Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on...

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Could ozempic cure addiction? 36 min · Jonathan McRae, Phil Smyth, Laura Hayes · yesterday

Extra: Behind The Scenes of The Lost Bridge 24 min · Jonathan McRae, Jonathan McCrea · 6 days ago

Futureproof Special: The Lost Bridge 44 min · Jonathan McRae, Professor Devi Sridhar · 8 days ago

Gold: What is time? 29 min · Jonathan McCrea, Shannon Maldonado · 11 days ago

Extra: Decoding Birdsong 15 min · Jonathan McRae, Jonathan McCrea · 13 days ago

Jim Al-Khalili on time and time travel 39 min · Jonathan McRae, Dr Ruth Freeman, Matthew Campbell · 15 days ago

Extra: The Genetics of Wrongdoing 19 min · Jonathan McRae, Jonathan McCrea · 20 days ago

Did we find evidence of life on Mars in the 1970’s? 43 min · Jonathan McRae, Jessamyn Fairfield · 22 days ago

Extra: Growing Old in Ireland - 20 Years of the TILDA Study 19 min · Jonathan McRae, Jonathan McCrea · 27 days ago

How many insects are there? 37 min · Jonathan McRae, Matthew Campbell, Dr Ruth Freeman · 29 days ago

Extra: The Irish scientists tackling organ transplant rejection 17 min · Jonathan McRae, Jonathan McCrea · Aug 18

The Greenland shark discovered on Ireland’s coast 29 min · Jonathan McRae, Laura Hayes, John Regan · Aug 16

Gold: Neil DeGrasse Tyson - A Brief Welcome to the Universe 37 min · Jonathan McRae, Jonathan McCrea · Aug 11

Observing the Solar Eclipse 47 min · Jonathan McRae, Peter Gallagher, Laura Hayes · Aug 9

Gold: How does the brain conjure consciousness? 22 min · Anil Seth, Jonathan McRae, Professor Devi Sridhar · Aug 4

Could AI be conscious? 1 h 01 min · Jonathan McRae, Matthew Campbell, Laura Hayes · Aug 2

Extra: Could base editing lead to designer babies? 14 min · Oliver Bower, Jonathan McRae, Jonathan McCrea · Jul 28

The fish species with no males 42 min · Jonathan McRae, Ed Ricemeyer, Dr Shane Bergin · Jul 26

Extra: ET Code of Conduct 18 min · Professor Michael Garrett, Jonathan McRae, Jonathan McCrea · Jul 21

The problem solving powers of bumblebees 32 min · Jonathan McRae, Dr Ruth Freeman, Matthew Campbell · Jul 19

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🇮🇪 #3 · 🇦🇷 #16 · 🇧🇪 #38 · 🇿🇦 #109 · 🇫🇮 #141 · 🇦🇺 #159 · 🇳🇿 #186 · 🇨🇦 #192 · +5 more

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10 episodes · last 30 days · avg 28 min

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Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for New...

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As of 2026-09-21, Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea ranks #193 on Apple Podcasts in Ireland, and appears on charts in 1 country.

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Current overall position by country · categories in 🇮🇪 Ireland as of 2026-09-21

🇮🇪 Ireland #193 Science #4 Apple

Chart records

First charted2025-08-28

Best ever#122 on Apple Podcasts (Argentina) · 2026-03-30

Days on chart18

Countries now1

CategoriesScience

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