Sideways
BBC Radio 4
Best-selling author Matthew Syed explores the ideas that shape our lives with stories of seeing the world differently.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Sideways podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Neil Postman
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
How to Trust and Be Trusted
Rachel Botsman
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Problem of Pain
C.S. Lewis
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
2001
A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Corporation in the 21st Century
John Kay
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Stand out of our Light
James Williams
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Stand Out of Our Light, Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy
James Williams
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The expanding circle
Ethics and Sociobiology
Peter Singer
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Extraordinary Awakenings
Steve Taylor
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Theory of Everyone
The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
Michael Muthukrishna
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Why we love
The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
Helen Fisher
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Attention Span
Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life
Gloria Mark
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Fat Loss Prescription
Spencer Nadolsky
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Artificial, a love story
Amy Kurzweil
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
Simon Critchley
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Unlocked
The Real Science of Screen Time (and how to spend it better)
Pete Etchells
