249 episodes
Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea Newstalk
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- Science
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4.5 • 12 Ratings
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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.
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Space Elevators
Professor Arun Misra is a Thomas Workman Emeritus Professor in Mechanical Engineering at McGill University.
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Extra: Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Concussed?
Sam Van Wessenbergh is a Research Professor in the Laboratory for Functional Morphology of the Department of Biology at the University of Antwerp
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The Interstellar Workshop
Joseph Meany is a Science consultant and board member of the IRG (Interstellar Research Group)
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Extra: Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
Mike Benton is Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at University of Bristol and author of Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
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The Purpose of the Universe
Philip Goff is Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and author of Why? The Purpose of the Universe
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Extra: Could We Cure Brain Tumours?
Bryan Choi - Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of the Centre for Brain Tumour Immunology and Immunotherapy at Mass General (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Customer Reviews
I learn EVERY podcast
Enlightening with self-depredation, and not overtly word nerdy! Also with a keen sense of Irish fun that makes me look forward each week to listening.
Jonathan needs to stop being so rude
I was going to subscribe but every episode I’ve listened to when they do the news at the beginning, Jonathan is always so condescending to the correspondents especially the female correspondents. It drives me nuts. The news they bring forth is very interesting and I hate that Jonathan feels the need to tell us that he’s not surprised by this news and asks “why are you?” in such a condescending manner.
Listen, Please
Good topics. :) However, a pet peeve: When interviewing an expert, LISTEN. Don’t interrupt. Clarify when needed, but allow the interviewee to wander, to explain, to teach us.
I was about to subscribe, but the female interviewer kept interrupting like an American morning TV show host. Just my own pet peeve.