Sometimes it's a blessing to have noisy neighbours. (more)

Hearing Voices is a compelling and adventurous exploration of languages on the verge of extinction. (more)

In a blending of both drama and documentary, three bereaved women talk about their real experiences of loss and how they've tried to move forward with their lives. In a parallel drama, their loved ones meet on a beach in "the hinterland," somewhere between life and death. (more)

The bureaucracy surrounding support for the unemployed is often mindless and ultimately de-humanizing for everyone involved. (more)

The Tourist is lost. He can't sleep or tune out the music that comes from everywhere. Secretly, he's looking forward to the journey home. (more)

In a world of billion dollar 'stimulus packages' and Web 2.0 consumer profiling how can you break free of the chains of commerce (and get cheap kicks at the same time)? (more)

Matt Hulse presents short audio works by a diverse range of inventive audio artists and filmmakers, created specifically for "a darkened cinema." (more)

In the late 1950s, folk musicians Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger and BBC radio producer Charles Parker joined forces on a radio endeavor unlike anything the BBC (or the world, for that matter) had heard before. (more)

"Reflections on gardening, allotments, and community in a Garden Sunday event at Plot 22 - a nature space, allotment garden, meeting circle, and learning resource." (more)

If My Cream Walls Could Talk was produced by Louisa Fearnley for the 2012 ShortDocs Challenge. (more)

Living next door for years, they soon learn each other's ways, not only to be nosey but also for support. (more)

Art museum security guards spend their days in uniform, speaking quietly or not at all, surrounded by works of irreplaceable art. (more)

Since the 1880s Jews from all around the world have been called to Israel by the symbol of the Western Wall - but now there's a new wall where old friends meet. (more)

British writer and radio presenter Hardeep Singh Kohli remembers the loneliness of being a goalkeeper, the player who spends 90 minutes looking at his colleagues’ backs. (more)

How one convenience store and its singing proprietor can change the atmosphere of a street. (more)

A look at what happens when nine individuals have to share one small fridge, and the challenges and issues that come up as a result. (more)

This hour: The rise of media tycoon, Rupert Murdoch. (more)

Hearts, Lungs, and Minds is a “composed documentary” by sound artist John Wynne, who spent a year as an artist in residence at Harefield Hospital, one of the world’s leading centers for heart and lung transplants. (more)

A patient, blinded in an accident, wakes to another day of darkness. Resolved to sidestep the persistent murk of her obscured vision, she turns instead to the world of her imagination and memory, where the everyday patterns of human routine take on a new significance. (more)

This hour: the experience of the city -- from the bicycle seat, the planner’s map, and the poet’s pen. (more)