Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 28, 2025 • 38min
The creation of artificial cartilage
Guests:Prof Oren A. Scherman, Professor of Supramolecular & Polymer Chemistry, and Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis at the University of CambridgeDr John ReganDr Lara Dungan
Sep 23, 2025 • 13min
Extra: Dinosaur eggs directly dated for the first time
Guest: Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork
Sep 21, 2025 • 33min
"Clearest sign" of life on Mars
Guests:Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Science at Imperial College LondonDr Susan Kelleher of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD
Sep 16, 2025 • 14min
Extra: Heart attacks may be triggered by infections
Guest: Prof Claudia Monaco, Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation at the University of Oxford
Sep 14, 2025 • 31min
Dublin head scanner is 'breakthrough' in brain research
Guests:Prof Redmond O'Connell, Professor in Decision Neuroscience at Trinity College DublinDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shane Bergin of UCD
Sep 9, 2025 • 13min
Extra: Misophonia Rehabilitation
Guest: Olwyn Morris, Audiologist and clinic owner of Medico Audiology
Sep 7, 2025 • 34min
How Humans Came to Walk Upright
Guests:Dr Terence D. Capellini, Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard UniversityDr Lara Dungan, ImmunologistDr Shane Bergin of UCD
Sep 2, 2025 • 14min
Extra: What is Weaver Syndrome?
Guest: Adrian Bracken, Professor of Chromatin Biology at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
Aug 31, 2025 • 35min
Creating Toothpaste Made From Hair
Guests:Dr Sherif Elsharkawy, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Prosthodontics, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King's College LondonDr Shelley Brady of DCUProfessor Oran Kennedy of the RCSI
Aug 26, 2025 • 15min
Extra: Eirsat-1 and The Future of Irish Satellites
With Dr David McKeown, Assistant Professor at the UCD Centre for Space Research.
