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22/01/2025
Should we ditch a manual toothbrush for an electric one? 🦷🤔
19/01/2025

Should we ditch a manual toothbrush for an electric one? 🦷🤔

Greg Foot puts manual brushes and other teeth cleaning options to the test.

“It’s often seen as the swearing disease or the punchline of the joke… it’s none of those things”
19/01/2025

“It’s often seen as the swearing disease or the punchline of the joke… it’s none of those things”

Neurodiversity Tourette's article

In the last five years, the sales of alcohol-free beers have tripled in the UK. But are these beers better for you than ...
19/01/2025

In the last five years, the sales of alcohol-free beers have tripled in the UK. But are these beers better for you than regular beer? 🍻🤔

Greg Foot investigates for Sliced Bread.

A look into the construction industry and the mental health of those working in it
19/01/2025

A look into the construction industry and the mental health of those working in it

A look into the construction industry and the mental health of those working in it.

Sara Pascoe is a woman of many skills. She became famous as a stand-up, but she’s also a presenter, actor, screenwriter ...
18/01/2025

Sara Pascoe is a woman of many skills. She became famous as a stand-up, but she’s also a presenter, actor, screenwriter and author. And she’s an open book.

What advice would Sara give her younger self?

The two-part series looks at the rise of The Jerry Springer Show and how it became one of the biggest and most controver...
18/01/2025

The two-part series looks at the rise of The Jerry Springer Show and how it became one of the biggest and most controversial TV hits of the nineties.

Every week the Must Watch podcasters review the biggest TV and streaming shows

The cheap, DIY insulation hacks that promise to keep the draughts away 🥶🏡
18/01/2025

The cheap, DIY insulation hacks that promise to keep the draughts away 🥶🏡

Greg investigates the cheap, DIY insulation hacks that promise to keep the drafts away.

It's an unusual suggestion, but here's why adding salt to your tea might actually make for a better cuppa ☕️🫖
18/01/2025

It's an unusual suggestion, but here's why adding salt to your tea might actually make for a better cuppa ☕️🫖

Is it time to use salt instead of sugar for tea?

Described as "the first modern woman", who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
12/01/2025

Described as "the first modern woman", who was Mary Wollstonecraft?

Described as "the first modern woman", Naomi Alderman profiles Mary Wollstonecraft

Jo and her onscreen mum react to the finale and reveal the moments that surprised them 📺😲
12/01/2025

Jo and her onscreen mum react to the finale and reveal the moments that surprised them 📺😲

Jo and her onscreen mum react to the finale and reveal the moments that surprised them.

Staff of "certain races" would leave shop floor before he toured the store, BBC told
12/01/2025

Staff of "certain races" would leave shop floor before he toured the store, BBC told

Staff of "certain races" would leave shop floor before he toured the store, BBC told.

Here are 12 things that may surprise you about Britain’s favourite mammal 🦔😍
11/01/2025

Here are 12 things that may surprise you about Britain’s favourite mammal 🦔😍

12 things you may not know about Hedgehogs.

Lockerbie, starring Colin Firth, tells the story of the deadliest terror attack in British history
11/01/2025

Lockerbie, starring Colin Firth, tells the story of the deadliest terror attack in British history

Every week the Must Watch podcasters review the biggest TV and streaming shows

20 devilish questions to test your knowledge of the Shipping Forecast 🚢🤔
11/01/2025

20 devilish questions to test your knowledge of the Shipping Forecast 🚢🤔

20 devilish questions to test your knowledge of the Shipping Forecast.

Breath-work expert and well-being coach, Jess Parkinson, says humming could improve your health 😮‍💨💨
11/01/2025

Breath-work expert and well-being coach, Jess Parkinson, says humming could improve your health 😮‍💨💨

Breath-work expert and well-being coach, Jess Parkinson, speaks to 5 Live Drive

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“Don’t put anything in email unless you’re quite happy for it to turn up in private eye” Do younger generations of PR professionals hold back from giving advice for fear of being sued? When It Hits The Fan | Listen on BBC Sounds

Armando Iannucci, the creator of The Thick of It and Veep, asks about the people competing to get close to President Trump during his second term in the White House.   @justiwebb joins @amolrajan & @nickrobinsonbbc to answer his question and many more in a bonus Q&A episode.   The Today Podcast | Listen on BBC Sounds

“I keep thinking to myself, here we go again.” Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Jewish Holocaust survivor 92-year-old Ivor Perl tells @emmabarnett there have only been five or six years of his life he has not felt antisemitism. Today Programme | Listen on BBC Sounds

As Donald Trump pardons nearly 1,600 criminal defendants charged in the Jan 6th Capitol riots, Marianna Spring speaks to Trump supporters outside the building where it happened. Americast | Listen on BBC Sounds

"Your time and energy is your most precious resource in life." @melrobbins podcaster and author of The Let Them Theory, tells #BBCPM how two words can be used to regain power over things 'outside of your control. PM | Listen on BBC Sounds

Armando discusses discovering the phrase, ‘listening with the wrong ears’, whilst reading about proposed facial recognition technology for pigs to get around the Brexit backstop. Strong Message Here | Listen on BBC Sounds

As Donald Trump signs a flurry of executive orders on his first day as president, Justin Webb finds out what matters most to the hardcore supporters who braved sub zero temperates to see him on Inauguration day. Americast and The Today Programme | Listen on BBC Sounds

As Donald Trump signs a flurry of executive orders on his first day as president, Justin Webb finds out what matters most to the hardcore supporters who braved sub zero temperates to see him on Inauguration day. Americast and The Today Programme | Listen on BBC Sounds

“It could have been worse!” Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Laura Smyth, Julian Clary and Desiree Burch to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Just a Minute | Listen on BBC Sounds

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