AntiSocial

We've been looking into the phenomenon of "hobby-maxxing." Adam Fleming spoke to Ciara McCabe, Professor of Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Mental Health at the University of Reading.

Are people trying too hard with their hobbies? Gen Z in particular are being accused of getting too competitive with their pastimes. Having a hobby has, according to various metrics, become a lifestyle trend in 2026. We look at what the term "hobby-maxxing" means. Is it a good or a bad thing? What happens to your brain when you do your hobby, and when did hobbies become a significant part of our lives?
Presenter: Adam Fleming
Producers: Beth Ashmead Latham, John Murphy and Annabel Deas
Studio Manager: Hal Haines
Programme co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Editor: Penny Murphy

Antisocial behaviour and what to do about it has long been a concern of governments and ordinary citizens. Within any country or society most people tend to agree what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behaviour - be it to do with queuing, or playing your music loud in a public space, or using your phone at a cinema. But attitudes differ across different societies. Pontus Strimling of the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm, Sweden, has been comparing social norms across roughly 90 different countries.

The battle against antisocial behaviour. "Share the journey, not the noise" - so says the government as it has launched new measures to prevent noise and antisocial behaviour on public transport. It's the latest in a long line of policies by governments of all hues against nuisance behaviours.
Is antisocial behaviour getting worse? Or are we becoming less tolerant? And do government policies to tackle it actually work?
Adam Fleming explores all this.
Presenter: Adam Fleming
Producers: John Murphy, Annabel Deas and Ellie House
Studio Manager: Jack Wilfan
Editor: Penny Murphy

We're drowning in data but what will be saved and what will be lost? And how will future researchers and historians remember us? Adam Fleming speaks to Professor Katrin Weller who leads one of Europe's biggest research data archives at the Leibnitz Institute for social sciences in Germany.