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Foraged beer
1:40 PM.Scandinavian and Nordic cuisine has become the next big thing over the past few years. Now Danish brewers are applying similar principles to their beer. Helen Russell lives and works in Denmark. Audio
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Earth Microbiome Project
1:25 PM.The Earth Microbiome Project is a bold initiative to catalogue all of the microbes that live with us here on earth. Professor Janet Jansson is working on the project. Audio
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Tech news
1:15 PM.Charles Arthur's the tech editor of The Guardian. It broke the story about the US National Surveillance Agency's secret Prism surveillance program. We ask him how the story's moved in the past week. Audio
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Forkless life
12:55 PM.Darius Kazemi has vowed to live a fork-free existence for 30 days. Audio
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Birds: Sparrow
12:40 PM.Hugh Robertson speaks to us about the bird that can fit in the palm of your hand, carries salmonella, and likes to eat in cafes: the sparrow! Audio
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World's biggest pollination event
12:15 PM.Dr Adam Hart has been looking at the world's biggest pollination event that goes on amid the California almond groves. Audio
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Jaron Lanier
1:40 PM.'Who Owns the Future' is Jaron Lanier's new book about the future of the internet. Audio
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Tech news: Verizon and patent trolls
1:25 PM.Charles Arthur beams in with the latest news from the tech world. This week, how the US government has been spying on millions of cellphone users, and President Obama declares war on the patent… Read more Audio
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Kabul, Texas
1:15 PM.Nicola Twilley from the Edible Geography blog has just got back from Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert in California. Audio
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Pet Cremation
12:40 PM.Gavin Shepherd owner of Pet Farewells runs a pet cremation service. Audio
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Dog longevity
12:30 PM.When dogs come in so many shapes, sizes and colours, why do we have this common idea about dog longevity; that every dog year is equal to 7 human years? Professor Daniel Promislow at the University of… Read more Audio
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The Genius of Dogs
12:15 PM.How dogs have become such a huge part of our lives. We're speaking to dog cognition expert Brian Hare about his new book 'The Genius of Dogs'. Audio
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Coconuts
1:40 PM.Millions of people across the South Pacific and the rest of the world have relied on the coconut as a major source of nutrition for thousands of years. But there are fears the genetic diversity of the… Read more Audio
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Naked Science: itching, cockroaches and avatars
1:30 PM.Dr Chris Smith beams in with the latest science news. This week, the discovery of the 'itching pathway', how cockroaches have evolved to avoid traps, and using avatars to treat schizophrenia. Audio
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Marketing marijuana
1:15 PM.Jenny Kleeman is a journalist, writer and documentary maker who's just been in Colorado looking at the state's sophisticated marijuana industry. Audio
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Back pain
12:45 PM.A discovery that could revolutionise the treatment of chronic back pain, helping millions of sufferers worldwide. Dr Hanne Albert from the University of Southern Denmark says treatment with… Read more Audio
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Cooked
12:15 PM.The journalist and food campaigner Michael Pollan's latest book 'Cooked' celebrates the joys and rewards of cooking. Audio
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Gnome ban
1:50 PM.We're speaking to gardening historian Twigs Way about the lifting of the gnome ban at the Chelsea Flower Show. Audio
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Bollywood dreams
1:30 PM.Can a slightly overweight, balding, white guy break into Bollywood?! Simon Morton tries to make his dream of becoming a star of these all-singing, all-dancing movies, a reality. Audio
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Indian film industry
1:15 PM.The Indian film industry produces 1000 films and sells 3 billion cinema tickets every year and it's celebrating its centenary. Anu Anand lives in Delhi and is a big cinema fan. Audio
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Fasting Diets
12:30 PM.Fasting diets seem to be all the rage nowadays, but what are they and do they actually work? Dr Michael Mosley's co-author of 'The Fast Diet'. Read more Audio
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Cicada swarmaggedon
12:15 PM.Up to 1 trillion cicadas are emerging from a 17-year stay underground to overrun parts of the eastern USA. Professor Mike Raupp is an entomologist from the University of Maryland who loves cicadas. Audio
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Japanese mascots
1:50 PM.Justin McCurry on the important role that mascots play in Japanese life. Life-size characters in dress-up suits are powerful ways to educate Japanese consumers, from encouraging you to pay your taxes… Read more Audio
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Brain roadmap
1:30 PM.Professor David Edwards is the director of the Centre For The Developing Brian at King's College, London. He's leading an ambitious project to map the development of the human brain in the months just… Read more Audio
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Tech news
1:15 PM.Tech news with Peter Griffin. This week, Google launches its own music streaming service. Also one woman's fight to get intimate photos of her taken offline. Audio