This week's episode was recorded in January live at The Slapstick Festival in Bristol. Armando Iannucci, co-creator of The Thick Of It, Veep, Alan Partridge and so many other comedy icons, joins Robin to talk about the state of satire in 2022. Armando's latest book is Pandemonium : Some verses on the Current Predicament, an epic mock-heroic poem, written in ... Show More
Mar 2017
What is the Nature of Dark Energy?
With the help of Robin Ince, Professor Brian Cox tackles more audience questions. He talks about the biggest question in physics, the nature of dark energy, running about with poles light years in length, climate change and winding up flat earthers. This week's questions come fro ... Show More
27m 59s
May 2024
Do we need a new model of cosmology?
Earlier this week, some of the world's leading astrophysicists came together at The Royal Society to question the very nature of our Universe. Does the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model, which explains the evolution of the cosmos and the Big Bang, need a rethink? Dr Chris North, an a ... Show More
31m 39s