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The week in audio: The Telepathy Tapes; Self Help; Thinking Allowed: Playgrounds – review
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 25 January - 17:00
A chart-topping podcast about psychic communication makes for a troubling listen. Elsewhere, more excellent mental health musings from Scottee, and in praise of the adventure playground
The Telepathy Tapes
Ky Dickens
Self Help
Scottee
Thinking Allowed: Playgrounds
Radio 4/BBC Sounds
When I was little, my favourite book was Mysteries of the Unknown , and one of the strangenesses it featured was spontaneous combustion. In it, there was a picture of a pair of shoes in front of a blackened armchair; in my mind’s eye the shoes are still smoking. Whatever happened to spontaneous combustion? It seems to be less of a concern these days, as smoking has dropped out of fashion and sitting-room suites become less flammable.
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