Living with debt
Episode 260528 / 28 May 2026
Are you good at saving money?
Making cities feel quieter
Episode 260521 / 21 May 2026
How loud is it where you live?
How reading shapes your brain
Episode 260514 / 14 May 2026
Can learning to read alter the way your brain works?
Searching for life on another planet
Episode 260507 / 07 May 2026
Does life on another planet exist?
Should we eat ultra-processed food?
Episode 260430 / 30 Apr 2026
Ultra-processed food can be tasty, but what is it doing to our health?
Why are we all so stressed?
Episode 260423 / 23 Apr 2026
How well do you cope with stress?
Love the foods you hate
Episode 260416 / 16 Apr 2026
Can you learn to love the foods you hate?
The future of food
Episode 260409 / 09 Apr 2026
Do you know where your food comes from?
Are saunas good for you?
Episode 260402 / 02 Apr 2026
Have you ever tried a sauna?
Weight loss drugs
Episode 260326 / 26 Mar 2026
How do weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro help people lose weight?
How do we adapt to the cold?
Episode 260319 / 19 Mar 2026
Would you prefer to be too hot or too cold?
Should we pay more for chocolate?
Episode 260312 / 12 Mar 2026
Is chocolate becoming more expensive?
Why are some animals black and white?
Episode 260305 / 05 Mar 2026
The answer is not as black and white as you might think!
The power of pepper
Episode 260226 / 26 Feb 2026
How many varieties of pepper do you know?
Dreaming of being a chef
Episode 260219 / 19 Feb 2026
Do you enjoy cooking?
Artistic swimming
Episode 260212 / 12 Feb 2026
Do you think you could do gymnastics... underwater?
Rethinking dyslexia
Episode 260205 / 05 Feb 2026
Is dyslexia actually a kind of superpower?
Why are billionaires building bunkers?
Episode 260129 / 29 Jan 2026
Is the end of the world closer than we thought?
Scared of speaking English?
Episode 260122 / 22 Jan 2026
Beth and Pippa talk about why we often find speaking a new language scary.
What English phrases really mean
Episode 260115 / 15 Jan 2026
Why don't British people say what they mean, or mean what they say?
Is social media dead?
Episode 260108 / 08 Jan 2026
How has AI affected social media?
Is it OK to disagree?
Episode 260101 / 01 Jan 2026
Are we becoming a divided society?
