Podcast Episodes

The Reality of Being Santa

Season 1 Episode 10

Could Santa Claus still existed IF we stripped away the magic? If the ability to bend space time was gone? What conditions would Santa need to deliver a present to the population of Earth in a single…

Published on 12 hours ago

The Device That Maps The Heavens

Season 1 Episode 9

Tucked away in old engineering kits and museum drawers is a device whose sweeping motion once captivated mathematicians and designers alike. 

The ellipsograph: a mechanical tool built from sliding …

Published on 5 days, 12 hours ago

Are You REALLY Made Of Stars?

Season 1 Episode 8

What happens when the universe throws a random curveball at one of the most precise communities on Earth? Cosmic rays high energy particles from deep space are invisible, unpredictable, and capable o…

Published on 1 week ago

The Magic Math Trick That Fools Everyone

Season 1 Episode 7

What makes a simple brain-teaser about two identical swords one of the most deceptively tricky logic puzzles of the last century? And why has this seemingly innocent riddle fascinated mathematicians,…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Is Music Getting Worse?

Season 1 Episode 6

Has music really been getting worse… or is it just shifting in ways we don’t always notice? And why does the soundtrack to your teenage years feel like the single greatest playlist ever made?

Hannah…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The Letter That Changed Mathematics

Season 1 Episode 5

How did pages of mysterious “gibberish” sent from Madras find their way to one of Cambridge University’s most respected mathematicians? Were the strange formulas the work of a deluded mind - or break…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

This One's a Tear Jerker

Season 1 Episode 4

Are humans the only creatures that shed emotional tears? If we are, what purpose do these tears really serve? If crying is so natural, why do we so often try to hide it?

A single sob sends Hannah and…

Published on 3 weeks ago

What We Said To Aliens

Season 1 Episode 3

What happens when humanity dares to shout a cosmic “hello”? Could it help alien civilisations decode human mathematics, our DNA, the blueprints of who we are? And why did we blast the 3-trillion-watt…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

We're All Being Pulled Together

Season 1 Episode 2

What is gravity, really? Why do objects pull towards each other at all? And if Einstein 'fixed' Newton’s theory, why does gravity remain one of science’s biggest unsolved mysteries?

A clumsy trip in…

Published on 4 weeks ago

How To Drink Lava

Season 1 Episode 1

Is lava water, and could we have a delicious hot cup of it? Is ice really a rock, and not water? And, the age old question, is water wet?

From the minerals that shape the taste of our favourite drink…

Published on 4 weeks ago