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Podcast Profile: Curious Cases

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141 episodes
2016 to 2024
Median: 28 minutes
Collection: Science


Description (podcaster-provided):

Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain tackle listeners' conundrums with the power of science!


Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

➤ Science mysteries • Listener questions • Expert interviews • Physics and chemistry • Biology and medicine • Technology and AI ethics • Engineering and mathematics • History and evolution • Unusual phenomena

This podcast features scientific exploration led by hosts Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain (with additional contributions from Adam Rutherford) as they delve into curious questions posed by listeners. The show emphasizes using the power of science to uncover the answers to a diverse range of conundrums. Throughout the episodes, the podcast covers a broad spectrum of scientific topics, showcasing varied themes such as the mysteries of physics, the peculiarities of human perception and biology, and the intricacies of technology.

Listeners can expect to hear about both the expansive and the intricate aspects of science. From understanding quantum mechanics and the nature of magnetic fields to exploring the curious properties of everyday phenomena like bubbles and mirrors, the podcast frequently ventures into both theoretical and applied science. It involves expert contributions, often sourcing insights from academic researchers and professionals across various fields.

The podcast does not shy away from controversial or unusual questions, answering inquiries about topics such as the imaginary number 'i', the possibility of bringing back extinct species, and the role of AI in warfare. It also tackles more whimsical curiosities about the nature of smells, the mechanisms of tides, and even hypothetical scenarios like powering an entire city with hamsters.

Overall, this podcast offers an inquisitive look at science in everyday life and beyond, aiming to solve some of the most profound and lighthearted scientific mysteries by engaging with experts and utilizing a scientific approach to bring clarity to complex questions.


