This week, Jerry Hyde discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

This episode contains strong language and adult subject matter.

1. The healing benefits of psychedelics http://www.ft.com/content/2c4121de-c5d6-11e5-808f-8231cd71622e

2. Education hasn’t really evolved since Victorian times. http://www.edge.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/exeter_report_-_impact_of_practical_learning_on_academically-able_young_people_2011.pdf

3. That men aren’t the only misogynists, women are too, and whilst there is toxic masculinity, masculinity is not toxic. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/09/men-after-metoo-masculinity-fundamentally-toxic

4. There are a great many humans with bodies that are more than eighteen years old but there are very few adults in the world https://blog.oup.com/2014/04/reinventing-rites-passage-contemporary-america/

5. You’re not the only person with a mediocre sex life. http://www.relate.org.uk/relationship-help/help-relationships/relationship-common-problems

6. Nuclear families are not working http://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/problems-faced-by-working-parents-in-a-nuclear-family/a-tiny-support-system

This week, Yuliya Smyk discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

1. History of ethnic diversity of Kazakhstan https://astanatimes.com/2016/04/why-kazakhstans-model-of-maintaining-ethnic-diversity-deserves-attention/
2. Iran’s Modern art collection http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-tehran-museum-of-contemporary-art/
3. Art exchange at Vienna airport http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204770404577082842506737230
4. Religious diversity and tolerance in Panama https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/muslims-and-jews-panamá
5. Freya Stark http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/04/18/east-is-west-claudia-roth-pierpont
6. Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras http://drkardaras.com/glow-kids/

This week, Frances Turner discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

1. Bonnington Cafe: a vegetarian restaurant in London run by volunteers – http://bonningtoncafe.co.uk/
2. The Band Room: a music venue specialising in Louisiana music in the middle of North Yorkshire – www.thebandroom.co.uk
3. Lukas Moodyson: Swedish film director – www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/12/lukas-moodysson-we-are-the-best
4. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer: a novel about a group of friends – www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/books/review/the-interestings-by-meg-wolitzer.html
5. World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms: opportunities to volunteer around the world – www.wwoof.org.uk
6. Differences in English law between married and unmarried couples: the tax and benefit differences between marriage and cohabiting – https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/more-couples-could-soon-gain-access-to-the-financial-perks-that-come-with-marriage/

This week, Christopher Fowler discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

1. Spanish films http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2016/the-30-best-spanish-language-movies-of-all-time/
2. Brigid Brophy www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brigid-brophy-1595286.html?cmp=ilc-n
3. The lost Russian base at Pyramiden www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/soviet-ghost-town-arctic-circle-pyramiden-stands-alone-180951429
4. Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’ http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/christian-marclay-clock
5. How Freud got American women to smoke www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04
6. Screwball Comedies http://cinecollage.net/screwball-comedy.html

This week, Edward Cook discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

1. The microbiome: all the bacteria that live in your gut – http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/say-hello-to-the-100-trillion-bacteria-that-make-up-your-microbiome.html

2. Overinvestment in hops: that craft beer is going to burst eventually – http://www.ft.com/content/468aa664-c5bc-11e6-8f29-9445cac8966f

3. John Clarke aka Fred Dagg: Australian satire – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgrX7uOZqHI

4. The massacre of the Nepalese royal family: http://www.pri.org/stories/2011-06-01/why-nepals-crown-prince-went-killing-spree

5. Absence of tube stations in south east London: why the Underground does not cover the whole city – http://www.citymetric.com/transport/why-are-there-so-few-tube-lines-south-london-2929

6. The Castle: Australian film comedy – http://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/apr/04/the-castle-rewatching-classic-australian-films

