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Radio RSC - newsy, wywiady, audycjeCzytelnia Radia RSC: 24 - Helena Merriman - Tunel 29 (15.02)Kolejny odcinek "Czytelni Radia RSC" jest już dostępny na naszych streamingach. Tym razem w audycji - Helena Merriman – Tunel 29. Miłość, szpiegostwo i zdrada: prawdziwa historia niezwykłej ucieczki pod Murem Berlińskim.Zapis archiwalny audycji z dnia 15.02.2024. Prowadzi Karolina Bast-Kolasa.
2024-02-1507 min
Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and InterpretersHelena Vicic, Managing Director of Interpret Europe Talks Story with Tim MerrimanHelena Vicic serves as Managing Director with Interpret Europe, a professional association for more than 900 interpretive professionals in 57 countries, that mainly serves members through their training program and professional conferences. Helena lives and works from, Slovenia, her national home, privately acting also as an interpretive trainer.
Next week Tim will talk story with Pete Devine, a retired naturalist and adventure guide who led trips to Chinaʻs National Parks and served as Resident Naturalist with Yosemite Institute and Yosemite Conservancy for three decades. He is a Certified Interpretive Guide and graduate of Colorado College.
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2023-12-1532 minReflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and InterpretersHelena Vicic, Managing Director of Interpret Europe Talks Story with Tim MerrimanHelena Vicic serves as Managing Director with Interpret Europe, a professional association for more than 900 interpretive professionals in 57 countries, that mainly serves members through their training program and professional conferences. Helena lives and works from, Slovenia, her national home, privately acting also as an interpretive trainer.
Next week Tim will talk story with Pete Devine, a retired naturalist and adventure guide who led trips to Chinaʻs National Parks and served as Resident Naturalist with Yosemite Institute and Yosemite Conservancy for three decades. He is a Certified Interpretive Guide and graduate of Colorado College.
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2023-12-1532 minReflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and InterpretersRyan Finchum, CIT, Talks Story with Tim Merriman on Reflections on InterpretationRyan Finchum talks story with Tim Merriman this week on Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters. Ryan is Director of the Center for Protected Area Management at Colorado State University, training managers and rangers from Latin America and Africa in good management practices and interpretation. He is a Certified Interpretive Trainer with National Association for Interpretation.
In two weeks, Dec. 15, I will talk story with Helena Vicic of Slovenia, who serves as General Director of Interpret Europe. This podcast is changing as of Dec. 1 from being weekly to a bi-weekly schedule.
2023-12-0157 minReflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and InterpretersRyan Finchum, CIT, Talks Story with Tim Merriman on Reflections on InterpretationRyan Finchum talks story with Tim Merriman this week on Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters. Ryan is Director of the Center for Protected Area Management at Colorado State University, training managers and rangers from Latin America and Africa in good management practices and interpretation. He is a Certified Interpretive Trainer with National Association for Interpretation.
In two weeks, Dec. 15, I will talk story with Helena Vicic of Slovenia, who serves as General Director of Interpret Europe. This podcast is changing as of Dec. 1 from being weekly to a bi-weekly schedule.
2023-12-0157 min
The Radio Academy PodcastRadio Academy Festival 2023 Ep 1/3: Sound Connections with listenersOver the next three weeks we'll be bringing you our Festival 2023 Rewind, with inspiration and sharing from this year's Radio Academy Festival which took place on 12th September in London.
Sean Thorne presents the first of three Festival 2023 Rewind episodes, exploring how audio creators are connecting with listeners:
Edward Adoo speaks to Steve Lamacq.
Simon Lederman speaks to Helena Merriman.
Akylah Rodriguez speaks to Mohit Bakaya.
Imogen Brewer speaks to Cat Agostinho, Tito Mogaji-Williams and Adrianna Deaconescu.
2023-09-2722 min
Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!Introducing Strong Sense of PlaceThis week, we would like to introduce you to Strong Sense of Place, another podcast distributed by Realm.Secret corridors, hidden rooms, and trapdoors are the stuff of adventure and romance. Egyptian pyramids riddled with underground chambers and booby traps. An English country house with a priest hole and a trick bookcase. A speakeasy with a sliding panel that leads to a brothel and a gambling parlor. Who wouldn't want to go exploring?!And where would Gothic storytelling be without the secret passage in Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto?' Or...
2023-01-271h 04
City BreaksBerlin Episode 17 Writers on BerlinWe open with some quotes on Berlin from the likes of David Bowie ('the greatest cultural extravaganza anyone could imagine') and Nikita Khrushchev ('the testicle of the west'), then follows the main content: reviews of 4 non-fiction books which tell the story of Berlin and its residents from different angles. They include a family history, the history of a house, an escape story and an investigation into the inner workings of East Germany.
Reading for this post
The House by the Lake by Thomas Harding
Stasiland by Anna Funder
Tunnel 29 by Helena Merriman
R...
