Scientists are Workers too with Audra Wolfe
In this episode we chat to writer and science historian Audra Wolfe about organised labour, constructing a union for scientists, and the myth of apolitical science.
Calling Bullshit with Carl Bergstom and Jevin West
In this episode we chat to Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West authors of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in Data-Driven World.
Burning the Books with Richard Ovenden
In this episode we chat to Richard Ovenden OBE, author of Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack!
Rebel Cell with Kat Arney
In this episode we chat to Kat Arney author of Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution and the Science of Life.
Science Fictions with Stuart Ritchie
In this episode we chat to Stuart Ritchie author of Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science!
United we are Unstoppable with Akshat Rathi
In this episode we chat to Akshat Rathi an energy and climate reporter at Bloomberg. He is also the editor of United we are Unstoppable, the topic of this episode, a collection of 60 inspiring stories from young climate activists across the globe.
Bit Tyrants with Rob Larson
In this episode we talk to economist Rob Larson about the immense power of the big 5 tech companies, the economics of how they got to be so big, the tyrannical rulers at the helm, and the perverse business practices that insure them against competition.
Infinite Detail with Tim Maughan
In this episode Gemma chats to journalist and author Tim Maughan. Tim’s first novel Infinite Detail (2019) which tells a dystopic time-shifting tale of the pre and post-apocalypse following the global technological shutdown was selected by The Guardian as their Science Fiction and Fantasy book of the year.
Unfit for Purpose with Adam Hart
In this episode we chat to Adam Hart Professor of Science Communication at the University of Gloucestershire and author of Unfit For Purpose: When Human Evolution Collides with the Modern World. In this episode we talk about armchair evolutionary biologists, why evolution is so attractive for life-hackers and self-helpers, and the responsibility of science communicators.
The Alchemy of Us with Ainissa Ramirez
In this episode we spoke to materials scientist and author Ainissa Ramirez about her brilliant new book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another, all about the 8 inventions that shaped our society and the materials behind them.
Kindness as the Key to Our Future with Rutger Bregman
In this episode we chat to Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind: A Hopeful History (2020) and the bestseller Utopia For Realists (2014), about what it means to go back through the history of science and revise big ideas, how being an activist and an academic fit together, and whether kindness really is ‘enough’ to uproot problematic societal systems and actually change the world.
Finding Humanity in the Apocalypse with Mark O’Connell
We chatted to Mark O'Connell, author of To Be a Machine and Notes From An Apocalypse, about how to find lessons about humanity in the strangest of places, being an awarded science writer (and who gets to write about science), and privilege, decency and purpose.
Getting Lost in Math with Sabine Hossenfelder
Today we chatted to Sabine Hossenfelder, a physicist and author of Lost in Math, about how physicists are caught up in ideas of beauty rooted in maths over concrete data and how to radically re-evaulate how physics is done.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Disrupting Science
Today, we’re chatting Science Disrupt 2.0 - what we mean when we talk about ‘disruption’, what deeper conversations we now need to have about science, and how and why our own ideas have evolved over the last 4 years.
Abolishing Silicon Valley with Wendy Liu
In this episode we chat to Wendy Liu, author of Abolish Silicon Valley, about the myth of the meritocracy, reclaiming entrepreneurship, and what innovation looks like beyond capitalism.
Science Communication in the Age of Coronavirus
In today’s episode, we chat about the difference between communicating science and #scicomm in the age of coronavirus, what is and isn't working, who is nailing it and what it means if we get it wrong...
The Return ft. Gemma’s Book
In this quickfire episode, we chat about the podcast coming back to life and Gemma’s brand new book ‘Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It’.
Solving Space Junk with Harriet Brettle
In this episode, we chat to Harriet Brettle of Astroscale and London Space Network about solving the problem of space junk and what responsible innovation looks like in the space industry.
How to Write Our Future with Anne Charnock
In this episode we chatted to award-winning science fiction writer Anne Charnock about the role of sci-fi in envisioning (and thus shaping) our future, and what responsibility writers have.
Biology’s Big Data Problem with Charles Fracchia
In this episode we chat to Charles Fracchia, CEO and Co-Founder of BioBright to chat about how hoovering up every drop of experimental data can help make science more reproducible.