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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show. CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainment Listen to Newstalk at  http://newstalk.com/listenlive  | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

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Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

Extra: What exactly is DNA? 13.01.2026

Guest: Dr Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin

How blood vessels boost lab-grown mini-brains 11.01.2026

Guests: Dr Mihai Lomora, Scientist with CÚRAM, the Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices based at the University of Galway Dr Jessamyn Fairfield from the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway Dr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College Dublin

Extra: Earth’s Early Wildfires 06.01.2026

Guest: Dr Clayton Magill, Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland

Sustaining human life on the Moon and Mars 04.01.2026

Guest: Professor Matthew Gilliham, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, at the University of Adelaide

The Surprising Flaws of Evolution 04.01.2026

Dr Andy Dobson, author of ‘Flaws of Nature: The Limits and Liabilities of Natural Selection’

Extra: CAR T-Cell Therapy (Best of) 30.12.2025

Guests: Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s Hospital Dr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s

Best of Futureproof: Creating Dark Matter, Curing Addiction 28.12.2025

Guests: Dr John Regan, Maynooth University Yale Neuroscientist Vaughn Steele

Extra: Obtaining Fingerprints from Ammunition (Best of) 23.12.2025

Guest: Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUS

Best of Futureproof: Mirror Life & The Science of Embalming 21.12.2025

Guests: Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of Minnesota Glyn Tallon, Founder of Tallon Mortuary Specialists in Navan

Extra: Is butt breathing achievable? 16.12.2025

Guest: Prof John Laffey, Professor of Anaesthesia Intensive Care Medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Galway and a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Galway University Hospitals.

The winter hibernation gene in animals 13.12.2025

Guests: Professor Tyler Stevenson, Head of Physiology, Ageing & Welfare at the University of Glasgow Dr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland Dr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College Dublin

Extra: Vitamin D is linked to BMI? 09.12.2025

Guest: Prof Lena Zgaga, Professor in Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the School of Health in Trinity

Can we witness stars form planets? 06.12.2025

Guests: Dr Emma Whelan, Department of Experimental Physics, Maynooth University Dr Tara Shine, Change by Degrees Dr Ruth Freeman, Research Ireland

Extra: How we exploit artificial intelligence 02.12.2025

Guest: Taha Yasseri, Director of the Joint Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines at Trinity College Dublin

Is the human mind the next frontier in warfare? 01.12.2025

Guests: Malcolm Dando, Emeritus Professor at the School of Social Sciences at the University of Bradford Dr Shelley Brady of DCU Dr Shane Bergin of UCD

Extra: The one thing you need to know about electricity 25.11.2025

Guest: Marcus Chown, Science Writer and author of ‘The One Thing You Need to Know’

Treatment-resistant depression 22.11.2025

Guests: Professor Valerie Voon, Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Neuromodulation at the University of Cambridge Dr Jessamyn Fairfield of the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway Dr Shane Bergin, Physicist at UCD

Extra: The Age of Rock 18.11.2025

Guest: Dr Anjana Khatwa, earth scientist and author of ‘The Whispers of Rock – Stories from the Earth'

Creating 'Mirror Life' 16.11.2025

Guests: Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of Minnesota Immunologist Dr Lara Dungan Dr John Regan, Department of Theoretical Physics at Maynooth University

Extra: How chimps rationally revise their beliefs & face blindness 11.11.2025

Guests: Dr Emily Sanford, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology at the University of California Berkeley Fiona Newell, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the Trinity Institute of Neurosciences Meike Ramon, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg

Recovering Lost Memories 09.11.2025

Guests: Prof Jane Aspell, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Head of the Self and Body Lab at Anglia Ruskin University Dr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland Dr Shelley Brady, DCU

Extra: How Close Are We To Lab-Grown Teeth? 04.11.2025

Guest: Ana Angelova Volponi of King’s College London

Unusual Metamorphoses 02.11.2025

Guests: Author Oren Harman Shane Bergin & Susan Kelleher

Extra: The Origin of Dark Energy 28.10.2025

Guest: Prof Kate Maguire, Professor In Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin

Recovering fingerprints from ammunition for forensics 26.10.2025

Guests: Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUS Dr Shelley Brady, DCU Dr Laura Hayes, DIAS

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