Science writer Emma Byrne argues that we should listen carefully when people swear, because they often do so for good reasons. Show more

Henry Stewart argues that bad management blights the working lives of millions of people and that the solution is to let everyone choose their own bosses. Show more

Anna Woodhouse explores what looking through glass and glasses means for us. Show more

Dick Moore calls for urgent action to tackle the problems of adolescent mental health. Driven by personal experience, he sees a need for society to give more emotional support. Show more

Economist Judith Shapiro argues that the next steps towards equality for women will be far harder than those that went before. Hosted by David Baddiel. Show more

Advertising guru Kevin Allen tells a tale of missing cutlery on passenger jets to show where business leaders go wrong. Success, he says, belongs to the 'buoyant' leader. Show more

Andrew Graystone speaks from personal experience to argue that we are using the wrong language to talk about cancer. Show more

Prof Mona Siddiqui asks why so much of the history of our lives is the history of our friendships. Show more

William Dalrymple introduces the Oscar-winning documentary-maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, in Four Thought at the Jaipur Literature Festival. Show more

Emma Woolf explores how people suffering from eating disorders might now have a proper explanation for their condition. Show more

Historian Mat Paskins argues that history can best be made real when we bring back to life the excitement that previous generations felt at new developments. Show more

Daniela Papi explores the dark side of volunteering overseas. Show more

Steven Poole argues that we should resist the idea that humans are irrational, and instead stand up together and say we can think, and that's what makes us human. Show more

Jad Adams thinks we are dealing with homelessness less well than in the 1930s. Speaking from his experience helping homeless people, he argues our hostel system is not the answer. Show more

Writer Alan Bissett considers the effect of pornography on his life, arguing for the introduction of gender studies into secondary schools. Show more

Journalist and academic Emily Bell asks if the internet has finally brought about the end of geography. Show more

Farrah Jarral puts the case for more cheekiness, arguing that it is a core British value and a creative, playful way of checking power and subverting the status quo. Show more

Matt Locke traces the stories of three 'empires of attention' to examine how our attention, and the way it was measured, has shaped our culture. Show more

Molly Naylor explores what we can learn from our teenage selves. Show more

Agnes Woolley examines what is missing from the stories told by, and about, refugees and laments the way in which the refugees are forced to constrain their own stories. Show more