<p>BAFTA award winning magician Fergus Flanagan talks to Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey about OCD and how his intrusive thoughts disappear when he performs. And is he able to guess what word Nikki is thinking of? Listen to find out...
Covid hastened the dash towards a cashless society after we were told to use contactless cards to stop germs circulating. It mig ... Show More
Aug 20
Sarah lost her voice to MND, 25 years later she’s got it back
When Sarah Ezekiel was 34 and pregnant with her second child she was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). She lost the use of her hands and all “intelligible speech” within months, and her marriage broke down. Twenty-five years later, a family VHS tape filmed in the 1990s, ... Show More
24m 33s
Aug 13
Facing exam results day stress with a neurodivergent brain
Be kind to yourself, GCSE and A-Level results are on the horizon and some of us get much higher doses of anxiety and stress than others Emma Tracey, with BBC journalist Hayley Clarke, examine the experience for neurodivergent students and give some tips on the build up. They talk ... Show More
37m 8s
Feb 2018
Yes to a dementia tax, no to Marvel movies...
Matt Chorley welcomes Times columnist, David Aaronovitch, Times assistant editor, Anne Ashworth and director of Social Market Foundation, James Kirkup.
The panel discuss: why the government energy cap teaches us to be active consumers and hold businesses to account, why Britain’s ... Show More
29m 21s
Jan 2019
The Blah Blah Blahs Matter Edition
On this week’s episode, Anna, Emily, and Felix discuss AOC’s tax ideas at Davos, currency colonization, and Microsoft and housing.Note to listeners: this episode was recorded in the late morning, a few hours before the government shutdown ended.In the Slate Plus segment: a contin ... Show More
47m 21s
Sep 2023
Money Clinic live: How to get a pay rise
We all want to feel properly rewarded for the work we do, but getting a pay rise is a tough nut to crack. How do you even start the conversation? At the recent FT Weekend Festival in London, presenter Claer Barrett put listeners’ questions to Isabel Berwick, host of the FT’s Work ... Show More
42m 11s