I'm Rory Stewart and I grew up wanting to be a hero and I'm still fascinated by the ideas of heroism.

In my new series, I'm taking in the long sweep of history from Achilles to Zelensky and asking, what is a hero?

Simply doing your job, being a decent human being.

A true hero is someone who just kind of shines by

their own light and that light is to be recognised by others. The long history of heroism

with me, Rory Stewart. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.

Hello, it's Greg here, just popping up in your podcast feed to let you know that slice bread is back next week.

Yes, this will be series, I think, six.

And I'm going to have weekly investigations for you all the way up to Christmas.

That's a bit early, isn't it, to use the C word.

Whoops, sorry.

During the summer break, we've been going through your suggested wonder products.

And coming up soon will be episodes on motion sickness tablets, induction hobbs, weighted blankets,

and we're starting with one of the hot topics at the moment.

Quite literally, it turns out, vapes.

That lithium cell, if it gets damaged, it can quickly set fire and when they go, they go big.

That comes out next Thursday afternoon, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

Two quick requests for me before I go. The first, and I've not asked this before,

so forgive me for doing so, if you enjoy sliced bread, if you like what we do here separating science fact from marketing

fiction, I would super appreciate it if you could go and rate and review the show wherever you

get your podcasts.

And second, I'm sure you know this, all the products we investigate have been suggested by

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