Babbage from The Economist

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446 Episodes

  1. Babbage: The scandal of scientific fraud

    Published: 01/03/2023
  2. Babbage: The fight to link contact sports to long-term brain injuries

    Published: 22/02/2023
  3. Babbage: Will bird flu cause the next human pandemic?

    Published: 15/02/2023
  4. Babbage: An interview with a humanoid robot

    Published: 08/02/2023
  5. Babbage: Alternatives to alcohol

    Published: 01/02/2023
  6. Babbage: The private Moon race

    Published: 25/01/2023
  7. Babbage: How to detect a deepfake

    Published: 18/01/2023
  8. Babbage: How Elon Musk’s satellites could change warfare forever

    Published: 11/01/2023
  9. Babbage: BioNTech's founder on the future of mRNA technology

    Published: 04/01/2023
  10. Babbage: The tech behind ChatGPT—an episode from our archive

    Published: 27/12/2022
  11. Babbage: Untangling quantum mechanics with Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger

    Published: 20/12/2022
  12. Babbage: What causes long covid?

    Published: 13/12/2022
  13. Babbage: The surprising ineffectiveness of Russia’s cyber-war

    Published: 06/12/2022
  14. Babbage: How to cure type-1 diabetes

    Published: 29/11/2022
  15. Babbage at COP27: Part four—“Africa’s COP” concludes

    Published: 22/11/2022
  16. Babbage at COP27: Part three—the energy crisis

    Published: 15/11/2022
  17. Babbage at COP27: Part two—adapting to a changing climate

    Published: 08/11/2022
  18. Babbage at COP27: Part one—the new climate realism

    Published: 01/11/2022
  19. Babbage: How to use the pandemic to tackle TB

    Published: 25/10/2022
  20. Babbage: What are tactical nuclear weapons?

    Published: 18/10/2022

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Babbage is our weekly podcast on science and technology, named after Charles Babbage—a 19th-century polymath and grandfather of computing. Host Alok Jha talks to our correspondents about the innovations, discoveries and gadgetry shaping the world. Published every Wednesday.If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription.For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts

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