Identity Through Reading

Author Zoë Strachan charts her journey of self-discovery as a gay woman through reading.

• 14 mins

Facing Death Creatively

R.M. Sánchez-Camus describes how art can help us to talk about death and dying.

• 23 mins

Social Media Snooping

Harleen Nottay says snooping and spying via social media is bad for our mental health.

• 20 mins

House Buying Agony

Kevin Carr charts the agony of the first-time house buyer.

• 19 mins

The Inside of Being

Bex Burch explores the difference between 'doing' and 'being' as a source of creativity.

• 15 mins

Taking Humour Seriously

Harriet Beveridge says we don't take humour seriously enough.

• 18 mins

Preserving the Home Visit

Dr Mark Williams believes we need to preserve the traditional GP home visit.

• 20 mins

How poker teaches decision making

Liv Boeree explains how playing poker teaches good decision making.

• 19 mins

A Pleasure Culture of War

Historian Kasia Tomasiewicz discusses how to commemorate war.

• 23 mins

Life in Letters

Helen Cullen makes the case for the art of letter writing.

• 20 mins

The P Word

Richard Lynch-Smith argues that social workers need to better acknowledge poverty.

• 22 mins

An Empathy Machine

Emmanuel Ordóñez-Angulo asks whether virtual reality could be an 'empathy machine'.

• 19 mins

Politics Fans

Penny Andrews argues that thinking of political supporters as fans helps explain politics.

• 19 mins

Working Class Women

Rachael Gibbons discusses class, social mobility and Imposter Syndrome.

• 19 mins

Digging Deep

Rabab Ghazoul makes the case for Wales as a place of post-colonial possibility.

• 17 mins

Grief, and Starscape

Lora Stimson uses sky and starscape to navigate her grief.

• 19 mins

Life In Transit

Novelist Louise Doughty discovers her own past sheds light on the experience of others.

• 21 mins

Recovery After Rape

Winnie M Li talks about her traumatic experience as a survivor of sexual violence.

• 20 mins

The Romance of Train Travel

Monisha Rajesh says the romance of train travel is not dead.

• 20 mins

The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword

Ashley Hickson-Lovence argues black boys need to read books that reflect their own lives.

• 17 mins

Tidying Up

Sarah Gristwood is worried that the vogue for tidying will make history harder to uncover.

• 20 mins

Living With Gods

Anna Della Subin takes a journey with a man once worshipped as a living god.

• 16 mins

A Boy Who Died

Andrew Hankinson tells the story of a boy who died, and his parents, who wanted him alive.

• 17 mins

Digital Sadness

Alice Moloney discusses how best to express negative emotions in the digital realm.

• 20 mins

Fit and Finished

Emma Hayes explains why the fit of our clothes matters.

• 23 mins

Depolarizing

Ali Goldsworthy explains why campaigns that succeed by polarising can cause long-term harm

• 23 mins

Good and Clever

Sammy Wright asks why we put such weight on exam results.

• 22 mins

Making Sense of the World

Nwando Ebizie describes how she experiences the world, through her 'visual snow'

• 22 mins

Change Through Engagement

Mahamed Hashi, a youth worker and gun crime victim, says we must listen to communities.

• 25 mins

Ending Ageism

Carl Honoré thinks we're all missing out by stereotyping older people as 'over the hill'.

• 25 mins