iPM: We Start With Your Stories
A weekly companion to PM where the expertise and insights of the BBC Radio 4 audience shape a programme that sees news differently. Presented by Luke Jones.
Podcasts
"A civilised life"
Published: March 29, 2019, 5:22 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds
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"Everybody here is important"
Published: March 22, 2019, 5:20 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds
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From Crime to Coffee
Published: March 15, 2019, 5:55 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds
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My relationship with social media
Published: March 8, 2019, 5:38 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds
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Should I have to quit my job?
Published: March 1, 2019, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds
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I can't grieve my dad's death yet
Published: Feb. 15, 2019, 6:15 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds
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How to influence people
Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 6:16 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds
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"It's taken all the stress out of the relationship"
Published: Feb. 1, 2019, 5:46 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 6 seconds
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My extreme hobbies
Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 5:55 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 15 seconds
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Pained at being apart
Published: Jan. 18, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 38 seconds
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Why won't anyone rent to our daughter?
Published: Jan. 11, 2019, 5:33 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 26 seconds
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The diagnosis which made me quit my job and put me on stage
Published: Jan. 4, 2019, 5:34 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 22 seconds
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Ring out the old
Published: Dec. 28, 2018, 5:18 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 54 seconds
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Here's a church, here's a steeple...
Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 9:06 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 30 seconds
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'You will do it naked, won't you?'
Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 5:31 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 57 seconds
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Carrying my friend's baby
Published: Dec. 7, 2018, 5:27 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 13 seconds
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The Generation Game
Published: Nov. 30, 2018, 4:42 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 4 seconds
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We went right to the edge of adoption breakdown
Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 5:10 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds
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Inside the high-risk pregnancy clinic
Published: Nov. 9, 2018, 4:48 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 9 seconds
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Elderly, female and trailblazing
Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 5:54 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds
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The charity inspired by my Houdini husband
Published: Oct. 26, 2018, 4 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds
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Slowing the flow
Published: Oct. 19, 2018, 3:35 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds
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'I can't go through it again'
Published: Oct. 12, 2018, 4:16 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds
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Arrested for giving my daughter medicine
Published: Oct. 5, 2018, 4:20 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds
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Married, divorced, married
Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 3:21 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 36 seconds
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Faulty divorce?
Published: Sept. 14, 2018, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 19 seconds
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I'm not looking to be a father
Published: Sept. 7, 2018, 3:50 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 53 seconds
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Finding my real dad
Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 3:48 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 25 seconds
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I couldn't reach my wife
Published: Aug. 24, 2018, 4:19 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 46 seconds
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Struggling to divorce
Published: Aug. 17, 2018, 3:57 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 41 seconds
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Will my daughter fall behind at school?
Published: Aug. 10, 2018, 4:39 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 5 seconds
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My son was too big to bury
Published: Aug. 3, 2018, 3:52 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 41 seconds
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The advert that ended my relationship
Published: July 27, 2018, 4:23 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 55 seconds
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Last chance at justice
Published: July 20, 2018, 2:32 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 10 seconds
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The final frontier
Published: July 13, 2018, 4:48 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 48 seconds
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What I finally said to my boss
Published: July 6, 2018, 1:09 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds
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We bought an island
Published: June 22, 2018, 2:17 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 2 seconds
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'The devil of all drugs'
Published: June 15, 2018, 3:46 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 25 seconds
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The cradle of rhythm and blues
Published: June 8, 2018, 3:50 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 31 seconds
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Is my tower block safe now?
Published: June 1, 2018, 3:10 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 31 seconds
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Home is where the shed is
Published: May 25, 2018, 5:06 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 33 seconds
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Hello, is it me you're looking for?
Published: May 18, 2018, 3:39 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 24 seconds
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My house is falling in the sea
Published: May 4, 2018, 2:51 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 35 seconds
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I've always felt like an alien, now I know why.
