Documentary series uncovering stories from the left field. Presented by Jolyon Jenkins
Radio 4,Β·28 episodes
The buy button
How advertisers are trying to use neuroscientific techniques to hack our brains.
How to memorise anything
How the world of 'memory sports' was rocked by a group of North Korean teenage girls.
Holy relics
You can buy a piece of the cross Jesus died on for Β£400. But all is not what it seems
A Sense of Direction
Might humans have an inbuilt compass like homing pigeons? If so, how can we rediscover it?
Lightning before death
Can people who haven't spoken for years have lucid conversations just before they die?
Have we already found aliens?
What should scientists do if they come across possible evidence of extraterrestrial life?
Aliens are the size of polar bears (probably)
If we find other intelligent life in the universe, what should we expect it to look like?
Who do you want to read your old emails when you die? Are the dead entitled to privacy?
Whistling
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want whistling to be taken seriously as a musical art.
Free Energy
Jolyon Jenkins meets the men trying to build free energy machines in their garages.
Hole in the Head
The people who think drilling a hole in the head can revitalise them and prevent dementia.
The Queen's Enemies
Jolyon Jenkins meets rebels not paying their tax because they think the Queen is a traitor
Swimming Through Ice
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want to swim a mile through freezing cold water.
A Righteous Education?
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the UK's private schools teaching fundamentalist Christianity.
Altered States of Consciousness
Fifty years after LSD was banned, Jolyon Jenkins tries to expand his mind without drugs.
Jolyon Jenkins reports on one man's attempt to create a new nation - a libertarian utopia.
The Red Pill
Jolyon Jenkins on men fighting a liberation war against what they see as female oppression
Mindfulness and Madness
Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether meditation could do more harm than good.
A Better Mousetrap
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the world of mousetrap inventors. Can there be a better trap?
Desperately Seeking Sperm
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the shadowy world of online unregulated sperm donation.
Esperanto
Jolyon Jenkins explores Esperanto, the language designed to bring world peace and harmony.
Brain Hacking
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people zapping their brains with DIY electrical devices.
The Secrets of Picking Up Women in Public
Jolyon Jenkins investigates 'pickup artists', men who know the secrets of seduction.
Asperger's Syndrome or Not?
Why do so many women think their men have Asperger's syndrome? Jolyon Jenkins investigates
The Power of Prayer
Jolyon Jenkins meets those who think the sick can be cured through the power of prayer.
Episode 1
Jolyon Jenkins reports on the extreme treatments bald men are putting themselves through.
Electronic Voice Phenomena
Can the dead talk to us? Jolyon Jenkins looks into EVP - alleged voices from the far side.
Episode 3
