Programme Index

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Mar 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 18^th Mar 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Guy Raz investigates whether humans are hardwired to crave and respond to beauty? Could it be key to human survival? Show more

TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Unstoppable Learning

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 25^th Mar 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 25^th Mar 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores the extraordinary ways babies and children learn – from the womb, to the playground, to the internet. Show more

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Turning Points

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 1^st Apr 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 1^st Apr 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores the moments that can change people’s lives - from a stricken aeroplane to an encounter with a pump attendant. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Collaboration

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 8^th Apr 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 8^th Apr 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores the positive benefits of mass collaboration – from Wikipedia to adopting tsunami sirens in Hawaii. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Haves and Have Nots

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 15^th Apr 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 15^th Apr 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores the reasons behind global wealth inequality and how they might be addressed. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Spoken and Unspoken

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 22^nd Apr 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Sun 28^th Apr 2019, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Guy Raz explores how words and methods of communication affect us, more than you might expect. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Getting There

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 29^th Apr 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 29^th Apr 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores how future transportation can become faster, cleaner - and just plain cooler. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Quiet

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 6^th May 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 6^th May 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores ways to find quiet in this busy world. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Finite

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 13^th May 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 13^th May 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores ideas about living with less in a world with finite resources. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Fighting Cancer

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 20^th May 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 20^th May 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores ideas about detecting, curing and living with cancer. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Adaptation

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 27^th May 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 27^th May 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explore ideas about human adaptability. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Building Better Cities

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 3^rd Jun 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 3^rd Jun 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores how cities can change the world. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Nudge

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 10^th Jun 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 10^th Jun 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores the simple ‘nudges’ in behaviour for managing our children, our health and aspirations. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Failure Is an Option

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 17^th Jun 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 17^th Jun 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores how failure clears the way for success, in our everyday work, and our innermost lives. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Toxic

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 24^th Jun 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 24^th Jun 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz asks, 'Should we accept our toxic world as a reality or can we make a change?' Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

The Food We Eat

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 1^st Jul 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 1^st Jul 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores how food is more than nourishment. It's a source of pleasure and guilt and an agent of change. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

The Five Senses

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 8^th Jul 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Sun 14^th Jul 2019, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Guy Raz explores how our brains make sense of sensation, and how our minds manufacture 'reality’. Show more

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

The Spirit of Inquiry

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 15^th Jul 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 15^th Jul 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores how a deeper and more humble style of inquiry may help achieve the next big breakthrough. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

Disruptive Leadership

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 30^th Mar 2020, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 30^th Mar 2020, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores what it takes to become a leader and shake up the status quo. Show more

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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TED Radio Hour

Series 5

The Digital Industrial Revolution

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 22^nd Jul 2019, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 22^nd Jul 2019, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Guy Raz explores ideas about the exciting - and terrifying - future of human-robot collaboration. Show more

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