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Newgenics
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
27 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Bonus Episodes - Series 2
Bonus Episode 8. From Two to Three - Parents on the Couch: Dr. Orna Guralnik
India chats to Dr. Orna Guralnik about how the arrival of a child impacts a couple.
21 Jan 2026,·15 mins
How Music Can Hold and Heal Us
We explore how music—especially lullabies—heals like medicine.
13 Mar 2025,·25 mins
Insects and mobile phone
Smart phones could become even smarter – thanks to ants, beetles, moths and spiders!
17 Jan 2022,·20 mins
Being right
Why getting it right might mean admitting you're wrong.
03 Feb 2022,·28 mins
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
08 Apr 2025,·28 mins
5: The Future
The final part of a thought-provoking book questioning overdiagnosis in medicine.
21 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Sloth
Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Last up: sloth.
02 Jan 2024,·28 mins
10. Zombie Deer
A new animal madness emerges in North America as history repeats.
23 Oct 2023,·15 mins
A Wonderful Catastrophe
How can we cope with the challenges of digital communication?
12 Jul 2024,·14 mins
5. Nadar - The Psychological Side of Photography
Nadar, the photographer adept at capturing his subjects' inner worlds in the 19th century.
01 Aug 2025,·14 mins
Let It Grow with Liza Tarbuck
Grow Your Own
Musician Kim Wilde and online sensation Spicy Moustache.
21 May 2023,·57 mins
Series 2
12. Why do we play?
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks why do humans play?
07 Mar 2025,·14 mins
8. An Answer
Speculation that newly declassified US intelligence will contain smoking-gun evidence.
18 Jul 2023,·29 mins
Jade and postpartum psychosis
How can we best treat postpartum psychosis?
16 Jul 2024,·28 mins
28ish Days Later - Day One: Power
India Rakusen and guests introduce you to anatomy of the womb.
01 Apr 2022,·15 mins
Birds, Bees and Business - Why Nature Matters (With The Wildlife Trusts and Landsec)
Deborah's barefoot walk, The Wildlife Trusts and one of the country's biggest landlords
14 Apr 2023,·46 mins
Series 1: Planet Chicken
Hay Festival Special
Chris van Tulleken in conversation with Leyla Kazim, at Hay Festival 2024.
29 Oct 2024,·28 mins
The Human
Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of twenty astonishing but endangered animals.
31 Oct 2025,·4 mins
Microwaves
Amit Katwala and Charlotte Stavrou power up the microwave and find out what's cooking.
21 Sep 2023,·24 mins
6. The Last Cry of the Whale
Scientists and ground workers attempt to unearth the delicate Fin whale skull.
18 Nov 2025,·25 mins
A message from Terry
Some sad news to share with you, our Plotcast community
25 Jul 2025,·1 min
Super-sensing Ben
Prof Ben Garrod explores whether through technology he can become a super-sensing human.
16 May 2023,·28 mins
Deeply Human Series 2
Sleep
Is insomnia really a problem of modern life?
07 May 2022,·23 mins
Farm to Fork
'It's now the norm to have extremes of weather'
NFU President Tom Bradshaw urges government to support farmers during the dry weather.
30 Jul 2026,·5 mins
Series 6
Hello Stud! A visit to the Irish Stud, celebrating 10 years of Rosie's Trust with Jimmy Nesbitt and Rob's smug updates from Oz!
A visit to the Irish Stud and celebrating 10 years of Rosie's Trust with Jimmy Nesbitt
21 Jan 2026,·25 mins
COP26: Your climate questions answered!
Ahead of the critical climate summit, we put your questions to the experts.
19 Oct 2021,·62 mins
6. How plants can tell us who we are
Plants as gateways to distant homelands
17 Aug 2022,·49 mins
10: Why does the jet stream rule our weather?
Simon and Clare explore why the jet stream is so important to our weather.
21 May 2018,·20 mins
Series 1
Episode 6: Good or Evil AI, Minecraft Karaoke & Dreamcast Revival
In the last of the series Chipzel meets HyperDuck Soundworks & our AI role play game ends.
09 Jul 2023,·30 mins
