Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan Trump and RFK Jr make America healthy again?
Senators are scheduled to vote today on whether to advance Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination as Secretary of State for Health and Human Services. RFK …
1 year, 3 months ago
Protein, weights and the best way to keep fit: your exercise questions answered
In the second episode of our listener questions special, Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what he has uncovered about who the exercise guidelines we…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sugar, seed oils, and avoiding sickness: your health questions answered
We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of our listener questions special, Madeleine Finlay te…
1 year, 3 months ago
The science of racism, and how to fight it
Ian Sample speaks to Keon West, a professor of social psychology at the University of London, whose new book, The Science of Racism, explores what sc…
1 year, 3 months ago
Telepathy…what’s the evidence?
A podcast promoting claims that non-verbal autistic children can read minds briefly knocked Joe Rogan off the top of the charts this month, which mad…
1 year, 3 months ago
Our science predictions for 2025
Last year was full of unexpected science news, from a new strain of Mpox emerging in the DRC, to artificial intelligence dominating the Nobel prizes …
1 year, 3 months ago
How weather ‘whiplash’ set the stage for the LA fires
As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management at t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Where did our attention spans go, and can we get them back?
The Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year at the end of 2024: brain rot. The term relates to the supposedly negative effects of co…
1 year, 3 months ago
Are we hardwired to commit ‘deadly sins’?
Scientists are increasingly finding that behaviours once seen as depraved often have a direct physical cause. To find out more, Ian Sample hears from…
1 year, 4 months ago
Revisited: does the evidence on glucose tracking add up?
You might have noticed that everyone has recently become a bit obsessed with blood sugar, or glucose. Wellness firms such as Zoe in the UK – as well …
1 year, 4 months ago