2023-01-1829 min
Room 59. Room 5 LIVERoom 5 LIVE at Hay Festival with screenwriter Abi Morgan.In this special episode of Room 5, recorded in front of a live audience at Hay Festival, Helena Merriman speaks to Abi Morgan - the BAFTA and Emmy-award winning playwright and screenwriter whose credits include The Iron Lady, Suffragette, Sex Traffic, The Hour, Brick Lane and Shame and The Split. One June morning, Abi Morgan came home to find the man she loved lying on the bathroom floor. Rushed to hospital, he was put into a coma and it was clear that life as they knew it...
2022-12-2833 minRoom 58. HannahOn being one in a million. Hannah’s aged five, playing with the toys in a hospital waiting room. She’s been here before, been in and out of hospital since she was a baby. But today, she’s about to discover what’s been going wrong with her body. A diagnosis that doctors will tell her makes her one in a million. Hannah’s life becomes one huge experiment, a constant weighing of odds. Until, in her early 20s, the odds change. And she takes part in a clinical trial that changes everything.In Room 5, He...
2022-12-2729 minRoom 57. RuthOn taking psychedelics to treat depression. Ruth‘s lying on a hospital bed. There’s calm music, she’s wearing an eye-mask and in her hand - a single white pill. It contains an illegal chemical which some doctors are convinced could revolutionise the way we treat depression. Ruth’s struggled with depression since she was a child. She’s tried everything - and for her, this is her last chance. Ruth swallows the pill, the chemicals flow into her bloodstream and then - her psychedelic trip begins.
In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries...
2022-12-2029 minRoom 56. TreOn his childhood nightmares and the diagnosis that explained them.Tre’s lying in bed. He’s 10 years old and his heart’s racing. He’s just seen a strange figure in the corner of his bedroom, and it’s moving towards him. Tre has experiences like this all through his childhood. Nightmares. Hallucinations. Sleep paralysis. One afternoon, at school, his teacher pulls him aside. She’s spotted something in him that she recognises. And so it begins - tests, scans, until the clues come together and reveal a diagnosis that explains everything.
In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stori...
2022-12-1333 minRoom 55. TillyOn changing her relationship with her body. From the outside, Tilly seems to have life figured out. She works in fashion, lives on a house-boat - for which she’s done all the plumbing and electrics. But inside, she’s struggling. She’s always felt wrong in her body - ever since school. Then one afternoon, Tilly sits down with a therapist - who fits the pieces of the puzzle together and gives Tilly a diagnosis. Tilly’s diagnosis explains the way her brain is wired - now her challenge is to re-wire it, and change her future...
2022-12-0629 minRoom 54. GarethGareth’s search to find out why he has no sperm. Gareth Landy will never forget the room where it happens. Where he’s told he has no sperm. He’s devastated - he’s desperate to start a family with his wife Anna - and to do that he needs to find out why he has no sperm. The doctor says he’ll probably never find an answer. But Gareth keeps searching - a search that leads somewhere completely unexpected.In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her...
2022-11-2230 minRoom 53. PoppyThe mystery diagnosis that sheds light on pain.After a routine knee-op, 23-year-old Poppy comes round in excruciating pain. Her leg changes colour, soon she can’t walk, yet her scans show nothing wrong with her knee.Doctors are baffled and about to discharge her when she’s seen by Dr Deepak Ravindran - one of the UK’s top pain consultants - who solves the mystery.
In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Combining intimate storytelling, immersive sound design, candid...
2022-11-1530 minRoom 52. SimonKilling the worm in Simon’s brain before it kills him. Simon’s just back from holiday when things go off-kilter. He tries to open the fridge door - but can’t find the handle. He feels a throbbing pain in his head and a growing pressure behind his eye. An MRI scan reveals a cyst in Simon’s head - containing a worm. Simon has a rare condition called neurocysticercosis.
And so the race against time begins: to kill the worm in Simon’s brain before it kills him.In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of...
2022-11-0829 minRoom 51. HollyAged 39, Holly Smale was a successful author - the creator of the bestselling series of children’s books, Geek Girl. One afternoon, while talking to her therapist, Holly breaks down, says she feels broken. And so begins her journey to understand why she’s always felt different to other people. We track back through Holly’s difficult childhood, her short-lived modelling career and her traumatic time at university - all the way to the moment she was diagnosed as autistic.Psychologist Dr Sarah Lister Brook - Clinical Director for the National Autistic Society - tells us why...
2022-11-0127 minRoom 5Introducing Room 5 series 2Helena Merriman previews the next series of Room 5 which starts on Tuesday 1st November.One afternoon, Helena Merriman walked into a doctor’s surgery and was given a shock diagnosis. In Room 5, she interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Combining intimate storytelling, immersive sound design, candid interviews, science and a large dose of compassion, Room 5 is a gripping portrait of extraordinary people at a moment when everything changes.Written, presented and produced by Helena MerrimanComposer: Jeremy WarmsleySound Design: Eloise WhitmoreProduction Co...
