Listen and learn: the five best podcasts for the curious-minded

Would you like to know why we scream, what’s wrong with the body mass index or why people laugh at Kenny G? There’s a podcast for that

And now for a song about the clitoris! The joy of sex education

With gags, tunes and dance, The Family Sex Show is here to celebrate sexual pleasure, equality and independence. What is there to be embarrassed about, asks theatre-maker Josie Dale-Jones

Ten years of my art was lost in a fire I accidentally started – but I made better work from the ashes

A devastating fire in my studio forced me to approach painting and life in a new way

Delia Smith: ‘The world is in chaos… but together we have such power’

At 80, Britain’s queen of cookery has written a surprising new book about spirituality that was turned down by six publishers. She talks about meditation, MasterChef and her beloved Norwich FC

Mary-Frances O’Connor: ‘People struggle to understand grief, but it is a byproduct of love’

The US psychology professor talks about her new book on the experience of losing a loved one and the lessons we can learn

10 enchanted gardens: beautiful and quirky spaces

Our pick of truly unique gardens inspired by everything from black holes and poison to kidnap and cats

The big idea: is it time to stop talking about ‘nature versus nurture’?

The latest science shows that genes and environment are ​too deeply entwined to pit them against one another

What Do Men Want? by Nina Power; A History of Masculinity by Ivan Jablonka – reviews

From cavemen to incels, two academics offer different routes in analysing how we arrived at our current crisis in masculinity

Patrick Radden Keefe on exposing the Sackler family’s links to the opioid crisis

The journalist tracked the billionaire arts philanthropists’ role in the OxyContin scandal in his gripping bestseller. He talks about why the bad guys are still getting away with it

The Man Who Tasted Words by Guy Leschziner review – making sense

What flavour is Tottenham Court Road? A riveting study of sensory function and malfunction