Sideways
Description
Matthew Syed is a former Olympics-grade table tennis player, turned management guru. Author of 12 books, he’s Britain’s new king of the counter-intuitive big idea. And now, he has a Novel-produced show on BBC Radio 4, in which he takes on some of the biggest and most curious ideas of all. So far, he’s debunked Stockholm Syndrome, made notes on why leeches might be good for us, explained how superhero culture helps high-perfomance athletes, and unpicked the Satanic Panic.
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Episodes
Season 1
- 01
- 10.02.2021
Siding with the Enemy
- 02
- 17.02.2021
1 in 73 Million
- 03
- 24.02.2021
The West and the Rest
- 04
- 03.03.2021
Looping the Loop
- 05
- 10.03.2021
The Most Selfish People on Earth
- 06
- 17.03.2021
A Recipe for Happiness
- 07
- 24.03.2021
Top of the Pops
- 08
- 31.03.2021
Mental Athletics
Season 2
- 01
- 23.06.2021
Originality Armageddon
- 02
- 30.06.2021
Under the Influence
- 03
- 07.07.2021
Too Big to Succeed
- 04
- 14.07.2021
Brighter than Bagpuss
- 05
- 21.07.2021
A Question of Justice
- 06
- 28.07.2021
Let's All Be Batman
- 07
- 04.08.2021
Best Feet Forward
- 08
- 11.08.2021
Big Head
Season 3
- 01
- 03.11.2021
The Endurance of Arlene Blum
- 02
- 10.10.2021
Tongue-Tied
- 03
- 17.11.2021
Is This What Success Looks Like?
- 04
- 24.11.2021
An appointment with Dr Leech
- 05
- 01.12.2021
The Woman Who Brought Down the Mob
- 06
- 08.12.2021
Inspiring Bill Strickland
- 07
- 15.12.2021
Oostvaardersplassen: A Wild Idea
- 08
- 22.12.2021
Sweet Harmony
Season 4
- 01
A Nuclear Awakening
- 02
- 20.07.2022
War Games in the Pink Tower
- 03
- 27.07.2022
A Blip on the Radar
- 04
- 03.09.2022
Exiting the Bunker
- 05
- 10.08.2022
Fooling the Opposition
- 06
- 17.08.2022
The Woman in the Portrait
- 07
- 24.08.2022
To Absent Friends
Season 5
- 01
- 02.11.2022
The Social Contagion
- 02
- 09.11.2022
Doc and Jim: A Beautiful Partnership
- 03
- 16.11.2022
It Takes a Village
- 04
- 22.11.2022
The Riddle
- 05
- 30.11.2022
All in a Name
- 06
- 07.12.2022
My Last 5p
