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Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 24^th Apr 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 4^th Sep 2023, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

How musicians took damaged plastic scraps of Western music to change the musical landscape of China. Show more

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Radiolab

Series 9

Mixtape 3 - Cassetternet

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 8^th May 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 18^th Sep 2023, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Cassetternet: exploring how the analog world of the cassette tape helped to create the internet. Show more

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Radiolab

Series 9

Mixtape 2 - The Wandering Soul

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 1^st May 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 11^th Sep 2023, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Wandering Soul: exploring the Vietnam War and the ghosts it left behind haunting survivors today. Show more

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Radiolab

Series 9

Mixtape 4 - Help?

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 15^th May 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 25^th Sep 2023, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Help? Three stories of cassette tapes as peculiar helpers, self-help, and lost love. Show more

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Radiolab

Series 9

Heavy Metal

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 22^nd May 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 2^nd Oct 2023, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Radiolab explores the effects when we humans rearrange the elemental stuff around us. With Latif Nasser. Show more

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Radiolab

Series 9

Flop Off

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 29^th May 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 16^th Oct 2023, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Radiolab explores when the best of effort and intention is not enough – the world of flops. With Lulu Miller and Latif Nassir. Show more

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Radiolab

Series 9

Life In A Barrel

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 5^th Jun 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 23^rd Oct 2023, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Radiolab explores the chaos of life through a barrel of seawater, a 70s era computer, and underwater geysers. With Latif Nasser. Show more

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Radiolab

Series 9

Dusty Docs

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 12^th Jun 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 30^th Oct 2023, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Radiolab explores British imperial rule in Kenya, and the power documents to prove grave historical wrongs. With Jad Abumrad. Show more

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