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The End of the World Has Already Happened
Philosopher Timothy Morton explores our psychological relationship with the climate crisis
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Green Originals
Reflections on the pioneers of the environmental movement over the last sixty years.
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The World Turned Upside Down
The transition from fossil fuels to renewables and its geopolitical consequences.
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The Last Songs of Gaia
How are the world's musicians, sound artists and poets responding to the loss of species?
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How They Made Us Doubt Everything
Investigating claims there could be asbestos in make-up and the industry's response.
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How to Vaccinate the World
Tim Harford reports on the global race to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Senses
Neurologist Guy Leschziner explores the surprisingly strange world of our senses.
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Bodies
Professor Alice Roberts traces our changing understanding of human anatomy and ourselves.
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Metamorphosis - How Insects Transformed Our World
Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insights from the insect world.
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Dare to Repair
Exploring how UK citizens have become the worst consumers in Europe of single-use goods.
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Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares
The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the early 1970s.
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Hybrid
Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade the human body, with help from the animal kingdom.
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The Dreams We Live Inside
Engineer and author Roma Agrawal explores how the built environment shapes us.
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The Young Farmers
A series of three programmes giving voice to the trials and triumphs of young farmers.
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Gone to Earth
Horatio Clare discovers how infantry soldiers are shaped by the Brecon Beacons' landscape.
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Rutherford and Fry on Living with AI
The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's ±«Óãtv Reith Lectures.
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Fungi: The New Frontier
Tim Hayward falls down a rabbit hole and into the vast and largely hidden world of fungi.
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The Future Will Be Synthesised
Henry Ajder examines the implications of the synthetic media seeping into our lives.
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
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The Story of a Heart by Dr Rachel Clarke
The moving story of how one family's grief was transformed into a lifesaving gift.
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