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The Essential Episodes

  1. Honour

    Honour. People have fought for it and died for it. Why is this notion so powerful?

  2. Is American Democracy Broken?

    Jeffrey Winters, a professor of politics, says the US is part-democracy, part-oligarchy.

  3. There are 23 Amazing Reasons This Radio Programme Will Change Your Life

    The wave of digital upstarts that are transforming journalism

  4. Forum: Possessions and Collections

    Why people collect things that they have no intent of using

  5. From Our Own Correspondent: Gloom and Grandeur in Naples

    Alan Johnston peels back the layers of history in one of Italy's most ancient cities

  6. The Inquiry: What Are The Consequences of Cheap Oil?

    John Hofmeister is a former president of Shell Oil.

  7. This Year鈥檚 Trends

    What was popular on social networks in 2014.

  8. Forum: Hierarchy

    Using political satire to undermine the establishment

  9. Designer Fever - In Rural Oxfordshire

    Global luxury-label hunters at the UK's Bicester Village

  10. Nudity

    Why does the naked human form provoke such strong reactions?

  11. The Inquiry: Can Europe Resist The Rise Of Radical Politics?

    Political scientist Andreas Johansson Heino explains the rise of the right in Sweden.

  12. Egyptian Spiderman

    What happens when a superhero finds himself in Cairo?

  13. Forum: Unintended Consequences

    How seemingly insignificant decisions can lead to dramatic outcomes

  14. From Our Own Correspondent: A Grandmother's Loss

    Fergal Keane recounts the story of one grandmother's loss in the conflict in Ukraine

  15. 10/12/2014

    A chance to hear extracts from some of our most thought provoking broadcasts.

  16. The Inquiry: The US And Iran: How Close Could They Get?

    Mehdi Khalaji spent 14 years training to become an Ayatollah in Iran.

  17. #Yamecanse in Mexico

    Outcry over 43 missing students taken by Mexican police

  18. Forum: Temperament

    The impact of temperament on personality, in sport and on musical tuning

  19. 04/12/2014

    A chance to hear extracts from some of our most thought provoking broadcasts.

  20. The Why Factor - Cooking

    Why do we cook, and not just eat raw food?

  21. The Inquiry: Why Aren't More Dishonest Bankers In Jail?

    Senator Ted Kaufman backed a bill giving prosecutors more power to go after rogue bankers

  22. 麻豆社 Trending: German YouTube star LeFloid

    The German celebrity vlogger Le Floid

  23. Forum: Mutations

    A chance to hear extracts from some of our most thought provoking broadcasts.

  24. 27/11/2014

    A chance to hear extracts from some of our most thought provoking broadcasts.

  25. 26/11/2014

    A chance to hear extracts from some of our most thought provoking broadcasts.

  26. The Inquiry: Who runs Mexico?

    Alejandro Hope worked for Mexico's civilian intelligence agency on organised crime.

  27. Africa鈥檚 answer to Band Aid

    Africa鈥檚 answer to Band Aid and a fight for Justice in India

  28. Forum: Lines

    A chance to hear extracts from some of our most thought provoking broadcasts.

  29. 20/11/2014

    A chance to hear extracts from some of our most thought provoking broadcasts.

  30. More Or Less

    Ruth Alexander explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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