podcast

The Infinite Monkey Cage

by BBC Radio 4

The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck

24.12.2025 • 00:42:22

In this Christmas episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox and Robin Ince head to the North Pole to explore the dazzling science behind the nort...

Monkey Business - Robin Dunbar, Dave Gorman and Jo Setchell

17.12.2025 • 00:42:30

In perhaps the monkiest Infinite Monkey Cage episode there’s ever been, Brian Cox and Robin Ince attempt to uncover the secrets of love, lust and frie...

Head in the Clouds - Owain Wyn Evans, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Amanda Maycock

10.12.2025 • 00:42:24

Robin Ince and Brian Cox look up to the heavens as they try to ‘de-mistify’ the foggy science of clouds. They’re joined by Cloud Appreciation Society ...

Fusion – Ria Lina, Yasmin Andrew and Howard Wilson

03.12.2025 • 00:42:14

Robin Ince and Brian Cox get all fired up, overcome their natural repulsion and come together for this stellar episode on nuclear fusion. They’re join...

What’s the deal with eels? – Lucy Porter, David Righton and Caroline Durif

26.11.2025 • 00:42:26

Fishing rods at the ready, Brian Cox and Robin Ince attempt to reel in a creature that has baffled scientists since Aristotle: the eel. Wriggling in t...

What’s the time? - Marcus Brigstocke, Leon Lobo, Louise Devoy

19.11.2025 • 00:42:18

Robin Ince and Brian Cox wind up at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich – arguably the centre of time – to uncoil the mysteries of what time is and how...

Mind-reading Computers – Phil Wang, Anne Vanhoestenberghe and Luke Bashford

12.11.2025 • 00:42:42

For once, Brian Cox and Robin Ince are on the same wavelength – with thinking caps firmly on, they plug into the science of brain-computer interfaces....

Illuminating Light - Jess Wade, Russell Foster and Bridget Christie

20.08.2025 • 00:42:23

What is light? How has it shaped our understanding of the universe, our biology, and even our culture? In this illuminating episode Brian Cox and Robi...

Moths v Butterflies - Katy Brand, Jane Hill and Chris Jiggins

13.08.2025 • 00:42:08

What really separates a moth from a butterfly? Is it just a matter of day and night, or is there more to this fluttering feud than meets the eye? Prof...

Technofossils - Sarah Gabbott, Mark Miodownik and Aurie Styla

06.08.2025 • 00:42:26

Brian Cox and Robin Ince dig deep into the strata of an imagined human history to unearth the curious concept of technofossils. Joined by paleobiologi...