Nerd Exchange with Abi James

In this episode of Nerd Exchange, I sit down with Rory Cheyne, Production Designer for Apple TV's Foundation, to talk about the challenges of bringing one of science fiction's most ambitious worlds to the screen. We discuss the visual language of the Galactic Empire, building worlds that feel thousands of years old, and how architecture, history, culture, and storytelling all shape the loo...

Are we alone in the universe? In this episode of Nerd Exchange, I sit down with Neil deGrasse Tyson to discuss aliens, intelligence and humanity's fascination with the unknown. Our conversation centres around Neil's new book, 'Take Me To Your Leader', exploring why the idea of alien life has captured our imagination for generations and what the search for extraterrestrial intellige...

Hey Nerds! It's time for something new! I've started a discussion series (ok come on it's totally a podcast...) where I'll be speaking with scientists, artists, communicators, writers and just all types of nerds from all over pop culture. This is episode one with Professor Miguel Alcubierre. In 1994 while working on his PhD at Cardiff, Miguel was inspired by Star Trek to write a pa...