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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Oliver Burkeman sets out to find why we all feel so busy today. In this first programme, he explores if the busyness epidemic is not what it at first seems. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Oliver Burkeman asks if we are talking ourselves into feeling overwhelmed with busyness.
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Oliver Burkeman asks if our problem with busyness is not that we do not have the time but rather we literally do not have the head space.
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Oliver Burkeman asks if the solution to busyness is not to work harder and organise ourselves but to indulge in a little idleness.
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Oliver asks if people have become addicted to busy, either because it makes them feel like heroes fighting the odds, or because problems can be avoided by never sitting still.
