Pod Academy

Groundbreaking new genetic research holds out the promise that no more babies will be born with mitochondria disease. But it raises big ethical questions. Adam Smith investigates.

A guide through the Syria conflict with one of Britain's most experienced foreign correspondents

The vOICe technology is a computer programme that helps blind people see with sound. The software scans and converts visual information from a camera into a coded soundscape, which can be interpreted as a sort of ‘synthetic vision’ – effectively allowing the user to see with their ears!

Musician, DJ and radio producer, Chris Berrow, discusses live music and what the word "live" actually means.

Shakespeare in the Arab world, from a production off the coast of Yemen within Shakespeare's lifetime to an early Egyptian Hamlet that is a musical with a happy ending.

Dr. Hilary Rose considers the promise of interdisciplinarity, and explains her concerns about what she thinks might be the dulling of criticality through such endeavours.

We don't have earlids, like we have eyelids - so we have to hear sounds whether we like it or not. World famous sound recordist, Chris Watson, seen in the picture recording ants, talks to Ed Prosser about the noise pollution that bombards us day and night.

Think tourism is just for out-of-towners? Think again. Alex Bingham takes a stroll and encounters some of London’s walking guides. She finds out about University of Westminster's guiding course and a lot more about London.

"A human body is no different from the chicken that you buy. It needs refrigerating. You keep it cold, it doesn't go off." Forensic pathologist Dr Stuart Hamilton takes us for a tour of the morgue.

As the gap between rich and poor widens, we look at the corrosive effects of poverty and how positioning it as a human rights issue might strengthen campaigns for greater equality.