Ask Bad People: Should I worry about how much I love the podcast?

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen answer listener questions.

• 14 mins

Ask Bad People: Can childhood trauma lead to bad people?

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen answer listener questions.

• 7 mins

Ask Bad People: Are podcasts strange to record?

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen answer listener questions.

• 14 mins

89. Baby Snatcher: Does anyone deserve the death penalty?

Lisa Montgomery horrifically steals a baby. But should she be executed for it?

• 38 mins

90. Trash Puppies: Why are some people cruel to animals?

What kind of person abandons puppies by a dumpster? And, why do we care so much?

• 38 mins

91. Knox: Can translators make innocence look guilty?

Can we defend ourselves in a language we don’t speak?

• 36 mins

92. Drugged Intent: Can intoxication excuse crimes?

Can we be convicted of crimes committed while unknowingly under the influence?

• 31 mins

93. Spirit Photographer: Are deepfakes a new problem?

A man photographs spirits of the dead. What should we do if we can't trust what we see?

• 39 mins

Ask Bad People: Would the same verdict be reached with identical crimes?

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen answer listener questions.

• 11 mins

94. Bad People x The Shamima Begum Story

What compelled a teenager to join ISIS?

• 43 mins

Ask Bad People: Is the term ‘psychopath’ unhelpful?

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen answer listener questions.

• 15 mins

95. Battle for Winson Green: Are prison riots inevitable?

When a prison is fit to burst. How prison riots happen.

• 42 mins

96. Personification of Evil: Who becomes a prison pen pal?

Patricia Cairns tries to help a notorious prisoner escape. But, why?

• 42 mins

Ask Bad People: How do we mould good people?

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen tackle your questions in this bonus edition of Bad People.

• 9 mins

97. Belt Selfie: Why don’t people kill their friends?

A key piece of evidence in a murder case is posted on social media.

• 39 mins

98. Central Park Jogger 1: Do you know your right to silence?

Five teenagers confess to a brutal crime. But none of them did it.

• 37 mins

99. Central Park Jogger 2: How should we interview children?

Five teenagers falsely confess to a brutal crime. The media villainises them.

• 44 mins

Ask Bad People: Should we separate the art from the artist?

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen tackle your questions in this bonus edition of Bad People.

• 8 mins

100. Tough Love: How should we help troubled teens?

A teenager is scorched in the Arizona desert. Did wilderness therapy kill him?

• 37 mins

101. Thalaikoothal: What is extreme elder abuse?

A 64-year-old man dies while in his son’s care. Was it senicide?

• 44 mins

Ask Bad People: Is it bad to call people ‘good’?

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen tackle your questions in this bonus edition of Bad People.

• 13 mins

102. Paedophile Hunters: Do vigilantes help or harm justice?

A man is confronted about his sexual texts to a child. But is the “sting” effective?

• 39 mins

Ask Bad People: Should we enjoy fictional murder stories?

Ask Bad People: Should we enjoy fictional murder stories?

• 5 mins

103. Bad People x People Who Knew Me

Who fakes their own death? Daniella Isaacs talks about her new BBC Sounds audio drama.

• 33 mins

104. Dark Arts 1: How biasing is pre-trial publicity?

Joanna Yeates is found dead and the media decide they know who did it.

• 37 mins

105. Dark Arts 2: Can we prevent campaigns of vilification?

It’s the Bad People finale. What makes crime coverage bad, or good?

• 42 mins

Ask Bad People: Q&A number 500,000!

Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen tackle your questions in this bonus edition of Bad People.

• 9 mins