The Infinite Monkey Cage
Episodes
In Praise of Flies
11 Jan 2021
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In Praise of FliesBrian Cox and Robin Ince kick off a new series of Infinite Monkey Cage with a look at probably the least revered or liked group of i...
Does Time Exist?
26 Aug 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by actor and writer Mark Gatiss, theoretical physicists Carlo Rovelli and Fay Dowker to ask timely questions about...
What is Life?
20 Jul 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedians Jo Brand and Ross Noble, alongside Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse and geneticist Prof Aoife McLys...
When the Monkeys Met the Chimps
29 Jun 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Dr Jane Goodall DBE, comedian Bill Bailey and primatologist Dr Cat Hobaiter to find out what we've learnt in t...
The Sun
22 Jun 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by a dazzling panel of sun worshippers from actor, comedian and musician Tim Minchin to solar scientist Professor ...
An Astronaut's Guide to Isolation
15 Jun 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by a stellar panel of space travellers as they get tips on surviving isolation from a group with a truly unique in...
Space Archaeology
08 Jun 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian and writer Sara Pascoe, biological anthropologist Alice Roberts and space archaeologist Sarah Parcak. ...
Black Holes
01 Jun 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince look at the weird and wacky world of black holes as they ask a question that has been troubling scientists for years: What ha...
The End of the Universe
25 May 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are back for new series, for now at least, as they take an upbeat look at all the different ways our Universe might end. The...
UFO special
12 Feb 2020
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UFO SPECIALBrian Cox and Robin Ince host a close encounter of the 1st kind with comedian Lucy Beaumont, astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Director of J...
Lucy Beaumont's Close Encounters
12 Feb 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince send comedian Lucy Beaumont to investigate UFO sightings in the extra-terrestrial hotspot of... Hull! Lucy is joined by her m...
Quantum Worlds
10 Feb 2020
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Quantum WorldsBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Katy Brand, and physicists Sean Carroll and Jim Al-Khalili as they enter the strange and...
Fire
03 Feb 2020
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Fire!Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Ed Byrne, forensic chemist Niamh Nic Daeid and biologist Adam Rutherford, as they explore the sci...
Coral Reefs
27 Jan 2020
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The Magic of CoralBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Marcus Brigstocke and marine biologists Professor Callum Roberts and Dr Hea...
Conspiracy Theories
20 Jan 2020
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Shazia Mirza, science writer and cancer researcher Dr David Robert Grimes and psychologist P...
Science of Laughter
13 Jan 2020
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The Science of LaughterBrian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of science/comedy chat. They are joined on stage, appropriately enough, by co...
Brits in Space
14 Oct 2019
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Brits in Space!Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by astronaut and author of "The Astronaut Selection Test Book", Tim Peake, first British astronaut ...
Anniversary of the Periodic Table
07 Oct 2019
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The Periodic Table How well do you know your Fe from your Cu, and what the heck is Np?? Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Katy Brand, Pr...
Science of Dreaming
30 Sep 2019
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Bridget Christie, neuroscientist Professor Penny Lewis and psychologist Richard Wiseman to explore the...
Clever Creatures
23 Sep 2019
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Those Clever CreaturesBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian and author Danny Wallace, ornithologist Professor Tim Birkhead and mari...
Dinosaurs
16 Sep 2019
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of their multi-award winning science/comedy show. They kick off with arguably any child's first int...
The Infinite Moonkey Cage
20 Jul 2019
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A special hour long episode of the hugely popular science/comedy show, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landings. Recorded at Coco...
How We Measure the Universe
11 Feb 2019
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How to Measure the UniverseBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Jo Brand, and physicists Prof Jo Dunkley and Dr Adam Masters to lo...
How to Build a Bionic Human
04 Feb 2019
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How to Build a Bionic Human.Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by "supervet" Noel Fitzpatrick, Dr Kevin Fong and comedian Lucy Beaumont to l...
Are humans still evolving?
28 Jan 2019
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Are humans still evolving?Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian and author David Baddiel, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics Aoife McLysagh...
