Science Shambles

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Phil Ball and Fay Dowker to talk quantum physics, define spin and double slit experiments... Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambl...

The blue dot Festival takes its name from Carl Sagan's famous Pale Blue Dot speech and as part of the Weekend in Outer Space we at The Cosmic Shambles Network have teamed up with the blue dot festival for this very special event. Ann Druyan joins our own Robin Ince and Professor Brian Cox for a one time conversation. Ann Druyan is an Emmy and Peabody Award winning writer and producer. She was the...

Young people are often labeled as challenging and difficult with the blame laid at the feet of everything from drugs and video games to oversleeping and bad parenting. Is there any truth in these generalisations, or are teenagers just misunderstood? The Cosmic Shambles Network brings together three top scientists and science writers to discuss the perception, and the science, of teenage mental hea...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Chris Lintott and Tana Joseph to talk comets, telescopes and breathing underwater... Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and g...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Helen and Dr Karl (Robin was unfortunately called away last minute) chat about renewable energy, bees and knees. Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Tamsin Edwards and Kerry Howell to talk climate change, conservation and ocean creatures. Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Matthew Cobb and Anjali Goswami to talk natural history, fossils and weird museum collections. Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicsham...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Roma Agrawal and Dr Lucy Rogers to talk buildings, bubbles and robots. Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus conte...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Dr Simon Singh and Prof Monica Grady to talk codes, comets and Mars. Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Prof David Eagleman and Heather Berlin to talk brains plus music from Baba Brinkman. Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and g...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and Prof Suzie Imber to talk maths, marbles and planetary science and Andrew Holding to talk Chanel. Watch them on our YouTube chan...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Dr Hannah Fry and Prof Jon Butterworth to talk maths, physics and bubbles plus a chat with science author Kate Cunningham. This episode was originally bro...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Dr Adam Rutherford, Lucy Cooke and Hugh Warwick to talk COVID-19, animals, evolution and hedgehogs plus music from Grace Petrie. This episode was original...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Prof Matthew Cobb and Prof Brian Cox to talk brains, evolution and physics plus music from 1201_Alarm. This episode was originally broadcast as part of Th...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Prof Richard Wiseman and Prof Sophie Scott to talk psychology and neuroscience plus music from 1201_Alarm. This episode was originally broadcast as part o...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Prof Chris Lintott and Prof Sarah Parcak to talk aliens, space archaeology and Apollo 13 inspired music from JB Potts. This episode was originally broadca...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Prof Jim Al-Khalili and Prof Chris Jackson to talk volcanoes, geologies and quantum physics plus music from Geologise Theatre. This episode was originally...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Prof Brian Greene and Prof Brian Cox to talk a whole lot of physics plus music from Dunja Lavrova. This episode was originally broadcast as part of The St...

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Prof Brian Cox and Miranda Lowe to talk physics and oceans plus music from Matt Watson. This episode was originally broadcast as part of The Stay at Home...

Dr Helen Czerski talks to Two Wheels for Life CEO and co-founder Andrea Coleman about their work in Africa with medical transportation and the sustainability factors involved. Two Wheels for Life is a charity that The Cosmic Shambles Network have supported for the past two years as one of our chosen charities at our Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People shows. Support the podcast, and the Cos...

Recorded live at the Latitude Festival following a performance of the play Signals, Robin Ince, Helen Czerski, Kevin Fong and Helen Czerski discuss the difficulties of searching for alien life out in the cosmos. Interpreting signals, knowing where to look, how to get there and whether it's even worth it... Support the podcast, and the Cosmic Shambles Network by pledging at patreon.com/bookshambles

The type of science stories that make the mainstream headlines are usually those that feature big, flashy discoveries or something that means we can spend a few hours pretending we found aliens. But what about that long running research that’s taking place in background. Not in any sinister way, it’s just happily taking small steps and quietly changing the world, it just never gets a bold, all cap...

As part of our launch night for Dean Burnett’s latest Book, Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall, we held an in conversation and audience Q an A event with Dean and Stephanie Merritt at the RI in London. This is that conversation and QnA session as Dean and Stephanie delve into the psychology and neuroscience of teenagers and parents of teenagers. Support the podcast at https://patreon.com...

Recorded live at this year's Blue Dot Festival after the play Signals, Helen Czerski is joined by Matthew Cobb, Suzie Imber and Chris Lintott to talk about life. What is life? What are its origins? Why is it on Earth? Where else might it be? What might it look like? Are we alone? What is the cosmological importance of squid rings? Signals is on tour in the UK throughout October. Dates at https://c...

Recorded live at the Latitude Festival, on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, as part of our mini Space Shambles show, Robin Ince chats with the first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, and Professor of planetary science, Suzie Imber. They chat about the future of space flight, astronaut training and much more. Support the podcast, and the Cosmic Shambles Network by pledging at htt...