Episodes

Dawkins said that there was no room for altruism in evolution, so why are we so cooperative as a species? This week we speak to D…

We've already discussed the scientific benefits of psychedelics. Today we look at whether that comes from magical elves, third ey…

Bugs, creepy crawlies, insects, pests. Whatever you call them, these little critters play an important part of our ecosystem and …

There's a lot of what we know from Earth that can teach us what to expect from extraterrestrials in the future. In this week's ep…

Fresh from his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the Univer…

How did we evolve to be the way we are? I'm joined by international award winning philosopher on evolutionary science Dr Kim Ster…

From spiderman to Loki to Rick and Morty, pop culture loves a good multiverse at the moment. In this episode we ask a quantum phy…

In this episode we deep dive into a bizarre story in medical history. A Dr obsessed with being able to transplant human heads to …

What is love (baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me know more). On this week's episode we speak to budding neuroscientist and co-host…

The average modern person has around 2% Neanderthal DNA. For thousands of years, modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans share…

What's the deal with manners? The weird, often arbitrary rules that we abide and judge people by? In this episode we dive into w…

May the 4th is days away. We thought we'd invite the awesome Dr Jeni Millard from the Awesome Astronomy podcast back on the show …

Race, it's a crazy hot mess that needs unpacking. In this week's episode, I get the amazing Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma to join me o…

We're back in space, this time with an Author, Activist and Astrophysicists who's list of achievements is so long I wonder if she…

Is there such thing as bad music? How important was music to human evolution? Is musicology a real thing? And, why is Baby Shark …

How do you know if you know yourself? In this episode we speak to one of the leading scientists in the world of metacognition to …

Let's face it, most of us have got used to ignoring the fact that our tech has become a sneaky spy selling our every move to the …

According to some cancel culture is rife and freedom of speech is under attack, but then a look around most mainstream newsrooms …