Origin of Numbers
21 Jan 2019
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The origin of numbers and can fish count?Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by mathematician Dr Hannah Fry, comedian Matt Parker and neuroscientist P...
The Future of Humanity
14 Jan 2019
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The Future of Humanity Brian Cox and Robin Ince take on the entire future of our civilisation, as they are joined by Astronomer Royal and former head ...
Microbes: Secret Rulers of the World?
07 Jan 2019
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Microbes: Secret Rulers of the World?Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of the hugely popular, award-winning science/comedy show. This ...
GCHQ
13 Aug 2018
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The Code BreakersBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Katy Brand, as they transport the cage of infinite proportions to the home of modern ...
Special Bonus Edition
09 Aug 2018
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince reminisce about their favourite moments from 100 episodes of The Infinite Monkey Cage.
The Human Voice
06 Aug 2018
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The Human VoiceBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian and beatboxer Beardyman, acoustic engineer Prof Trevor Cox and neuroscientist Prof Soph...
Immune System
30 Jul 2018
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The Immune SystemBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Shappi Khorsandi, Prof Dan Davis and Prof Steve Jones to look at our amazingly comple...
Invasion
23 Jul 2018
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Invasion!Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Phill Jupitus, bat expert and ecologist Professor Kate Jones and forensic botanist Dr Mark Sp...
Big Data
16 Jul 2018
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Danny Wallace, mathematician Hannah Fry and science writer Timandra Harkness. They'll be going big on ...
The Infinite Monkey Cage 100
11 Jul 2018
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Monkey Cage 100!Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the 100th episode of the hit science/comedy show, by inviting some very well known monkey cage alum...
Volcanoes
12 Feb 2018
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Volcano!Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Jo Brand and Volcano experts Professor Tamsin Mather and Professor Clive Oppenheimer. They loo...
How Animals Behave
05 Feb 2018
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How Animals BehaveBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Rufus Hound, Zoologist and broadcaster Lucy Cooke and Professor Rory Wilson to disco...
Teenage Brain
29 Jan 2018
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The Teenage BrainBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by impressionist Rory Bremner, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL Sarah-Jayne Blakemore a...
Antibiotics
22 Jan 2018
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Antibiotics Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Chris Addison, Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, and Professor Martha Clokie to lo...
The Secret Life of Birds
15 Jan 2018
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The Secret Life of BirdsBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by guests including Katy Brand, Steve Backshall and Professor Tim Birkhead to uncover the ...
When Two Stars Collide
08 Jan 2018
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When Two Stars CollideBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Dara O'Briain, Professor Sheila Rowan of Glasgow University and Profess...
Christmas Special 2017: The Science of Magic
25 Dec 2017
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The Infinite Monkey Cage Christmas Special: The Science of MagicThe Infinite Monkeys bring their own brand of yule friendly science and comedy to the ...
The Mind v the Brain
07 Aug 2017
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The Mind V The Brain.It's one of the hardest problems in neuroscience. How do the chemical processes and electric signals produced by our brains resul...
Are We Living in a Simulation?
31 Jul 2017
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Are we living in a simulation?Elon Musk thinks we definitely could be, and it seems he is not alone. The idea that we might simply be products of an a...
Will insects inherit the earth?
24 Jul 2017
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Will Insects Inherit the Earth?Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Dave Gorman, zoologist Tim Cockerill and forensic entomologist...
Oxygen: A Matter of Life and Death
17 Jul 2017
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Oxygen: a matter of life and death.Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by chemist Andrea Sella, science broadcaster and writer Gabrielle Walk...
Astronaut Special
10 Jul 2017
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Astronaut SpecialBrian Cox and Robin Ince transport the cage to Trondheim Norway, host of this year's Starmus Festival, for an extraordinary gathering...
What Particles Remain to be Discovered?
03 Jul 2017
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"What Particles Remain to be Discovered?"Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of the hugely popular, multi-award winning science/comedy sh...
Making the Invisible Visible
13 Feb 2017
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Making the Invisible, Visible Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Katy Brand, Cosmologist Prof Carlos Frenk, and biologist Prof Matthew Co...
