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26 April 2024

Podcasts

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The Gift
What happens when online ancestry tests reveal more than you bargained for? In this BBC podcast, Jenny Kleeman meets the men and women whose lives changed forever after they opened a box that contained a DNA test – from unearthing family secrets and upending identities to exposing scandals and solving decades-long mysteries. 7 episodes, 28m.

Luther
In this The Rest is History mini-series, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the early life of Martin Luther, the humble monk of obscure origins who went on to lead the Reformation. The first episode looks at his early life in Saxony and his strained relationship with his father, the apocalyptic environment from which he and his radical ideas emerged, and the Catholic Church he would come to take on. 51m.

The Price of Paradise
When former Playboy Bunny Jayne Gaskin spotted the desert island of her dreams for sale online in 2000, she decided to risk it all and move her family from an English village to their own private paradise off the coast of Nicaragua. But their dream soon became a nightmare. Alice Levine brings the true story to life, with all its controversy, corruption and danger. 7 episodes, 30m.

The Apple & The Tree: Sam & Lak
Presenter Vogue Williams brings parents and their adult children together to discuss parts of their shared history they’ve always wanted to know more about, but never taken the time to ask. First up is Sam, whose intimate heart-to-heart with his father Lak covers what it was like growing up gay in the Indian community in north London, and why his dad’s acceptance and understanding was so pivotal. 58m.

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