SidewaysEpisodes Episode guide
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Good Vibes Only
When tragedy strikes, why do we so often respond with positivity?
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Brainless
Meet the highly intelligent, bright yellow blob that doesn’t have a brain.
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Stick to the Script
Throwing away the script to unlock the brain’s creative potential.
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Small Giants
Shrinking down the things that matter most, to something we can hold in our hand.
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The Talent Trap
A conductor walks away from a life built on decades of honing her talent.
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The Hands of Forgiveness
An act of forgiveness sets off a chain of events that alters the life of one woman.
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Absurdity on Toast
A young man is arrested in his home, and his ordinary life turns absurd.
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Dangerous Ideas
Matthew Syed considers whether some ideas are simply too dangerous to explore.
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Scream Queen
A metal singer reveals how letting out her scream transformed her life.
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The Story My Sister Told Me
How one childhood story helped change the course of many lives.
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Broody Men
Matthew Syed challenges assumptions about male desire to have a baby.
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The Scientist and the Miracle
Matthew Syed considers whether miracles can be compatible with scientific thinking.
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Hide and Seek
What’s the real appeal of secret societies? Mystery, belonging or something else entirely?
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Crazy Cat Lady
Why does a childless woman with cats cause such cultural panic? Matthew Syed investigates.
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When Time Slows Down
Matthew Syed asks if slow-motion experiences suggest the way we think of time is illusory.
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Me, Myself and Mine
What does it mean to own your body - and is that even the right question to ask?
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Inventing a Language
Matthew Syed explores our extraordinary capacity to invent new systems of communication.
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Reliving History
Matthew Syed explores the power and potential of re-enacting the past.
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Limitless Love
Matthew Syed explores the human capacity for limitless love.
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Tempting Fate
Matthew Syed questions the consequences of tempting fate.
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Digital Ghosts
Matthew Syed explores the ethical boundaries around using AI to create digital ghosts.
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Memento Mori
Matthew Syed confronts the passage of time and the inexorability of decay.
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Bliss in Suffering
Matthew Syed ponders the possibility of experiencing bliss in the midst of suffering.
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Reality Shifting
Matthew Syed explores the nature of reality and the possibility of its hidden layers.
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One is a Whole
Matthew Syed explores whether you can find joy and fulfillment in the single life.
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Divergent Histories
Two people, with a shared painful history, learn to understand themselves in a new light.
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The Masks We Wear
Matthew Syed explores the revealing power of masks.
