Live & Upcoming Programmes

Under the Microscope EP04

1) Hacking bacteria to fight cancer | Tal Danino 2) The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanity | Karen Lloyd 3) You are your microbes - Jessica Green and Karen Guillemin 4) How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials | Emily Leproust 5) What can DNA tests really tell us about our ancestry? 6) Why healthy soil matters now more than ever | Jane Zelikova

2025-12-19 05:09:20 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-19 06:07:14 +0000 UTC (57m)

Under the Microscope EP03

1) How our microbes make us who we are | Rob Knight 2) How we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains | Mary Lou Jepsen 3) Meet the microscopic life in your home -- and on your face | Anne Madden 4) Meet the microbes that could eat your trash | Tierney Thys and Christian Sardet

2025-12-19 04:13:33 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-19 05:09:20 +0000 UTC (55m)

The Creative Zone EP62

1) Star Wars changed visual effects — AI is doing it again | Rob Bredow 2) How can creativity help us heal? A doctor and a cartoonist answer | Amy Baxter and Navied Mahdavian 3) Forget hustle culture. Behold the Artist Corporation | Yancey Strickler

2025-12-18 22:19:29 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 23:15:18 +0000 UTC (55m)

Morning Motivation EP04

1) 3 ways community creates a healthy life | Olivia Affuso 2) The benefits of good posture | Murat Dalkilinç 3) How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others | Brittany Packnett Cunningham 4) The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink 5) Using your voice is a political choice | Amanda Gorman

2025-12-18 21:19:17 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 22:19:29 +0000 UTC (1h)

Morning Motivation EP03

1) A magical mantra for nurturing a blissful life | JayaShri Maathaa 2) 3 questions to build resilience -- and change the world | Sister True Dedication 3) What yoga does to your body and brain | Krishna Sudhir 4) How to motivate people to do good for others | Erez Yoeli 5) Are you a giver or a taker? | Adam Grant

2025-12-18 20:19:41 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 21:19:17 +0000 UTC (59m)

Best of the Best EP04

1) Fly with the Jetman | Yves Rossy 2) Meet the SixthSense interaction | Pattie Maes + Pranav Mistry 3) Robots that fly ... and cooperate | Vijay Kumar 4) What will future jobs look like? | Andrew McAfee

2025-12-18 19:19:57 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 20:19:41 +0000 UTC (59m)

Best of the Best EP03

1) Why do cats act so weird? - Tony Buffington 2) Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? | David Epstein 3) What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? | Nick Bostrom 4) What causes hallucinations? - Elizabeth Cox 5) What you need to know about stalkerware | Eva Galperin

2025-12-18 18:17:41 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 19:19:57 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

The Art of Being Human EP64

1) How some friendships last — and others don't | Iseult Gillespie 2) An ethicist's guide to living a good life | Ira Bedzow 3) A new vision of healthy masculinity | Davonte Green 4) Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

2025-12-18 17:21:38 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 18:17:41 +0000 UTC (56m)

The Art of Being Human EP63

1) Why friendship can be just as meaningful as romantic love | Rhaina Cohen 2) How to be an "apocalyptic optimist" | Dana R. Fisher 3) Can you love your body — and still want to change it? | Gabriella Lascano 4) 5 signs you're a good driver | Iseult Gillespie 5) Parkour! How the sport keeps your body and mind fit | Taylor Lynn Carpenter 6) Why does uncertainty bother us so much? | Adam Kucharski

2025-12-18 16:20:54 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 17:21:38 +0000 UTC (1h)

How to Be a Better You EP01

1) How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are | Andrew Solomon 2) How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb 3) The power of vulnerability | Brené Brown

2025-12-18 09:25:13 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 10:26:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

How to Be a Better You EP63

1) Embrace your main character energy with Natasha Rothwell | On the Spot | Natasha Rothwell 2) How to make anxiety your friend | David H. Rosmarin 3) The science behind dramatically better conversations | Charles Duhigg 4) Your inner fire is your greatest strength | Xiye Bastida

