Seriously... Podcast
Seriously is home to the world鈥檚 best audio documentaries and podcast recommendations. Introduced by Vanessa Kisuule.
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The Scramble for Rare Earths - 2. The Hidden Paradox
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Misha Glenny on why mining rare earth materials could either help or harm the environment
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The Scramble for Rare Earths - 1. The Magnificent 17
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Misha Glenny discovers why the future of the world depends on rare earth metals.
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Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan?
Fri 16 Sep 2022
How likely is it that the current tensions over Taiwan will end in military conflict?
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The Dark Side of Direct Sales
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Are workers being exploited by practices within some direct sales firms?
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Bhopal - 5. The Fatal Night
Fri 9 Sep 2022
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
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Bhopal - 4. Bhopal on the Brink of Disaster
Fri 9 Sep 2022
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the worlds worst industrial accident
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Bhopal - 3. Friendly Business
Fri 9 Sep 2022
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
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Bhopal - 2. The Smell of Grass
Fri 9 Sep 2022
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
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Bhopal - 1. A Friend Dies
Fri 9 Sep 2022
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
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Recalculating Art
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Why does art go up in value when a man signs it, but when a woman signs it, it goes down?
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Leeds: Life in the Bus Lane
Tue 23 Aug 2022
Rima Ahmed gets the bus into Leeds to find out why its public transport is so maligned.
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Inheritors of partition
Tue 16 Aug 2022
Kavita Puri marks the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent
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Generation Games
Tue 2 Aug 2022
From Pong to Pok茅mon, what have video games ever done for us? Keza MacDonald finds out.
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Welcome to Rwanda
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Is Rwanda a devlopment model for the rest of Africa, or an autocratic and ruthless state?
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Evacuated to Russia
Tue 26 Jul 2022
Has Russia rescued a million Ukrainian refugees? Or deported them in another war crime?
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Schools Apart
Tue 12 Jul 2022
How schools can help students from minority backgrounds feel integrated in modern Britain
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Ceausescu's Children
Tue 5 Jul 2022
Adopted from an orphanage in Romania, Ionica Adriana returns to discover her past.
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London on the Line
Tue 7 Jun 2022
Ten years after the 2012 Olympics why is London in crisis and what can be done about it?
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The Future Will Be Synthesised - Episode 5
Fri 20 May 2022
Henry Ajder examines our synthetic future - starting with deepfake origins in pornography
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The Future Will Be Synthesised - Episode 1
Fri 20 May 2022
Henry Ajder examines our synthetic future - starting with deepfake origins in pornography
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Am I That Guy?
Tue 12 Apr 2022
An exploration of men鈥檚 violence against women, with Scottish writer Alistair Heather
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The Witches' Pardon
Fri 1 Apr 2022
Is it time Scotland recognised 'witches' as victims of state-sanctioned violence?
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Sir Alex Ferguson: Made in Govan
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Sir Alex joins Mike Sweeney to reflect on the influences that shaped his life and career.
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Cold as a Mountain Top
Fri 25 Mar 2022
Robert Macfarlane climbs a wintry Buachaille Etive Mor, guided by the words of WH Murray.
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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