Podcasts by New Scientist The Big Interview
Hear the stories of influential people who've made their mark in the worlds of science and culture. Through in-depth conversations with notable figures, explore everything from climate change, to philosophy, space and biology. Produced by Right Angles.
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#6: Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials author on science, consciousness, and daemons from 2021-06-08T23:00
Philip Pullman had been writing books for years before he became a global sensation with the His Dark Materials trilogy. The story of two children crossing into parallel worlds in a quest to unders...
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#5: Rebecca Shaw - WWF chief scientist on how to restore the planet’s ecological health from 2021-06-01T23:00
We have one decade left to change our ways, to curb carbon emissions and unsustainable practices that are heating the planet and destroying biodiversity. Rebecca Shaw is chief scientist of conserva...
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#4: Invisible Women author Caroline Criado-Perez on how data biases are impacting women during covid from 2021-05-25T23:00
Caroline Criado-Perez is a British feminist, activist, author and journalist. Last year, she made waves with her book, Invisible Women. In that, she described how women get overlooked in many diffe...
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#3: Greta Thunberg on fighting coronavirus and the climate crisis simultaneously from 2021-05-18T23:00
The latest episode of The big interview features climate activist Greta Thunberg. Arguably one of the world’s most influential people, and certainly one of the most famous teenagers, Greta launched...
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#2: Brian Greene on why there is no meaning to life, and how incredible it is that we exist at all from 2021-05-11T23:00
Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and string theorist. Despite tackling some of the most ‘out there’ questions in science, Brian is able to break down his work into r...
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#1: Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett Carnac on how to save the world from the climate crisis from 2021-05-04T23:00
Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac are two of the most influential people in the global climate movement, and led the negotiations for the historic Paris Agreement in 2015. In their new book...
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