BBC Radio 4 LW

A fresh perspective on the debate about Americas future during the 2020 US election.

The latest news updates from around the world.

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

The latest international news headlines from the BBC.

Kim Chakanetsa presents a conversation between two women from different cultures about their paths to success.

The latest news updates from around the world.

Why do you do the things you do? Deeply Human offers a deep dive into the psychology, biology, and anthropological explanations of our common traits in ways which will make you think again about the way you think. The host is American singer and writer, Dessa Darling. These programmes are anchored in her experience discovering the details of her own thoughts and actions. The propositions are simple - the answers are not, but the process is intimate and absorbing and adventurous.

The latest international news headlines from the BBC.

The Cultural Frontline - where arts and news collide.

The latest news updates from around the world.

Stories on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.

The latest shipping forecast.

Featuring the latest news updates.

Daily prayer and reflection.

News and issues in rural Britain.

The latest weather forecast.

Series of short stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Early morning news and current affairs.

Four hundred years ago Robert Burton produced his labyrinthine masterpiece, "The Anatomy of Melancholy", a work which was celebrated in the Renaissance for its understanding of the huge variety of causes, symptoms and cures of mental distress. Academic Mary Ann Lund looks back to this precursor of the self-help book. She tells Amol Rajan that we have much to learn from those who struggled with melancholy in the past.

A space for Christian reflection with a bible reading, prayer and music.

Celebrating, informing and entertaining women with news, views and interviews of topical interest.

Gudrun has discovered her son, Jesson, and friend, Truda, are in danger and she sets out to rescue them.

Joshua Styles finds the rest of us see weeds and moss. But its not only a beauty, he can see an environmental worth in them,that is being dangerously ignored. Josh has loved weeds, mosses and other plants since he was a boy, turning his Mums back garden into a haven for the type of growth the rest of us spend hours and lots of money trying to get rid of. His enthusiasm is infectious, Josh is desperate for us us all to appreciate the unloved bits of our natural world, not just because he does.

Tim Harford reports on the global race to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.

The latest national and international news.