2022-10-2502 min
Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through BooksSecret Passages: Down the Rabbit HoleSecret corridors, hidden rooms, and trapdoors are the stuff of adventure and romance. Egyptian pyramids riddled with underground chambers and booby traps. An English country house with a priest hole and a trick bookcase. A speakeasy with a sliding panel that leads to a brothel and a gambling parlor. Who wouldn't want to go exploring?!And where would Gothic storytelling be without the secret passage in Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto?' Or the hidden door to the attic in 'Jane Eyre' that's protecting an epic secret?If your childhood was shaped by reading...
2022-09-121h 07City BreaksBerlin Episode 08 In Search of the Berlin WallThe story of the Berlin Wall will always fascinate. And here it is, along with ideas for three places in Berlin you can visit to see the remaining sections and find out more. Author Rory MacLean summed up the impact first seeing the wall had on him: 'At the heart of the continent were watchtowers, barbed wire and border guards, instructed to shoot fellow citizens who wanted to live under a different government.’
Reading Suggestions
Berlin: Imagine a City by Rory MacLean
Berlin Biography of a City by Barney White-Spunner
Tunnel 29 by Helena Merriman
L...
2022-09-0732 min
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Veranito y vacaciones…tiempo de relax…y por qué no, tiempo de dedicarnos a lecturas más ligeras (o no), aquellas que tenemos pendientes y que ahora es el momento…Por eso, y cumpliendo la costumbre, te sugerimos títulos para estos días de desconexión…¡¡¡Felices vacaciones!!!
Nuestras recomendaciones:
Entrevista a Julio Cortazarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppon2ldpJwU&t=116s
La felicidad en una croqueta, Laura CondeCroquetas gourmet, Chema Soler1080 recetas de cocina, Simone OrtegaCuina per solters (Cocina para solteros), Ismael Prados
2022-09-0200 min
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Veranito y vacaciones…tiempo de relax…y por qué no, tiempo de dedicarnos a lecturas más ligeras (o no), aquellas que tenemos pendientes y que ahora es el momento…Por eso, y cumpliendo la costumbre, te sugerimos títulos para estos días de desconexión…¡¡¡Felices vacaciones!!!
Nuestras recomendaciones:
Entrevista a Julio Cortazarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppon2ldpJwU&t=116s
La felicidad en una croqueta, Laura CondeCroquetas gourmet, Chema Soler1080 recetas de cocina, Simone OrtegaCuina per solters (Cocina para solteros), Ismael Prados
2022-09-0200 min
BibliocraciaBIBLIOCRACIA 2X12 VACACIONES & LIBROSVeranito y vacaciones…tiempo de relax…y por qué no, tiempo de dedicarnos a lecturas más ligeras (o no), aquellas que tenemos pendientes y que ahora es el momento…
Por eso, y cumpliendo la costumbre, te sugerimos títulos para estos días de desconexión…
¡¡¡Felices vacaciones!!!
Nuestras recomendaciones:
Entrevista a Julio Cortazar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppon2ldpJwU&t=116s
La felicidad en una croqueta, Laura Conde
Croquetas gourmet, Chema Soler
1080 recetas de cocina, Simone Ortega
Cuina per solters (Cocina para solteros), Ismael Prados
El libro de Doña Petrona, Petrona C de Gandulfo
Afrodita, Isabel Allende
A...
2022-09-021h 30
ACORDES&LETRASMitxel Casas-Radio Música&Cultura-Acordes&Letras-Mónica Rouanet-J.A.Valle-El Tunel 29 Helena MerrimanEntrevista a Mónica Rouanet sobre su nueva novela Nada Importante y sobre violencia de género.
Entrevista al poeta José Antonio Valle Alonso
Hablamos del libro El tunel 29 de Helena Merriman
2022-05-3159 minACORDES&LETRASMitxel Casas-Radio Música&Cultura-Acordes&Letras-Mónica Rouanet-J.A.Valle-El Tunel 29 Helena MerrimanEntrevista a Mónica Rouanet sobre su nueva novela Nada Importante y sobre violencia de género.
Entrevista al poeta José Antonio Valle Alonso
Hablamos del libro El tunel 29 de Helena Merriman
2022-05-3159 minACORDES&LETRASMitxel Casas-Radio Música&Cultura-Acordes&Letras-Mónica Rouanet-J.A.Valle-El Tunel 29 Helena MerrimanEntrevista a Mónica Rouanet sobre su nueva novela Nada Importante y sobre violencia de género.
Entrevista al poeta José Antonio Valle Alonso
Hablamos del libro El tunel 29 de Helena Merriman
2022-05-3159 minRoom 58. Helena‘It’s like being trapped in a room with a terrifying creature.’
A few months after her son was born, Helena realises something is wrong. Her search for answers leads to a difficult decision. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Eloise WhitmoreProduction Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you’d...
2022-04-1129 minRoom 57. Andrea‘My inbox on instagram was full of women saying thank you so much.’ The pain began when Andrea was a teenager. When she was given a diagnosis, she wanted to find a way of explaining it to the world. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Steve BondProduction Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal
2022-04-1129 minRoom 56. Jordan‘A light breeze can quickly turn into a desert storm.’ On his last day of the school year, 17-year-old Jordan starts seeing and hearing the world differently. Hours later, he’s in a police station, struggling to hold onto himself before his mind unravels.In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis.Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Eloise WhitmoreProduction Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight#Room5End song: Miffed by Tom...
2022-04-1129 minRoom 55. Gavanndra‘When I wasn’t high, I felt very sad and very scared.’
Twenty years on, Gavanndra is struggling to make sense of a childhood trauma. Then she meets a psychologist who has an idea.In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Eloise WhitmoreProduction Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you’d...
2022-04-1128 minRoom 54. Joel‘I stare at my own reflection, trying to remind myself that I’m not dead.’
Joel never understood why he felt different to other people. Then a revelation in India sets him on a journey to find answers. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Steve Bond Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you ha...
2022-04-1128 minRoom 53. Serena‘I wiped my tears away and had to carry on with the party.’
When Serena is given an unexpected diagnosis, she has to make a life-changing decision. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Eloise WhitmoreProduction Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you’d like to share you can email...
2022-04-1129 minRoom 52. Jon‘It was unbelievably painful - I probably used a few Anglo-Saxon words.’
Jon is at Peppa Pig World with his family when he notices something very unusual about his body. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Steve Bond Additional research: Ruby Gregory
Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal If you have a story you’...
2022-04-1129 minRoom 51. Bex‘He was interested in why I was so attached to this penguin’
Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed. As Bex deteriorates, doctors are in a race against time to diagnose her. And that’s where the penguin comes in.In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Eloise WhitmoreProduction Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5With special thanks to Rac...
2022-04-1129 min
Room 5Welcome to Room 5One afternoon, Helena Merriman walked into a doctor’s surgery and was given a shock diagnosis. In this series, she interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Told through an immersive sound design, this intimate series shines a light on misunderstood conditions, asking how we cope when our bodies and minds behave in ways that don’t make sense to us. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Eloise WhitmoreProduction Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Emma Rippon
2022-03-3002 min
Vilse i bokskogen#15 Fack this, faktisktDet här avsnittet spelades in före Rysslands invasion av Ukraina, i en värld där vi var lyckligt ovetande om vad som skulle hända bara några dagar senare… ibland blir det därför lite olustiga beröringspunkter. Men vi hoppas att ni ska få ut glädje av avsnittet ändå!Malin, Maria, Sandra och Eva pratar fackböcker och överraskningarna och ämnesbytena avlöser varandra på löpande band. Vi kanske aldrig varit så spretiga som nu, men det kommer boktips om allt från bajs till religion, städning, mode, astrofysik och ved, så h...
2022-03-161h 20
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane221. Daphne Spruce and Pippa Clack, with Helena MerrimanThis week on Fortunately, Fi and Jane are joined by the broadcaster Helena Merriman. The creator of the hit Radio 4 podcast Tunnel 29 shares her new series Room 5, which looks into how different diagnoses changed people's lives. Alongside that Helena gets the Fortunately seal of approval for a new acoustically friendly blog and is given the name of her next project. Before Helena logs in, Jane's trip to Heathrow turns into an epic odyssey and Fi discovers her right honourable alter-ego.Get in touch: fortunately.podcast@bbc.co.uk
2022-02-0455 min
Podcast Radio HourNew Listening for FebruaryChris Pearson and Scott Bryan suggest listens for February. Helena Merriman talks about her new diagnosis based series Room 5, and how for her the audio medium is perfect for encouraging empathy in listeners.Moya Lothian-Mclean talks about her series Human Resources, investigating the British relationship with the Atlantic slave trade, and why she wants the subject talked about beyond history lessons.Plus broadcasting legend Scott Mills discusses Radio 1's Pop 101, his new series taking us through the history of Pop music, in a hundred and one objects.And we'll hear clips...
2022-02-0459 min
Seriously...Room 5 - Episode 1‘He was interested in why I was so attached to this penguin’ Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed. As Bex deteriorates, doctors are in a race against time to diagnose her. And that’s where the penguin comes in. In Room 5, Helena Merriman interviews people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight #Room5 With special thanks to Rachel Roberts, principal viola with the LSO End song: Miffed...
2022-01-2830 min
Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-BextorEpisode 53: Helena MerrimanHelena Merriman is a radio and podcast producer who discovered she was going deaf when her second child was 4 months old and she realised she wasn't being woken up by him crying in the night. She was working on her podcast Tunnel 29 at the time and found great solace in her work. She now has a BBC Radio 4 series 'Room 5'. It's based on her conversations with other people who have gone into an anonymous consultant's room, where they have received a shock diagnosis which has changed their lives forever.We talked about how pregnancy fast-tracked her ot...
