Rowan Hooper

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1,494 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4d ago

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

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The World, the Universe and Us · The Science of Football: Inside the 2026 World Cup · 2 Jul 2026 podcast

20% of the blood flow you've lost out on the brain. voice-verified

I think we should fly you out to the USA and pitch it to Tukul. voice-verified

Yeah, someone in Silicon Valley will take this idea and try it out. voice-verified

Well, I mean, we should say it's not a randomly hot World Cup. voice-verified

It's hot because of the climate crisis, which is also, by the way, not great that we've got Aramco as one of the major sponsors of this World Cup. voice-verified

But the next one in 2030, it's in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. voice-verified

It's going to be even hotter. voice-verified

Another four years. voice-verified

We're breaking temperature records every day. voice-verified

Last week we were, and certainly every year. voice-verified

Are we going to have to have winter tournaments, do you think? voice-verified

FIFA, they've already done it, right? voice-verified

Well, they had to do it there, but is it going to be something that's more common? voice-verified

input that there's been in the men's game to the women's? voice-verified

Because, am I right, do women get more ACL injuries than men? voice-verified

Another thing that struck me recently, I think it was just after the Germany-Paraguay game, was I heard some pundits saying, Paraguay wanted it more. voice-verified

And you'd often hear that phrase, so they wanted it more. voice-verified

What do we understand by that scientifically? voice-verified

Okay, we're out of time. voice-verified

Thank you to the Royal Society for hosting us tonight. voice-verified

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