Show Notes
Are people trying too hard with their hobbies? Gen Z in particular are being accused of getting too competitive with their pastimes. Having a hobby has, according to various metrics, become a lifestyle trend in 2026. We look at what the term "hobby-maxxing" means. Is it a good or a bad thing? What happens to your brain when you do your hobby, and when did hobbies become a significant part of our lives? Presenter: Adam Fleming Producers: Beth Ashmead Latham, John Murphy and Annabel Deas Studio Manager: Hal Haines Programme co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Editor: Penny Murphy
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Antisocial behaviour and what to do about it has long been a concern of governments and ordinary citizens. Within any country or society most people tend to agree what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behaviour - be it to do with queuing, or playing your music loud in a public space, or using your phone at a cinema. But attitudes differ across different societies. Pontus Strimling of the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm, Sweden, has been comparing social norms across roughly 90 different countries.
The battle against antisocial behaviour. "Share the journey, not the noise" - so says the government as it has launched new measures to prevent noise and antisocial behaviour on public transport. It's the latest in a long line of policies by governments of all hues against nuisance behaviours. Is antisocial behaviour getting worse? Or are we becoming less tolerant? And do government policies to tackle it actually work? Adam Fleming explores all this. Presenter: Adam Fleming Producers: John Murphy, Annabel Deas and Ellie House Studio Manager: Jack Wilfan Editor: Penny Murphy
We're drowning in data but what will be saved and what will be lost? And how will future researchers and historians remember us? Adam Fleming speaks to Professor Katrin Weller who leads one of Europe's biggest research data archives at the Leibnitz Institute for social sciences in Germany.
Are there enough women writing history and being written about? The broadcaster Sandi Toksvig has announced she is launching an alternative to Wikipedia after claiming the site is "deeply biased". Along with the University of Cambridge, she hopes that her Mappa Mundi project will be an “interactive digital atlas where we can find a home for the vast amount of knowledge that is currently sidelined or deleted”. Adam Fleming explores who writes history and how the present will be remembered in the future. Presenter: Adam Fleming Producers: John Murphy, Lucy Sheppard, Annabel Deas. Studio Manager: Andrew Mills Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Editor: Penny Murphy
Do we have a duty to intervene if we think a crime is being committed? Adam Fleming spoke to Nick Brett, a partner at the law firm Brett Wilson, about what the legal position is when it comes to intervening in or reporting a crime.