The Human Story: How We Got Here and Why We Survived.
06 Feb 2017
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The Human Story: how we got here and why we survived. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Ross Noble, Professor Danielle Schreve and Profe...
Oceans: What Remains to Be Discovered?
30 Jan 2017
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Oceans: what remains to be discovered? Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Andy Hamilton, Professor Jon Copley and marine biologist Helen Scales, a...
Science's Epic Fails
23 Jan 2017
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Science's Epic FailsBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by actor and comedian Rufus Hound, Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Adam Rutherford to ...
How to Beat the House and Win at Games
16 Jan 2017
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How to beat the house and win at games. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by mathematicians Hannah Fry and Alex Bellos, psychologist Richar...
The Science of Everyday Life
10 Jan 2017
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The Science of Everyday Life Robin Ince and Brian Cox return for a new series. They are joined on stage, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Indus...
Christmas Special 2016
27 Dec 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a very special Christmas edition of the show. They are joined on stage by Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, acto...
The Universe: What Remains to Be Discovered?
01 Aug 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage at the Blue Dot Festival, at the home of Radio Astronomy, Jodrell Bank. They are joined on stage by Ben Mil...
200 Years of Frankenstein
25 Jul 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince mark the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. They are joined on stage by Noel Fielding, evolutionary biologist ...
Battle of the Sexes
18 Jul 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Professor Sophie Scott, Professor Steve Jones and comedian Sara Pascoe. They will be tackling the age ...
Science of Sleep
11 Jul 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Professor Russell Foster, Professor Richard Wiseman and comedian Katy Brand as they attempt to get to ...
The Recipe to Build a Universe
04 Jul 2016
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The Recipe to Build A UniverseBrian Cox and Robin Ince ask what ingredients you need to build a universe? They are joined on stage by comedian and for...
The Sound of Music
27 Jun 2016
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The Sound of MusicBrian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage at Glastonbury Music Festival. They are joined by comedian Matt Kirshen, musicians KT Tun...
Brian and Robin's Infinite Inbox
25 Feb 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince answer The Infinite Monkey Cage listeners' questions.
Climate Change
15 Feb 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by guests Dara O Briain, Professor Tony Ryan and Dr Gabrielle Walker to discuss the ever-hot topic of climate chan...
Maths of Love and Sex
08 Feb 2016
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Robin Ince and Brian Cox get romantic (although unfortunately not with each other) as they discuss the mathematics of love and the statistics of sex. ...
What Is Reality?
01 Feb 2016
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What is Reality?Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by US superstar neuroscientist David Eagleman, Professor Sophie Scott and comedian Bridget Christi...
Invisible Universe
25 Jan 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince transport the cage of infinite proportions to the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. They are joined on stage by impr...
What is Race?
18 Jan 2016
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Shappi Khorsandi, science broadcaster Adam Rutherford and evolutionary geneticist Mark Thomas...
Artificial Intelligence
12 Jan 2016
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Artificial IntelligenceBrian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of their award winning science/comedy show. Tonight the infinite monkey's are ...
Christmas Special 2015
25 Dec 2015
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The Science of Doctor Who Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the festive season with a look at the science of Doctor Who. Swapping the infinite cage f...
Episode 2
15 Dec 2015
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the legacy of Einstein's great theory, and how a mathematical equation written 100 years ago seems to have predicted ...
Episode 1
08 Dec 2015
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It's 100 years since the publication of Einstein's great theory, and arguably one of the greatest scientific theories of all time. To mark the occasio...
Forensic Science
10 Aug 2015
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A Forensic look at ForensicsNo dead strawberries this week, but plenty of dead bodies, as Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a gruesome look at the science...
Speed
03 Aug 2015
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The Need for SpeedThe Monkey Cage returns from its tour of the USA, as Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage of the BBC Radio Theatre to look at ...
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco
27 Jul 2015
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in San Francisco for the last of their USA specials. They talk alien visitations, UFOs and other close enco...
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago
20 Jul 2015
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Fossil Records and other Archaeological Hits.Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in Chicago, Illinois, to discuss fossil records and evolution....
