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Season Six 鈥� Coming soon鈥�

Matthew Syed introduces season six, which explores leaps of trust and child prodigies.

• 3 mins

38. Past Your Peak

Matthew Syed unpicks the relationship between age and innovation.

• 28 mins

39. Please, I beg you.

Matthew Syed tells the story of how a leap of trust altered two strangers鈥� lives.

• 29 mins

40. The Embodiment of Music

Matthew Syed explores the passion and the pain of music.

• 29 mins

41. A Small Bowl of Rocket

Matthew Syed sticks his fork into the world of food to think about how taste is formed.

• 29 mins

42. The Big Reward

Matthew Syed explores the true cost of rewarding people.

• 29 mins

43. Do I really sound like that?

Matthew Syed explores how our accents become part of our identity.

• 29 mins

44. Matthew鈥檚 been telling tales

Matthew Syed explores the importance of storytelling for understanding ourselves.

• 28 mins

Introducing - China's Ping Pong Power

Matthew Syed tells the story of China鈥檚 rise in the 20th century through鈥� ping pong.

• 2 mins

45. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 1

Matthew Syed tells the story of China's rise in the 20th century - through ping pong.

• 29 mins

46. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 2

Matthew Syed tells the story of China's rise in the 20th century - through ping pong.

• 29 mins

47. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 3

Matthew Syed tells the story of China's rise in the 20th century - through ping pong.

• 29 mins

48. Love Thy Villain

Matthew Syed looks at the merits of embracing your inner 'villain'.

• 28 mins

49. Inside Marjorie's Parlour

Matthew Syed explores how music can become a powerful, transformational force.

• 28 mins

50. Take the First Step

Matthew makes a case for the impact that even the smallest adventures can have on us all.

• 28 mins

Sideways: Season eight - coming soon...

First loves, harsh critics and a celebration of mediocrity. Six new Sideways stories.

• 2 mins

51. The One Star Chef

Is the customer always right? Matthew Syed delves into the world of online reviews.

• 28 mins

52. First Loves

Matthew Syed finds out why our first loves can hold a special place in our hearts.

• 28 mins

53. Stories of a Father

Matthew Syed explores how a daughter found connection with the father she never met.

• 28 mins

54. Copy Cat

Matthew Syed hears from a painter who rose to fame by copying the works of others.

• 28 mins

55. Perfectly Mediocre

Matthew Syed asks what happens when we shun excellence and embrace mediocrity.

• 28 mins

56. A Cinderella Story

How a Cinderella film from 1970s Czechoslovakia became a Christmas tradition across Europe

• 28 mins

Sideways: Season nine - coming soon...

A slamming new season... starting with a pro wrestling grudge that got too real.

• 1 min

57. Grudge Match

A wrestling grudge spills out of the ring and into the real world.

• 28 mins

58. The Keeper of Lost Memories

One man鈥檚 mission to return lost photographs to their original owners.

• 29 mins

59. What's Your Name?

Matthew Syed explores the importance and influence of something we all have - our name.

• 29 mins

60. For the love of maths

Meet the former child star who considers mathematics to be 'a balm' for her brain.

• 29 mins

61. Brain Strain

Matthew Syed explores the uncomfortable psychological phenomenon of cognitive dissonance.

• 29 mins

62. Lost and Found

A 48-hour fight to survive, lost in a snowstorm. And the data that helps rescuers find us.

• 28 mins

A New Frontier

Introducing 鈥� A New Frontier

Travel into the cosmos for a four-part series about the ethics of space exploration.

• 2 mins