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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 This feed is no longer being updated.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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Moving to the Red Planet
Tue 14 Mar 2017
Why go to Mars? Claudia Hammond examines the space-farer's drive to occupy the red planet
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1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions
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Writing a New Caribbean: Under the Surface
Tue 7 Mar 2017
A picture of the Caribbean now, as seen by a new generation of writers and poets.
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Radioactive Art
Fri 3 Mar 2017
How might artists choose to mark a nuclear waste site for future generations?
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Mark Steel Does Hip Hop
Tue 28 Feb 2017
Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign hip-hop.
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A Brief History of Lust
Tue 21 Feb 2017
American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.
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A Brief History of Failure
Tue 14 Feb 2017
Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.
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Late Returns
Fri 10 Feb 2017
Writer Nicholas Royle returns three library books - three decades after he borrowed them.
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Tunes from the Trash
Tue 7 Feb 2017
South America correspondent Wyre Davies visits the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay.
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Meet the Cyborgs
Fri 3 Feb 2017
Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.
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Generation Grime
Tue 31 Jan 2017
Exploring the popularity of Grime music through the story of Welsh act Astroid Boys.
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Laura Mvula's Miles Davis
Fri 27 Jan 2017
Laura Mvula and Jason Yarde, Laura Jurd, Kevin Le Gendre discuss jazz legend Miles Davis.
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I, by the Tide of Humber
Tue 24 Jan 2017
Poet Sean O'Brien reflects on the waterscape and landscape of Hull, 2017 City of Culture.
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On a Knife Edge
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Young victims of knife crime are helped by hospital-based teams tackling risky behaviour.
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Exonerated
Fri 13 Jan 2017
John Toal meets two former death row inmates now helping the wrongly convicted.
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The Green Book
Tue 6 Dec 2016
Alvin Hall tells the story of an African American travel guide during the segregation era.
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Bursting the Social Network Bubble
Fri 2 Dec 2016
Bobby Friction discovers the impact social media is having on his life.
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GCHQ: Minority Report
Tue 29 Nov 2016
The domestic challenge facing Britain's biggest secret intelligence service.
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Being Bored: The Importance of Doing Nothing
Tue 22 Nov 2016
Phill Jupitus explores the importance of being bored.
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Searching for Tobias
Fri 4 Nov 2016
Eight years after she met him in Mississippi, Chloe Hadjimatheou searches for Tobias
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Keepsake for My Lover
Tue 1 Nov 2016
Step inside the voice booth to find out what is the value of talking at all.
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A Cello in the Desert
Tue 25 Oct 2016
Nina Plapp takes her cello Cuthbert to Rajasthan in search of the roots of gypsy music.
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Gunning For Education
Tue 18 Oct 2016
Ian Peddie studies new Texan laws allowing concealed handguns into classrooms.
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Arthur Russell: Vanished into Music
Tue 4 Oct 2016
Olivia Laing presents an imaginative portrait of the elusive musician Arthur Russell.
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Songs for the Dead
Fri 19 Aug 2016
Marie-Louise Muir explores the tradition of keening for the dead in Ireland.
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Frightened of Each Other's Shadows
Tue 16 Aug 2016
Nihal Arthanayake presents a portrait of contemporary Britain in an epoch of terror.
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Stalking under Scrutiny
Fri 5 Aug 2016
A look at the support provided for victims of stalking and ways to stop stalkers.
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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