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17. The Endurance of Arlene Blum

Matthew Syed reveals how to get to the top of the mountains in our lives.

• 28 mins

18. Tongue-Tied

Matthew Syed explores why words fail us and how we can find them again.

• 28 mins

19. Is This What Success Looks Like?

Matthew Syed reveals the real secrets to success.

• 29 mins

20. An appointment with Dr Leech

Matthew Syed explores how knowledge is lost and found.

• 29 mins

21. The Woman Who Brought Down the Mob

Matthew Syed tells the story of a pioneering lawyer who took on a notorious mobster.

• 28 mins

22. Inspiring Bill Strickland

Matthew Syed explores how inspiring teachers can change the world, one student at a time.

• 28 mins

23. Oostvaardersplassen: A Wild Idea

Matthew Syed explores ideas that shape our lives, making us see the world differently.

• 28 mins

24. Sweet Harmony

Matthew Syed asks whether thinking musically could bring us more harmony in our lives.

• 28 mins

The Nuclear Reckoning

Matthew Syed is calling for a nuclear awakening. Series starts 13th July 2022.

• 3 mins

25. A Nuclear Awakening

Matthew Syed explores urgent intellectual questions posed by nuclear weapons.

• 28 mins

26. War Games in the Pink Tower

Matthew Syed goes inside a wargame to explore the evolution of deterrence.

• 29 mins

27. A Blip on the Radar

Matthew Syed explores how we might deal with the extreme risks that nuclear weapons pose.

• 29 mins

28. Exiting the Bunker

Matthew examines the routes to a safer nuclear future.

• 28 mins

29. Fooling the Opposition

Matthew delves into deception in sport and how it gives us the upperhand.

• 28 mins

30. The Woman in the Portrait

How can understanding our ancestors make us feel whole?

• 28 mins

31. To Absent Friends

Matthew Syed explores why we make friends and the lifelong influence they have over us.

• 28 mins

Sideways Season Five 鈥� Coming soon鈥�

Matthew Syed introduces season five, which looks at being less cynical, family and legacy.

• 3 mins

32. The Social Contagion

Matthew Syed examines the strange spread of illness in a school in Yorkshire.

• 28 mins

33. Doc and Jim: A Beautiful Partnership

How Dr William Key and his super smart horse 'Beautiful' Jim Key made America kinder.

• 29 mins

34. It Takes a Village

Matthew Syed thinks about how we can get more of the good stuff out of family life.

• 28 mins

35. The Riddle

Matthew Syed unravels a riddle set in the future, to consider the importance of legacy.

• 29 mins

36. All in a Name

Matthew Syed explores how finding the right words can help us tackle big wrongs.

• 29 mins

37. My Last 5p

Matthew Syed explores how one act of generosity can have profound consequences.

• 29 mins

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