2025-12-18 08:29:07 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 09:25:13 +0000 UTC (56m)

The Future Ahead EP64

1) Ethical dilemma: Should knowledge be free? | Michael Vazquez and Will Kanwischer 2) How digital culture is reshaping our faces and bodies | Elise Hu 3) AI won't plateau — if we give it time to think | Noam Brown 4) How AI can bridge the Deaf and hearing worlds | Adam Munder 5) Lessons from history for a better future | Roman Krznaric 6) How to see the future coming — and prepare for it | Jane McGonigal

2025-12-18 07:28:50 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 08:29:07 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Future Ahead EP63

1) A mouse with two dads — and a new frontier for biology | Katsuhiko Hayashi 2) Democracy is being tested. Citizen assemblies can help | Ketakandriana Rafitoson 3) K-pop, cutting-edge tech and other ways Asia is shaping the world | Neeraj Aggarwal 4) The next computer? Your glasses | Shahram Izadi

2025-12-18 06:30:48 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 07:28:50 +0000 UTC (58m)

The Curious Traveler EP04

1) My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs 2) The secret messages of Viking runestones | Jesse Byock 3) The ancient, earth-friendly wisdom of Mongolian nomads | Khulan Batkhuyag 4) My long walk across India for women's freedom | Srishti Bakshi 5) How germs travel on planes -- and how we can stop them | Raymond Wang 6) For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism? | Aziz Abu Sarah

2025-12-18 05:29:09 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 06:30:48 +0000 UTC (1h1m)

The Curious Traveler EP03

1) I let algorithms randomize my life for two years | Max Hawkins 2) My journey mapping the uncharted world | Tawanda Kanhema 3) Why is colonialism (still) romanticized? | Farish Ahmad-Noor 4) My failed mission to find God -- and what I found instead | Anjali Kumar 5) The African swamp protecting Earth's environment | Vera Songwe

2025-12-18 04:27:01 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 05:29:09 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

Art and Science of Love EP03

1) A better way to talk about love | Mandy Len Catron 2) The Chinese legend of the butterfly lovers | Lijun Zhang 3) The mathematics of love | Hannah Fry 4) Why should you read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy? | Laura Wright 5) How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen

2025-12-18 03:27:44 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-18 04:27:01 +0000 UTC (59m)

Procrastination Station EP12

1) How to make applying for jobs less painful | Priyanka Jain 2) The story we tell about millennials -- and who we leave out | Reniqua Allen 3) The future of machines that move like animals | Robert Katzschmann 4) Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy | Carole Cadwalladr 5) How to govern AI — even if it's hard to predict | Helen Toner

2025-12-17 22:41:02 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-17 23:38:59 +0000 UTC (57m)

Psych Out EP05

1) How do personality tests work? | Merve Emre 2) Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it) | Fallon Goodman 3) The psychology of narcissism - W. Keith Campbell 4) How to turn climate anxiety into action | Renée Lertzman 5) Why we get mad -- and why it's healthy | Ryan Martin

2025-12-17 21:41:32 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-17 22:41:02 +0000 UTC (59m)

Psych Out EP04

1) Why some people are more altruistic than others | Abigail Marsh 2) Do you really know why you do what you do? | Petter Johansson 3) The counterintuitive psychology of insurance | Orit Tykocinski 4) Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)? | Claire Wardle 5) Can you spot the problem with these headlines? (Level 1) | Jeff Leek and Lucy McGowan

2025-12-17 20:39:31 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-17 21:41:32 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

The Art of Being Human EP64

1) How some friendships last — and others don't | Iseult Gillespie 2) An ethicist's guide to living a good life | Ira Bedzow 3) A new vision of healthy masculinity | Davonte Green 4) Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

2025-12-17 19:43:28 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-17 20:39:31 +0000 UTC (56m)