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

2025-12-16 18:55:01 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 19:52:55 +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

2025-12-16 17:59:14 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 18:55:01 +0000 UTC (55m)

Get Smart(er) EP04

1) Why you think you're right -- even if you're wrong | Julia Galef 2) How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas | Manoush Zomorodi 3) Who decides what's in the dictionary? | Ilan Stavans 4) Where do your online returns go? | Aparna Mehta 5) The secret weapon that let dinosaurs take over the planet | Emma Schachner 6) Why is yawning contagious? - Claudia Aguirre

2025-12-16 16:54:43 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 17:59:14 +0000 UTC (1h4m)

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

2025-12-16 10:38:21 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 11:38:05 +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

2025-12-16 09:36:05 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 10:38:21 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

The Business Angle EP64

1) The hidden cost of the green transition's mineral rush | Galina Angarova 2) The big idea funding forest conservation | Andika Putraditama 3) What is true confidence? A photographer and a brand builder answer | David Suh and Molly Graham

2025-12-16 08:41:46 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 09:36:05 +0000 UTC (54m)

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

2025-12-16 07:41:05 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 08:41:46 +0000 UTC (1h)

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

2025-12-16 06:45:02 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 07:41:05 +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

2025-12-16 05:44:18 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 06:45:02 +0000 UTC (1h)

Afternoon Snack EP04

1) Go ahead, dream about the future | Charlie Jane Anders 2) How to spark your curiosity, scientifically | Nadya Mason 3) The most Martian place on Earth | Armando Azua-Bustos 4) The myth of Loki's monstrous children | Iseult Gillespie 5) Why monkeys (and humans) are wired for fairness | Sarah Brosnan 6) 6 myths about the Middle Ages that everyone believes | Stephanie Honchell Smith

2025-12-16 04:43:47 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-16 05:44:18 +0000 UTC (1h)

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

2025-12-15 22:47:08 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 23:46:58 +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

2025-12-15 21:45:45 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 22:47:08 +0000 UTC (1h1m)

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

2025-12-15 20:45:33 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 21:45:45 +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

2025-12-15 19:45:58 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 20:45:33 +0000 UTC (59m)

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

2025-12-15 18:46:27 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 19:45:58 +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

2025-12-15 17:44:27 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 18:46:27 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

Climate Action, Now! EP61

1) The tipping points of climate change — and where we stand | Johan Rockström 2) Luxury, not landfill — the waste-free future of fashion | Joon Silverstein 3) Why violence is rising with global temperatures | Peter Schwartzstein 4) I'm a conservative — and I care about the climate, too | Danielle Butcher Franz 5) What if the climate movement felt like a house party? | Matthew Phillips

2025-12-15 16:46:01 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 17:44:27 +0000 UTC (58m)

Did You Know ... ? EP62

1) Have we reached the limit of computer power? | Sajan Saini and George Zaidan 2) Why don't we get our drinking water from the ocean? | Manish Kumar 3) What would happen if the Amazon Rainforest disappeared? | Anna Rothschild 4) How are microchips made? | George Zaidan and Sajan Saini 5) Why are there two tides a day? | Elise Cutts 6) Rocks could save the world (Yes, rocks) | Elise Cutts 7) One of the animal kingdom's strangest relationships | Niko Zlotnik 8) What Earth in 2125 could look like | Iseult Gillespie 9) How much would it cost to buy the Sun? | Cella Wright 10) How reliable is fingerprint evidence? | Theodore E. Yeshion

2025-12-15 10:38:58 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 11:47:09 +0000 UTC (1h8m)

Did You Know ... ? EP61

1) Can steroids save your life? | Anees Bahji 2) What really happened to Oedipus? | Stephen Esposito 3) Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? | Louise Thwaites 4) When will the next mass extinction occur? - Borths, D'Emic, and Pritchard 5) Could we build a miniature sun on Earth? | George Zaidan 6) The most dangerous elements on the periodic table | Shannon Odell 7) Why don't companies want you to repair your stuff? | Aaron Perzanowski 8) The real reason polio is so dangerous | Dan Kwartler 9) How do kidney transplants work? | Alexander H. Toledo 10) The world's longest-burning fires | Emma Bryce

2025-12-15 09:30:59 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 10:38:58 +0000 UTC (1h7m)

Riddle Us This EP04

1) Can you steal the most powerful wand in the wizarding world? | Dan Finkel 2) Can you solve the killer robo-ants riddle? | Daniel Finkel 3) Can you solve the alien pyramid riddle? | Henri Picciotto 4) Can you solve the rebel supplies riddle? | Alex Gendler 5) Can you solve the counterfeit coin riddle? | Jennifer Lu 6) Can you solve the giant iron riddle? | Alex Gendler 7) Can you outsmart Fate and break her ancient curse? | Dan Finkel 8) Can you solve the human cannonball riddle? | Alex Rosenthal 9) Can you solve the temple riddle? | Dennis Shasha 10) Can you solve the river crossing riddle? | Lisa Winer 11) Can you solve the alien probe riddle? | Daniel Finkel 12) Can you solve the bridge riddle? | Alex Gendler

2025-12-15 08:21:01 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-15 09:30:59 +0000 UTC (1h9m)