What If Closure Never Comes?
Helena de Groot spent the majority of her life assuming she would never have kids. But as she got older, people’s criticism of that choice started to intensify. Then, a…
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Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware has always moved between worlds. She’s a British soul singer who spent the early part of her career making intimate, understated records. Then, in 2020, she released What’s…
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Being Honest
Amy Winehouse rewrote the rules of modern songwriting by refusing to fake a single feeling. In this episode, Kai and Emmanuel explore the BBC archive and find how a teenage…
The Lovestruck Explorer’s Deadly Guessing Game
In 1860, police officer Robert O’Hara Burke plans an expedition to map the mysterious blank in the centre of Australia. Joining him is scientist William Wills, and a ragtag team of…
How SharkNinja Keeps Going Viral
Mark Barrocas is the CEO of SharkNinja, a company that sells everything from vacuums, to blenders, to beauty products. Mark’s problem is this: How do you invent new products that…
The Insurers Who ALWAYS Paid Out: The Lloyds of London Story Part I
Edward Lloyd opened a coffee shop near the River Thames in the 1680s – it became a place where ship owners and money men rubbed shoulders and a trade in…
Decoding Longevity with Dr. Nir Barzilai
What if you could actually delay the process of aging? Dr. Nir Barzilai hopes to identify interventions that could do just that. He believes a class of drugs known as…
The Refugee Who Led a Software Revolution – with Ben Walter
Millionaire-making tech start-ups are most often associated with Silicon Valley. But this software revolution begins on a woman’s kitchen table in rural Britain in the 1960s. Steve Shirley faced extraordinary…
Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson first came to international attention in 2007 when his album Close to Paradise won the Polaris Music Prize, Canada’s most prestigious award for a Canadian album. Over the…
Richard Pryor: The Truth‑Teller Who Changed Comedy Forever
Richard Pryor redefined comedy by telling the truth, even when it scorched him. In this raw, riveting episode, Kai and Emmanuel unearth BBC archival tape to explore how Pryor rose…
Why It Hurts to Hold a Grudge — and How to Let Go with Dr. Fred Luskin
Forgiveness might sound simple, but it’s hard to let go of the anger that comes with being deeply hurt. Grudges, bitterness, and frustration with life’s unfairness can quietly build up…
The Mad Mystic and the Last Battle on English Soil – with Ian Breckon
As the Victorian era dawns, modernisation erodes the old ways of life and poverty rises. In the unrest, an unlikely hero emerges, capturing the imagination of the countryside’s working class.…