Podcast Episodes

Could We See Another Aids Pandemic?

The year 2030 was set by the UN as the world's deadline for halting the spread of HIV, stopping Aids deaths, and having the first generation since 1980 born and raised completely free from infection.…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Can We Control 3D Printing?

It was May 2013 when Cody Wilson went public with his 3D-printed handgun. An online video showed the crude plastic object fixed on top of a tripod. The trigger was pulled from a distance by someone p…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Is WhatsApp Fuelling Vigilantism?

In India, false rumours about child kidnappers, spread on WhatsApp, have prompted fearful mobs to kill innocent people. In May 2018 a video went viral. The original, a Pakistani child safety video, h…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Is Africa’s Longest War Really Over?

It’s a July morning in Ethiopia and Addisalem Hadigu, a journalist in his 50s, boards a flight to neighbouring Eritrea.

But it’s no ordinary plane. This ‘bird of peace’ is the first commercial flight …

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

What does Iran think of the West?

As relations with Iran and the West reach a new low point with the collapse earlier this year of the nuclear deal and the reintroduction of strict economic sanctions we ask: what does Iran think of t…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Can We Ever Understand Animals?

By the time she died at the age of 46, Koko the gorilla was a global superstar. Not only could she apparently understand two thousand words of spoken English and convey her own thoughts and feelings …

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Can We Eat Our Way Out Of Climate Change?

Food production accounts for as much global greenhouse gas emissions as all forms of transport combined. That’s why many scientists think we can’t tackle climate change without addressing what we eat…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Are We Heading for a Trade War?

The world’s two biggest economies are on the brink of a costly standoff. The US has announced tariffs of 25% on a swathe of Chinese goods, starting July 6th. China has vowed to respond in kind. ‘If s…

Published on 7 years, 6 months ago

Can You Train People To Be Less Prejudiced?

Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson were waiting to meet a business associate in Starbucks. After two minutes, the store manager called the police and the African-American men were removed from the caf…

Published on 7 years, 6 months ago

How Do You Make People Have Babies?

More than half the world’s countries are not producing enough babies to offset the number of deaths. Russia is the latest to experience a dip in the fertility rate, despite the government rolling out…

Published on 7 years, 6 months ago