Episodes
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Jon Ronson On... Aiming Low
Jon Ronson talks to Stewart Lee about why we are all so caught up in competitive lives. They discuss how choosing to aim low in a conscious way is the way forward. Producer: Laura Parfitt and Simon Jacobs An Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
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Jon Ronson On... Witch Hunts
Jon Ronson considers the moment when we follow the herd and make accusations. Jon talks to Meredith Maran who at one time believed she was abused by her father. Her beliefs wrecked her family's relationships. Years later she was to question her memory, and ask whether she had been caught up in a...
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Jon Ronson On... The Fine Line Between Good and Bad
Writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson returns for another series of fascinating stories shedding light on the human condition. Recorded on location in Fremont, New Hampshire, Jon meets the sisters who were part of the girl group from the 1960s 'The Shaggs'. Created by their father, the sisters...
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Jon Ronson On... Spying
Writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson returns for another series of fascinating stories shedding light on the human condition. Jon Ronson talks to comedian Josie Long who found herself in a situation where she had to make a choice on whether to spy on someone's life... did morality step in?...
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Jon Ronson On... Voices in the Head
Writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson returns for another 5 part series of fascinating stories shedding light on the human condition. Eleanor Longden started to hear voices in her head when she was at university and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic - a label she totally rejects. Now she is a…
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Jon Ronson On... Ambition
The writer Jon Ronson asks how our driving ambitions shape us. By interviewing several people at different points in their lives, he sees how ambition can make and break people. He talks to an 11-year-old-boy who has plans to be a world-class architect, a young woman who has set her sights on…
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Jon Ronson On... Being Alone
The writer Jon Ronson asks if we are more ourselves or less ourselves when we are alone. He confronts David Quantick, who Jon noticed avoiding him in the street one day. Father Ted writer Graham Linehan reveals the moment he was ignored. Yoshiro Nakamatsu, the world's most prolific inventor…
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Jon Ronson On... Living in a Movie
This week he asks why he can't seem to leave a particular incident in the past behind when he was thrown into a lake by school friends. Jon confronts his bullies at his school reunion as Father Ted writer Graham Linehan remembers his own bully. Comedians Dan Tetsell and Robert Popper also…
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Jon Ronson On... When Small Talk Goes Wrong
Jon Ronson talks to Denis Fillion, who was behind one of the first major internet hoaxes. Denis used to post threads and make small talk on a technical forum called Anandtech. Irritated by the misogyny he found on the site, he invented a female character to join in the chat. Soon he found himself...
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Jon Ronson On... Fear of Flying
Jon Ronson looks at one of our deepest fears. When Vicky Coren realised her fear of flying was stopping her travelling, she sought help from a specialist councillor. He cured her - only to die a year later in an air crash. Mike Thexton tells Jon of his ordeal on board a hijacked plane, waiting…
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Jon Ronson On... Anything for Love
Jon explores the silly things we sometimes do to prove our devotion to loved ones. He visits the perimeter fence at Stonehenge, which he once almost jumped over in an attempt to curry favour with his girlfriend. He talks to comic writer Jane Bussman about the time she decided to drop her…
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Jon Ronson On... How to Stop Time
Jon Ronson wonders how we slow down or even stop time in a world which seems to be constantly accelerating. He talks to the scientist who claims to be developing a method of time travel and eventually hopes to visit the father who died in his childhood. He also talks to a man who holds the world...
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Jon Ronson On... The Right Kind of Mental Illness (States of Mind)
Jon Ronson looks at how we view mental illness in society, the media and politics. He talks to former Labour spin doctor and psychoanalyst Derek Draper about sociopathic behaviour in parliament. He interviews a former Norwegian Prime Minister who resigned publicly, announcing that he was…
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Jon Ronson On... Being Fancy
Jon Ronson talks to Elliot Castro, who spent 5 years as a conman, living a 5-star life before his eventual capture. Castro talks about his early school years when he would try to convince his school friends that he had magic powers. Other contributors include writer Charlie Brooker, who offers…
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Jon Ronson On... Bad News
Jon Ronson looks at how we take bad tidings. He talks to a man who was told that he had terminal cancer and spent the last six months of his life living it up, only to find out that the doctors got it wrong. He also hears the story of William Lobdell, the LA Times religious correspondent who…
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Robbie Williams and Jon Ronson Journey to the Other Side
Robbie Williams is taking time out from being a pop star and wants to get out and have adventures in the world of the paranormal. He has a genuine interest in UFOs and has been researching sightings, abductees and the possibility of extra terrestrial life. During the course of the day, Robbie and...
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Jon Ronson On... Good v Evil at Glastonbury
Jon Ronson concludes his series with the second of two special programmes recorded at Glastonbury, taking a different look at the festival and the many human dramas being played out over four intense days. Jon searches for good and for evil at the festival, looking for acts of kindness, bad deeds...