Published: April 27, 2018, 3 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 16 seconds
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Keen as mustard
Published: March 30, 2018, 2:11 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds
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Defending plastic
Published: March 23, 2018, 6:05 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds
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I couldn't go to my mum's funeral
Published: March 16, 2018, 5:45 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds
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I didn't know my mum was married
Published: March 9, 2018, 3:57 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 14 seconds
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After the affair: the daughter's view
Published: Feb. 23, 2018, 7:22 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds
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Permanently excluded
Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 29 seconds
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How I left a cult
Published: Feb. 9, 2018, 4:50 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 35 seconds
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Life inside a cult
Published: Feb. 2, 2018, 12:38 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds
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Policing domestic violence
Published: Jan. 27, 2018, 10:45 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 47 seconds
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Letters from my stalker
Published: Jan. 19, 2018, 6:47 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds
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Looking for love online
Published: Jan. 13, 2018, 12:10 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 54 seconds
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After the affair: the husband
Published: Dec. 29, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 48 seconds
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After the affair: the wife
Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 5:27 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 53 seconds
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Catch up: the wife and husband
Published: Dec. 21, 2017, 3:33 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 10 seconds
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What I did to keep a deathbed promise
Published: Dec. 15, 2017, 5:36 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 59 seconds
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Closing a Greek migrant camp
Published: Dec. 9, 2017, 6:21 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds
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What my doctor did to me
Published: Dec. 8, 2017, 6:15 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 30 seconds
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I sexually assaulted women while at work
Published: Dec. 1, 2017, 5:40 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds
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Should I research my illness online?
Published: Nov. 24, 2017, 5:38 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 49 seconds
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My stepmother is in the broom cupboard
Published: Nov. 17, 2017, 4:04 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 58 seconds
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Life after a migrant camp
Published: Nov. 10, 2017, 8:15 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 43 seconds
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I loathe my stepsons
Published: Oct. 27, 2017, 3:12 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds
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The stranger who saved my son's life
Published: Oct. 20, 2017, 3:58 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 39 seconds
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I worry Catalonia will leave
Published: Oct. 13, 2017, 4 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds
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I have no urge to have sex with another human being
Published: Sept. 29, 2017, 3:26 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds
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Living in Japan under North Korea's missiles
Published: Sept. 15, 2017, 3:52 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 3 seconds
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Should parents know what is happening at university?
Published: Sept. 8, 2017, 5:14 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 32 seconds
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I'll never know what happened to my son
Published: Sept. 1, 2017, 2:48 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 4 seconds
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Stargazing in Aleppo
Published: Aug. 25, 2017, 5:51 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 41 seconds
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Fighting for psychiatry
Published: Aug. 4, 2017, 5:28 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 3 seconds
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Baghdad to Norfolk
Published: July 21, 2017, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 33 seconds
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The refugees' crisis
Published: July 14, 2017, 4:53 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 14 seconds
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Fireproofing my tower block
Published: July 7, 2017, 2:47 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds
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Is my tower block safe?
Published: June 30, 2017, 4:23 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds
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Getting out of the habit
Published: June 23, 2017, 4:55 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 31 seconds
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Identifying victims
Published: June 2, 2017, 4:25 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 27 seconds
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Migrants go to Greek school: full story
Published: May 31, 2017, 1:57 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 32 seconds
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Education and integration
Published: May 26, 2017, 9:05 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 40 seconds
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Out of the chaos comes hope
Published: May 19, 2017, 7:48 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 15 seconds
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My father died before I was born
Published: May 12, 2017, 5:53 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 54 seconds
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Let's talk about pants
Published: May 5, 2017, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 2 seconds
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Pressure to be positive
Published: April 28, 2017, 5:10 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 47 seconds
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I didn't know my flat was a brothel
Published: April 7, 2017, 5:03 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 28 seconds
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Drugs services: something went wrong'
Published: March 31, 2017, 5:21 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 22 seconds
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To Russia with love
Published: March 24, 2017, 4:54 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 18 seconds
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It's never too late to take up the piano
Published: March 10, 2017, 5:12 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes
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The daughter: part 2
Published: March 3, 2017, 4:48 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 59 seconds
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My daughter is a heroin addict
Published: Feb. 10, 2017, 5:10 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 2 seconds
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Every day I wonder what could have been
Published: Feb. 10, 2017, 5 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds
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Why I took legal action against my daughter
Published: Feb. 3, 2017, 5:19 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 59 seconds
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Why I bought my daughter drugs
Published: Jan. 29, 2017, 11:56 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds
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My affair with a married man
Published: Jan. 14, 2017, 7 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 5 seconds
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Relationship therapy
Published: Jan. 7, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 50 seconds
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Two Christmas stories
Published: Dec. 23, 2016, noonDuration: 53 minutes 34 seconds
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All the world's a stage
Published: Dec. 17, 2016, noonDuration: 23 minutes 36 seconds
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The hitchhiker's guide to the UK
Published: Dec. 10, 2016, 5:45 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 19 seconds
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The finger wagging cure
Published: Dec. 3, 2016, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds
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To e safety, and beyond!
