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Seriously is home to the world’s best audio documentaries and podcast recommendations. Introduced by Vanessa Kisuule. This feed is no longer being updated. Thanks for listening.

Seriously is home to the world’s best audio documentaries and podcast recommendations. Introduced by Vanessa Kisuule. This feed is no longer being updated. Thanks for listening.

 

#485

Stealing Power

Meter tampering means altering a meter to prevent it from fully recording how much electri... more

30 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:31

30 Jul 2024


#484

The Club Nobody Wants to Join

There Is a club that no high school principal in the USA wants to join, but they are all i... more

23 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:31

23 Jul 2024


#483

Searching for Butterflies

In the mountains of Latakia, Syria, Mudar Salimeh devotes much of his time to searching fo... more

19 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:52

19 Jul 2024


#482

Brood X

Every 17 years in the eastern United States, a roaring mass of millions of black-bodied, r... more

09 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:21

09 Jul 2024


#481

Stoppage Time for Scunthorpe

When Bury FC was expelled from the Football League after 125 years, the government commiss... more

05 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:36

05 Jul 2024


#480

The City That Stayed at Home

At the last general election, three of the four seats with the lowest turnout, where the l... more

28 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:29

28 Jun 2024


#479

Living Without My Smartphone

A group of teenagers agree to give up their smartphones for 5 school days. The phones are ... more

25 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:45

25 Jun 2024


#478

The Beauty of Everyday Things

Poet Ian McMillan has a gift for the art of small pleasures; the joy of close observation;... more

21 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:38

21 Jun 2024


#477

Conflict on Campus

Examining how the Israel-Gaza war is affecting students here in the UK. Anwar Akhtar is a ... more

18 Jun 2024

29 MINS

29:02

18 Jun 2024


#476

The Switch

Three people from three different eras reveal what it's like to live with multiple persona... more

14 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:14

14 Jun 2024


#475

The Beaches

A top secret little-known mission that changed the outcome of World War II. Not Alan Turin... more

07 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:30

07 Jun 2024


#474

Broken Politicians, Broken Politics

Are British politicians at breaking point? In this new digital age with its high level of... more

04 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:41

04 Jun 2024


#473

Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

25th April 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of Portugal's 'Carnation Revolution', which ov... more

21 May 2024

28 MINS

28:13

21 May 2024


#472

Night Train

In literature and film, night trains are the setting for intrigue and romance, espionage a... more

17 May 2024

57 MINS

57:24

17 May 2024


#471

True Crime 1599

For the last decade, True Crime has become ubiquitous on television and podcasts. Yet desp... more

14 May 2024

28 MINS

28:38

14 May 2024


#470

Haiti - Descent Into Anarchy

With criminal gangs now controlling most of Haiti's capital and no function government, Mi... more

07 May 2024

28 MINS

28:54

07 May 2024


#469

A Dentist's Life

In February 2024, the NHS dental crisis hit the headlines as hundreds of people queued out... more

03 May 2024

28 MINS

28:51

03 May 2024


#468

Counterfeit Characters

What do Artificial Intelligence and digital technology mean for actors and their relations... more

26 Apr 2024

29 MINS

29:03

26 Apr 2024


#467

Home Fires

Richard King explores the past and present of the second homes debate in Wales, revisiting... more

23 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:54

23 Apr 2024


#466

Mila’s Legacy

How many medicines can you think of created for just one person? The likelihood is none - ... more

16 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:49

16 Apr 2024


#465

Protein: Powerhouse or Piffle?

Take a trip around the supermarket and you'll see shelves of products claiming to be 'high... more

12 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:55

12 Apr 2024


#464

Rwanda Thirty Years On

Victoria Uwonkunda makes an emotional journey back to Rwanda, where she grew up. It’s the ... more

09 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:41

09 Apr 2024


#463

Dehumidified

One baffling online scam – involving a £138 dehumidifier – and a humiliated BBC producer w... more

05 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:55

05 Apr 2024


#462

Do We Still Need the Pips?

To mark the centenary of the Greenwich Time Signal on the BBC, Paddy O'Connell asks the un... more

02 Apr 2024

29 MINS

29:02

02 Apr 2024


#461

Wokewash - Episode 1

Following on from the success of Green Inc and with the same bold, provocative and entirel... more

29 Mar 2024

29 MINS

29:16

29 Mar 2024