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Future Proofing: No End of Pleasure / Better Than Sex

4 Extra Debut. Dane Baptiste introduces an exploration of pleasure in 'Future Proofing: No End of Pleasure', and writer Adam Thorpe recalls a sensual pleasure in 'Better Than Sex'.

'The Pleasure Principle' host, comedian, Dan Baptiste, continues his exploration of our desire for pleasure using the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio archive by introducing:

Future Proofing -No End of Pleasure
How will humans experience pleasure in the near future? What is the shape of things to come? The novelist AL Kennedy conjures a vision of the future where plugging in for pleasure is as easy as logging on. With Will Self. First heard on Radio 4 in 2014.

Better Than Sex
Dane Baptiste introduces Better than Sex - where four writers celebrate an experience that brings them intense pleasure. In this episode writer Adam Thorpe recalls Secret River Bathing.

First heard on Radio 4 in 1997.

'The Pleasure Principle' season on 4 Extra is produced for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra by Peter McHugh.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 22 Jul 2018 20:00

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  • Sun 22 Jul 2018 20:00