Best Paul T Harper Podcasts (2025)

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Sir Magdi Yacoub on pioneering heart transplant surgery 28:35

19m ago28:35

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What does it take to earn the nickname, ‘The Leonardo da Vinci of heart surgery’? That's the moniker given to today's guest - a man who pioneered high-profile and often controversial procedures, but also helped drive huge medical progress; carrying out around 2,000 heart transplants and 400 dual heart-lung transplants during his 60-year career. Sir…

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Mark Sisson: Why Walking Beats Running for Longevity 1:06:59

6d ago1:06:59

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What’s better for longevity—running or walking? It’s a bit of a trick question. But if there is one answer, it’s definitely walking. If you want to be fit and live for a long time, you don’t need to subject yourself to suffer fests and slog through long runs. In fact, when you combine daily walks with the habit of sprinting just about once a week, …

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Tristan Scott: Hidden Dangers of EMFs and Artificial Blue Light 1:06:42

16d ago1:06:42

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Have you ever had a concussion? Anyone who’s ever had their bell rung knows recovery can be brutal. But with enough time and the right treatment, our bodies also have the remarkable ability to heal. Today we’re going hard in the paint on brain health, electromagnetic fields and decentralization in tech, food and finance with our friend Tristan Scot…

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John Lee Dumas: How to Quit the Rat Race and Move to Paradise 51:50

1M ago51:50

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Have you ever dreamed of dropping out of the rat race and moving to a tropical paradise? This week’s guest actually did it. If you’ve ever struggled through an 80 hour workweek, you know it can be incredibly profitable… but at what cost to your health, happiness and family life? How do you know when enough is enough? Today we’re here with fellow OG…

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Paul Chek: How to Optimize Performance and Longevity (without Biohacks) 2:03:25

2M ago2:03:25

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Are you tired of the never-ending hacks, shortcuts, protocols and gimmicks that some call biohacking? 19-year-olds are juicing up with exogenous hormones and getting implants just to keep up with the Joneses on Instagram. The materialistic worldview pushed by those with something to sell in the world of health can lead to an unhealthy obsession wit…

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Bo Eason: How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do 1:32:31

2M ago1:32:31

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What would happen if you trained like the best athlete in the world? How about the best actor or artist? Today we have the incredible honor of speaking with Bo Eason—a former star safety in the NFL, as well as an acclaimed playwright, author, and coach. After competing with all-time greats like Jerry Rice and Walter Payton in the NFL, Bo changed hi…

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Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space 1:00:04

2M ago1:00:04

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What's it like living underwater for two weeks? What's the trickiest part of training to be an astronaut? What are the most memorable sights you see from space?Several extreme questions, all of which can be answered by one man: Major Tim Peake. After a childhood packed with outdoor adventures, via the Cub Scouts and school Cadet Force, Tim joined t…

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From Illness to Ironman with Brett and Harry of the Meat Mafia 57:43

3M ago57:43

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If you could save $400,000 a year in medical costs by making a radical change to your diet, would you do it? Today we’re here with Brett Ender and Harry Gray, fellow Austinites, former college athletes turned entrepreneurs and hosts of the Meat Mafia podcast. From fitness to faith, we cover a lot of ground in this one and I hope you enjoy. In this …

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Suzanne Santo: How to Reinvent a Broken Music Industry 51:57

3M ago51:57

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Why do so many famous, seemingly successful musicians wind up completely broke? In this bonus series, I’m interviewing incredibly talented musicians who are using cutting-edge podcasting technology to reinvent the music industry. Today we’re here with Suzanne Santo, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. A tireless creator, her sound has be…

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Stacey McCann: Why “Getting Fired” Needs to Go On Your To-Do List 1:10:19

3M ago1:10:19

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How much do musicians actually make streaming and performing live? The truth is gnarlier than you think! But we’re working hard to change that. This is the third episode in our bonus series, where you’re hearing rapid fire interviews with musicians who are reinventing the music industry by using cutting-edge “Value 4 Value” technology. This is all …