2022-01-241h 15
WarfareThe Berlin Wall & The Tunnels Beneath ItOn 9 November 1989, the commander of a Berlin Wall border crossing yielded to demands and allowed guards to open the checkpoints. By the end of the day parts of the wall were being chipped off as souvenirs. In this episode, Helena Merriman takes us through the surprise overnight building of the wall which cut neighbourhoods, streets and families in half. She then takes us through the many methods of escape attempted by East Berliners. In particular, we are introduced to Joachim Rudolph who, very unusually, tunnelled back to the East after his escape in order to help others. Helena is...
2021-11-0835 min
Embrace The Eye-Opening Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel by Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540044to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Author: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Narrator: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: September 30, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Three dramatic true stories, this is investigative journalism at its very best. 'Slick, efficient and professional... hugely engaging' The Spectator (on Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel) 'Thrilling... a really great listen'The Guardian (on Tunnel 29) 'Brilliantly produced' The Observer (on Mayday) In these three gripping series, prominent journalists investigate fascinating...
2021-09-309h 33Download Best Full Audiobooks in History, WorldIntrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel by Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540044to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Author: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Narrator: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: September 30, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Three dramatic true stories, this is investigative journalism at its very best. 'Slick, efficient and professional... hugely engaging' The Spectator (on Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel) 'Thrilling... a really great listen'The Guardian (on Tunnel 29) 'Brilliantly produced' The Observer (on Mayday) In these three gripping series, prominent journalists investigate fascinating...
2021-09-309h 33Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryIntrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel by Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540044to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Author: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Narrator: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: September 30, 2021
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary:
Three dramatic true stories, this is investigative journalism at its very best. 'Slick, efficient and professional... hugely engaging' The Spectator (on Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel) 'Thrilling... a really great listen'The Guardian (on Tunnel 29) 'Brilliantly produced' The Observer (on Mayday) In these three gripping series, prominent journalists investigate fascinating...
2021-09-309h 33
High Tales of HistoryNakam, Jewish Avengers; Tunnel 29: The Escape Under the Berlin WallWe've got a megasode for episode 10 with some big, roller coaster stories for you and guess what? They are both in the same country and nearly the same time as well!
First KT covers the vigilante story of a group of Holocaust survivors called Nakam, who exacted revenge against the Nazis and their helpers after WWII. Next, Laurel has quite the long, cinematic story of the first major escape from East Berlin with Tunnel 29. As of the release of this episode, the Tunnel 29 escape happened this past week (September 14th) 59 years ago in history!
Well.....We were going to wait unti...
2021-09-192h 12
Power-Up With The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Eye-Opening!Tunnel 29 by Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/28867to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tunnel 29
Author: Helena Merriman
Narrator: Helena Merriman
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
Release date: 08-24-21
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 807 ratings
Genres: Russia
Publisher's Summary:
2021-08-249h 33
Ignite An Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492406to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
Author: Helena Merriman
Narrator: Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: August 24, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
He escaped from one of the world’s most brutal regimes.Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rudolph dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin were dozens of men, wome...
2021-08-249h 33Immerse Yourself In The Most Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook Today!Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492406to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
Author: Helena Merriman
Narrator: Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: August 24, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
He escaped from one of the world’s most brutal regimes.Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rudolph dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin were dozens of men, wome...
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Title: Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
Author: Helena Merriman
Narrator: Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: August 24, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: World
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He escaped from one of the world’s most brutal regimes.Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rudolph dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin were dozens of men, wome...
2021-08-249h 33
All the Books!New Releases and More for August 24, 2021This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Feral Creatures, Bad Witch Burning, The Guide, and more great books.Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here.Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.
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Title: Tunnel 29
Author: Helena Merriman
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Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 807 ratings
Genres: Russia
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2021-08-249h 33Fuel Your Mind With A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Edge-Of-Your-Seat.Tunnel 29 by Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/28867to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tunnel 29
Author: Helena Merriman
Narrator: Helena Merriman
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
Release date: 08-24-21
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 807 ratings
Genres: Russia
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2021-08-249h 33Discover Top Full Audiobooks in History, EuropeTunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492406to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
Author: Helena Merriman
Narrator: Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: August 24, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
He escaped from one of the world’s most brutal regimes.Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rudolph dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin were dozens of men, wome...
2021-08-249h 33
SPYCRAFT 10114. The Despondent Rise and Joyful Fall of the Berlin Wall with Helena MerrimanThis week, Author and BBC reporter Helena Merriman shares the story of the covert construction of the Berlin Wall, and the way it tore families apart. Hear heartbreaking accounts of "orphaned" children whose parents were alive and well on the other side, lovers separated, and the desperate measures East German citizens took in attempts to escape oppression. How many were able to flee?Helana's book, Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall https://www.amazon.com/Tunnel-29-Extraordinary-Escape-Beneath/dp/1541788842Connect with Spycraft 101:IG: @spycraft101Patreon: S...
