Live & Upcoming Programmes

Universe of Mystery EP10

1) Why are scientists shooting mushrooms into space? | Shannon Odell 2) My search for proof aliens exist | Avi Loeb 3) Why Earth may someday look like Mars | Anjali Tripathi 4) How small are we in the scale of the universe? - Alex Hofeldt 5) The mission to create a searchable database of Earth's surface | Will Marshall 6) Just how small is an atom? - Jonathan Bergmann

2025-12-20 21:57:19 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 22:55:46 +0000 UTC (58m)

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

2025-12-20 20:56:32 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 21:57:19 +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

2025-12-20 20:00:27 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 20:56:32 +0000 UTC (56m)

Food for Thought EP02

1) A taste of Mexico's ancient chocolate-making tradition | Germán Santillán 2) Why aren't there more Native American restaurants? | Sean Sherman 3) The four fish we're overeating -- and what to eat instead | Paul Greenberg 4) How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar

2025-12-20 19:03:53 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 20:00:27 +0000 UTC (56m)

Food for Thought EP61

1) Our savory, spicy, significant relationship with food | June Jo Lee 2) The foods humanity forgot — and how we're bringing them back | Helianti Hilman 3) A menu of foods we might lose forever | Sam Kass 4) The food that fertilizes itself | Giles E.D. Oldroyd 5) The delicious potential of rescuing wasted food | Jasmine Crowe-Houston

2025-12-20 18:04:03 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 19:03:53 +0000 UTC (59m)

The Future Ahead EP68

1) The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy 2) What I learned about freedom in a secret Chinese prison | Lei Cheng 3) The AI revolution is underhyped | Eric Schmidt

2025-12-20 17:07:42 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 18:04:03 +0000 UTC (56m)

The Future Ahead EP67

1) Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation | Tristan Harris 2) Can big tech and privacy coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson

2025-12-20 16:11:49 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 17:07:42 +0000 UTC (55m)

Say What? EP03

1) The linguistic genius of babies | Patricia Kuhl 2) Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets | Saki Mafundikwa 3) A word game to communicate in any language | Ajit Narayanan 4) The enchanting music of sign language | Christine Sun Kim

2025-12-20 10:06:19 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 11:01:11 +0000 UTC (54m)

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

2025-12-20 09:06:49 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 10:06:19 +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

2025-12-20 08:04:48 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 09:06:49 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

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

2025-12-20 07:05:04 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 08:04:48 +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

2025-12-20 06:02:48 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 07:05:04 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

Your Purpose, Unlocked EP04

1) How motivation can fix public systems | Abhishek Gopalka 2) We have to stop destroying our future | Al Gore 3) A roadmap for young changemakers | Melati Wijsen 4) Can we regenerate heart muscle with stem cells? | Chuck Murry 5) How AI art could enhance humanity's collective memory | Refik Anadol

2025-12-20 05:02:59 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 06:02:48 +0000 UTC (59m)

Your Purpose, Unlocked EP03

1) How to enter flow state | TED-Ed 2) What are you willing to give up to change the way we work? | Martin Danoesastro 3) 2 questions to uncover your passion -- and turn it into a career | Noeline Kirabo 4) How to lead in a crisis | Amy C. Edmondson 5) Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy | Sara Lomelin 6) How reverse mentorship can help create better leaders | Patrice Gordon

2025-12-20 04:01:36 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-20 05:02:59 +0000 UTC (1h1m)

The Business Angle EP63

1) Solar energy is even cheaper than you think | Jenny Chase 2) The rise of China's homegrown brands — and why they matter | Roger Hu 3) Why joy and flexibility are good for business | Rosie Sargeant 4) How to handle grief at work and beyond | Meredith Wilson Parfet 5) How to finance the future of farming | Berry Marttin 6) How industrial fishing sinks communities | Lamin Jassey

2025-12-19 22:11:09 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-19 23:11:50 +0000 UTC (1h)

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

2025-12-19 21:09:29 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-19 22:11:09 +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

2025-12-19 20:07:21 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-19 21:09:29 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

The Creative Zone EP02

1) Give yourself permission to be creative | Ethan Hawke 2) A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity | Tim Harford 3) The left brain vs. right brain myth | Elizabeth Waters 4) When the world is burning, is art a waste of time? | R. Alan Brooks 5) How to build a fictional world | Kate Messner 6) The infinite alchemy of storytelling | Zahra Al-Mahdi

2025-12-19 19:07:09 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-19 20:07:21 +0000 UTC (1h)

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

2025-12-19 18:11:20 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-19 19:07:09 +0000 UTC (55m)

The Connection EP04

1) The most powerful untapped resource in health care | Edith Elliott and Shahed Alam 2) My mother's final wish -- and the right to die with dignity | Elaine Fong 3) Why talking to your friends can help you save money | Wendy De La Rosa 4) How to protect your mental well-being online -- from a Gen-Zer | Peachy Liv 5) A strategy for supporting and listening to others | Jeremy Brewer

2025-12-19 17:14:19 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-19 18:11:20 +0000 UTC (57m)