Uncharted with Hannah Fry BBC Radio 4

Thomas Herndon was happily studying economics at the University of Massachusetts, when one day is punctured by a discovery. It appears to be an anomaly which, if true, will shake the intellectual foundations of a global movement, and could undermine politicians around the world.
Hannah Fry tells the extraordinary story of a student who will go head to head with two of the greatest economic minds in modern times. But can he win?
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Executive Producer: Martin Smith
Series Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Episode Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
A series for Radio 4 by BBC Science in Cardiff.

A young researcher gains access to a secretive data set and discovers something shocking.
What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?
Hannah Fry tells a tale about the mysterious realm of artificial intelligence.
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Executive Producer: Martin Smith
Series Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Episode Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Sound Design: Clem Hitchcock
A series for Radio 4 by BBC Science in Cardiff.

What is the secret to ageing well?
Humankind has been in search of an answer for millions of years. But one man believes he may have found the beginnings of an answer, and it’s hiding in a convent.
Hannah Fry tells a tale of a single scatter graph which might reveal the key to longevity.
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Executive Producer: Martin Smith
Series Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Episode Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
A series for Radio 4 by BBC Science in Cardiff.

2008, Hungary: a researcher stands on a factory floor quizzing a bemused employee. The tile manufacturing company is in trouble, and the researcher is there to help. But his questions seem silly: Who do you go to for advice? Who do you chat to?
What use is the science of networks to a company producing floor tiles?
Hannah Fry tells a tale about the precarious power of networks.
Episode Producer: Ilan Goodman
Sound Design: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke
A series for Radio 4 by BBC Science in Cardiff.

Life has its ups and downs, its sudden successes and unexpected obstacles. But amongst all the unpredictable variation, two economists believe they have identified a deep and powerful influence on our happiness: age. Happiness, it turns out, is U shaped.
Hannah Fry tells a tale of orangutans, joy and misery…and joy!
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Executive Producer: Martin Smith
Series Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Episode Producer: Ilan Goodman
A series for Radio 4 by BBC Science in Cardiff.

How well do you make decisions?
It’s never easy, but today John Carter is faced with an agonising choice and has just 60 minutes to make the right call. One path could lead to glory, while the other might result in death.
Hannah Fry tells a tale of risk, decision making, and the single graph that changed it all.
Episode Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Sound Design: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke
A series for Radio 4 by BBC Science in Cardiff.