The week in podcasts: Mortem; Over the Road; The Space Programme
by Miranda Sawyer from Science | The Guardian on (#4ZR69)
Exploring unusual subjects, from autopsies to the minutiae of long-haul trucking
Mortem | BBC Sounds
Over the Road | radiotopia.fm
The Space Programme | funkidslive.com
An intriguing new series on BBC Sounds, made by the always reliable Whistledown Productions, has a mortician, Carla Valentine, talk us through her job. But this show isn't just about cutting and shutting. Valentine also introduces us to other non-police experts performing seemingly small procedures when confronted with a suspicious death. For instance: a man is found burned to death in a wood. Was it suicide or murder? What can the body reveal? What about the surrounding woodland, the earth? Any discarded clothing? How can teeny pieces of evidence be gathered and analysed to form a coherent case and discover what actually went on?
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