Podcast Episodes

How to combat the planet’s growing issue of food waste

Season 1 Episode 399

According to the United Nations, around one-third of all the food currently produced across the planet is being lost or wasted, oftentimes before it even reaches our plates. As well as the loss of es…

Published on 7 hours ago

The hidden forces driving the AI bubble

Season 1 Episode 398

This episode was recorded on November 6th 2025.

Artificial intelligence has been the movement of the moment in recent years. Since it burst to prominence in 2022, hundreds of millions of people have …

Published on 3 days, 7 hours ago

Earth is heading for a food emergency. Can we stop it?

Season 1 Episode 397

Recent UN data tells us that currently 670 million people around the world are going hungry. There’s little doubt that food security is one of the most serious problems that the human race is facing.…

Published on 1 week ago

How whales may be using their haunting songs as a navigation system

Season 1 Episode 396

Along with their vast size and habit of jumping playfully out of the water, whales are renowned for their haunting melodic vocalisations. However, after decades of research, scientists still aren’t s…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

How personalised nutrition is transforming our understanding of diet and health

Season 1 Episode 395

Over the past several decades nutritional advice from doctors and expert researchers has largely relied on one-size-fits-all approach – eat five portions of fruit and veg a day, limit your intake of …

Published on 2 weeks ago

What we all need to know about menopause

Season 1 Episode 394

Throughout our lives we all go through several significant periods of change – puberty, young adulthood, middle age, retirement. Each comes with its own quirks and challenges, but perhaps one of the …

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on what AI and Elon Musk mean for the site's future

Season 1 Episode 393

Wikipedia. It needs almost no introduction. Few websites are more well-known, more commonly used and more foundational to the web as we know it than the online encyclopedia. This week, we’re joined b…

Published on 3 weeks ago

How psychedelics could kickstart the next mental health revolution

Season 1 Episode 392

Hippies, the Beatles, flower power, magic mushrooms, raves and festivals – that’s what most of us associate with psychedelics. But there is mounting evidence that these drugs could also be used medic…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Don't miss the upcoming Future of Food miniseries!

What will we all be eating in 2050? How will it be produced? And how can our diets keep us healthier for longer? If these are questions you'd like answered, why not check out the upcoming Future of F…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

How our bodies are host to mysterious cells that came from other people

Season 1 Episode 391

The commonly held story goes that we all begin life as a single cell in our mother’s womb and go on from there to develop into fully formed adult human beings composed of cells of our own creation. H…

Published on 4 weeks ago