Episodes (107 available)

What’s the real appeal of secret societies? Mystery, belonging or something else entirely?

Why does a childless woman with cats cause such cultural panic? Matthew Syed investigates.

Matthew Syed asks if slow-motion experiences suggest the way we think of time is illusory.

What does it mean to own your body - and is that even the right question to ask?

Matthew Syed explores our extraordinary capacity to invent new systems of communication.

Matthew Syed explores the case for radically non-violent solutions to conflict.

The path to peace is hard to find. We meet people with radical ideas on how to get there.

Our long struggle with peace raises the question - are humans wired for war or for peace?

Is true peace actually possible?