Seriously... Podcast
Seriously is home to the world’s best audio documentaries and podcast recommendations. Introduced by Vanessa Kisuule. This feed is no longer being updated. Thanks for listening.
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Woke: The Journey of a Word - Episode 1
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Matthew Syed traces the history of a term that's synonymous with our era of angry debate.
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The Privatisation of British Gas
Fri 24 Feb 2023
Phil Tinline explores why the Thatcher government sold British Gas - and the legacy today.
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How Wars End
Tue 21 Feb 2023
James Naughtie examines the possible outcomes of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Taiwan: Hyper-democracy
Tue 7 Feb 2023
Can Taiwan's hyper-democracy provide lessons for the world's older democracies?
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Why Coups Fail
Fri 3 Feb 2023
Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.
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The Boat Smugglers
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Sue Mitchell investigates the dangerous organisations behind the the deadly migrant trade.
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The Crowning of Everest - Episode 5
Thu 5 Jan 2023
News of the conquest of Everest reaches London on Coronation Day.
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The Crowning of Everest - Episode 4
Wed 4 Jan 2023
The race down the mountain to deliver the news to London
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The Crowning of Everest - Episode 3
Tue 3 Jan 2023
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the top of Mount Everest
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The Crowning of Everest - Episode 2
Tue 3 Jan 2023
The British connection to Mount Everest and why it was so important to conquer it in 1953
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The Crowning of Everest - Episode 1
Tue 3 Jan 2023
1953 Britain prepares to crown a new Queen and waits to hear if Everest has been conquered
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Bad Blood - 6. Newgenics
Christmas Eve 2022
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
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Bad Blood - 5. The Curse of Mendel
Fri 23 Dec 2022
Mendel's insights are taken up by the eugenicists.
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Bad Blood - 2. You Will Not Replace Us
Fri 23 Dec 2022
In Jazz Age USA, the wealthy political elite embrace eugenic ideas with gusto.
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Bad Blood - 1. You’ve Got Good Genes
Fri 23 Dec 2022
Eugenics is born in Victorian Britain and swiftly builds an international following.
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The Susurrations of the Sea
Tue 20 Dec 2022
The sounds of the sea, the words of people who listen to them, and new poetry.
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Falling Stars
Fri 9 Dec 2022
Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at our shifting relationship with scientific language.
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When Reality Breaks: Demystifying Paranoid Schizophrenia
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Dr Julia Shaw on the ripple effects of paranoid schizophrenia in a family.
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The Name Is DeSantis
Tue 8 Nov 2022
James Naughtie profiles the Florida governor who just might be aiming for The White House.
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Music to Scream to - The Hammer Horror Soundtracks
Fri 28 Oct 2022
Hammer Horror's modernist soundtracks.
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Desert Island Discoveries - Lauren Laverne and Vick Hope
Mon 24 Oct 2022
Lauren Laverne shares handpicked gems from the back-catalogue with Vick Hope from Radio 1
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The Other Black Door
Fri 14 Oct 2022
How a group of organisations in one Westminster building affected a decade of UK politics.
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Ugandan Asians: The Reckoning
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown takes a fresh look at the story of the Ugandan Asian expulsion.
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The Scramble for Rare Earths - 5. The Great New Game
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Misha Glenny hears how Ukraine is sitting on huge amounts of rare earth minerals.
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The Scramble for Rare Earths - 4. The EU's Dependency on China
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Misha Glenny asks whether the EU can find other ways of satisfying its rare earth demand.
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The Scramble for Rare Earths - 3. The Super Magnets
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Misha Glenny discovers how neodymium magnets will help power the green transition.
Nazanin and the mystery of a decades old tank debt
Has an old tank debt with Iran cost Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe her freedom?
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