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Fake News and Peruvian Gin

Fake news, and the search for reliable information online. Plus, the new alcoholic drink of...

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Sweden's internet priest

The priest who will be available online all day at Christmas; and those we lost in 2016....

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Jingle Hells: Why Muzak Can Be Torture At Christmas

Why the use of Muzak or piped music in public places can make Christmas shopping a nightmare....

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A Hygge Conspiracy?

Is the concept of Danish hygge just an overhyped trend? We ask what Danish journalist Lotte Folke...

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The Music of English Slang

A musician's guide to how jazz and rap have inspired English slang and buzzwords. And why Stefan...

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The Israeli Leader Cast In Gold

An Israeli sculptor tells us why his "guerrilla" artwork of a golden Benjamin Netanyahu aroused...

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Flying with Swans

'Human swan' Sacha Dench on flying 7,000km from Russia to Britain, and how proof of Einstein's...

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Lessons in Sleep

Tips on how to get quality sleep, plus music inspired by the number 9. Presenter Julian...

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When Should We Retire?

The eighty-nine year-old former serviceman who put advertisements in his local newspaper to look...

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A Chess Champion & The Last Poets

The making of chess champion Magnus Carlsen; and a forefather of hip-hop on Trump, race, and...

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The Secret Lives of Animals

The maps that reveal the secret lives of animals; and Andrea Bocelli's 'Romanza' turns 20...

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The Game That Tracks Our Brains

The smartphone game that millions have played to help scientists understand how the onset of...

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The Mind Tricks The Body

How scientists are using the latest research on how the mind plays tricks on the body to help...

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"Live for the Moment": Opera for Dementia Sufferers

Scottish Opera performs a modified version of Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' for Dementia...

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Churchill's War Rooms; and Sister Sledge

The secrets of Churchill's War Rooms; American singing group Sister Sledge on a woman running for...

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Music Without Borders

Musicians from a US-Mexico border town reflect on Latin American influences and the importance of...

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Into The Inferno

Renowned German film director Werner Herzog releases a new documentary about his long-standing,...

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Spaceman

The extraordinary and inspirational story of US astronaut Mike Massimino, and the world as it...

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Happy Baby

Music that makes babies happy, plus the 17-year-old recorder player with a record deal. Julian...

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Building for Democracy

How an architect is re-imagining the destroyed parliament building in post-revolution Burkina...

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