Seriously... Podcast
Seriously is home to the world鈥檚 best audio documentaries and podcast recommendations. Introduced by Vanessa Kisuule. This feed is no longer being updated. Thanks for listening.
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Millennials in the Workplace
Fri 25 Jan 2019
India Rakusen discovers how her generation is changing the workplace.
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I Feel for You: Narcs and narcissists
Tue 15 Jan 2019
Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether we're really in the grip of a narcissism epidemic.
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I Feel for You: Empaths and empathy
Tue 15 Jan 2019
Is it a good idea for us to feel each other's pain? Jolyon Jenkins investigates empathy.
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Behind the Scenes: Marianela Nunez at Covent Garden
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Argentinian dancer Marianela Nunez shares her life behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet
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Let's Raise the Voting Age
Tue 8 Jan 2019
Fifty years on from votes at 18, how should we set the voting age?
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Doorstep Daughter
New Year's Day 2019
Two very different families join together to raise a baby - and change each others' lives
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The Power of Twitter
Christmas Day 2018
The story of how Twitter accidentally became the 21st century forum for political debate.
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Introducing Life Lessons
Thu 20 Dec 2018
Young UK adults talk about the issues that matter most to them.
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Contracts of Silence
Tue 18 Dec 2018
Tiffany Jenkins on the use and misuse of 'gagging clauses' or non-disclosure agreements
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Pursuit of Beauty: The Spider Orchestra
Fri 7 Dec 2018
The art of Tom谩s Saraceno who makes sculptures and music with spiders and their webs
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Pursuit of Beauty: Dead Rats and Meat Cleavers
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Turning base metal into musical gold - swordsmiths and Dead Rats!
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Pursuit of Beauty: Art Beneath the Waves
Fri 16 Nov 2018
Underwater artists who paint, sculpt and dance beneath the sea.
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Ghosts in the Machine
Tue 30 Oct 2018
Exploring the people who hear spooks in random sound and the world of auditory illusion.
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The Supercalculators
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.
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The Eternal Life of the Instant Noodle
Fri 28 Sep 2018
How instant noodles went global with the help of students, travellers and prisoners.
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The Ballad of the Blade
Tue 25 Sep 2018
The story of knife crime, told in verse by the weapon itself.
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The Sound Odyssey: Nadine Shah travels to Beirut
Fri 21 Sep 2018
Gemma Cairney takes Nadine Shah to Beirut for a musical collaboration.
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What Happened Last Night in Sweden?
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Ruth Alexander looks at the rise in violent crime in Sweden.
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The Five Foot Shelf
Tue 21 Aug 2018
Ian Sansom asks people to choose the books they think should be included on his 5ft shelf
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Game Changer: Fortnite on 4
Tue 14 Aug 2018
Kevin Fong explores the latest video gaming smash hit Fortnite as a cultural phenomenon.
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The Infinite Monkey Cage
Mon 13 Aug 2018
A special edition of the science and comedy podcast hosted by Brian Cox and Robin Ince.
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Pop Star Philosophy
Tue 7 Aug 2018
Comedian Steve Punt exhumes the philosophical outpourings of pop stars through the ages.
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The Silence and the Scream
Tue 31 Jul 2018
Garrett Carr on the radical commune which broke the silence of rural Donegal in the 1970s.
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Could the PM Have a Brummie Accent?
Fri 27 Jul 2018
Chris Mason examines how politicians' accents - and attitudes towards them - have changed.
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Pink Rabbits and Other Animals
Thu 21 Jun 2018
A profile of the beloved children's author Judith Kerr as she works on her latest book.
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The Sisters of the Sacred Salamander
Fri 15 Jun 2018
Why are Mexican nuns breeding a rare salamander? Could they save this remarkable species?
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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