Advertisers would love to find a "buy button" in our brains, which when pressed would make us buy their stuff. A new breed of "neuromarketers" are offering just that. Does it work? Show more
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'Memory athletes' compete to see who can remember the most random numbers. Everyone thought we were at the limits of the possible - until some teenage North Korean girls turned up Show more
Ever since the middle ages, pieces of the True Cross have been sold to the gullible. But now the trade in bogus relics has moved online, to the fury of traditional Catholics. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins reports on the extreme treatments bald men are putting themselves through. Show more
Who do you want to read your old emails when you die? Are the dead entitled to privacy? Jolyon Jenkins reports on the increasingly contentious issue of our digital legacy. Show more
Why do so many women think their men have Asperger's syndrome? Is there a hidden mental health epidemic, or have the rules of relationships changed? Jolyon Jenkins investigates. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins meets those who think the sick can be cured through the power of prayer. Could there possibly be anything in it? And what of those who are trying to raise the dead? Show more
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the world of online sperm donation and discovers the 'super donors', men fiercely proud of their apparent fertility, who cannot stop giving. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins explores Esperanto, the language designed to bring world peace and harmony, and finds that, despite a century of misfortune, the idealism behind it still survives. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people zapping their brains with DIY electrical devices, lasers and electromagnets. They want to learn faster, dream better and have spiritual experiences. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins reports on the men fighting a liberation war against what they see as female tyranny, and the separatist 'men going their own way', who have given up on women. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether meditation could do you more harm than good. Mindfulness is promoted as a kind of mental detox, but some people have had disturbing experiences. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the world of mousetrap inventors. With over 4,500 patents issued, can there be a better mousetrap? And will his own trap impress the professionals? Show more
Out of the Ordinary
Liberland
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Jolyon Jenkins reports on one man's attempt to create a new nation - a libertarian utopia - in what he says is unclaimed land in the Balkans. Half a million people want to join him. Show more
It's 50 years since LSD was banned. Since then, self-styled 'psychonauts' have tried to get altered states of consciousness without drugs. Does it work? Jolyon Jenkins investigates. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the private Christian schools in Britain that teach that evolution is untrue, homosexuality is wrong and that wives should submit to their husbands. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want to swim a mile through freezing cold water. As they battle the second law of thermodynamics, only the fit, or fat, will make it. Show more
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Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who think that drilling a hole in their head can restore the lost energy of youth and help prevent dementia. Could there be anything in it? Show more
Jolyon Jenkins meets the men trying to build free energy machines in their garages. Using plans bought online, he makes his own. But will the men in black get to him first? Show more