Black History Month special
For Black History Month in the UK we speak to an inspiring Black person of the present, Kevin Fenton, Director of PHE London, and we look at the lives of Black figures of the past, with historian Step...
29 Okt 20201h 8min
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin on the climate crisis
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin, authors of new book Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal, join us to talk about the climate emergency, how it can be solved, and the forthcoming US election. Se...
14 Okt 202056min
Vaccine and science communications in the USA
Peter Hotez joins us to talk vaccine progress and how science needs to communicate in the USA, and philosopher of science Cailin O'Connor discusses our understanding of theories, facts, and how misinf...
2 Okt 202055min
Peer review in a pandemic
In a special episode for Peer Review Week 21-25 September, editor-in-chief of The Lancet Richard Horton joins us to discuss the past, present, and future of scientific publishing in light of COVID-19....
21 Sep 202024min
Long-haul COVID-19 and skin of colour
In this episode we speak to Prof. Arne Akbar, President of the British Society for Immunology, about the most recent research on COVID-19 and our current understanding of the long-term effects, and Dr...
4 Sep 202041min
Preventing dementia and saving progress on malnutrition
We ask Prof. Gill Livingston how up to 40% of dementia cases can be prevented, and Dr. Saskia Osendarp tells us how COVID-19 looks set to undo two decades of progress on child malnutrition. Send us yo...
19 Aug 202046min
COVID-19 in Japan and moving on from orphanages
This week we talk with Prof. Kenji Shibuya, Director of the King's Institute for Population Health, about mask-wearing and pandemic response in Japan, and The Lancet Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief Dr. Nia...
5 Aug 202033min
COVID-19 vaccines with Richard Horton, public transport safety, and how to model
Richard Horton updates us on a leap forward in the Oxford and China vaccine progress, we talk viral transmission on public transport, and Kathleen O'Reilly explains how scientists create and test mode...
23 Jul 202049min
