Episode summary: John is one of the food world’s most recognisable faces. He grew up in Melbourne, Australia, starting his career in the world of food at the age of 16.He credits his love of food and passion for cooking to his grandmother, who raised him from the age of 4. After apprenticeships at s...

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Episode summary: How courtroom artists became the preferred way to document trials

Episode summary: Have Beans, Will Travel

Episode summary: From Nobel winners to great innovators, Dan Saladino explores the history of prize-winning food ideas that changed the world, including researchers who uncovered the secrets of our stomachs to the plant breeds transforming the future of wheat. Nominations are now open for this year’...

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Episode summary: Described as the Agatha Christie of the adoption world, Ariel Bruce works on ITV’s Long Lost Family and specialises in finding people affected by adoption, using her unique skills as a social worker and her background in care to reunite families all over the world. Born in London, A...

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Episode summary: Helen James grew up in a military family — her great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when she enlisted in 1952, she felt like she belonged. Shortly after, she realized she was being watched. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and...

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Episode summary: Scene on Radio is on an extended hiatus, but is on its way back. Host and producer John Biewen explains that the show has found a new home: the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.

Episode summary: This week’s episode was recorded live at the Hay Festival, where David was joined on stage by David Miliband and Helen Thompson to discuss the past, present and future of American power. What explains American global dominance? Can it be justified? How will it be replaced? They disc...

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Episode summary: Episodio 36: Locande, pestilenze e hot-dog (Stagione 3)

Episode summary: We hear from two photographers who are masters at showing us what is hard to see, and always has been hard to see, in America.