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  1. Digital Future: the New Underclass

    Dr Josie Barnard investigates the deep social divides created by the digital world.

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  2. Cro铆 Uladh le John Toal

    John Toal discovers unique stories from around NI.

    麻豆社 Two Northern Ireland

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  3. The Hidden Story of British Slavery

    Sangita Myska investigates the secret story of Britons held as slaves.

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    Auditory Illusions

    Trevor Cox challenges Sarah Angliss to write a piece of music based on illusions in sound.

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  5. The Political Butterfly Effect

    Jim Waterson explores a single moment that inadvertently shaped modern history.

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  6. September 1, 1939

    The creation and unexpected afterlife of WH Auden's poem September 1, 1939.

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    The Age of Consultancy

    Richard Brooks examines the profound influence of management consultancy on modern life.

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  8. Our House

    How might a young couple unable to buy a first home today have fared in previous decades?

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  9. The Rap Game UK

    Rap legends DJ Target, Krept and Konan hunt for the next big MC to take over the scene.

    麻豆社 Three

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  10. What鈥檚 Eating Rotherham

    Rotherham resident Joanne Keeling looks at the problem of emotional overeating in the town

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    On Baseball

    Michael Sandel talks baseball, national identity and the role of team sport in life.

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  12. World War 2: The Economic Battle

    Duncan Weldon tells the story of the economic issues behind the start of World War Two.

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  13. The Syrians and the Kindertransport

    In Lozells Church, Birmingham, new and old refugees meet and compare experiences.

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    Land Power v Sea Power

    What can the ideas of two long-dead geopolitical thinkers tell us about the world today?

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  15. Why...?

    From shark attacks to collapsing buildings - why do these events happen?

    麻豆社 One

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  16. The Courage of Ambivalence

    Mark O'Connell makes the case for ambivalence.

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    A Surrealist's Map of Ireland

    Reggie Chamberlain-King tells the strange tale of the search for the source of surrealism.

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  18. Breakdown

    How the violence of the Northern Ireland Troubles began.

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  19. Scotland鈥檚 Justice Warrior

    Can society accept justice without imprisonment?

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    Gordon Brown on The Gospel of Wealth

    Gordon Brown interrogates Andrew Carnegie's guidebook to philanthropic giving.

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  21. My First Festivals

    Follow a group of children as they experience cultural festivals for the first time.

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  22. Sacred Wonders

    Find out what people do for faith in the most spectacular sacred places on the planet.

    麻豆社 One

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  23. A Singer's Guide to Britain

    Roderick Williams gets on the road to tell the stories of Britain through our songs.

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  24. Can Facebook Survive?

    David Baker investigates if Facebook can survive its recent troubles intact.

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    Hannah Walker Is a Highly Sensitive Person

    Hannah Jane Walker argues that sensitivity is overlooked, dismissed and under-utilised

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    Evidently Art

    Andrew McGibbon explores the intriguing new realm of investigative art work.

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    Fence Me In

    Adam Fowler tests how the acoustics of different spaces affect the creativity of artists.

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  28. Peterloo: The Massacre That Changed Britain

    Katharine Viner charts the story of the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre.

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  29. France and Germany: Divided They Stand

    Could the 'Rhine Divide' between France and Germany threaten the EU more than Brexit?

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    The Black Blood Donor Crisis

    Lindsay Johns asks why so few black Britons give blood and examines why it matters.

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    The Empire Strikes Black

    Hugh Muir explores the awkwardness of being honoured for services to the British Empire.

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  32. New Storytellers

    Fascinating features made by aspiring audio producers.

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  33. David Cannadine: On Crossing the Religious Divide

    David Cannadine argues that history misses vital accounts of religious tolerance.

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    The Angels of the Bayou

    A bricklayer builds a sculpture park of angels in southern Louisiana and then disappears.

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  35. The Gamble Network

    Three-part Radio 4 documentary series on gambling

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  36. From College to Clink

    Britain's brightest graduates start their working life behind bars as prison officers.

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    The Colour of Justice

    Edward Adoo investigates why there are so few non-white judges in the UK judiciary.

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  38.

    EXPOSED: Young Female Photographers

    Emma Dabiri meets three exciting, emerging photographers.

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    Moonbase 2029

    Dallas Campbell explores how astronauts will return to the moon. This time to stay.

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    The Unexpected History of Clean Eating

    Guilty pleasures, cheeky treats 鈥� Sofie Hagen asks why we put moral judgements on food.

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  41. D for Diagnosis

    Claudia Hammond explores the history of classification for diagnoses of the mind.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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  42. The Moon and Us

    A special documentary celebrating the anniversary of the moon landing.

    麻豆社 Radio Wales

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  43. The Dying of the Ice

    How indigenous artists in Arctic regions are interpreting the loss of ancient Arctic ice.

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  44. Testing the Tebbit Test

    Rajan Datar examines national identity and loyalty through the lens of cricket

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    The Pleasures of Brecht

    A celebration of the simple joys in life, and Brecht鈥檚 poem that described them.

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    The Hansa Inheritance

    Why does a medieval trading network still have a such a hold on Europe's imagination?

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  47. Serengeti

    Capturing the high drama of the Serengeti鈥檚 distinctive wildlife up close.

    麻豆社 One

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  48. Shakespeare's Starling

    How did a single starling mentioned in Shakespeare cause ecological disaster in the USA?

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    India鈥檚 Street Cricketers: Crossing Boundaries

    How street children from Kolkata got to play cricket at Lord's

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    America's Child Brides

    The tense argument on child marriage in the USA.

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