Archimedes & the Eureka! moment
It’s the most famous bath of all time. But what exactly was Archimedes so excited about?We discover the truth behind the legend of Archimedes, and find out about the industrial revolution that almost ...
15 Feb 202336min
Snakes & Ladders: Tantric Mysticism, Cosmic Serpents and the Meaning of Life
It turns out that all those times you played Snakes and Ladders (Chutes and Ladders) as a child you were playing a game that once symbolised the whole universe and our place in it. Instead of crying w...
12 Feb 202327min
Farming
Exactly when, where, how, why our ancient ancestors ‘invented’ farming is one of the great questions of archaeology.Surely if we can answer it we will understand something profound about humanity and ...
8 Feb 202331min
Spam: Birth of a Monster
Spam Spam Spam, glorious Spam! Who invented Spam Emails? Just how much Spam activity is there online? And how will we survive once Spam AI gets going?Spam has been the nemesis of the internet since it...
5 Feb 202341min
Fonts
Fonts are usually invisible to us; we absorb the written word without noticing the medium (unless someone sends you an email in comic sans and then you can’t see past the choice of font!)But every fon...
1 Feb 202332min
The IQ Test
How would you feel if you found out you had a very high or a very low IQ? Would it change you? The IQ test has an awful allure to it. A single number that ranks your mental ability against everyone el...
29 Jan 202332min
Toilets
It’s time to talk about the toilet, or crapper, or bog, or the john, head, the comfort station, khazi, dunny, can, throne, pissoir.Join Dallas and his guest, Rose George - author of The Big Necessity,...
25 Jan 202326min
Caesarean section
A hundred years ago next to no one was born via Caesarean Section. Today, one in five new arrivals on planet earth come via a Caesarean. Its meteoric rise is down to an invention most people won’t kno...
22 Jan 202328min
