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15th June 2026: Dua Lipa; Slowing Down and a Fear of Heights
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This week, Naomi Pitts says what we all think - some people seem to get all the good stuff (in this case, Dua Lipa's wedding); Steve McMillan explores the process of slowing down on holiday and what it tells us about what's going on in our fast-paced life; and Natalie Garrett tells us about what she learned when she faced her fear of heights.
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22nd June 2026: Spiderman's Dyslexia and the Big Questions of Evil
29:33|This week, Zoe Strong commends Spiderman actor, Tom Holland, on his honest vulnerability about life with dyslexia; and Isaac Frisby does a deep dive into the big questions of evil: from screen villains to street violence, what makes someone truly bad?
8th June 2026: Friction Maxxing; Exam Stress & Freya India
26:26|This week, Samuel Tranter explains the virtues of "friction maxxing"; Roger Bretherton gives a personal take on what GCSE stress does to families and Belle Tindall-Riley gives us her take on Freya India's book, GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything
1st June 2026: Football, Gig Vibes and the Pornification of Thought
21:07|In this episode, Henry Corbett asks what the confidence of footballers can teach the rest of us for the challenges off the pitch; Helen Collins takes a dive into AI and the pornification of thought; Josh Hinton goes to a Yungblud gig in Manchester and enjoys the rush of instant community.
25th May 2026: Political Pessimism; Rowan Williams, and Russell Brand
25:19|In this week's episode, Graham Tomlin confesses an Augustinian pessimism about politics; Belle Tindall-Riley aligns herself with Rowan Williams' "old-fashioned" belief about the devil, and Roger Standing tells us about Russell Brand's new book, How to become a Christian in Seven Days
18th May 2026: Prime Ministers, Nurses and the Devil Wears Prada
20:39|In this episode, George Pitcher gets stuck into the psychodrama of Prime Ministerial Saviour complexes; Yaroslav Walker luxuriates in the shallows of The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Helen Cowan takes us on a tour of nursing duties and helps us learn lessons about giving up control.
11th May 2026: King Charles III, Mary Bennet & Playing the Unplayables
21:09|In this episode, Paul Woolley asks whether King Charles III, in his speech at the US Congress, was both a prophet and a king while confronting Britain’s past and holding up America’s moral mirror; Katherine Osborne explores the seen and unseen life of The Other Bennet Sister, and Roger Bretherton encourages us to play the Unplayable, in the Game of Life.
4th May 2026: Mircro-retirement; Leaving Cards & Staying Hidden
24:16|In this episode, Joshua Nurcombe-Pike guides us into the escapist world of micro-retirement; Henna Cundill turns to the Bible for inspiration in that all-too-familiar dilemma about what to write in a "sorry you're leaving" card; Paul Bradbury explores the joys and costs of our "always on" culture
27th April 2026: Artemis; Being Prime Minister and the Birthplace of Belief
26:08|This week, Jessica Norman suggests that After Artemis, Reid Wiseman is onto something asking what we do with the ordinary in the wake of the extraordinary? Roger Standing enjoys an evening with the fictitious former PM and asks, "who in their right mind would want to be Prime Minister?" And having listened to the Diary Of a CEO podcast, Becky Ruth picks up Steven Bartlett's question: Does birthplace decide belief?