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Highbrow Drivel — 63 episodes
The Neuroscience of How We Navigate W/ Christopher Kemp & Si Deaves
You're So Lucky - w/ Dr Sean Carroll & Bryan James
Disaster Management w Professor Lucy Easthope
Quantum Steampunks w/ Dr Nicole Yunger Halpern & Isabelle Farrah
Guest podcast - The Nothing Podcast - Stand up comedy
Guest pod - Sure Jan - Dating
Guest pod - Better Call Daddy - Magic Mushrooms
Quantum vs Cosmic - Small answers to big questions
A very very short history of life on Earth
The science of pain on purpose
The science of surfaces
How to have challenging conversations.
How group identities shape your life
Frequently Asked Questions of the Universe
Can we solve the problem with Math(s)?
Rethinking cities
The Secret Life of Elements
How emotions work
The particles of the universe
The floods are coming
What is burnout and why does it happen?
How the brain understands sound
Why do people still get married?
The joy of sweat w/ Sarah Everts & Jamie Allerton
The mind of a murderer w/ Dr Richard Taylor and Cressida Wetton
Deep Oceans w/ Dr Karen Osborn & Jonathan Duffy
What We Can Learn From Spies w/ Sir David Omand
Dealing with our own mortality w/ a thanatologist
How Did The Social Instinct Evolve?
Did hippies ruin psychedelics?
Averting the insect apocalypse
A Zoologists Guide To Aliens w/ Dr Arik Kershenbaum & Will Preston
Drunk: How Alcohol Shaped Society w/ Edward Slingerland and Juan Miles
The philosophy of evolution w/ Tom Ballard & Dr Kim Sterelny & Tom
Quantum physics and the multiverse w/ Dr Jim Rantschler & Eve Ellenbogen
The Quest to Transplant a Soul w/ Dr Brandy Schillace
The science of love w/ Kevin O'Connel and Andrew McGovern
The world before us w/ Professor Thomas Higham & David Lewis
All manner of manners with Professor Stephen Mennell and Jamie D'Souza
Return of the Jen-i: Mars, Aliens and life on other planets with - Dr Jeni Millard and Steele Saunders
Being mixed race w/ Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma
The disordered cosmos and the ethics of astronomy w/ dr Chanda Prescod-Weinstein & Anoushka Rava
The science of the musical human w/ Jordan Gray & Dr Michael Spitzer
The science of self-awareness w/ Dr Stephen Fleming & Juan Miles
Let's talk about tech baby! Can the law keep up with big tech? w/ Joshua Fairfield & Davina Bentley
Cancel Culture w/ Sikisa 'Twix' Bostwick-Barnes & Dr Gwen Bouvier
Dinosaurs w/ Ahir Shah and Dr. Emma Dunne.
Mind the Orgasm Gap for International Women's Day.
Why we need to get rid of billionaires w/ Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP and Suse Steed
Memory lane - How memory works in the brain w/ Dr Janine Cooper and Laura Davis
Technology and the future of dating w/ Rachel New and Juan Miles
You're dreaming - the science of sleep with Caroline Horton and Neil O'Rourke
Stars, space and astronomy with Jenifer Millard & Eve Ellenbogen
Does love ruin dating with Hayley Quinn and Alexandra Haddow.
The trouble with memes with Dr Bradley Wiggins
The politics of climate change with Ross Greer and Alex Kealy
What you should know about machine learning w/ Ben Byford and Alice Fraser
Conspiracy theories and why people believe them with Dr Daniel Jolley and Juan Miles
Psychedelics and the brain with Dr David Luke and James O'Donnel
How we (the left) can stop losing with Catherine Dawkins from the Greens Party Southwark and Mitch Alexander
How (and why) you should prepare for doomsday with Luke Chilton and Sarah Avery
Terrible tourism - the coldest, most toxic and depressing cities on the planet with terrible trips creator India James
Classy - The social structures of class with Adam Flood and Dr David Bailey