GrownUpLand

16. Fear

<p>How does fear shape our everyday lives? When does a worry become a fear? Are the Scream films worth the hype? Join Mae, Bisha, Ned and Steve as they wrap their lovely heads around all this. This week, Mae spooks everyone with the sound of cicadas, Bisha looks at fear as an emotional algorithm and Ned's been worrying about his life choices (as usual). Columnist and campaigner Scarlett Curtis joins the gang in the studio and Steve Ali puts everything into perspective.</p>

<p>"Now I’m a grown up… do I have to get married? Do I have to scrimp and save?? Do I have to host a dinner party??? GrownUpLand poses the most frustrating questions. Luckily, Sophie Duker, Heidi Regan and Ned Sedgwick are here to guide you through the bewildering pursuit of adulthood.
 
Through stupid challenges, useful facts and personal stories of rich victory and miserable failure, your guides will ensure you don’t feel alone in your hopeless endeavour to be a legit grown up. Plus, every week a special guest candidly shares their experiences, from failed dates and drunken mistakes to moments of clarity and pet hates. And the very handsome Steve Ali, a refugee from Syria now a writer and silversmith in the UK, helps to put a listener’s dilemma into perspective.
 
Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4.
 
Produced by Al Riddell."</p>