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Accent and class

Is it classist to stop Geordies using the term of endearment 'pet'?

• 53 mins

A history of Received Pronunciation

How did Received Pronunciation come about?

• 6 mins

Outdoor smoking ban

Is banning smoking outdoors good for our health or state overreach?

• 53 mins

When the Nazis banned smoking

Why did the Nazis launch the first anti-smoking campaign in history and how did it work?

• 4 mins

Snow White and the dwarfism debate

Are the seven dwarfs perpetuating dangerous stereotypes or harmless fantasy figures?

• 53 mins

What is dwarfism?

Dr Melita Irving gives a medical perspective on the term 鈥渄warfism鈥�

• 7 mins

Coconuts, race and hate speech

Is it racist for a person of colour to call someone a coconut? Should it be a crime?

• 53 mins

The origins of racial terms like 鈥渃oconut鈥�

Making sense of the words used to claim people are being ethnically inauthentic

• 6 mins

Claims children are identifying as animals

Are the claims true? What are 'furries'? And is it all really about gender identity?

• 53 mins

What are 鈥渇urries鈥�?

Furry fandom, 鈥渇ursonas鈥�, and the people who identify with animal characters

• 6 mins

Pop stars, boundaries and toxic fandom

Music artists are cancelling gigs to protect their mental health. What do they owe fans?

• 53 mins

How pop stars make money

The business of music has been radically transformed in recent decades

• 6 mins

Breeding for Britain

The falling birth rate has prompted debates about women鈥檚 bodies and also immigration.

• 53 mins

What is 鈥楾he Great Replacement鈥� theory?

The evolution of a conspiracy theory

• 7 mins