Published: Nov. 19, 2016, 6 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds
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Losing love at Hellfire Corner
Published: Nov. 10, 2016, 4:20 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 52 seconds
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Finding love at Hellfire Corner
Published: Nov. 4, 2016, 5:21 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds
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'If dad had exercised he might still be alive'
Published: Oct. 29, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 44 seconds
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'I'm don't want HIV, but I've stopped using condoms'
Published: Oct. 22, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 49 seconds
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'I'm not the sort of person who wants to live to 100, so 56 doesn't sound so bad'
Published: Oct. 15, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 7 seconds
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Why drinking fountains have dried up
Published: Oct. 8, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds
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Living in Antarctica
Published: Oct. 1, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds
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The listener who fought for her pacemaker to be turned off
Published: Sept. 24, 2016, 4:44 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 24 seconds
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"I'm not a boy or a girl. I'm both." A ten-year-old talks about being gender non-binary.
Published: Sept. 17, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 31 seconds
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'I can't switch off my army brain, so haven't slept properly in 30 years'
Published: Sept. 10, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds
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'I'd rush home from school to start on the red wine.'
Published: Sept. 3, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 1 second
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"I wanted to explode." Women with binge eating disorder share their secret stories.
Published: Aug. 27, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 49 seconds
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How a wife's heart attack returned her husband to World War Two
Published: Aug. 20, 2016, 3:17 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds
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'I loved the boogie woogie, but hated my wartime life'
Published: Aug. 13, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 6 seconds
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'After the war I found peace as a pig farmer'
Published: Aug. 6, 2016, 5 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 35 seconds
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Orson Welles, Judi Dench... Eddie Mair: Actress Thelma Ruby looks back over 70 years.
Published: July 30, 2016, 5 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds
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The dead should be names not statistics
Published: July 23, 2016, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds
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How to listen; becoming a good Samaritan
Published: July 19, 2016, 12:42 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 9 seconds
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'He came home from Iraq and he was dead behind the eyes'
Published: July 8, 2016, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds
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How traumatised jury members can seek help
Published: July 1, 2016, 4:17 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 26 seconds
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Jury duty trauma
Published: June 24, 2016, 3:50 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 35 seconds
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Finding evidence for historic abuse cases
Published: June 18, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds
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'Learn the art of patience'
Published: June 11, 2016, 4 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 36 seconds
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'Is the mountain giving you a sign?'
Published: June 4, 2016, 4 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 24 seconds
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'A black face in a blue uniform'
Published: May 28, 2016, 4 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 30 seconds
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Dopamine: How it can cause havoc
Published: May 21, 2016, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 44 seconds
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Medication made my dad a gambling addict.
Published: May 14, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds
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A single phone call that can change lives
Published: May 7, 2016, 4 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds
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Maternity leave: Why don't dads get it?
Published: April 30, 2016, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 7 seconds
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Having children: Selfish or selfless?
Published: April 23, 2016, 10:40 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 21 seconds
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The mystery of the unknown children
Published: April 16, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 3 seconds
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Why stalkers stalk
Published: April 9, 2016, 4:45 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds
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'I was stalked for 10 years'
Published: April 2, 2016, 4:30 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 12 seconds
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'They'd clearly been hit by smoke'
Published: March 26, 2016, 5 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 43 seconds
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Is cannabis bad for you?
Published: March 12, 2016, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 30 seconds
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How not to get burgled
Published: March 5, 2016, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 23 seconds
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Britain's greatest test pilot
Published: Feb. 27, 2016, 5:45 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 5 seconds
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'I write things I wouldn't tell anyone else'
Published: Feb. 20, 2016, 5:59 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 40 seconds
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It was burgers, now I'm craving cucumbers
Published: Feb. 13, 2016, 5:59 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 8 seconds
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Parting with my prostate
Published: Feb. 6, 2016, 5:45 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds
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