Podcast Episodes

Clean energy or green fields?

How can we build new green infrastructure without wrecking the countryside? Helen Czerski and Tom Heap debate the issue with a panel of experts, and …

1 year, 6 months ago

Rise of the Tuna

It's four metres long, the weight of two grizzly bears and dangerously delicious. The Bluefin Tuna is back in British waters so Tom Heap and Helen C…

1 year, 6 months ago

Battle for the Planet

US elections always have an outsized impact on the planet. As the world's second largest polluter and one of the primary sources of green technology…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Magic of Microbes

The environment and wildlife show returns with a celebration of the humble microbe. Tom Heap and Helen Czerski are joined by a ‘microbe explorer’ wh…

1 year, 7 months ago

Save Our Seabirds

Seabirds face many challenges - avian flu, plastic pollution, overfishing and climate change have all had an impact - but despite all of this, these …

1 year, 9 months ago

How to Floodproof A City

Tom Heap and Helen Czerski meet the people with fresh ideas to combat rising sea levels, from Enfield to Indonesia.

Average sea levels across the wo…

1 year, 9 months ago

The Seabed: out of sight, out of mind?

Over the centuries, bottom-trawling activities have transformed our coastal seas both ecologically and physically, mostly for the worse. As the habit…

1 year, 10 months ago

World on Fire

Is the rise in global wild fires unstoppable? Helen Czerski and Tom Heap discuss the terrifying march of the flames and search for fresh answers. The…

1 year, 10 months ago

The Future of Meat

Can meat ever be environmentally friendly, or do we need better substitutes? Helen Czerski and Tom Heap discuss the cutting edge technology being de…

1 year, 10 months ago

Can an oil rig be a nature reserve?

What should we do with our old oil rigs? Can the relics of the fossil fuel age be good for wildlife? Helen Czerski and Tom Heap investigate the futu…

1 year, 11 months ago