Ingenious: how research transforms our world

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In-depth stories featuring researchers from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland transforming our world.

Episodes

  1. 12/01/2025

    A pacemaker that could help the heart heal

    For more than half a century, pacemakers have had one main job: keep the heart beating steadily. Now University of Auckland researchers are testing a device that does something extra, syncing the heartbeat to breathing in a way that might help damaged hearts repair.

    26 min

  2. 11/17/2025

    The strange science of the silent mind

    Most people can imagine a dog barking or hear a song playing in their brain. But about one in 125 have a silent mind. Now scientists are investigating how consciousness works without sound.

    27 min

  3. 11/03/2025

    When everyone lived in an affordable home

    Pre-colonial Māori didn’t have a housing problem. The Crown created one. Can the past give us clues to fix housing today?

    29 min

  4. 10/19/2025

    Inside the new science of obesity

    Genetics, gut bugs, new drugs and surgery – this episode is about how groundbreaking research is changing how we understand and treat one of our most intractable health problems: obesity.

    30 min

  5. 10/06/2025

    Artificial intelligence: creativity or counterfeit?

    As AI tools churn out striking art, the question remains: when the spark comes from prompts and past data, is it creation - or just clever theft?

    30 min

  6. SEASON 2, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

    Ingenious is back for season 2!

    Ingenious is back for another season exploring groundbreaking research and mind-expanding concepts. We meet the amazing people behind those ideas and explore the impact of their work on the world – and on our lives.

    1 min

  7. 04/27/2025

    Is it time to fix democracy?

    The world faces ‘democratic recession’. Today more people live in autocratic regimes than in liberal democracies. Researchers from the University of Auckland are exploring ways to reshape democracy for the 21st century, re-inventing a 2500-year-old idea from ancient Greece and consensus decision-making hui as practised on marae. From Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, New Zealand's leading research institution, Ingenious is a podcast exploring how research from New Zealand is transforming the world for the better. Hosted by experienced podcast and award winning journalist Nikki Mandow, Ingenious tells the stories of innovation, ambition and hope from the University of Auckland's leading researchers.

    31 min

  8. 04/11/2025

    Dodge the debris: NZ science making space safer

    As if space was not dangerous enough, there are an estimated 130 million bits of space junk from 1mm to much larger in orbit, each shooting along at about 8km/sec, the speed of a bullet. Fortunately researchers at Te Pūnaha Ātea - the Space Institute are working to reduce space junk. From Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, New Zealand's leading research institution, Ingenious is a podcast exploring how research from New Zealand is transforming the world for the better. Hosted by experienced podcast and award winning journalist Nikki Mandow, Ingenious tells the stories of innovation, ambition and hope from the University of Auckland's leading researchers.

    24 min

  9. 03/28/2025

    Let's dance: how moving together can heal a fractured world

    In the third episode of Ingenious learn about the researchers and artists applying the power of dance to heal an increasingly fractured world and how the simple act of moving together lights up multiple parts of our brain. From Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, New Zealand's leading research institution, Ingenious is a podcast exploring how research from New Zealand is transforming the world for the better. Hosted by experienced podcast and award winning journalist Nikki Mandow, Ingenious tells the stories of innovation, ambition and hope from the University of Auckland's leading researchers.

    23 min

  10. 03/13/2025

    Digital twins: Next-gen crash test dummies behind a revolution in healthcare

    In the second episode of Ingenious hear about how in the near future digital versions of ourselves will forecast how our bodies respond to surgery or medication. From the University of Auckland, New Zealand's leading research institution, Ingenious is a podcast exploring how research from New Zealand is transforming the world for the better. Hosted by experienced podcast and award winning journalist Nikki Mandow, Ingenious tells the stories of innovation, ambition and hope from the University of Auckland's leading researchers.

    24 min
  11. Lactose intolerant? You'd be surprised how many people are

    02/26/2025

    Lactose intolerant? You'd be surprised how many people are

    Ingenious is a new podcast from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. In each episode we take a deep dive and talk to researchers about work that is transforming our world for the better. In this episode, how a 5000-year-old genetic mutation enabled some of us to digest milk with no problem. What does that mean for the rest of us?

    25 min

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