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Johnny Elrod: What Real Musicians Think of AI-Generated Music 54:56

3M ago54:56

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What do real musicians think of AI-Generated music? In this 4-part bonus series, you’ll hear rapid fire interviews with musicians who are using cutting-edge podcasting 2.0 tech to reinvent the music industry. This is all leading up to the first-ever “Sats By SW” Independent Music Summit and our live music performance at Antone’s hosted by the inven…

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Ainsley Costello: How Bitcoin is Disrupting the Music Industry 1:09:54

3M ago1:09:54

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Technology is disrupting the music industry once again. In this week's special 4-part bonus series, you’ll hear rapid fire interviews with incredible musicians who are using cutting edge podcasting tech to reinvent the music industry. We’re kicking off this bonus series with one of the top artists in the world of value-for-value music, Ainsley Cost…

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Israa Nasir: Why Hyper-Optimization Protocols Do More Harm Than Good 51:49

3M ago51:49

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Do you feel a constant pressure to optimize every aspect of your life? What if hyper-optimization protocols actually do more harm than good? The glorification of hustle culture has given many of us the nagging feeling that no matter how much we do or accomplish, it's never quite enough. Living in a cloud of frantic, urgent, reactive energy can even…

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Anna Vocino: Say “NO” to Big Food and Build Your Own Business Instead 1:03:12

4M ago1:03:12

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Have you ever wondered why almost every single packaged food contains industrial seed oils, anti-caking agents, preservatives, petrochemical flavorings and other non-foods? And why do so many growing companies that started as a healthier real food alternative ultimately sell their souls to Big Food? We're back this week with our dear friend, Anna V…

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Chef James Barry: Why Eating at Fancy Restaurants is Terrible for Your Health 1:02:21

4M ago1:02:21

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Why do fancy restaurants fill their meals with junk oils, sugars, chemical preservatives, and worse? With rampant food inflation and razor thin margins, even the fanciest, most exclusive and expensive restaurants can’t resist the tendency to cut corners on ingredient quality. That means that no matter how much you spend on eating out - with few exc…

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Matt Beaudreau: How to Nurture Genius and Courage in a Habitually Compliant Population 1:15:18

5M ago1:15:18

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What’s the difference between education and indoctrination? Is our education system broken, or is it operating as intended? The public school conveyor belt is a relic of the Prussian military model, designed to produce compliant workers for factories rather than sovereign thinkers with upward mobility. We’re left with a blindly obedient population …

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Paul Millerd: Why He Blew Up His Life (and You Should, Too) 1:35:43

5M ago1:35:43

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Is your work aligned with your true calling in life? Or are you being paid to overlook your overwhelming disinterest in the work? Is your work-life driven by an illusion where the trivial is disguised as important? Tragically, this week’s guest admits, “I spent 10 years doing an enormous amount of work but feeling as if I created nothing of substan…

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Mark Divine: Master Your Mind’s Energy to Become Uncommon 1:01:15

6M ago1:01:15

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What does the concept of longevity mean to you? Does it mean pumping your body full of exogenous hormones, peptides, stem cells, brain implants, and gradually replacing your organs with lab-grown pig parts? Perhaps some of us will sign up to be a brain in a jar? Or can we cruise into our second century by living a simple life of self-reflection, me…

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Anna Korre on capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations 28:28

6M ago28:28

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As the famous frog once said, it's not easy being green. And when it comes to decarbonising industry, indeed, reducing emissions of all sorts, the task is a complex one. Fossil fuels are used to manufacture some of mankind’s most ubiquitous products, from plastics to cement to steel; and even in areas where we’re trying to improve our footprint, th…

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Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies 28:22

6M ago28:22

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Rosalie David is a pioneer in the study of ancient Egypt. In the early 1970s, she launched a unique project to study Egyptian mummified bodies using the techniques of modern medicine. Back then, the vast majority of Egyptologists regarded mummies as unimportant sources of information about life in ancient Egypt. Instead they focussed on interpretin…