2021-08-2352 min
Dan Snow's History HitEscaping the Berlin WallThere were many attempts to escape over and under the Berlin Wall but Tunnel 29 was highly unusual for tunnelling into East Berlin rather than out to the West. Led by Joachim Rudolph, who had himself escaped to West Berlin in 1961, a group of students and refugees tunnelled into the eastern half of the city in an attempt to rescue friends and relatives. This was an extremely perilous mission with the risk of death ever present from the tunnel collapsing or the Stasi discovering their work. Even more bizarrely the whole endeavour was funded and documented by an American film crew...
2021-08-1327 min
Hodder BooksTUNNEL 29 by Helena Merriman, read by Helena Merriman - audiobook extractThe true story of the most remarkable escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall, from the creator of the acclaimed BBC podcast.
He's just escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes.
Now, he decides to tunnel back in.
It's summer 1962 and Joachim Rudolph, a student, is digging a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin - dozens of men, women and children, all willing to risk everything to escape.
From the award-winning creator of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 podcast, Tunnel 29 is the true story of the most remarkable escape tunnel dug under the...
2021-08-0505 minPodcast Radio HourBritish Podcast Award Winners 2020Following on from this week's British Podcast Awards ceremony, Amanda Litherland speaks to some of this year's winners. Firstly, the awards co-creator Matt Deegan takes up behind the scenes at the virtual ceremony, which involved 19 outside broadcasts.Then we hear from the team behind Best New Podcast, The Log Books. Tash Walker, Adam Smith and Shivani Dave discuss how they used the archive logs of Switchboard - the LGBTQ+ helpline, to tell stories from the community in the 70s and 80s. Helena Merriman, creator of Best Radio Podcast and Moment Of The Year...
2020-07-1758 min
The InquiryWhy do US cops keep killing unarmed black men?Why is George Floyd the latest in a long line of unarmed black men killed by US police? Studies show black men are three times more likely to be killed by police in America than white people. With Helena Merriman.(A man speaks into a bullhorn as demonstrators march in Los Angeles, California. 2 June 2020. Brent Stirton/Getty Images)
2020-06-0322 min
IntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 10. The Shoes“I started dancing with Eveline.” A final twist in the final chapter.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachim Rudo...
2019-10-1618 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 10. The Shoes“I started dancing with Eveline.” A final twist in the final chapter. Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachim Rudo...
2019-10-1618 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 9. The Signal“If you don’t have a coffee, then bring me a cognac.” Ellen's plan is derailed. Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor...
2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 9. The Signal“If you don’t have a coffee, then bring me a cognac.” Ellen's plan is derailed.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor...
2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 8. The MessengerI said "ok, I'll do it”. Ellen, Mimmo's girlfriend, agrees to play a dangerous role.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Ri...
2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 8. The MessengerI said "ok, I'll do it”. Ellen, Mimmo's girlfriend, agrees to play a dangerous role.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Ri...
2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 7. The Interrogation“That’s the first time I saw her again.” Wolfdieter's show trial begins. Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachi...
2019-10-1616 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 7. The Interrogation“That’s the first time I saw her again.” Wolfdieter's show trial begins.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachi...
2019-10-1616 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 6. The Gun“And then my interrogation began.” The escape operation unravels. Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voic...
2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 6. The Gun“And then my interrogation began.” The escape operation unravels.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voic...
2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 5. The Trap“We had no chance to be together.” The diggers hatch a new plan, unaware the Stasi are onto them. Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional rese...
2019-10-1616 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 5. The Trap“We had no chance to be together.” The diggers hatch a new plan, unaware the Stasi are onto them.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional rese...
2019-10-1616 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 4. The Death Strip“If we could hear them, they could hear us.” The diggers reach the terrifying death strip.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
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2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 4. The Death Strip“If we could hear them, they could hear us.” The diggers reach the terrifying death strip.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
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2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 3. The Deal“We have a tunnel.” The diggers are on the hunt for money and make an unlikely alliance.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Sche...
2019-10-1615 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 3. The Deal“We have a tunnel.” The diggers are on the hunt for money and make an unlikely alliance.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Sche...
2019-10-1615 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 2. The Spy“I choose the codename Fred.” A hairdresser becomes a Stasi spy.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachim Rudolph's orig...
2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 2. The Spy“I choose the codename Fred.” A hairdresser becomes a Stasi spy.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Richard Knight
Joachim Rudolph's orig...
2019-10-1614 minIntrigueTunnel 29: Tunnel 29: 1. The Escape“I didn’t want to be a part of this new world.” Joachim is on holiday in East Germany when he hears Berlin is to be divided. The wall is built and the escapes begin. Joachim has to decide whether he'll be among them.Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. It’s also the story of the Stasi spy who betrays the tunnel, the Amer...
2019-10-1619 minIntrigueTunnel 29: 1. The Escape“I didn’t want to be a part of this new world.” Joachim is on holiday in East Germany when he hears Berlin is to be divided. The wall is built and the escapes begin. Joachim has to decide whether he'll be among them. Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. It’s also the story of the Stasi spy who betrays the tunnel, the Amer...
