Rowan Hooper

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1,427 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5d ago

Rowan Hooper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 18 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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The World, the Universe and Us · Latitude Special: Why Festivals Make You Live Longer; Clearing Alzheimer’s Proteins from the Brain;Clouds Made of Rocks and Rubies; Orcas Blow Up Giant Fish · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

It could be a way for young ones to learn about what they're allowed to eat, what they're not allowed to eat. matched

So the matriarch of the group grabs the sunfish. matched

Yeah, yeah. matched

So it's quite a struggle. matched

And then somehow communicates to the younger ones, right, here we go, come and get it, blow it up. matched

I'm sure that does happen, yeah. matched

But the other thing I like about this is if you blow up a sunfish, they've got this capsule around the body which contains this really rich sort of gelatinous gloop, basically, full of a lovely microbiome that protects and nurtures the sunfish. matched

So when it blows up, all this gloop goes into the water and the young ones can swim through it. matched

There could be some health benefits for them for that. matched

Tell Gwyneth Paltrow straight away. matched

Okay, let's move on to the next subject today. matched

This is a story that really made me do a double take when it came in. matched

The story is that inhaling high doses of CO2, carbon dioxide, can clear Alzheimer's proteins from the brain. matched

So Penny, take us through this. matched

Yeah. matched

Start off, though, telling me how high a dose of CO2 do you have to breathe? matched

Okay, so the glymphatic system. matched

Wow, so this happens at night as well. matched

So if you are in a stuffy room, you do get this effect. matched

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