Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | A Reflection On Worrying: Worry And Communication | 20160620 | We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. As a novelist, Emma Jane Unsworth is no stranger to hearing the nagging voices of characters in her head. But there's another needling voice that keeps her awake at night and that is the voice of her social media fears. In her essay she delves into the perils of modern communication and its scope for fuelling persistent and repeated personal anxiety. Emma Jane Unsworth explores modern communication and its scope to fuel personal anxiety. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |
| 02 | A Reflection On Worrying: The Rituals Of Worry | 20160621 | We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. Professor Francis O'Gorman examines the rituals and ceremonies that often accompany worry. He explores how these rituals are a signal of an ancient human need to care for those people that are precious to us. Professor Francis O'Gorman examines rituals and ceremonies that often accompany worry. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |
| 03 | A Reflection On Worrying: Parental Worries | 20160622 | We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. As both a parent and historian, Professor Emma Griffin explores how parental worries have changed throughout the centuries and asks whether worry has always been a part of raising children. Historian Emma Griffin explores how parental worries have changed throughout the centuries Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |
| 04 | A Reflection On Worrying: Worry And Music | 20160623 | We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. As a young, impressionable musician, classical guitarist Tom McKinney witnessed first-hand the debilitating worry that can come with performing music. In this essay Tom explores how his own worry runs much deeper than that of stage fright and leads him to question the validity of being a musician. Musician Tom McKinney on how his own worry runs much deeper than that of stage fright. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |
| 05 | A Reflection On Worrying: The Comedy Of Worry | 20160624 | We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. Comedian Steve Punt muses on how worry has always been a bedfellow of comedy, how our worries can be a source of shared observational humour and how a lack of perspective between the trivial and serious can lead to hilarious consequences. Comedian Steve Punt explores how worry has always been a bedfellow of comedy. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |