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Sideways Episodes

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    The Social Contagion

    Matthew Syed examines the strange spread of illness in a school in Yorkshire.

  2. To Absent Friends

    Matthew Syed explores why we make friends and the lifelong influence they have over us.

  3. The Woman in the Portrait

    How can understanding our ancestors make us feel whole?

  4. Fooling the Opposition

    Matthew delves into deception in sport and how it gives us the upperhand.

  6. Sweet Harmony

    Matthew Syed asks whether thinking musically could bring us more harmony in our lives.

  7. Oostvaardersplassen: A Wild Idea

    Matthew Syed explores ideas that shape our lives, making us see the world differently.

  8. Inspiring Bill Strickland

    Matthew Syed explores how inspiring teachers can change the world, one student at a time.

  9. The Woman Who Brought Down the Mob

    Matthew Syed tells the story of a pioneering lawyer who took on a notorious mobster.

  10. An Appointment with Dr Leech

    Matthew Syed explores how knowledge is lost and found.

  11. The Secret of Success

    Matthew Syed reveals the real secrets to success.

  12. Tongue-Tied

    Matthew Syed explores why words fail us and how we can find them again.

  13. The Endurance of Arlene Blum

    Matthew Syed reveals how to get to the top of the mountains in our lives.

  14. Big Head

    Matthew Syed ponders how he can stop himself from becoming self-entitled.

  15. Best Feet Forward

    Matthew Syed reveals how teams can become greater than their individual parts.

  16. Let's All Be Batman

    Matthew Syed asks whether adopting an alter ego can unleash the best versions of ourself.

  17. A Question of Justice

    Matthew Syed asks, how do you repair the greatest of harms?

  18. Brighter Than Bagpuss

    Insights into the developing mind, from the pioneers who revolutionised kids’ TV.

  19. Too Big to Succeed

    Matthew Syed asks why major projects often fail spectacularly - spectacularly predictably.

  20. Under the Influence

    Matthew Syed examines the appeal of the myth of subliminal influence.

  21. Originality Armageddon

    Matthew Syed asks if we are all doomed to be deeply unoriginal.

  22. Mental Athletics

    Matthew Syed asks whether anyone can become a mental athlete.

  23. Top of the Pops

    Matthew Syed asks what a Swedish pop music maestro can teach us about collaboration.

  24. A Recipe for Happiness

    Matthew Syed asks whether the secret to happiness lies in abandoning social hierarchy.

  25. The Most Selfish People on Earth

    Matthew Syed examines the work of the controversial anthropologist Colin Turnbull.

  26. Looping the Loop

    What can the world's greatest fighter pilot tell us about decision making?

  27. The West and the Rest

    Matthew Syed asks whether an ancient shift in our sexual behaviour transformed the west.

  28. 1 in 73 Million

    Matthew Syed explores a tragic court battle which rests upon one crucial statistic.

  29. Siding with the Enemy

    Matthew Syed re-examines the origins of the Stockholm Syndrome.

  30. Sideways: Series eleven - coming soon…

    Sideways returns with seven new stories of seeing the world differently.

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