1. Gervase Fen novels: detective stories by an Oxford professor – www.edmundcrispin.com/gervase-fen/
2. Lebanese wine: a new nationality of drink for you to try – www.ft.com/content/c78c5a24-6c19-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa
3. Murder by Death: spoof murder mystery film with all-star cast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXn8CsQU1-U
4. Synaethesia: a condition which affected Nabokov causing him to associate individual letters with colours – www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140904-i-see-songs-in-colour
5. Shakespeare forgeries: William Henry Ireland found two new Shakespeare plays: or did he? – www.smithsonianmag.com/history/to-beor-not-the-greatest-shakespeare-forgery-136201/
6. Dr John Elliotson: Victorian doctor who dabbled in phrenology and mesmerism – www.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/a-mesmerising-doctor-and-his-victorian-freak-show/

Tom Newman discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known:

1. The Beatles: largely forgotten 1960s beat combo – http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/the-10-best-forgotten-beatles-songs.html

2. United Fighting Championship: Brazilian jujitsu – http://wereabigdeal.com/a-beginners-guide-to-a-grown-mans-fantasy-ufc/

3. Gattaca: sci-fi film about eugenics – http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/24/gattaca-at-20-why-its-still-one-of-the-best-sci-fi-movies-around-7023410/

4. The origins of Christianity: how you nearly never heard of Jesus – http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/christianityromanempire_article_01.shtml

5. The idea of free will as an illusion: are you driving your car or are you in the passenger seat? – http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-free-will-an-illusion/

6. Multiplicity: Michael Keaton plays four versions of himself – http://www.chicagonow.com/hammervision/2011/04/in-defense-of-multiplicity/

Thomas Williams discusses six things which he thinks should be better known:

1. Health economics: saving lives does not save money in the long run – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_economics

2. The busiest railway stations: almost all of them are in Japan – https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/the-51-busiest-train-stations-in-the-world-all-but-6-located-in-japan

3. Sequencing DNA: you can do it on your laptop – http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21732083-small-portable-devices-plug-laptops-taking-dna-sequencing

4. Prevalence of asthmatics in sport: asthma is no barrier to winning Olympic medals – http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/29/elite-athletes-asthma-simon-yates-team-sky-swimmers

5. Changing perceptions of euthanasia: the public used to be less hostile towards it – http://www.encyclopedia.com/medicine/divisions-diagnostics-and-procedures/medicine/euthanasia

6. Churchill’s role at Gallipoli: the strategy was correct, after all – http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/gallipoli-was-not-churchills-great-folly-20110413-1ddzb.html

This week, Maria Donovan and Anna Carlisle discuss with Ivan six things which should be better known.

1. Edmund Dene Morel: political activist and reformer of the slave trade in the Belgian Congo – http://www.bouncing-balls.com/timeline/people/nr_leopoldmorel.htm
2. Ben Bulben Mountain: historic mountain range in Sligo – http://www.adventurous-travels.com/posts/ben-bulben-mountain-and-glencar-waterfall-and-lake-county-sligo-ireland
3. “What’s the lowlight of your holiday?”: sometimes the negative holiday stories are the best – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/lists/worst-holidays-from-hell/
4. Monopoly Deal: card game variation on board game classic – http://www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com/2013/01/monopoly-deal-review.html
5. Lady Denman: strong independent woman and originator of pronunciation of Canberra – http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-02/lord-and-lady-denman-in-australia-exhibition/7677874
6. Cell Workout: LJ Flanders’ exercise regime for prisoners – http://www.russellwebster.com/lj-flanders-story-beyond-cell-workout/

This week, Ivan Wise discusses six things which he thinks should be better known

1. Nothing Sacred: one of the finest film comedies, starring Carole Lombarde – http://sensesofcinema.com/2011/cteq/nothing-sacred/

2. Charles Lamb: essayist and author of Tales from Shakespeare – http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44519/the-old-familiar-faces

3. Rosewood Thieves: American folk-rock band – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ARPHwygl8A

4. Takin’ Home the Asylum: BBC drama about mental health, and David Tennant’s first starring role – http://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/jun/04/mentalhealth

5. Parkinson’s Law of Triviality: how committees spend most of their time on trivia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality

6. Cyrus Field: the man behind the transatlantic cable – http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/11/books/the-cable-guy.html