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The war between science and religion
Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Taylor, Nick Spencer and Frances Flinter.
Crossing borders and belonging
Adam Rutherford with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Helena Lee and Jessica J Lee.
Intrigue and disinformation from the Russian Revolution to Ukraine invasion
Tom Sutcliffe with Andrey Kurkov, Peter Pomerantsev and Charlotte Jee.
Time passing: ageing, memory and nostalgia
Adam Rutherford with Venki Ramakrishnan, Charan Ranganath and Agnes Arnold-Forster
Mysterious Plants
Kirsty Wark with Chris Thorogood, Kelsey Byers and William Milliken
Weighty issues
Tom Sutcliffe with Naveed Sattar, Stephanie Yeboah and Henry Dimbleby
Arts: changing the world?
Tom Sutcliffe with Ellen E Jones, Hew Locke and Noora Niasari
Global influences
Kirsty Wark with Josephine Quinn, Carolina Rangel de Lima and Christopher Harding.
Opium trade to synthetic opiates
Tom Sutcliffe with Amitav Ghosh, Richard Brittan and Fiona Measham.
Made out of glass
Adam Rutherford with Jasmine Allen, Ayako Tani, John Parker and Claire Corkhill.
