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Toast - EasyCinema
Stelios, the EasyJet founder, tells Sean why his low-cost movie theatres didn't take off.
04 Jun 2026,·30 mins
How is AI going to change science?
What role will humans play in the future of scientific research?
04 Jun 2026,·28 mins
Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog
40% of amphibian species are threatened with extinction. How can we save them?
05 Jun 2026,·52 mins
Is a male contraceptive pill closer than you think?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore why male contraception is still so limited.
02 Jun 2026,·28 mins
AI: War Machine?
2. What's driving the military AI policy?
Aleks and Kevin explore the decisions driving military AI adoption in the US and elsewhere
03 Jun 2026,·28 mins
What goes on in TikTok's Farlands?
TikTok’s Farlands turns doomscrolling into horror; and AI detectors changing how we write
04 Jun 2026,·42 mins
Episode 5
In the Norwegian Arctic life is all about the border.
29 May 2026,·14 mins
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
15 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Series 34
The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck
Brian Cox and Robin Ince venture north to unearth (or un-snow) the secrets of the Arctic.
17 Dec 2025,·42 mins
Dean Lomax on discovering ichthyosaurs and defying nay-sayers
Dean Lomax on his unconventional route into palaeontology and making BIG discoveries.
28 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Life Without North America
What would happen to the world if the USA disappears?
17 Apr 2026,·14 mins
Introducing a new TV series of Just One Thing
Zoe Ball has news of a new 12-part TV series of Just One Thing, available from 23 March.
20 Mar 2026,·1 min
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 mins
The Intertidal Zone
Adam Walton explores life in the intertidal zone.
02 Jun 2026,·29 mins
Series 24
Frosty Fractals
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate nature's most intricate patterns
02 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Omnibus
Presenters Andrew and Richard look back over their four-year odyssey to find the yeti.
14 Dec 2023,·57 mins
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
08 Apr 2025,·28 mins
8. An Answer
Speculation that newly declassified US intelligence will contain smoking-gun evidence.
18 Jul 2023,·29 mins
Plants and the Mystery of Consciousness
Are plants intelligent? Could they help us unravel the mystery of consciousness?
08 May 2026,·14 mins
Slow down!
How slowing down could offer a more meaningful way to live
02 Jun 2026,·23 mins
13. Legacy
India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past.
30 May 2023,·28 mins
Bonus Episodes - Series 2
Bonus Episode 8. From Two to Three - Parents on the Couch: Dr. Orna Guralnik
India chats to Dr. Orna Guralnik about how the arrival of a child impacts a couple.
21 Jan 2026,·15 mins
5: The Future
The final part of a thought-provoking book questioning overdiagnosis in medicine.
21 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Series 3: Exercise
S3. Ep 8 - Activity Revolution
The Van Tulleken twins explore the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.
06 Feb 2024,·28 mins
Episode 5: The Flickering
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
18 Jul 2025,·14 mins
6. The Microdoctrine
Final episode of the LSD saga about an attempt to spark a revolution of the mind.
23 Nov 2022,·25 mins
Sloth
Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Last up: sloth.
02 Jan 2024,·28 mins
Series 2
Perfectionists: Martha Graham
Martha Graham was to modern dance what Picasso was to painting.
16 Jan 2026,·14 mins
Jade and postpartum psychosis
How can we best treat postpartum psychosis?
16 Jul 2024,·28 mins
