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The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC Radio 4

Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists’ eyes. Joined by a panel of scientists, experts and celebrity science enthusiasts they investigate life, the universe and everything in…

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Introducing... Life Without 2026-03-06 · 14m
The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck 2025-12-24 · 42m
Monkey Business - Robin Dunbar, Dave Gorman and Jo Setchell 2025-12-17 · 43m
Head in the Clouds - Owain Wyn Evans, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Amanda Maycock 2025-12-10 · 42m
Fusion – Ria Lina, Yasmin Andrew and Howard Wilson 2025-12-03 · 42m
What’s the deal with eels? – Lucy Porter, David Righton and Caroline Durif 2025-11-26 · 42m
What’s the time? - Marcus Brigstocke, Leon Lobo, Louise Devoy 2025-11-19 · 42m
Mind-reading Computers – Phil Wang, Anne Vanhoestenberghe and Luke Bashford 2025-11-12 · 43m
New series starts soon! 2025-11-10 · 1m
Illuminating Light - Jess Wade, Russell Foster and Bridget Christie 2025-08-20 · 42m
Moths v Butterflies - Katy Brand, Jane Hill and Chris Jiggins 2025-08-13 · 42m
Technofossils - Sarah Gabbott, Mark Miodownik and Aurie Styla 2025-08-06 · 42m
The Mighty Spud - Sandy Knapp, Glenn Bryan and Susan Calman 2025-07-30 · 43m
How to Build the Perfect Athlete - Helen Glover, Hugh Dennis, Steve Haake and Emma Ross 2025-07-23 · 42m
Should We Settle in Space? - Tim Peake, Kelly Weinersmith and Alan Davies 2025-07-16 · 43m
201st Birthday Bonanza - Mel Giedroyc, Deborah Meaden and Nish Kumar 2025-07-09 · 43m
Nature's Shapes - Dave Gorman, Sarah Hart and Thomas Woolley 2025-03-26 · 42m
The Sound of Music - Brian Eno, Sam Bennett and Trevor Cox 2025-03-19 · 43m
Saturn v Jupiter - Katherine Parkinson, Paul Abel and Michele Dougherty 2025-03-12 · 42m
Adventures on Ice - Darren Harriott, Liz Morris, Christoph Salzmann and Felicity Aston 2025-03-05 · 43m
How selfish are we really? - Jo Brand, Matti Wilks and Steve Jones 2025-02-26 · 42m
Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Phil Wang, Ana Ferreira and Chris Jackson 2025-02-19 · 43m
Brian and Robin introduce Series 32 2025-02-13 · 4m
An Unexpected History of the Body 2024-12-25 · 42m
Is Extinction the End? 2024-12-18 · 42m
Fantastic Elastic 2024-12-11 · 43m
The Science of Baby Making 2024-12-04 · 42m
Starless World 2024-11-27 · 42m
Hedgehogs 2024-11-20 · 43m
The Cyber Codebreakers 2024-11-13 · 43m
Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry Series 2 2024-09-09 · 17m
Alien Life - Russell Kane, Lisa Kaltenegger and Chris Lintott 2024-08-21 · 42m
An Unexpected History of Science - Rufus Hound, Matthew Cobb, Victoria Herridge and Keith Moore 2024-08-14 · 43m
What a Gas! - Dave Gorman, Mark Miodownik and Lucy Carpenter 2024-08-07 · 43m
Extreme Exploration - Anneka Rice, Mike Massimino, Britney Schmidt and Jess Phoenix 2024-07-31 · 43m
'Beastly Bodies' Kids Special - Steve Backshall, Jess French and Adam Kay 2024-07-24 · 43m
Science of Board Games - Jess Fostekew, Marcus du Sautoy and Dave Neale 2024-07-17 · 43m
The Wonder of Trees - Dame Judi Dench, Tony Kirkham and Tristan Gooley 2024-07-10 · 42m
New series coming soon! 2024-07-05 · 1m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Audience Favourites (Pt 2) 2024-05-29 · 22m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Tiny Things 2024-05-22 · 22m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Future 2024-05-15 · 20m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Failure 2024-05-08 · 17m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gambling 2024-05-01 · 19m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Gods 2024-04-24 · 22m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Talking to Aliens 2024-04-17 · 20m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gardening 2024-04-10 · 18m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Love 2024-04-03 · 20m
