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EPISODE · Mar 18, 2023 · 42 MIN

How Far Can the Human Body Go?

from The Infinite Monkey Cage · host BBC Radio 4

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by biomechanist Polly McGuigan, evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod, comedian Russell Kane and Olympic gold medalist Sally Gunnell to find out how good humans are at endurance. Could anyone win a gold at the Olympics? Could a human outrun a cheetah? And have we reached the absolute limits of human endurance?Producer: Caroline Steel Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

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