Nakul Shenoy

A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes distils the Sherlockian canon into bite-sized principles and useful quotes. Author Peter Bevelin masterfully presents these selected excerpts in a way that gives the text even greater meaning and depth, which narrator Steve White conveys perfectly in this newly-produced audio presentation. With advice we can all benefit from, for both our business lives and our personal ones, this is the perfect addition to anyone’s collection. 

How far would you go to get your dream job? In The Temp, Warren (Marek Larwood) is sent to a variety of temp jobs by his recruitment officer Aimee (Vicki Pepperdine) on the promise that if he does a good job, it might become permanent. And each time, the job turns out to be more dangerous and ludicrous than advertised. Open-minded to the point of mindless, Warren never seems to notice that the job is very different to the job description - he just wants to do a good job, and get made permanent.

Will AI lead to the transformation of society as we know it, or bring about its destruction? Join technology journalist, Geoff White (The Dark Web), on a journey to discover how AI is already disrupting our lives. From warfare to the world of work, and finance to fine art, we experience AI every day - often without realising. Its effects will only increase in the coming years.

The world is a complex place. A complex place where answers are sometimes hard to find. But in this podcast the economy professor Micael Dahlen asks the seemingly simple questions that lead you on a winding journey into the core of what it means to be a human being. It might feel like social media is making us dumber, that our nightly scrolling through our phones makes us lesser human beings - but what if the behavior has more to do with distance and empathy to the people that we are trying to connect with than intelligence?

Imagine having three life-coaches who had been through the toughest mental and physical challenges; a crack team of problem-solvers who knew in their day job that one mistake could be the difference between life - and death. Think Like a Spy brings together ex-officers from the CIA, the FBI and the British Royal Marines. Across eight themed half-hours, they recount their experiences of working in the most stressful situations around the world - and how you can apply the same techniques to your own everyday life to become more productive, more perceptive and confident.

Meet the trickster god Loki and his astonishing children – the giant wolf Fenrir, Jormungundr the snake that encircles the world and Hel, the little girl who grows up to be Queen of the dead. Here, too, is Odin the all-father, who sacrificed his eye to see the future, Thor the thunderer, who defends Asgard with his fearsome strength and mighty hammer and Freya the understandably angry, most beautiful of the gods and always being gambled for by unwanted suitors.   

Sunday Times best-selling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson, teams up with The Science Museum to celebrate the ideas and inventions of the incurably curious. Across this five-episode series, Bill Bryson, with the help of The Science Museum's curators, takes us object-by-object through some of the museum's lesser known inventions and discoveries - and the human stories behind them.

What is the best lie to tell your kids to make your life easier? Find out as Mackenzie Crook ( The Office, Pirates of The Caribbean) and Geoff Lloyd (Absolute Radio) join Iain for the first in a brand new series to answer questions on music, architecture, film and parenting.

Listen in on a lively conversation between lifelong Harry Potter fan Katie O’Connor and newbie Courtney Reimer as Katie lays the groundwork for the fantastic listening journey that lies ahead. Topics include the series’ characters, the Hogwarts houses, the rules of magic, and the enduring relevance of J. K. Rowling’s stories.

Creator of the most portrayed fictional character of all time, we embark on the story of author Arthur Conan Doyle, whose own life was often stranger than fiction. We discover how Conan Doyle’s years in medical school would inspire some of his most renowned characters and his origins as storyteller.