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Adam Gilbert: Overcome Self-Sabotage and Unlock Your Full Potential 50:22

6M ago50:22

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When you know what you’re supposed to do, what keeps you from actually doing it? We’re all guilty at times of procrastination, pleasure-seeking, indulging in distraction and escapism, and even self-sabotage. Perhaps it’s all part of the human condition. But since knowing what to do is different from actually doing it, it’s essential to set up syste…

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Peter Stott on climate change deniers and Italian inspiration 28:29

6M ago28:29

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In the summer of 2003, Europe experienced its most intense heatwave on record - one that saw more than 70,000 people lose their lives. Experiencing the effects whilst on holiday in Tuscany, climate scientist Peter Stott was struck by the idea that just maybe, he could use a modelling system developed by his team at the UK’s Met Office Hadley Centre…

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Ijeoma Uchegbu on using nanoparticles to transform medicines 28:25

6M ago28:25

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Imagine a nanoparticle, less that a thousandth of the width of a human hair, that is so precise that it can carry a medicine to just where it’s needed in the body, improving the drug’s impact and reducing side effects. Ijeoma Uchegbu, Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London, has spent her career with this goal in mind. …

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Gabrielle Lyon: Why Meat-Eating and Strength Training are Key to Longevity 1:06:31

7M ago1:06:31

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Have you heard that eating animal protein causes cancer? Or that you’ll save the world if you only give up hamburgers forever? Despite dutifully reducing our consumption of animal protein for decades, rates of obesity and chronic disease have skyrocketed. In the face of relentless anti-meat propaganda, what if the blanket advice to follow strict pl…

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Darren Croft on killer whale matriarchs and the menopause 28:24

7M ago28:24

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Darren Croft studies one of the ocean’s most charismatic and spectacular animals – the killer whale. Orca are probably best known for their predatory behaviour: ganging up to catch hapless seals or attack other whales. But for the last fifteen years, Darren Croft’s focus has been on a gentler aspect of killer whale existence: their family and repro…

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Bill Gates on vaccines, conspiracy theories and the pleasures of pickleball 35:59

7M ago35:59

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Bill Gates is one of the world's best-known billionaires - but after years at the corporate coalface building a software empire and a vast fortune, his priority now is giving that wealth away. And his ethos for doing it has been shaped by science. Famed for co-founding Microsoft, in recent decades Bill’s attention has turned to philanthropy via The…

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Loretta Breuning: Why You’re Not Happy (and What to Do About It) 58:24

7M ago58:24

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If you’re not happy all the time, do you feel like you have a problem? No matter how much you achieve, does it feel like it’s never quite enough? This is totally normal. There’s nothing inherently wrong with the pursuit of happiness, but it’s critical to understand that even in the best case scenario, happiness is fleeting. It’s not something we ev…

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Kip Thorne on black holes, Nobel Prizes and taking physics to Hollywood 35:38

7M ago35:38

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The final episode in this series of The Life Scientific is a journey through space and time, via black holes and wormholes, taking in Nobel-prize-winning research and Hollywood blockbusters! Kip Thorne is an Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, the California Institute of Technology, and someone who’s had a huge impact on our under…

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Dr. John Gray: How to Overcome Tech Addiction, Optimize Hormones, and Reignite Romance 1:42:03

7M ago1:42:03

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Do you feel like you’re addicted to screens? Technology was supposed to improve our quality of life, but instead it’s fueled a war on our attention, happiness, and sanity. Some of the most intelligent brain scientists in the world are paid ungodly sums to make sure you’re as addicted as possible, hijacking your reward pathways so they can mine your…

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Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics 28:29

8M ago28:29

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It's summer - no really - and although the weather might have been mixed, the sporting line-up has been undeniably scorching - from the back-and-forth of Wimbledon, to the nail-biting Euros, to the current pageantry of the Summer Olympics. Next month the 2024 Paralympic Games get underway in Paris, involving the world’s very best para athletes; and…

