Series 4

Cult of Girls

Sharon Kinsella explores the Japanese 'cult of girls'.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Making a Home

Becky Manson discusses the meaning of home, as home ownership becomes less common.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Benet Brandreth

Benet Brandreth criticises the bankruptcy of current political discourse.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Philippa Perry

Philippa Perry explains why the stories we tell to and about ourselves are so powerful.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Rebecca Mott

Rebecca Mott calls for the abolition of prostitution.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Mark Graham

Thought-provoking talks with a personal dimension.

• 15 mins

Series 4

SF Said

SF Said believes fiction can help to bridge the divide between 'us' and 'them'.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Rachel Armstrong

Rachel Armstrong proposes we should harness the computing power of the natural world.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Jonathan Ree

Jonathan Ree warns against the current fashion for confusing morality with politics.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Jono Vernon-Powell

Jono Vernon-Powell argues for a revival in the lost art of hitchhiking.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Sandra Newman

Sandra Newman argues that genuinely cool people are a liability.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Karl Sharro

Karl Sharro wants people to be allowed to build whatever they want.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Serena Kutchinsky

Serena Kutchinsky reflects on a fateful obsession with the Faberge egg.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Jasper Fforde

Jasper Fforde asks whether humans have reached the limit of creative thought.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Noreena Hertz

Noreena Hertz argues that it is sometimes very dangerous to put your trust in experts.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Rupert Goodwins

Technology writer Rupert Goodwins asks what has gone wrong with internet discourse.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Adjoa Andoh

Adjoa Andoh on raising a transgender child.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Philip North

Philip North argues that poor people have been held back by the professional middle class.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Americans Abroad

Mara Oliva argues that we need to think differently about Americans and foreign policy.

• 15 mins

Series 4

A New Currency of Commitment

Comedian Rosie Wilby proposes the end of monogamy.

• 15 mins

Series 4

In Defence of Anger

Philosopher Amia Srinivasan makes the case for anger.

• 15 mins

Series 4

The Trouble with Paradise

Carrie Gibson argues that we need to rethink our notion of paradise.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Creative Women

Anna Beer asks why we do not hear more music composed by women.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Judgement at Last

Tiffany Jenkins argues that we need more judgement about quality in art, culture and life.

• 15 mins

Series 4

A World for Children

Daniel Hahn argues that more children's books should be translated into English.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Making Drugs Today

Sunil Shaunak argues that pharmaceuticals could, and should, build social capital.

• 15 mins

Series 4

High Street Revival

We are trying to revive our high streets the wrong way, argues Clare Richmond.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Migration, Separation and Wales

Wyn James tells the story of the Welsh settlements in Patagonia.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Killing the Consumer

Jon Alexander argues that consumer power has become an idea which is damaging society.

• 15 mins

Series 4

Claire Cunningham

Disabled dancer Claire Cunningham considers why she would never want to be 'fixed'.

• 15 mins