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No. 353 · Science

The Life Scientific

Rank
353
Score
3
People
3
Months
3
Years
2019–2021
Status
Still publishing
Typical episode
28 min

Why people recommend it

May I recommend 2 BBC podcasts for science etc as our ships pass in the night? The life scientific

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About the show

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

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More from the comments

Other personal favorites: The Life Scientific and In Our Time by BBC, also Intelligence Squared.

Recommended example episode: Irene Tracey on pain in the brain

Months with a recommendation

One row per year, January to December. A filled dot is a month in which someone recommended the show.