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Out of the Ordinary

Documentary series uncovering stories from the left field. Presented by Jolyon Jenkins

Radio 4,28 episodes

Episodes

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Series 8
The buy button
How advertisers are trying to use neuroscientific techniques to hack our brains.
05 Apr 2021,28 mins
Series 8
How to memorise anything
How the world of 'memory sports' was rocked by a group of North Korean teenage girls.
29 Mar 2021,28 mins
Series 8
Holy relics
You can buy a piece of the cross Jesus died on for £400. But all is not what it seems
22 Mar 2021,28 mins
Series 7
A Sense of Direction
Might humans have an inbuilt compass like homing pigeons? If so, how can we rediscover it?
24 Feb 2020,28 mins
Series 7
Lightning before death
Can people who haven't spoken for years have lucid conversations just before they die?
02 Mar 2020,28 mins
Series 7
Have we already found aliens?
What should scientists do if they come across possible evidence of extraterrestrial life?
09 Mar 2020,28 mins
Series 7
Aliens are the size of polar bears (probably)
If we find other intelligent life in the universe, what should we expect it to look like?
16 Mar 2020,28 mins
Digital death - what happens to your online stuff after you've gone?
Who do you want to read your old emails when you die? Are the dead entitled to privacy?
05 Dec 2018,27 mins
Series 6
Whistling
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want whistling to be taken seriously as a musical art.
02 Mar 2018,28 mins
Series 6
Free Energy
Jolyon Jenkins meets the men trying to build free energy machines in their garages.
23 Feb 2018,28 mins
Series 6
Hole in the Head
The people who think drilling a hole in the head can revitalise them and prevent dementia.
16 Feb 2018,28 mins
Series 6
The Queen's Enemies
Jolyon Jenkins meets rebels not paying their tax because they think the Queen is a traitor
09 Feb 2018,28 mins
Series 5
Swimming Through Ice
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want to swim a mile through freezing cold water.
17 Mar 2017,28 mins
Series 5
A Righteous Education?
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the UK's private schools teaching fundamentalist Christianity.
10 Mar 2017,28 mins
Series 5
Altered States of Consciousness
Fifty years after LSD was banned, Jolyon Jenkins tries to expand his mind without drugs.
03 Mar 2017,28 mins
Liberland
Jolyon Jenkins reports on one man's attempt to create a new nation - a libertarian utopia.
14 Nov 2016,28 mins
Series 4
The Red Pill
Jolyon Jenkins on men fighting a liberation war against what they see as female oppression
09 Mar 2016,28 mins
Series 4
Mindfulness and Madness
Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether meditation could do more harm than good.
16 Mar 2016,28 mins
Series 4
A Better Mousetrap
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the world of mousetrap inventors. Can there be a better trap?
23 Mar 2016,28 mins
Series 3
Desperately Seeking Sperm
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the shadowy world of online unregulated sperm donation.
19 Jan 2015,28 mins
Series 3
Esperanto
Jolyon Jenkins explores Esperanto, the language designed to bring world peace and harmony.
26 Jan 2015,28 mins
Series 3
Brain Hacking
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people zapping their brains with DIY electrical devices.
02 Feb 2015,28 mins
Series 2
The Secrets of Picking Up Women in Public
Jolyon Jenkins investigates 'pickup artists', men who know the secrets of seduction.
24 Feb 2014,28 mins
Series 2
Asperger's Syndrome or Not?
Why do so many women think their men have Asperger's syndrome? Jolyon Jenkins investigates
03 Mar 2014,28 mins
Series 2
The Power of Prayer
Jolyon Jenkins meets those who think the sick can be cured through the power of prayer.
10 Mar 2014,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 1
Jolyon Jenkins reports on the extreme treatments bald men are putting themselves through.
18 Mar 2013,28 mins
Series 1
Electronic Voice Phenomena
Can the dead talk to us? Jolyon Jenkins looks into EVP - alleged voices from the far side.
25 Mar 2013,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 3
Who do you want to read your old emails when you die? Are the dead entitled to privacy?
01 Apr 2013,28 mins