Restaurateur Keith McNally is a 71-year-old Londoner, the son of a longshoreman and office cleaner, who moved to New York in 1976. Forty-five years later, he is one of the most celebrated restaurateurs in the city. In 2004, The New York Times dubbed him “the restaurateur who invented Downtown.” In this episode of In the Studio, we get a glimpse into the mind of this unique creative talent, who used his early career in film and theatre to dominate an altogether different stage. The flagship of his New York restaurants is Balthazar, which is packed day and night and has been in operation for more than 25 years. But who is Keith McNally, and how has he created such an iconic success in such a cutthroat business?

William Miller embarks on a journey to uncover the story of his father’s life as told through his extensive archive, and pieces together the documentary Jonathan was going to make with his producer, Richard Denton, that would have explored memory – what it is, where it is and how our memories define us. He talks to family and friends who share their own memories of Jonathan, including his Beyond the Fringe co-star Alan Bennett. And he seeks to learn more about Alzheimer’s, the disease that killed his grandmother and father and still haunts his family today.

It's a common misconception that dementia is a condition that only affects memory. Alzheimer's is only one form of dementia: there are many more. Because the symptoms of rare dementias can be so atypical and often in younger people, those with rare dementias wait twice as long for a diagnosis and a third are initially misdiagnosed. In this five-part series, neurologist Jules Montague and William Miller go into the homes of people with rare dementias, to discover that dementia is not what we think it is.

Now in its second year on Radio 4 and BBC Sound, this chart topping podcast with Simon Lewis (ex-director of comms to both the late Queen and Gordon Brown) and David Yelland (ex-editor of The Sun) lifts the lid on the untold stories behind the week’s biggest PR disasters and, for the first time, reveals the inner workings from the world of crisis management, spin and the role the press plays in stoking the fires of disaster. In each episode our two hosts behind the scenes of the topical stories and probe where the public previously only had a one-dimensional view of what was going on. Together they build a three-dimensional picture of just how things unfolded for all three parties – the attackers, the attacked, and their defenders.

The After Hours Skin Clinic is Raconteur’s first self published and funded podcast. Hosted by consultant dermatologist Dr Emma Craythorne, it’s a laid-back, information-packed podcast that dives into everything you should know about your skin and how to look after it. 

The podcast blends fun, science-backed conversations with practical, no-nonsense advice. Emma shares skincare secrets, hosts celebrity guests and so much more.

From the skin microbiome to vitamin C, treating acne to getting that glow, Emma cuts through misinformation to give listeners advice they can trust.

Distracted, privatised, enchanted - do you ever think about how you listen?

In Raconteur’s first project for BBC Radio 4’s Illuminated strand, we joined forces with sound anthropologist Dr Tom Rice, who’s been collecting different ways of listening for the past 20 years. In fact more than 100 of them.

There’s an awareness that our culture and economic circumstances influence our perception, concern about growing pressures on our attention, and anxiety about our relationship to the environment. With the pace at which technology is developing, can we even be sure of what it is we’re listening to?

With the success of When It Hits The Fan the team got together with BBC News to produce a ”Mash Up” with both the Today Podcast and When It Hits the Fan.

An election ppecial Mash up with the teams from When It Hits the Fan, Today Podcast and Newscast