Beware Tech Tycoons with Piranha Tanks - with Katie Prescott
Mike Lynch was often lauded as Britain's answer to Bill Gates. Born into a working-class family, Lynch's incredible intellect and passion for computers led him to become a billionaire tech entrepreneu...
1 Maj 40min
Finding Grace in a Burger Bun: An Incrediburgible Quest
Dick and Mac are content with their lives: they enjoy making burgers by day and stargazing by night. Ray Kroc is a workaholic chasing success at any cost. When the brothers' relaxed approach to busine...
24 Apr 40min
The Lovestruck Explorer's Deadly Guessing Game
In 1860, police officer Robert O'Hara Burke plans an expedition to map the mysterious blank in the centre of Australia. Joining him is scientist William Wills, and a ragtag team of hires. Burke falls ...
10 Apr 39min
The Refugee Who Led a Software Revolution - with Ben Walter
Millionaire-making tech start-ups are most often associated with Silicon Valley. But this software revolution begins on a woman’s kitchen table in rural Britain in the 1960s. Steve Shirley faced extra...
7 Apr 27min
The Mad Mystic and the Last Battle on English Soil - with Ian Breckon
As the Victorian era dawns, modernisation erodes the old ways of life and poverty rises. In the unrest, an unlikely hero emerges, capturing the imagination of the countryside's working class. He claim...
3 Apr 43min
The Sightseeing Flight and the Invisible Mountain
In November 1979, Flight 901 departs New Zealand on a sightseeing journey over Antarctica, heading directly towards a volcano. When the plane vanishes, investigators are left with a mystery: how could...
27 Mars 39min
Presenting: Drug Story - On Xanax and Anxiety
This episode comes to you from the new podcast Drug Story, which investigates the origins, workings and cautionary tales behind today's medical interventions. In this episode, host Thomas Goetz invest...
20 Mars 46min
