⚡️Trailer: Pioneers Of The Continuum

In 1961, psychologist Stanley Milgram tested how far ordinary Americans would go when an authority figure told them to hurt someone. His disturbing experiment revealed the power of obedience and raised frightening questions about how easily good people can do terrible things. Ado ...  Show more

Charles Dickens made the Victorian workhouse famous, but the reality behind Oliver Twist was even worse than fiction. This episode tells how workhouses treated Britain’s poorest people, and how pensions and the welfare state finally replaced them. Oliver Twist and the image of hu ...  Show more

Launching on May 23rd, Pioneers of The Continuum, a time-travelling story for English learners.The year is 2039.A group of scientists, linguists and historians have invented a time travel machine.Each can return to a place and time, but only for one hour.Some choose to go back to ...  Show more

Every week on Bookshelfie, Vick Hope is joined by inspirational women to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize for Fiction, the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world, is run by the Women’s Prize Trust, the charity building a better futu ...  Show more

The new show from multi-award-winning podcasters, Noiser. Narrated by Paul McGann. Launching June 6th 2024. For ad-free listening, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions Le ...  Show more

The Drama Queens tease an exciting announcement to come…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.