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Episodes
Mentioned books
Nov 18, 2025 • 7min
Extra: The Age of Rock
Guest: Dr Anjana Khatwa, earth scientist and author of ‘The Whispers of Rock – Stories from the Earth'
Nov 16, 2025 • 41min
Creating 'Mirror Life'
Guests:Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of MinnesotaImmunologist Dr Lara DunganDr John Regan, Department of Theoretical Physics at Maynooth University
Nov 11, 2025 • 35min
Extra: How chimps rationally revise their beliefs & face blindness
Guests:Dr Emily Sanford, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology at the University of California BerkeleyFiona Newell, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the Trinity Institute of NeurosciencesMeike Ramon, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg
Nov 9, 2025 • 35min
Recovering Lost Memories
Guests:Prof Jane Aspell, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Head of the Self and Body Lab at Anglia Ruskin UniversityDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shelley Brady, DCU
Nov 4, 2025 • 18min
Extra: How Close Are We To Lab-Grown Teeth?
Guest: Ana Angelova Volponi of King’s College London
Nov 2, 2025 • 28min
Unusual Metamorphoses
Guests:Author Oren HarmanShane Bergin & Susan Kelleher
Oct 28, 2025 • 10min
Extra: The Origin of Dark Energy
Guest: Prof Kate Maguire, Professor In Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin
Oct 26, 2025 • 31min
Recovering fingerprints from ammunition for forensics
Guests:Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUSDr Shelley Brady, DCUDr Laura Hayes, DIAS
Oct 21, 2025 • 16min
Extra: How to verify supplement quality
Guest: Professor John Nolan
Oct 19, 2025 • 37min
Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
Guests:Professor Molly Fox of UCLALaura HayesShane Bergin