2019-10-1619 minIntrigueTunnel 29: TrailerThirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Producer & Presenter: Helena MerrimanSound design: Eloise WhitmoreEditor: Richard Knight#tunnel29
2019-10-1102 minThe InquiryHow long can we live?Life expectancy is going up as we develop new cures for the diseases that kill us off. But can we beat the most fatal condition of all - old age? We talk to scientists on the frontier of fighting the ageing process itself, when our bodies just start to wear out. In India, Tuhin Bhowmick is working towards 3D printing new organs so people don’t die waiting for transplants. In the US, Meng Wang is developing ways to use the tiny creatures that live in our guts to extend our lives. And in the UK, Lorna Harries and he...
2019-04-0423 minThe InquiryShould We Rethink the Ban on Child Labour?Most countries in the world have signed up to the idea that no child should work at all under a certain age – but is this the best approach? This week Nicolle, a 17 year old from Peru, has been part of a delegation of child labourers visiting the UN to ask them to rethink their ban on child labour. She’s been working since she was 8 years old, and says not only did her family need the money she earned, but working brought her status and respect. Some charities and experts working with child labourers agree that there are safe form...
2018-10-0424 minThe InquiryIs Genetic Testing Overrated?DNA testing is big business. Millions of people worldwide are finding out about their ancestry and genetic health traits by sending off a spit sample to one of the big consumer genetic testing companies. But what do your genes really tell you? And could genetic testing have harmful consequences for our health and for society? Four experts chart the rise of consumer genetic testing and examine the claims made and our expectations about the results.Presenter: Helena Merriman
Producer: Lucy Proctor(image: Tube collecting saliva for dna testing of genetic markers.
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2018-09-2723 minThe InquiryIs Women’s Sport In Trouble?Ever since it began, women’s sport has been beset by a fundamental question: who gets to compete as a woman? It’s a debate which is more heated now than ever. That’s because in a few months, athletics’ governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, will introduce controversial new rules, regulating the participation of athletes with disorders of sexual development, commonly known as intersex conditions. It’s a debate that goes far beyond sport - throwing up difficult questions about what separates men from women. In this edition of The Inquiry we plunge into this debate, which is t...
2018-09-0623 minThe InquiryCan We Eat Our Way Out Of Climate Change?Food production accounts for as much global greenhouse gas emissions as all forms of transport combined. That’s why many scientists think we can’t tackle climate change without addressing what we eat. So – in this week’s repeat Inquiry – we’re looking at alternative climate-friendly diets and asking what it would take to move the world towards them. Presenter: Helena Merriman (Photo: Friends having a vegetarian meal. Credit: Shutterstock)
2018-07-0522 minThe InquiryHow Do You Make People Have Babies?More than half the world’s countries are not producing enough babies to offset the number of deaths. Russia is the latest to experience a dip in the fertility rate, despite the government rolling out measures to encourage people to have more children. They have tried mortgage subsidies, giving couples days off to have sex, and rewarding fruitful mothers with the grand prize of a refrigerator. But the fertility rate continues to drop. It is a situation that governments in Spain, Singapore, Germany, South Korea and Japan all face. Many are calling this a demographic crisis, so th...
2018-06-1423 min
AnalysisHow Did We Save the Ozone Layer?On 30 June this year, a study was released in one of the world's top scientific journals. It explained how a group of scientists who had been measuring the amount of ozone in the stratosphere had made a startling observation: the hole in the ozone layer had shrunk. Here, they said, was the first clear evidence that the ozone layer had begun to heal. So how did this happen?Helena Merriman tells a story that involves dogged scientific endeavour, the burgeoning green movement of the 1980s and the signing of what has been described as the most successful...
2016-11-0728 min
FeedbackJunior doctors' strike, David Bowie's deathFeedback returns with the BBC Radio issues that matter most to you - from the coverage of Junior Doctors' debate and David Bowie's death, to a tough listen in The Archers and a documentary that invites you to see with your ears.When David Bowie died, Radio 4's news programmes dedicated much of the day's coverage to the star. Many listeners felt the coverage was disproportionate. Jamie Angus, editor of the Today programme, speaks to presenter Roger Bolton to address complaints that the BBC let emotion override objectivity.Jamie Angus also hears listeners' views on...
2016-02-1927 minAnalysisWhy do American police kill so many black men?Recent high profile cases of unarmed black men dying at the hands of the US police have sparked outrage, protests and civil unrest in several American cities. The deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Walter Scott and Freddie Gray are - some claim - evidence of long-standing problems with police racism and excessive violence. But what do we really know about what's happening? Helena Merriman explores the issues of racism, bias and police use of force. And the head of President Obama's taskforce on police reform, Charles Ramsey, tells us that fixing the problem will involve much more than...
2015-07-0627 minAnalysisArtificial IntelligenceShould we beware the machines? Professor Stephen Hawking has warned the rise of Artificial Intelligence could mean the end of the human race. He's joined other renowned scientists urging computer programmers to focus not just on making machines smarter, but also ensuring they promote the good and not the bad. How seriously should we take the warnings that super-intelligent machines could turn on us? And what does AI teach us about what it means to be human? Helena Merriman examines the risks, the opportunities and how we might avoid being turned into paperclips.Producer: Sally Abrahams.
