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The Tree of Life: The Four Billion Year Journey to Us with Max Telford
What can the Tree of Life tell us about where we came from and how life became so diverse?
Professor Max Telford, author of the book 'The Tree of Life…
2 months, 1 week ago
How to Become an Everyday Genius: Nelson Dellis
We tend to think of genius as something you’re born with. A rare quality possessed by people with extraordinary memories, mathematical abilities, or …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The River Detective: Jamie Woodward on Microplastics and Sewage Scandals
Prof. Jamie Woodward (University of Manchester) on how microplastics get from your washing machine to local rivers and how his research on Mancheste…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (Was Losing My Job): Ben Phillips on Igniting Your Creative Spark
Have you ever felt like there is a dormant, creative part of you just waiting to get out? Something you buried years, or even decades ago because lif…
3 months, 1 week ago
Stuart Ward: The Brit Who Became a Swedish Broadcasting Legend
Stuart Ward grew up on a council estate in Exeter, England, obsessed with pirate radio, chart positions, and — oddly — record labels. That obsession,…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Untold Stories of British & American Film Stars in WWII: Bill Tancred
It's the early 1940s. The world's biggest movie stars could have sat the war out in comfort — instead, they walked off film sets, traded tuxedos and …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Belmesthorpe: The English Village with a Thousand years of Secrets: Adrian Gombault
What's really behind the stone walls of a sleepy English village?
In this live walking-tour episode, I'm joined by local historian Adrian Gombault, a…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Vincent Doumeizel: Why Plankton Could Save the Planet
Trillions of invisible organisms produce every other breath you take — and almost no one talks about them. This week, that changes.
Bob is joined once…
4 months ago
When Your Father Joins a Cult: Lily Dunn's Exraordinary Story
What happens when a parent leaves not just their family, but the entire world they once knew?
In this episode, I talk with author and memoirist Lily D…
4 months, 1 week ago
Renaissance Man - Building A New Future: David Hermakowski
What do you do when life suddenly changes direction?
In this episode I'm joined by author and former production editor David Hermakowski. David talks …
4 months, 2 weeks ago