Out of the Ordinary Podcast
Documentary series uncovering stories from the left field. Presented by Jolyon Jenkins
Episodes to download
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The buy button—Series 8
Mon 5 Apr 2021
How advertisers are trying to use neuroscientific techniques to hack our brains.
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How to memorise anything—Series 8
Mon 29 Mar 2021
How the world of 'memory sports' was rocked by a group of North Korean teenage girls.
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Holy relics—Series 8
Mon 22 Mar 2021
You can buy a piece of the cross Jesus died on for £400. But all is not what it seems
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Aliens are the size of polar bears (probably)—Series 7
Mon 16 Mar 2020
4/4If we find other intelligent life in the universe, what should we expect it to look like?
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Have we already found aliens?—Series 7
Mon 9 Mar 2020
3/4What should scientists do if they come across possible evidence of extraterrestrial life?
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Lightning before death—Series 7
Mon 2 Mar 2020
2/4Can people who haven't spoken for years have lucid conversations just before they die?
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A Sense of Direction—Series 7
Mon 24 Feb 2020
1/4Might humans have an inbuilt compass like homing pigeons? If so, how can we rediscover it?
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Digital death - what happens to your online stuff after you've gone?
Wed 5 Dec 2018
Who do you want to read your old emails when you die? Are the dead entitled to privacy?
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Whistling—Series 6
Fri 2 Mar 2018
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want whistling to be taken seriously as a musical art.
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Free Energy—Series 6
Fri 23 Feb 2018
Jolyon Jenkins meets the men trying to build free energy machines in their garages.
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Hole in the Head—Series 6
Fri 16 Feb 2018
The people who think drilling a hole in the head can revitalise them and prevent dementia.
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The Queen's Enemies—Series 6
Fri 9 Feb 2018
Jolyon Jenkins meets rebels not paying their tax because they think the Queen is a traitor
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Swimming Through Ice—Series 5
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want to swim a mile through freezing cold water.
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A Righteous Education?—Series 5
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the UK's private schools teaching fundamentalist Christianity.
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Altered States of Consciousness—Series 5
Fri 3 Mar 2017
Fifty years after LSD was banned, Jolyon Jenkins tries to expand his mind without drugs.
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Liberland
Mon 14 Nov 2016
Jolyon Jenkins reports on one man's attempt to create a new nation - a libertarian utopia.
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A Better Mousetrap—Series 4
Wed 23 Mar 2016
3/3Jolyon Jenkins investigates the world of mousetrap inventors. Can there be a better trap?
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The Red Pill—Series 4
Wed 9 Mar 2016
1/3Jolyon Jenkins on men fighting a liberation war against what they see as female oppression
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Brain Hacking—Series 3
Mon 2 Feb 2015
3/3Jolyon Jenkins meets the people zapping their brains with DIY electrical devices.
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Esperanto—Series 3
Mon 26 Jan 2015
2/3Jolyon Jenkins explores Esperanto, the language designed to bring world peace and harmony.
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Desperately Seeking Sperm—Series 3
Mon 19 Jan 2015
1/3Jolyon Jenkins investigates the shadowy world of online unregulated sperm donation.
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Electronic Voice Phenomena—Series 1
Mon 25 Mar 2013
2/3Can the dead talk to us? Jolyon Jenkins looks into EVP - alleged voices from the far side.
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Episode 1—Series 1
Mon 18 Mar 2013
1/3Jolyon Jenkins reports on the extreme treatments bald men are putting themselves through.
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