Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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Episodes
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May 18, 2025 • 32min
The Man Who Endured 200 Snake Bites
Guests:Susan Kelleher of DCULaura Hayes of DIASTim Friede
May 13, 2025 • 14min
Extra: Immunology from Deadly Pathogens
Guest: Prof Cliona O’Farrelly, Chair in Comparative Immunology at TCD
May 11, 2025 • 32min
The Smells of an Epileptic Seizure
Guests:Dr Shane Bergin, UCDProfessor Annie Curtis, RCSIDr Shelley Brady Postdoctoral Researcher at the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at DCU
May 6, 2025 • 20min
Extra: is the truth really the truth?
Guest: Adam Kucharski, Mathematician and Epidemiologist, and Author of 'Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty'.
May 4, 2025 • 31min
The new colour only 5 people have seen
Guests:Dr Shane BerginDr Jessamyn FairfieldProfessor Anya Hurlbert
Apr 29, 2025 • 15min
Futureproof Extra: The Science of Risk (Best of)
Guest: Don Ross, Experimental Economist and Philosopher of Science
Apr 27, 2025 • 33min
Best of Futureproof: Becoming Concious & Rare Blood Plasma
Guests:Dr Lorina NaciDr Andrew Godfrey, Medical & Scientific Director of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Apr 22, 2025 • 13min
Extra: How soon could we see lab-grown teeth?
Guest: Dr Bronagh Keane
Apr 20, 2025 • 35min
The Science of Embalming
Guests:Dr Shane BerginDr Ruth FreemanGlynn Tallon
Apr 15, 2025 • 15min
Extra: How micro-robots will help detect cancer in patients
Guest: Nikita Greenidge