Episodes:
4. In the Groove
2024-Nov-02
30 minutes
3. Mirror, Mirror
2024-Oct-26
30 minutes
2. The 5 Second Rule
2024-Oct-19
28 minutes
1. Space Bubbles
2024-Oct-12
28 minutes
Introducing a brand new series of Curious Cases!
2024-Oct-04
2 minutes
Episode Image The Impossible Number
2023-Feb-14
41 minutes
Episode Image The Mind Numbing Medicine
2023-Feb-07
43 minutes
Episode Image The Resurrection Quest
2023-Jan-31
38 minutes
Episode Image The Puzzle of the Pyramids
2023-Jan-24
36 minutes
Episode Image The Magnetic Mystery
2023-Jan-17
43 minutes
Episode Image The Case of the Blind Mind's Eye
2023-Jan-10
43 minutes
Episode Image Silly Studies: The Pre-Series Teaser
2023-Jan-05
12 minutes
Episode Image The Puzzle of the Plasma Doughnut
2022-Sep-20
39 minutes
Episode Image The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses
2022-Sep-13
36 minutes
Episode Image The Problem of Infinite Pi(e)
2022-Sep-06
35 minutes
Episode Image The Suspicious Smell
2022-Aug-30
38 minutes
Episode Image The Wild and Windy Tale
2022-Aug-23
38 minutes
Episode Image The Case of The Missing Gorilla
2022-Aug-16
37 minutes
Episode Image Silly Studies: The Pre-Series Tease
2022-Aug-09
10 minutes
Episode Image The Colour Conundrum
2022-Mar-24
35 minutes
Episode Image The Turn of the Tide
2022-Mar-17
34 minutes
Episode Image The Shocking White Hair
2022-Mar-10
34 minutes
Episode Image Surprising Symmetries
2022-Mar-03
33 minutes
Episode Image The Weird Waves of Wi-Fi
2022-Feb-24
34 minutes
Episode Image The Mystery of the Teenage Brain
2022-Feb-17
33 minutes
Episode Image We’re (almost) back!
2022-Feb-11
6 minutes
Episode Image Rutherford and Fry on Living with AI: A Future for Humans
2021-Dec-23
27 minutes
Episode Image Rutherford and Fry on Living with AI: AI in the Economy
2021-Dec-15
27 minutes
Episode Image Rutherford and Fry on Living with AI: AI in Warfare
2021-Dec-08
27 minutes
Episode Image Rutherford and Fry on Living with AI: The Biggest Event in Human History
2021-Dec-01
27 minutes
Episode Image The Venomous Vendetta
2021-Nov-11
42 minutes
Episode Image The Slippery Situation
2021-Nov-04
37 minutes
Episode Image The Painless Heart
2021-Oct-28
37 minutes
Episode Image The Weirdness of Water Part 2/2
2021-Oct-21
40 minutes
Episode Image The Weirdness of Water Part 1/2
2021-Oct-14
37 minutes
Episode Image The Guiding Hound
2021-Oct-07
39 minutes
Episode Image We’re back!
2021-Sep-30
8 minutes
Episode Image More Frytful Scares
2021-Feb-23
29 minutes
Episode Image Back to The Sinister Hand
2021-Feb-16
29 minutes
Episode Image A Weighty Matter Part 2/2
2021-Feb-09
40 minutes
Episode Image A Weighty Matter Part 1
2021-Feb-02
43 minutes
Episode Image The Flying Clock and the Stopped Watch
2021-Jan-26
50 minutes
Episode Image The Mosquito Conundrum
2021-Jan-19
45 minutes
Episode Image The Scientific Exploration of Astrology
2021-Jan-12
50 minutes
Episode Image The Noises That Make Us Cringe
2021-Jan-05
48 minutes
Episode Image The Pizza Diet
2020-Dec-29
42 minutes
Episode Image The Good and Bad in Fungi
2020-Dec-22
48 minutes
Episode Image The Martian Mission
2020-Dec-15
42 minutes
Episode Image The Hamster Power Hypothesis
2020-Dec-08
38 minutes
Episode Image We’re back!
2020-Dec-01
11 minutes
Episode Image The Space Burrito
2020-Jul-14
34 minutes
Episode Image The Zedonk Problem
2020-Jul-07
40 minutes
Episode Image The End of Everything
2020-Jun-30
44 minutes
Episode Image The Sting in the Tail
2020-Jun-23
42 minutes
Episode Image The Seeded Cloud
2020-Jun-16
33 minutes
Episode Image The Growling Stomach
2020-Jun-09
34 minutes
Episode Image We’re back!
2020-Jun-03
2 minutes
Episode Image The Exotic Wormhole
2020-Mar-06
37 minutes
Episode Image A Cold Case Part 2
2020-Feb-28
34 minutes
Episode Image A Cold Case Part 1
2020-Feb-21
34 minutes
Episode Image The ASMRnswer
2020-Feb-14
38 minutes
Episode Image Adam's ASMR cocktail
2020-Feb-14
5 minutes
Episode Image Hannah's ASMR cocktail
2020-Feb-14
4 minutes
Episode Image The Power of Love
2020-Feb-07
34 minutes
Episode Image The Golden Secret
2020-Jan-31
28 minutes
Episode Image We’re Back!
2020-Jan-24
12 minutes
Episode Image The End of the World
2019-Dec-09
42 minutes
Episode Image The Trouble Sum Weather
2019-Nov-22
35 minutes
