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The mortician, the "werewolf" and the keeper of brains

Alexandra Morton-Hayward unlocks the secrets of the human brain but her own betrays her

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The mortician, the "werewolf" and the keeper of brains

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Mobeen Azhar

Mobeen is a BAFTA, Grierson and RTS award-winning journalist. He has produced and presented content across BBC television, radio and online for almost 20 years. His specialist areas of insight also include sex work, addiction and Pakistan. He loves horror movies, Pomeranians and has encyclopaedic knowledge of the music of Prince.
India Rakusen
India is an award-winning audio and TV presenter. Her work focuses on exploring our fast-changing world, and she loves spending time with people and getting under the skin of what makes us all tick. She’s worked on multiple big narrative podcast series, and outside of work she's found striding into the hills in the rain, or dancing in the kitchen.
Jo Fidgen

Jo has been presenting BBC radio programmes for more than 20 years, and has lived in and reported from Zambia and Sweden. She was cheekily dubbed the BBC’s ‘sex correspondent’ after a slew of documentaries on sexual mores. These days, living in a small rural village and with two allotments to tend, she spends more time on country matters.
Asya Fouks

Asya is an audio producer, presenter and reporter. A Russian who grew up in the depths of LA's San Fernando Valley, she’s drawn to stories of the weird and wonderful - from crypto evangelists in Miami to a funeral director in the Midlands. When she's not making audio, she can be found in a Muay Thai gym punching her friends for fun.
Andrea Kennedy

Andrea grew up in Brazil, where she kept a rescued owl as a pet. In the late 90s she went to work as a reporter in Afghanistan, then for the BBC’s Latin American service. Her career has taken her to Iraq, the Falklands, and Nigeria. She’s won a few audio awards, and enjoys making pots in her spare time. The pots haven’t won any awards yet.
Emily Webb
Emily’s first job at the BBC was as an actor in a radio drama, but a stint as a local radio reporter gave her the bug for listening to other people’s stories. Subsequent highlights include chasing deer around with a microphone in Japan and hanging out with diamond detectives in Antwerp.