Podcast Episodes

All by myself

French president Emmanuel Macron recently announced that Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Mona Lisa painting will be moved to her very own room at the Louv…

1 year, 1 month ago

Snake science

Celebrations for the Lunar New Year kicked off on 29th January, and this year is the Year of the Snake.

We start things off by discussing the purpose…

1 year, 1 month ago

Keep it clean

The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela is currently underway in India. As part of the event, millions of pilgrims will take a cleansing dip in the confluen…

1 year, 2 months ago

Circles, circumferences and Covid

After the comic malfunctions of a self-driving car, which drove its passenger/prisoner in endless circles, Unexpected Elements rounds its attention o…

1 year, 2 months ago

Scientist spotlight

Team Unexpected have been digging into their mind palaces to pull on the scientific research that has stuck with them most over the past year. We h…

1 year, 2 months ago

(Re)New Year

Happy New Year! This week, the Unexpected Elements team is reflecting on 2024 and looking forward to 2025 for renewed chances to spot the northern li…

1 year, 2 months ago

Festive trash talk

December is a time of celebration, family feuds, and now scientific rivalries. It's also one of the most wasteful months of the year, with festivitie…

1 year, 3 months ago

The science of Santa

As news breaks that archaeologists have found the tomb of St Nick in Turkey, we check in on the North Pole Father Christmas, and fact-check his prese…

1 year, 3 months ago

Totally bananas

This week, a banana sold at auction for $6.2 million dollars. Well, not quite… it’s actually a piece of conceptual art and it’s WAY more than just a …

1 year, 3 months ago

Going home

This week we’re looking at a political agreement that will hand back sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. In the 1970s, the UK removed the…

1 year, 3 months ago