208 Episodes

  1. Scientists can't agree on how fast the universe is expanding – why this matters so much for our understanding of the cosmos

    Published: 13/06/2024
  2. Creative flow: what's going on inside our brains when everything just clicks

    Published: 06/06/2024
  3. Breakthroughs and failures on the road to a universal snake bite antivenom

    Published: 30/05/2024
  4. Moments of hope: how Indians keep pushing back against the hollowing out of democracy

    Published: 23/05/2024
  5. Assisted dying: Canada grapples with plans to introduce euthanasia for mental illness

    Published: 16/05/2024
  6. How to spend the billions needed for climate adaptation – and make sure frontline communities have a say

    Published: 09/05/2024
  7. Data poisoning: how artists are trying to sabotage generative AI

    Published: 02/05/2024
  8. What happened to Nelson Mandela's South Africa part 3: Dream deferred

    Published: 25/04/2024
  9. What happened to Nelson Mandela's South Africa part 2: Tasting the fruits of freedom

    Published: 18/04/2024
  10. What happened to Nelson Mandela's South Africa part 1: Liberation, transition and reconciliation

    Published: 11/04/2024
  11. Trailer: What happened to Nelson Mandela's South Africa?

    Published: 10/04/2024
  12. The Anthropocene epoch that isn't

    Published: 04/04/2024
  13. Don't Call Me Resilient: starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza

    Published: 01/04/2024
  14. Invisible lines: how unseen boundaries shape the world around us

    Published: 28/03/2024
  15. Climate quitting: the people leaving their fossil fuel jobs because of climate change

    Published: 21/03/2024
  16. How conspiracy theories help to maintain Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in Russia

    Published: 14/03/2024
  17. How North Korea is turning into a matriarchy

    Published: 07/03/2024
  18. Intellectual humility: the rewards of being willing to change your mind

    Published: 29/02/2024
  19. Israel-Gaza: how opinion polls used in Northern Ireland could pave a way to peace

    Published: 22/02/2024
  20. As we dream, we can listen in on the waking world

    Published: 15/02/2024

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