Podcast Episodes

Justice By Numbers

Season 11 Episode 10

Seeking a secure investment, newlyweds Sara and Ali sank their savings into a dependable, government-backed business - a branch of the Post Office.

Th…

5 years, 9 months ago

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What To Expect When You're Transitioning

Season 11 Episode 9

What’s the reality of male-to-female transitioning on the NHS? Listener Lexi Perry-Weston says the online resources she found didn’t relate to her ex…

5 years, 10 months ago

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The Kinetic Effect

Season 11 Episode 8

The British Army is recruiting gamers, 'phone zombies', and 'selfie addicts' as it broadens its skills for modern military ops. But who are the young…

5 years, 11 months ago

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I Invented Friends Reunited

Season 11 Episode 7

Four years before Facebook, long before anyone knew what ‘social networking’ was, Julie Pankhurst had an idea...

What if, without trawling through mes…

6 years ago

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The Night Before The Meeting

Season 11 Episode 6

Lottie Woods was in her early twenties when she was sent, alone, to meet a powerful buyer for a high street fashion brand in Guangzhou, China.

They we…

6 years, 1 month ago

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How To Be A Dad, Part 6

Season 11 Episode 5

Comedians Tom Price and Stuart Goldsmith reunite with Olly Mann to compare parenting notes - this time, in lockdown...Can they turn mundane household…

6 years, 2 months ago

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In The Crowd

Season 11 Episode 4

Blaine Harrison, lead singer of Mystery Jets, is also a ‘property guardian’, who lives and works in the capital’s empty commercial premises.

For a whi…

6 years, 3 months ago

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My Dad Was Defrauded

Season 11 Episode 3

Scammers took £160,000 from Nick’s father in just eighteen months. 

He believed, in return, they’d send him gold, or stocks and shares, or even come t…

6 years, 4 months ago

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The Candidate

Season 11 Episode 2

Layla Moran MP is fighting to keep her seat. There are trolls, there are threats, there are hostile journalists. And throughout the journey, as she c…

6 years, 5 months ago

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The Mum Who Gave Up Drinking

Season 11 Episode 1

Clare Pooley gave up a booze-fuelled job in advertising - complete with a bar in the office and a massive expenses budget - when she became a full-ti…

6 years, 6 months ago

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