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Dawn Bonfield on inclusive engineering, sustainable solutions and why she once tried to leave the sector for good 28:21

8M ago28:21

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The engineering industry, like many other STEM sectors, has a problem with diversity: one that Dawn Bonfield believes we can and must fix, if we're to get a handle on much more pressing planetary problems... Dawn is a materials engineer by background, who held roles at Citroën in France and British Aerospace in the UK. But, after having her third c…

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Dr. Cate Shanahan: How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health (and What to Eat Instead) 1:14:49

8M ago1:14:49

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Are we blaming red meat and butter for the problems vegetable oil caused? Contrary to popular belief, there is no correlation between either saturated fat or animal fat consumption and heart attacks. Despite that fact, doctors learn that there is. So why does the American Heart Association lie to doctors and the public about the true cause of heart…

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Raymond Schinazi on revolutionising treatments for killer viruses 28:39

8M ago28:39

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In recent decades, we've taken huge steps forward in treating formerly fatal viruses: with pharmacological breakthroughs revolutionising treatment for conditions such as HIV, hepatitis and herpes. Raymond Schinazi has played a big role in that revolution. Ray was born in Egypt, where his mother’s brush with a potentially deadly illness during his c…

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Janet Treasure on eating disorders and the quest for answers 28:36

8M ago28:36

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From anorexia nervosa to binge-eating, eating disorders are potentially fatal conditions that are traditionally very difficult to diagnose and treat - not least because those affected often don’t recognise that there’s anything wrong. But also because of the diverse factors that can influence and encourage them. Janet Treasure is a Professor of Psy…

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Govinda Tidball: Health Sovereignty, Medical Privacy & Web5 Technology 1:19:22

8M ago1:19:22

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What do you think of censorship? It's a bizarre and uncomfortable feeling when some unelected, self-appointed anonymous party behind the curtain decides what you're not allowed to say or learn. We live in a world where little people like us are legally responsible for every word we put online. But when our overlords in Big Tech censor potentially l…

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Anne Child on Marfan syndrome and love at first sight 28:35

8M ago28:35

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Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that makes renders the body’s connective tissues incredibly fragile; this can weaken the heart, leading to potentially fatal aneurysms. What’s more, anyone with the condition has a 50/50 chance of passing it on to their children. Dr Anne Child is a clinical geneticist who’s dedicated her professional life to fi…

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Conny Aerts on star vibrations and following your dreams 28:35

9M ago28:35

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Many of us have heard of seismology, the study of earthquakes; but what about asteroseismology, focusing on vibrations in stars? Conny Aerts is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Leuven in Belgium - and a champion of this information-rich field of celestial research. Her work has broken new ground in helping to improve our understandi…

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Matthew Lysiak: How Money Printing Destroys Our Health and Enables Endless War 1:07:01

9M ago1:07:01

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Does it feel like a dollar isn't worth a dollar anymore? At first, inflation feels good for some of us. Homeowners see their houses rapidly increase in nominal price, the stock market appears to rise, even used cars and trucks sitting in the driveway growing older somehow appear to become more valuable. But when you fill up your cart at the grocery…

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Dr. Jack Kruse: Reclaim Your Health, Wealth & Freedom in the Face of Medical Tyranny 2:34:38

9M ago2:34:38

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In the face of creeping medical tyranny, a rapidly devaluing dollar, rampant tech addiction and an epidemic of chronic disease, what can we do to reclaim our health, wealth and freedom? We're back today with our friend Dr. Jack Kruse, a respected neurosurgeon, author, mitochondriac and pioneer of medical freedom. Dr. Kruse was one of the very first…

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Anjan Katta: Creating A Computer That’s Actually Good for Us 56:09

