The 10 Best Seriously... Podcast Episodes
1) Speak Up
Women may be caricatured as babbling chatterboxes, but in public, women speak a lot less. Be it in conferences or committee meetings, television or parliamentary debates, women do not get a proportio...Show More
2) Good Luck Professor Spiegelhalter
Rhianna Dhillon brings you another seriously interesting story from Radio 4. This week, luck. Whether we believe in luck or not, we do use the word- a lot! More as a figure of speech than an ar...Show More
3) Shocking
The word “controversy” almost always accompanies any reference to ECT or electroconvulsive therapy. It has a dark history and remains a deeply contentious practice. For many, ECT is seen as outdated...Show More
4) The Delirium Wards
Ten years ago, in 2011, David Aaronovitch felt like he was losing his grip on reality. He'd been placed in a coma, after a surgery gone wrong. Now he was awake and in Intensive Care. Every time he cl...Show More
5) The End of Coming Out?
The journey of coming out has long been a rite of passage for LGBTQ+ people. For some, it’s an empowering opportunity to be true to oneself, friends and family. It also has a social purpose. With incr...Show More
michellejazmin recommended:
This episodes was really moving and informative
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Mapping the Future
Author Jerry Brotton navigates the transformation from paper to digital mapping, from print to pixels, asks what is being gained and lost and in whose interests the evolution serves. The world is cha...Show More
epekilis recommended:
Mapping has always been a large scale, resource intense, strategic field, largely driven by a combination of military and commercial goals. ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) The Wellness Phenomenon
Today there's a booming wellness industry, including luxury spas and hotels as well as personal trainers and supplements, claimed to be worth over $4 trillion a year. Online at least, self-care seems ...Show More
8) Knight Fights Giant Snail
Walking fish, knights fighting snails, murderous rabbits, mischievous monkeys, The images in the margins of many medieval manuscripts, both holy and secular, can be saintly and beautiful - but also pl...Show More
rmmiller364 recommended:
Medieval marginalia is one of my favorite things to teach. I loved the sound design of this podcast and the fact that they talked to so many...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) The Witches' Pardon
From allegations of cursing the king's ships, to shape-shifting into animals, or dancing with the devil, three centuries ago witch-hunting was a mania that spread right across Europe. But nowhere did ...Show More
10) A Family of Strangers
How a simple DNA test turned a world upside down, leading to profound questions of identity. When 71-year-old Philip was given a genetic testing kit for Christmas, he assumed he would stumble across a...Show More