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles
13 Jul 2015
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Science Goes to Hollywood: Science Fact V Science FictionBrian Cox and Robin Ince continue their tour of the USA, as they take to the stage in LA. The...
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New York
06 Jul 2015
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The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New YorkThe Infinite Monkeys return for a new series, the first of which will see them head to the USA for their fi...
Serendipity
23 Feb 2015
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Serendipity in ScienceBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Lee Mack, science author and journalist Simon Singh and chemist Profess...
What Is the Point of Plants?
16 Feb 2015
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What's the Point of Plants?Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by plant biologist Professor Jane Langdale, physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili...
When Quantum Goes Woo
09 Feb 2015
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When Quantum Goes WooBrian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Bad Science author, Ben Goldacre, Professor of Particle Physics at Manchester Uni...
Solar System
02 Feb 2015
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Jo Brand, planetary scientist Professor Monica Grady and NASA scientist Dr Carolyn Porco as they discu...
Fierce Creatures
26 Jan 2015
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by naturalist Steve Backshall, zoologist Lucy Cooke and comedian Andy Hamilton as they battle it out to d...
Deception
19 Jan 2015
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by author and journalist David Aaronovitch, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman and neuroscientist Pro...
Christmas Special 2014
25 Dec 2014
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince present a very special festive edition. They'll be taking their own unique look at the Christmas story and the history of the...
Irrationality
11 Aug 2014
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedians Josie Long and Paul Foot, psychologist Richard Wiseman and neuroscientist Stuart Ritchie to ask "is i...
Before the Big Bang
04 Aug 2014
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince transport the cage of infinite proportions, for the first of 2 programmes from the Edinburgh Festival. They are joined on sta...
Can Science Save Us?
28 Jul 2014
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Can Science Save Us?Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Stephen Fry, Eric Idle, chemist and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University, P...
Does Science Need War?
21 Jul 2014
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Does Science Need War?Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Katy Brand, science writer Philip Ball and medic, author and broadcaste...
Are Humans Uniquely Unique?
14 Jul 2014
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Are humans uniquely unique?Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined on stage by human and non-human ape experts Keith Jensen, Katie Slocombe and Ross Noble...
Numbers Numbers Everywhere
07 Jul 2014
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Numbers, Numbers everywhere...The Infinite Monkey Cage is back for a new series of witty, irreverent science chat. Over the coming six weeks, presente...
Brian and Robin's Infinite Inbox
10 Mar 2014
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Infinite Monkeys Brian Cox and Robin Ince delve into the postbag and open up the inbox for a programme specially recorded for BBC Radio 4 Extra. Fol...
Science and Spin
23 Dec 2013
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This week on the Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage at Manchester University, to discuss the state of science communicat...
Should We Pander to Pandas?
16 Dec 2013
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This week, Brian Cox and Robin Ince wonder if the world would be better off without spending an undue amount of time and energy trying to get giant pa...
To Infinity and Beyond
09 Dec 2013
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This week on the Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedy producer John Lloyd, mathematician Colva Roney Dougal and writer ...
Science Rocks!
02 Dec 2013
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Science Rocks! This week, Brian Cox and Robin Ince are travelling back in time, to discuss when and how geology became a science, what the dinosaurs e...
Through the Doors of Perception
25 Nov 2013
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This week, Brian Cox and Robin Ince attempt to walk through the doors of perception. On the way, they'll encounter the nature of consciousness, the se...
Risk
18 Nov 2013
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The Infinite Monkey Cage returns in the first of a new series and turns its gaze on the science of risk.Professor Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince br...
Science Museum
29 Jul 2013
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince transport their infinite cage to the more finite proportions of London's Science Museum to discuss wonder in science, and why...
Alfred Russel Wallace
22 Jul 2013
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince discuss the life and works of Alfred Russel Wallace, the lesser known co-founder of the theory of evolution by natural select...
What Makes Science a Science?
15 Jul 2013
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What Makes a Science a Science?Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by "Bad Science" author Ben Goldacre, neuroscientist Sophie Scott and broadcaster E...