidly debating the fate of their nations in the World Cup, but football has the most support at domestic level. David Goldblatt explores the madness of the game at the Cairo derby. Show more

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Dr David Kessler, former head of America's Food and Drug Administration says our brains have been hijacked by processed food and we have a compulsion to eat fat, sugar and salt. Show more