Uncharted with Hannah Fry BBC Radio 4
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Behind every line on a graph, there lies an extraordinary human story. Mathematician Hannah Fry is here to tell us ten of them.
Uncharted with Hannah Fry will lead us through ten captivating mysteries to reveal the power of numbers behind each one. Along the way we discover the remarkable people who followed the data and unearthed something extraordinary.
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10. Devil in the Detail
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?
Episode Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Sound Design: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke
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9. Access Denied
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.
Episode Producers: Lauren Armstrong-Carter and Clem Hitchcock
Sound Design: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke
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8. In the Habit
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.
Episode Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Sound Design: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke
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7. The Gossip Mill
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
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6. The Happiness Curve
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
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5. The Choice
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.
Customer Reviews
Hannah Fry 🤍
Got hooked on Hannah after listening to the Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry (well worth a listen if you haven’t already) and am absolutely loving this series! Normally I can’t stand podcasts that only really have one main person making jokes with themselves throughout the whole episode, but Hannah pulls this off! She doesn’t attempt to be anything but herself and is perfect! I do think the episodes could be longer and dive deeper into the storyline. For example, the Killer Doctor episode could have included some backstory or what actually happened afterwards etc but other than that it is an absolutely fabulous podcast, keep up the good work. As always, thank you Hannah!! You are proper amazing!! 🤍⭐️⭐️
Curios cases ?
Hi Hannah fry I come from the curios cases
Y did u stop them and can you Mabey come back to it PLEASE
Informative and Entertaining
If you are curiously minded and audibly leaning , then this evidence based podcast from an experienced academic is well worth a listening to. Enjoy