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S13 · E2
Today · 42 min
All Kinds of Minds: 2. Growing Up Neurodivergent
What does it mean to grow up neurodivergent in a school system under strain?
S13 · E1
August 24 · 42 min
All Kinds of Minds: 1. The Language of Neurodiversity
How is the language of neurodiversity changing the way we understand difference?
August 20 · 2 min
All Kinds of Minds: Trailer
Nathan Filer explores the complex and shifting terrain of neurodiversity.
S12 · E10
July 27 · 14 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 10. Rival Visions
Where next for the future of the green movement?
S12 · E9
July 27 · 14 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 9. Crackdown
Did Just Stop Oil help lead to new laws cracking down on disruptive protest?
S12 · E8
July 20 · 14 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 8. Shutdown
Protesters clash on the eve of the shutdown of Germany’s last remaining nuclear plants
S12 · E7
July 20 · 14 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 7. Impenetrable
An indigenous community is evicted from its homeland for gorilla conservation.
S12 · E6
July 13 · 14 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 6. Arctic 30
A campaign against oil drilling in the arctic takes a dangerous turn
S12 · E5
July 13 · 14 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 5. Brokenhagen
The US president gatecrashes a secret rendez-vous at the world’s climate summit
S12 · E4
July 6 · 15 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 4. Terror
A pair of environmentalists burn down a ski resort in Colorado, USA.
S12 · E3
July 6 · 15 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 3. The Ecologist
The story of an influential green magazine and the man who created it.
S12 · E2
June 29 · 15 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 2. The Greenpeace
Environmentalist hippies set sail to stop a nuclear test.
S12 · E1
June 29 · 14 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 1. Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion launches one of its early occupations - against Greenpeace.
S12 · E1
June 24 · 3 min
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: Trailer
The story of the power struggles that forged the green movement
S11 · E10
June 8 · 17 min
Rinsed: 10. New Tricks
Could the water industry be nationalised?
S11 · E9
June 8 · 15 min
Rinsed: 9. Vultures
As Thames Water’s finances deteriorate, “vultures” circle.
S11 · E8
June 1 · 14 min
Rinsed: 8. Sorry?
New legislation promises to slash the sewage released into rivers, but will it become law?
S11 · E7
June 1 · 15 min
Rinsed: 7. The Eureka Moment
The data scientist, the ex-detective and the politician trying to clean up our rivers.
S11 · E6
May 25 · 15 min
Rinsed: 6. The Lion's Cage
The view from inside the Environment Agency.
S11 · E5
May 25 · 15 min
Rinsed: 5. The Camel's Humps
Rivers work when everything is in balance, but what happens when that’s disrupted?

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