2015-02-2328 min
The Why FactorSad MusicA recent study has shown that sad music has become increasingly popular, but why do people choose to listen to it, and what goes on in the brain and the body when they do so? Helena Merriman speaks to Japanese pianist and music researcher Dr Ai Kawakami who has some surprising answers about some of the positive feelings people experience when they listen to sad music. American writer Amanda Stern tells Helena why she regularly listens (and cries) to sad music and British composer Debbie Wiseman, known for her moving TV and film scores, explains what makes...
2015-01-3117 minThe Why FactorThe 100th Programme: The Life of WhyIn the 100th edition of the Why Factor, Mike Williams explores what we have learnt about our very existence. From teenagers and coming of age to retirement, burial and much more along the way. Producer: Helena Merriman
2014-09-0517 minThe Why FactorGardensFor thousands of years, in every corner of the world, people have been gardening – including in war and in prisons. Helena Merriman explores the peculiar magic of garden and asks why people take so much pleasure in it.She talks to the designer of 58 of China’s public gardens, finds out what swimming mice reveal about the secret properties of soil and hears about the extraordinary lengths one man went to create a garden in Guantanamo Bay.(Image of a Classical Chinese Garden. Credit: Shutterstock)
2014-08-2918 minThe Why FactorSad MusicHelena Merriman asks why people listen to sad music. A recent study has shown that sad music has become increasingly popular, but why do people choose to listen to it, and what goes on in the brain and the body when they do so? Helena speaks to Japanese pianist and music researcher Dr Ai Kawakami who has some surprising answers about some of the positive feelings people experience when they listen to sad music. American writer Amanda Stern tells Helena why she regularly listens (and cries) to sad music and British composer Debbie Wiseman, known for her...
2013-09-2017 min
ProfileJohn KerryMark Coles explores the life of US Secretary of State, John Kerry, who is taking a global leadership role over Syria.As President Obama said when he nominated him for Secretary of State, "Kerry's entire life prepared him for this role."One of his childhood friends tells us that Secretary Kerry has kept the same principles he held as a young man at Yale. But others see him as a man of contradictions: a Vietnam veteran who lead the anti-war movement, then voted for war in Iraq.What are his guiding principles and...
2013-09-0214 min
Crossing ContinentsInside Gay PakistanMobeen Azhar investigates gay life in urban Pakistan and despite the country's religious conservatism and homosexuality being a crime there, he finds a vibrant gay scene, all aided by social media. He meets gay people at underground parties, shrines and hotels and finds out what it's really like to be gay in Pakistan. As one man tells him, "The best thing about being gay in Pakistan is you can easily hook up with guys over here. You just need to know the right moves and with a click you can get any guy you want." ...
2013-08-2927 minProfileGeneral Abdul Fattah al-SisiEdward Stourton profiles the Commander of Egypt's Armed Forces, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, now the most powerful man in Egypt.
General al-Sisi was appointed Defence Minister and Head of the Army by President Morsi in August 2012, and he was thought by many to be sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood.But he was instrumental in Morsi's downfall in July and oversaw the subsequent violent suppression of Muslim Brotherhood supporters.His former teacher from the US Army War College is among those who tell us more about this elusive former military intelligence chief.Producer: Helena...
2013-08-2414 minProfileMo FarahJane Deith profiles Mo Farah.This week he became the first British man - and only second man ever - to hold the Olympic and World 10,000m and 5,000m titles.He was born in Somalia and moved to Britain as a young boy, where his athletic journey began. But it was an unusual one for such a successful athlete - he needed cajoling, ran the wrong way in cross-country races and enjoyed playing to the crowd.Mo Farah was born to run. But he wasn't destined to win. Producer: Helena Merriman.
2013-08-1714 minProfileHaifaa Al-MansourMary Ann Sieghart profiles Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia's first female film director.Haifaa Al-Mansour directed the recently-released Wadjda, the first film entirely shot in Saudi Arabia. The film follows the dreams of an 11-year-old girl who is desperate to own a bike, and was partly inspired by Al-Mansour's early years, growing up in a small town near Riyadh.After working for an oil company, Haifaa al-Mansour decided to become a film-maker, using some of her 11 willing siblings to help her with her first short films. Her very first short film, 'Who', was about a serial...
2013-08-0314 minThe Why FactorViolent Entertainment***Warning: This programme contains graphic descriptions of violence***
Why are we so drawn to violent entertainment? Violent films, video games and stories are very popular, as were brutal gladiatorial Roman contests and gory 14th Century jousts. What explains this enduring attraction to violence? Helena Merriman talks to the Mexican director of Heli, a professor of fairy tales and joins one of London’s most gruesome serial killer tours to answer this week’s question.(Image of Daniel Craig pointing a gun, as James Bond. Credit: Eon productions via Press Association)
2013-08-0217 min