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Stephen Fry presents this intriguing programme charting the history of knowledge, how technology changes our relationship with it, and how we know what we knowKnowledge. The Google generation thinks it doesn’t need to carry much of it around in its head any more. Much has already been written about the internet changing the way we think and learn. But is knowledge less valuable than it used to be?

From the moment there was an “online,” there was sex online. The famous test image used by software engineers to develop formats like the jpeg was “Lena,” taken from Playboy’s November 1972 centerfold. Early bulletin boards and multi-user domains quickly came to serve their members...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain and his physician son explore how modern culture threatens to rewire our brains and damage our health, offering a practical plan for healing. Contemporary life provides us with infinite opportunities, along with endless temptations. We can...

Seemingly granted ‘classic album’ status within days of its release in 1997, OK Computer transformed Radiohead from a highly promising rock act into The Most Important Band in the World – a label the band has been burdened by (and has fooled around with) ever since. Through close musical analysis of each song, Dai Griffiths explores the themes and ideas that have made this album resonate so deeply with its audience, and argues that OK Computer is one of the most successfully realized CD albums so far created.

WE BUILT THE SMARTEST MACHINES IN HISTORY, AND WE PROGRAMMED THEM TO MAKE US FEEL INADEQUATE. A Simple Guide to Being Alive is a bold, playful, profound science-backed manual for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the modern world and wondered if there was a simpler, saner way to live. This...

An informative, fun and rather charming essay on the nature and history of one of life’s most desirable assets, Charm, by renowned culture and design critic, Stephen Bayley. Aiming to wound, a schoolmaster wrote on future design-guru Stephen Bayley’s last ever school report “Charm alone...

Cedric J. Robinson is one of the doyens of Black Studies and a pioneer in study of the Black Radical Tradition. His works have been essential texts, deconstructing racial capitalism and inspiring insurgent movements from Ferguson, Missouri, to the West Bank. For the first time, Robinson's essays come together, spanning over four decades and reflective of his interests in the interconnections between culture and politics, radical social theory, and classic and modern political philosophy.

People Best New Book The inside story of the making of Mean Girls – and our enduring 20-year obsession with it Released in 2004, iconic teen comedy Mean Girls remains as relevant now as ever. But what made an adaptation of a parenting guide by SNL writer Tina Fey so successful? And why, two...

Over the next five years, millions of more Americans are expected to take Ozempic and other GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, which are rapidly being recognized as the miracle drugs of this century. If you’re not on them, you’ll probably know someone who is. What are the implications of the widespread use of these drugs, both on our bodies and our society? In this show, you’ll meet people across America who are either taking the jab or thinking about it, and the shocking intentional and unintentional results they are seeing.

In The Wicked Witch of the West: The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon, Lona Bailey explores the radical feministic undertones of one of the most enduring characters in popular culture. This book traces her transformation over the past century, highlighting how she has evolved through countless adaptations from The Wizard of Oz to the film adaptation of Wicked while maintaining her core identity as a powerful, defiant figure.

一艘完好无损的十九世纪木壳帆船在浩瀚的大西洋上孤独漂泊，货物原封不动，全船乘员却人间蒸发，造就了航海史上最离奇的未解悬案。无论你是渴望在通勤途中沉浸于真实历史悬疑的听众，还是试图在深夜探寻幽灵船传说...

Poznaj epicką mitologię, gdzie starożytni bogowie i potwory demaskują nasze najgłębsze lęki oraz współczesną kulturę. Ten dający do myślenia przewodnik idealnie sprawdzi się podczas codziennych dojazdów, zmieniając zwykłą podróż w fascynującą intelektualną wyprawę. Zanurz...

استعد متعة الإبداع الخالص وتخلص من الإرهاق الرقمي الذي يخنق شغفك ويحول هواياتك إلى عبء يومي. وسط ضجيج المنصات وتوقعات المتابعين، يقدم هذا الدليل الصوتي مساحة...

انغمس في أعمق لغز بحري تاريخي لتفصل بين أساطير الاختفاء الغامض وحقائق الظواهر الطبيعية القاسية. تبدأ هذه الرحلة الاستقصائية المشوقة من تقصي حوادث ضياع الرحلات...

تتبع رحلة مرعبة ومثيرة لخرافة الموتى الأحياء، وكيف تحولت من هواجس قروية غامضة إلى أسطورة عالمية خالدة. وسط أجواء القرى الزراعية النائية والموحشة، تشكلت أولى...

تحرر من الضغط المجتمعي لتحويل صدماتك إلى دروس ملهمة، واكتشف مساحة آمنة للتعافي النفسي بعيدا عن الإيجابية السامة. يمنحك هذا المحتوى الصوتي الدافئ رخصة للشعور...

Ontrafel een waargebeurd mysterie waar maritieme geschiedenis en meedogenloze natuurkrachten onherroepelijk botsen. Deze sfeervolle, nuchtere audioreis is de perfecte metgezel voor je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer en biedt fascinerende, intellectuele prikkeling. Dompel jezelf tijdens een...

غُص في أعماق أشهر لغز بحري تاريخي، حيث تُرِكت سفينة تجارية تبحر وحيدة وسط المحيط بأشرعة ترفرف بلا طاقم. يأخذك هذا السرد الموثق بعيدًا عن الخرافات ليضعك في قلب...

Deze meeslepende verhalende non-fictie onthult de intense psychologische impact van onverklaarbare ufo-waarnemingen. Perfect voor tijdens een donkere avondrit of je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer, neemt dit sfeervolle en mysterieuze verslag je mee in de hoofden van gewone mensen die plotseling oog...

Ontcijfer de tijdloze strijd tussen orde en chaos in een sfeervolle reis door de Griekse mythologie. Terwijl je onderweg bent of 's avonds tot rust komt, luister je naar meeslepende verhalen vol macht, tragiek en overlevingsdrang. Deze rijke vertellingen vormen de perfecte manier om je te...