BBC Radio Podcasts from When Greeks Flew Kites

Beyond Reason

Sarah Dunant looks through history to understand apparently irrational behaviour.

Sarah Dunant looks to the past to help us think about the pressing climate change crisis.

Sarah explores the history of fake history, and its use to justify actions and ideology.

Sarah Dunant on the history of travel, how it has enchanted and alarmed us for centuries.

Sarah Dunant delves into the history of shame, this most potent but raw of emotions.

Sarah Dunant on historical deadlocks and the ways they were resolved.

Sarah Dunant examines sleep as a source of preoccupation and worry throughout history.

Sarah Dunant looks at moments in history when poison has sown fear, doubt and intrigue.

Sarah Dunant explores the fractious history of promises made between rulers and the ruled.

Sarah Dunant delves into the past for stories of courtship to help us date better.

Sarah Dunant uncovers stories from history when children have challenged adult authority.

Sarah Dunant delves into the past for alternative stories to help frame today's anxieties.

Sarah Dunant considers a post-antibiotic world with lessons from the past.

Sarah Dunant delves into the past for alternative stories to help frame 2017.

Sarah Dunant looks at the history of women speaking out about inappropriate male behaviour

Can history unlock the secret to a better old age?

Sarah Dunant's look at events from a historical perspective plunges into personal debt.

Sarah Dunant's monthly look at events from a historical perspective takes her to the brink

Sarah Dunant delves into the past for alternative stories to help frame today's anxieties.