The Future with Hannah Fry episode 6 follows the mathematician and broadcaster from the abandoned towns of Fukushima to the redwood forests of Northern California, asking one urgent question: can rewilding heal the environmental wounds humanity has carved into the planet?
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The Future with Hannah Fry episode 5 takes viewers from a Tokyo café staffed by robots to a New York lab building bionic hands, asking whether revolutionary technology can finally transform the lives of more than a billion disabled people
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The Future with Hannah Fry episode 4 turns the spotlight on nuclear fusion, the technology many scientists call the holy grail of limitless clean energy
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The Future with Hannah Fry episode 3 confronts one of the most urgent questions of the digital age: does the vast ocean of data we generate every day make society safer, or does the death of privacy leave us dangerously exposed?
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The Future with Hannah Fry Episode 2 puts one of the most consequential questions in modern technology directly on the table: can a computer read a human emotion?
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The Future with Hannah Fry Episode 1: Can We Really Live to 150, and What Would It Cost Us? The Future with Hannah Fry episode 1 opens with a deceptively simple question: would you like to turn back your biological clock? From a hyperbaric oxygen chamber in California to the streets of Tokyo, mathematician and writer Professor Hannah Fry travels across the world to examine one of humanity’s oldest obsessions — living longer. What she finds is a collision between cutting-edge science, expensive pseudoscience, philosophical wisdom, and some profoundly uncomfortable questions about what extended life would actually mean for all
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AI Confidential with Hannah Fry episode 3 opens in the aftermath of a killing that shook corporate America to its foundations. On a December morning in 2024, Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare — the largest health insurance provider in the United States — was shot dead outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
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AI Confidential with Hannah Fry episode 2 opens a window onto one of the most consequential moments in the history of autonomous technology: the night a driverless car became the first in the world to kill a pedestrian.
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On Christmas Day 2021, a young man named Jaswant Singh Chail climbed over the walls of Windsor Castle carrying a loaded crossbow. His stated intention was to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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Have you ever just stopped and looked up? Have you stared into the vast, dark night sky? Perhaps you felt a powerful pull of endless wonder. We all share this deep curiosity. It often starts with simple, childlike questions.
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Okay, let’s talk about the open road. Or rather, let’s talk about The Secret Genius of Modern Life’s deep dive into the motorway. This episode, aptly titled “Motorway,” tackles something many of us use daily but rarely appreciate. Britain’s vast network of motorways keeps the country moving. Without these concrete arteries, everything could grind to a halt.
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The Secret Genius of Modern Life episode 15 – Rollercoaster: Have you ever felt that glorious, terrifying mix of excitement and dread? You know the feeling. It happens right as you crest the hill of a giant rollercoaster. Your heart pounds like a drum against your ribs. Your stomach seems to vanish entirely. Then, suddenly, you plunge downwards, screaming with pure, unadulterated joy. For well over a century, these incredible machines have offered us this unique blend of fear and fun.
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