Podcasts
Podcasts for the insatiably curious by the world’s most popular weekly science magazine. Everything from the latest science and technology news to the big-picture questions about life, the universe and what it means to be human.
New Scientist Weekly is our flagship show where we discuss the week’s biggest breakthroughs with our internationally recognised team of journalists. Hosted from our New York bureau by Timothy Revell and Christie Taylor. New episodes every Friday.
Dead Planets Society Join Leah Crane, Chelsea Whyte, and some of the world's foremost experts as they discuss outlandish and mind-blowing what-ifs about the universe. What if Earth was actually cube shaped? Can we destroy the sun? Is it possible to make Pluto a planet again? Currently between seasons. New episodes in 2024.
CultureLab is an array of delights from pop culture. Sometimes we interview the world’s most exciting authors about their fascinating books, other times we delve into the science behind a movie or TV show or just why we love it so much. New episodes every other Tuesday.
Are you looking forward to catching up on some reading over the holiday season? Or perhaps you are on the prowl for book recommendations after receiving a few literary gift cards? If so, you are in luck – this episode is all about the books we think you’ll love to read.
In this episode of CultureLab, culture and comment editor Alison Flood appears in her role as professional bookworm to share some of her favorite reads of the year. From a sobering story of life in the human-polluted ocean (narrated by a dolphin) to science fiction that takes you to parallel worlds, to the real story of the world’s longest study of happiness.
The full list of Alison’s recommendations (and a few from host Christie Taylor) is below.
Non-fiction
The Good Life: lessons from the world’s longest scientific study of happiness by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz
Being Human: How our biology shaped world history by Lewis Dartnell
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the world, shell by shattered shell by Sy Montgomery
The Power of Trees: How ancient forests can save us if we let them by Peter Wohlleben
Enchantment: Reawakening wonder in an exhausted age by Katherine May
Elderflora: A modern history of ancient trees by Jared Farmer
The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship with the cosmos by Jaime Green
Breathe: Tackling the climate emergency by Sadiq Khan
Wasteland: The dirty truth about what we throw away, where it goes, and why it matters by Oliver Franklin-Wallis
Fire Weather: A true story from a hotter world by John Vaillant
Fiction
In Ascension by Martin McInnes
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Bridge by Lauren Beukes
The Future by Naomi Alderman
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Pod by Laline Paull