When you stroll through the maze of streets in Fez, Morocco, it's as if you are walking back in time. (more)

This hour: we head to the south side of Chicago and Japan. (more)

Peter Wallace left the village of Leenane in the west of Ireland for the building sites of England and Germany in 1969 at 19 years of age; he came to live in Leeane once again in 2004. (more)

Kari Hesthamar demonstrates the distinctive sound of Norwegian radio features by playing and talking about some of the most important elements of her own work -- creating small films for listeners’ ears, capturing the true essence of a scene, and producing stories that come alive through the use of the present tense. (more)

Writers' block forces an author to reconsider her approach to a lack of inspiration. (more)

Would you pick up a ringing payphone and share your life with a complete stranger? Alan Dein hopes so. (more)

Domestic duet for mother and six year old. (more)

Many different stories make this whole. (more)

A cultural detective searches out a singing stranger and in the process finds out how prayer affects a young man's life. (more)

Megan Williams' friend Lorella talks about the social experiment she conducts on a bus in Milan, Italy each August. (more)

Imagine a cold London winter, where the bizarre and unpredictable sounds made by producer Hugh Levinson's sleeping newborn punctuate the dark nights in the most unimaginable ways. (more)

This audio story is about seeking happiness away from home. (more)

The National Gallery, London, is one of the world's most prestigious art galleries. Every day, thousands of people pass through its doors to look at masterpieces by Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and many others. (more)

Musician Lucho Hernandez is visually impaired, but is able to "see" his native city, Lima, Peru, simply by listening carefully. (more)

A revealing reflection on journalism, which is a process of editing and selecting, rather than transmitting a complete record to the public. 
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Chicken Tikka Masala, the taste of India. (more)

The chains that code for our genes only make up 2% of our DNA, which means the purpose of the rest of the stuff is a bit of a mystery.... (more)

Annapurna: Memories in Sound is an impressionistic sound portrait of the Ximms' trek through the Annapurna Circuit, a popular three-week hiking trip through the Himalayas to Nepal. (more)

After one year of social work experience: autism / misuse / to society. (more)

This hour: a beloved pig and a meditation on dogs. (more)