10M ago56:09

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What if technology actually made our lives better instead of worse? When you're scrolling non-stop on your phone, do you ever feel like you're at the casino? If you've ever opened 200 tabs on your browser, stared blankly into a screen, or doomscrolled the day away, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Modern computers and smartphones are evolut…

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Dr. Casey Means: Solving for the Root Cause of the Metabolic Health Crisis 1:09:51

11M ago1:09:51

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Have you ever ignored your doctor's advice? Most doctors enter the medical field with noble intentions, but are unaware of the systemic corruption and profit driven nature of the industry. The hard economic truth is that nearly every institution that impacts your health makes more money by managing chronic disease than by curing patients. The pharm…

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Gary Taubes: Unintended Consequences of Weight Loss “Wonder” Drugs 59:59

11M ago59:59

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Did you know that doctors were treating diabetic patients with high-fat low-carb diets all the way back in the 1700s? Though high-fat ketogenic diets were found to effectively treat diabetes for over a century, they were largely abandoned due to the rapid adoption of insulin in the 1920s, which was considered then to be a miracle cure. Prioritizing…

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Mike Edmunds on decoding galaxies and ancient astronomical artefacts 32:42

11M ago32:42

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What is the universe made of? Where does space dust come from? And how exactly might one go about putting on a one-man-show about Sir Isaac Newton? These are all questions that Mike Edmunds, Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff University and President of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), has tackled during his distinguished career. An…

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Hannah Critchlow on the connected brain 28:09

11M ago28:09

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With 86 billion nerve cells joined together in a network of 100 trillion connections, the human brain is the most complex system in the known universe. Dr. Hannah Critchlow is an internationally acclaimed neuroscientist who has spent her career demystifying and explaining the brain to audiences around the world. Through her writing, broadcasting an…

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Ellen Goldsmith: How to Maximize Chi and Vitality with Chinese Medicine 52:56

12M ago52:56

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Have you ever noticed that your cravings seem to change throughout the seasons? Our nutritional needs are affected by the time of year, climate and even our geographical location. The practice of Chinese Medicine, attuning ourselves to our environment and living in harmony with nature is fundamental to achieving optimal health. Today, we're here wi…

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Fiona Rayment on the applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond 28:27

11M ago28:27

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The reputation of the nuclear industry has had highs and lows during the career of Dr Fiona Rayment, the President of the Nuclear Institute. But nowadays the role of nuclear science and engineering has become more widely accepted in the quest for carbon net zero. Growing up in Hamilton, Scotland during a time of energy insecurity, Fiona was determi…

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Nick Longrich on discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones 28:11

11M ago28:11

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We are fascinated by dinosaurs. From blockbuster hits to bestselling video games, skeleton exhibitions to cuddly plushies, the creatures that once roamed the planet have fully captured our imagination, giving us a portal to a completely alternative Earth. And it’s likely new species are still out there, waiting to be found... Dr Nick Longrich is a …

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Chaz Branham: How to Overcome Catastrophic Injury with The ELDOA Method 55:03

12M ago55:03

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Are your training methods preventing injury or causing them? Why do some athletic pursuits lead to disordered eating, orthorexia, and body image issues? As the years tick by, how can we move the goalposts to make sure we’re training for the right reasons? One of my favorite things about hosting this podcast for the past 12 years is the chance to re…

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Sheila Willis on using science to help solve crime 28:11

12M ago28:11

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Dr Sheila Willis is a forensic scientist who was Director General of Forensic Science Ireland for many years. She has spent her life using science to help solve cases, working on crime scenes and then analysing material in the lab, and presenting scientific evidence in court. It’s a complicated business. Forensic science relies on powerful technolo…

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Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people 28:10

12M ago28:10

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Professor Charles Godfray, Director of the the Oxford Martin School tells Jim Al-Kahlili about the intricate world of population dynamics, and how a healthy obsession with parasitic wasps might help us solve some of humanity's biggest problems, from the fight against Malaria to sustainably feeding a global community of 9 billion people.…

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