What Makes Us Human

By BBC Radio 2Religion & Spirituality

What Makes Us Human episodes

November 04, 2014 Camila Batmanghelidjh
From Tehran to Peckham: the founder of the pioneering charity for abused and neglected children, Kids Company, recounts her extraordinary life to Jeremy Vine
25 min
October 23, 2014 Mason McQueen
London taxi driver and star of A Cabbie Abroad, Mason McQueen, talks to Jeremy Vine about the compassion and empathy of the humans he met on his travels all over the world
23 min
October 06, 2014 Howard Jacobson
Booker prize-winner Howard Jacobson talks to Jeremy Vine about laughter, Jewishness and joy in a special edition for Radio 2 Book Club Day
24 min
September 23, 2014 Francis Fukuyama
American political scientist Francis Fukuyama - the man who predicted the End of History - talks to Jeremy Vine about the triumph of democracy, his family and his imaginary pet mouse...
22 min
September 10, 2014 Simon Stevens
The new NHS chief Simon Stevens talks to Jeremy Vine about the importance of caring for others, even strangers, as key to our humanity.
23 min
September 03, 2014 Ruby Wax
Comedian and writer Ruby Wax talks to Jeremy Vine about her tough Chicago childhood, clinical depression and the neuroplasticity of the brain
25 min
August 20, 2014 Bill Oddie
Comedian and naturalist Bill Oddie talks to Jeremy Vine about being bi-polar and his extraordinary life story
26 min
August 13, 2014 Peter Hermon
Computer pioneer and expert in Welsh hill-walking, Peter Hermon in his first ever radio interview. He talks to Paddy O'Connell about his extraordinary life
24 min
July 22, 2014 Noreena Hertz
One of the world’s cutting edge thinkers – Professor Noreena Hertz – answers the question ‘what makes us human?’
24 min
July 01, 2014 William Boyd
Life is not a dress rehearsal: the acclaimed writer of Restless, Any Human Heart and a Good Man in Africa talks to Jeremy Vine about the peculiarly human will to live
23 min

About What Makes Us Human

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Jeremy Vine explores what makes us human in this landmark BBC Radio 2 series. Guests deliver their thoughts on the essence of human existence, reflecting on their own lives.