BBC Radio 4 series Guide Books questions how literature can help us understand the human experience
In this episode, authors Sarah Perry and Sinéad Gleeson reflect on how their relationships with their bodies have changed over lockdown.
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A BBC Radio 4 documentary allows young people to speak directly about their experiences of the pandemic
Adults, Almost mixes anecdotes and interviews with clips recorded in teenagers’ homes, as well as musical and spoken word sequences.
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A Somewhat Complete History of Sitting Down is brisk, curious and fun
In this Audible series, historian Greg Jenner persuasively makes the case that the story of “who gets to sit, and…
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Armando Iannucci’s Why Time Flies is a delightful radio documentary
Does it move more slowly when we experience pain? Do we really see things “in slow motion” during a sudden…
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Jane Garvey’s Life Changing and the human voice
Her guests reveal so much of themselves, as they speak with audible ambivalence, pain or shame about life-altering experiences.
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Fiction podcast Soft Voice explores the anxiety of decision-making
Soft Voice tells the anxious 25-year-old estate agent Lydia what to wear, what to say and which yoghurt to eat…
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The Apology Line is a curious, compelling listen
Confessional voicemails recorded by strangers in Eighties New York are at the centre of this strange story.
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BBC Radio 4’s The Untold returns with offbeat human stories
Episodes can be heavy in subject matter or dovetail with broader topical issues – the Windrush scandal, Brexit and Covid-19…
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