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Sideways
Sideways
BBC Radio 4

Best-selling author Matthew Syed explores the ideas that shape our lives with stories of seeing the world differently.

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Episodes

Appetite for Distraction: 5. The Future of Attention

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.In this final episode,... more

03 Dec 2024 · 15 minutes
Appetite for Distraction: 4. Attention Shortfall?

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.In this episode Matthew... more

03 Dec 2024 · 14 minutes
Appetite for Distraction: 3. Medium and Metaphor

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention. In this episode,... more

03 Dec 2024 · 14 minutes
Appetite for Distraction: 2. Have We Always Been Distracted?

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.In this episode, Matthew... more

03 Dec 2024 · 14 minutes
Appetite for Distraction: 1. Postman's Prophecy?

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.In this first episode,... more

03 Dec 2024 · 15 minutes
66. One is a Whole

We all know the power of a great love story. In films, literature, television - a “happy ending” is shorthand... more

28 Aug 2024 · 28 minutes
65. Divergent Histories

In the 1960s and 70s, Maisie Barrett and Noel Gordon were two black British children wrongly labelled as “educationally subnormal”.... more

21 Aug 2024 · 28 minutes
64. The Masks We Wear

As a teenager, Raven Saunders dreamt of playing basketball, but their physique led them down a different path. Exceptional strength... more

14 Aug 2024 · 29 minutes
63. The Art of Unfinishing

Jen Simonic and Masey Kaplan have bonded over a mutual love for knitting for decades.In 2022, the pair of avid... more

07 Aug 2024 · 28 minutes
A New Frontier: 4. With the Gods

When astronauts journeyed to the moon in the early 1970s, few were paying attention to the psychological impact of the... more

31 Jul 2024 · 28 minutes
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Appetite for Distraction: 5. The Future of Attention
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