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Jon Ronson On... Getting Lost at Glastonbury
Jon Ronson continues his series with the first of two special programmes recorded at Glastonbury, taking a different look at the festival and the many human dramas being played out over four intense days. Jon observes how performers, audience and organisers get lost and found at Glastonbury, both...
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Jon Ronson On... Crushed Egos
Jon Ronson continues his sideways look at the world. This edition features an Italian waiter who offered up his action film script to comedy writer Graham Linehan over the pasta, an American real estate entrepreneur who owns unsaleable houses all over America and owes millions, and the architects...
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Jon Ronson On... Uncontrollable Responses
Jon Ronson continues his look at human behaviour by finding the moments where we respond in an uncontrollable way. Comedian Robert Popper couldn't stop his drunken friend from putting their lives at risk while at a wedding in Israel. Another interviewee who survived the 7/7 terrorist attacks…
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Jon Ronson On... Waking up from a Dream
Jon talks to John Downes, director of the Centre of Fortean Zoology who spent his life searching for mythical creatures. When he woke up and realised they didn't exist, he turned his attention to something much more real, a giant eel spotted in Lake Windermere. Jon follows him on his underwater...
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Jon Ronson On... The Internet Date from Hell
The extraordinary story of Mary Turner Thompson, who met and married a man who told her he was a CIA agent. He carried a gun and often had to go away at a moment's notice. Mary was left holding the baby, unable to contact him and never knowing when he would come back. She even feared a targeted...
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Jon Ronson On... Building Bridges
Jon asks why and how we learn to build bridges. He talks to Tom Hart Dyke who was kidnapped by Colombian rebels when out orchid hunting. He spent nine months trying to build bridges with his captors. Jon also hears how writer Jesse Armstrong remembers failing to build bridges while working in...
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Jon Ronson On... Waiting
Jon asks what happens in the space while we wait. He talks to Richard Thomas who has spent his professional career waiting to record events such as his stomach on Christmas Day and eggs frying. He also talks to comedian Janey Godley on why she pretended to be ill in order to avoid waiting in…
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Jon Ronson On... Friendship
Jon asks whether friendship is over if the power balance becomes skewed. Lawrence Howarth recounts how a relationship ended because his girlfriend wouldn't reveal her date of birth for two years, Caitlin Moran discusses a moment when friendship was challenged over the bird flu vaccine, and Jon...
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Jon Ronson On... Lying
This week Jon confronts his compulsive lying disorder with the help of Danny Wallace who tries to get him out of his funk by teaching how to say yes more. Danny Robbins visits a town in the US Midwest where lying has got so bad that the mayor has banned it and James Rawlings recounts how his…
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Jon Ronson On... Irrational Thoughts
Jon asks why his inner conversations spiral into irrationality and discovers he isn't alone. Actress Jessica Stevenson created a whole imaginary world for her boyfriend, while comedian Danny Robbins can't stop himself singing 'hopefully not' after the chorus of American Pie.
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Jon Ronson On... Living in the Past
This week he asks why he can't seem to leave a particular incident in the past behind when he was thrown into a lake by school friends. Jon confronts his bullies at his school reunion as Father Ted writer Graham Linehan remembers his own bully. Comedians Dan Tetsell and Robert Popper also…
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Jon Ronson On... Magical Moments
Journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson hears a collection of extra-ordinary stories illuminating the human condition from people who have decided to provide magical moments to others. Jon talks to Jeremy Dyson who's father changed his life by providing a trip to a Blackpool joke shop and Danny...
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Jon Ronson On... The Comfort of Strangers
Journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson hears a collection of extra-ordinary stories illuminating the human condition from people who have taken comfort in strangers. Jon talks to Abdullah Redpath who found, then lost, the love of his life in a remarkable 12 hour period. And Miranda Sawyer…
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Jon Ronson On... Going West
Journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson hears a collection of extra-ordinary stories illuminating the human condition from people who have all decided to 'go west'. This week he hears from Tom Fremantle who followed in his ancestors' footsteps across America, and writer Chris Ettridge who battled...
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Jon Ronson On... Positive Thinking
Jon Ronson explores ideas surrounding positive thinking with extra-ordinary stories illuminating the human condition. Ian Haworth talks about his experience of making a break from a cult.
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Jon Ronson On... How to Be Invisible
This week he talks to Michael Foot, a World War II Veteran who was fooled by a French resistance spy who could turn his personality off and Frank Ahearn whose job it is to make people vanish. He also meets comedian Jon Holmes, whose parents are 'invisible' to him as he is adopted, and Maggie...
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Jon Ronson On... Amateur Sleuths
Journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson explores the world of amateur sleuthing with a collection of extra-ordinary stories illuminating the human condition. This week he talks to Jeremy Dyson, of the League of Gentlemen, who recalls his search for a missing childhood maze, philosophizes with a man...
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