Episode Image The Heart of the Antimatter
2019-Nov-15
31 minutes
Episode Image Stephen Fry's Identity Crisis
2019-Nov-08
36 minutes
Episode Image A Frytful Scare Part 2
2019-Nov-01
32 minutes
Episode Image A Frytful Scare Part 1
2019-Oct-25
31 minutes
Episode Image Curious Cases Returns
2019-Oct-18
13 minutes
Episode Image Jurassic Squawk
2019-May-03
37 minutes
Episode Image The Lunar Land Pt2
2019-Apr-26
29 minutes
Episode Image The Lunar Land Pt 1
2019-Apr-19
30 minutes
Episode Image An Instrumental Case
2019-Apr-12
39 minutes
Episode Image The Periodic Problem
2019-Apr-05
28 minutes
Episode Image The Mesmerist
2019-Mar-29
35 minutes
Episode Image Coming Soon – More Curious Cases
2019-Mar-22
4 minutes
Episode Image The Horrible Hangover
2018-Dec-21
31 minutes
Episode Image The Good Bad Food
2018-Dec-14
26 minutes
Episode Image Two Infinities and Beyond - part 2
2018-Dec-07
31 minutes
Episode Image Two Infinities and Beyond - part 1
2018-Nov-30
32 minutes
Episode Image The Stressful Scone
2018-Nov-23
33 minutes
Episode Image The Viking Code
2018-Nov-16
26 minutes
Episode Image A World of Pain
2018-Sep-07
33 minutes
Episode Image The Random Request
2018-Aug-31
26 minutes
Episode Image The Running Joke
2018-Aug-24
38 minutes
Episode Image The Alien Enterprise Part 2
2018-Aug-17
24 minutes
Episode Image The Alien Enterprise Part 1
2018-Aug-10
25 minutes
Episode Image The Dawn Chorus
2018-Jun-01
27 minutes
Episode Image The Lucky Number
2018-May-25
25 minutes
Episode Image The Déjà Vu
2018-May-18
25 minutes
Episode Image The Human Instrument
2018-May-11
27 minutes
Episode Image The Fifth Dimension
2018-May-04
27 minutes
Episode Image The Cosmic Egg
2018-Mar-02
30 minutes
Episode Image The Atomic Blade
2018-Feb-28
23 minutes
Episode Image The Tiniest Dinosaur
2018-Feb-23
29 minutes
Episode Image The Enigma of Sex, Part 2
2018-Feb-16
22 minutes
Episode Image The Enigma of Sex, Part 1
2018-Feb-09
24 minutes
Episode Image Goldfinger's Moon Laser
2018-Jan-12
24 minutes
Episode Image The Curious Face Off
2018-Jan-05
25 minutes
Episode Image The Cosmic Speed Limit
2017-Dec-29
22 minutes
Episode Image The Dreadful Vegetable
2017-Dec-22
30 minutes
Episode Image The Baffled Bat
2017-Dec-15
25 minutes
Episode Image Adventures in Dreamland
2017-Sep-29
24 minutes
Episode Image The Shocking Surprise
2017-Sep-22
28 minutes
Episode Image The Sticky Song
2017-Sep-15
24 minutes
Episode Image The Polar Opposite
2017-Sep-08
19 minutes
Episode Image The Curious Cake-Off
2017-Sep-01
19 minutes
Episode Image Kate Bush's Sonic Weapon
2017-Jun-16
21 minutes
Episode Image Itchy and Scratchy
2017-Jun-15
21 minutes
Episode Image The Burning Question
2017-Jun-14
18 minutes
Episode Image The Dark Star
2017-Jun-02
23 minutes
Episode Image The Cat Who Came Back
2017-May-19
19 minutes
Episode Image A Code in Blood
2017-Mar-15
11 minutes
Episode Image The Forgetful Child
2017-Mar-10
16 minutes
Episode Image The Astronomical Balloon
2017-Mar-10
15 minutes
Episode Image The World That Turns
2017-Mar-10
15 minutes
Episode Image The Broken Stool
2017-Mar-10
17 minutes
Episode Image The Lost Producer
2016-Dec-02
18 minutes
Episode Image The Bad Moon Rising
2016-Dec-02
14 minutes
Episode Image The Hunt for Nothing, Part 2
2016-Dec-02
13 minutes
Episode Image The Hunt for Nothing, Part 1
2016-Dec-02
14 minutes
Episode Image The Melodic Mystery
2016-Dec-02
15 minutes
Episode Image The Strongest Substance
2016-Oct-07
15 minutes
Episode Image The Space Pirate
2016-Oct-05
15 minutes
Episode Image The Portly Problem
2016-Oct-05
14 minutes
Episode Image The Sinister Hand Part 2
2016-Oct-04
14 minutes
Episode Image The Sinister Hand Part 1
2016-Oct-03
14 minutes
Episode Image The Counting Horse
2016-Jun-02
15 minutes
Episode Image The Hairy Hominid
2016-May-30
16 minutes
Episode Image A Study in Spheres
2016-May-26
16 minutes
Episode Image The Psychic Tear
2016-May-26
15 minutes
Episode Image The Tea Leaf Mystery
2016-May-26
18 minutes
Episode Image The Stellar Dustbin
2016-Feb-18
13 minutes
Episode Image The Squeamish Swoon
2016-Feb-11
13 minutes
Episode Image The Aural Voyeur
2016-Feb-11
12 minutes
Episode Image The Phantom Jam
2016-Feb-11
13 minutes
Episode Image The Scarlet Mark
2016-Feb-11
13 minutes