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Murder 2024-03-27 · 21m
Higgs Boson 2024-03-20 · 43m
Cats v Dogs 2024-03-13 · 42m
Poison 2024-03-06 · 42m
Asteroids 2024-02-28 · 42m
Could it be magic? 2024-02-21 · 43m
Egyptian Mummies 2024-02-14 · 42m
The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night 2023-12-20 · 57m
Jo Brand's Quantum World 2023-12-13 · 42m
Hollywood in Space 2023-12-06 · 42m
The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?) 2023-11-29 · 42m
How I is AI? 2023-11-22 · 43m
The Science of Coincidence 2023-11-14 · 43m
Octopuses! 2023-11-08 · 43m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Audience Favourites 2023-11-08 · 24m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Infinity 2023-11-01 · 18m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Being Human 2023-10-25 · 18m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Oceans 2023-10-18 · 24m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Building a Universe 2023-10-11 · 19m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Strawberries 2023-10-04 · 23m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Movies 2023-09-27 · 22m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... Space Travel 2023-09-20 · 21m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... The Apocalypse 2023-09-13 · 19m
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Supernatural 2023-09-06 · 22m
Welcome to The Infinite Monkey's Guide To... 2023-09-05 · 3m
Cosmic Dust 2023-08-05 · 43m
Ancient DNA Secrets 2023-07-29 · 42m
The Secret Life of Sharks 2023-07-22 · 42m
The Magic of Mushrooms 2023-07-15 · 43m
Bees v Wasps 2023-07-08 · 43m
Supervolcanoes 2023-07-01 · 43m
Are we what we eat? 2023-06-24 · 42m
Introducing - Sideways: Past Your Peak 2023-04-10 · 29m
Magic Materials 2023-03-25 · 42m
How Far Can the Human Body Go? 2023-03-18 · 43m
How to Commit the Perfect Murder 2023-03-11 · 43m
How to think like a mathematician 2023-03-04 · 43m
Australia’s Scary Spiders 2023-02-25 · 42m
Southern Skies 2023-02-18 · 43m
Why does wine taste good? 2022-12-24 · 42m
The Deep Space Network 2022-12-17 · 43m
The Age of Conspiracy? 2022-12-10 · 43m
Can we cure ageing? 2022-12-03 · 42m
Hunting for Exoplanets 2022-11-26 · 43m
Exploring our solar system 2022-11-19 · 43m
What have we learnt from Covid? 2022-11-12 · 43m
How to Teach Maths 2022-09-03 · 43m
Brains 2022-08-27 · 42m
Astronauts 2022-08-20 · 43m
Black Holes 2022-08-13 · 42m
The Wood Wide Web 2022-08-06 · 43m
Exploring the Deep 2022-07-30 · 43m
Bats v Flies 2022-07-23 · 43m
The Infinite Monkey Cage is Back 2022-06-25 · 1m
Introducing Robin Ince’s Laws That Aren’t Laws 2021-03-10 · 15m
A History of Rock 2021-02-15 · 43m
The Fundamentals of Reality 2021-02-08 · 41m
The Science of Cooking 2021-02-01 · 43m
Neanderthals 2021-01-25 · 39m
Under our Night Sky 2021-01-18 · 57m
In Praise of Flies 2021-01-11 · 39m
Does Time Exist? 2020-08-26 · 44m
What is Life? 2020-07-20 · 28m
When the Monkeys Met the Chimps 2020-06-29 · 51m
The Sun 2020-06-22 · 41m
An Astronaut's Guide to Isolation 2020-06-15 · 45m
Space Archaeology 2020-06-08 · 56m
Black Holes 2020-06-01 · 35m
The End of the Universe 2020-05-25 · 28m
UFO special 2020-02-12 · 43m
Lucy Beaumont's Close Encounters 2020-02-12 · 12m
Quantum Worlds 2020-02-10 · 43m
Fire 2020-02-03 · 38m
Coral Reefs 2020-01-27 · 46m
Conspiracy Theories 2020-01-20 · 33m
Science of Laughter 2020-01-13 · 44m
Brits in Space 2019-10-14 · 60m
Anniversary of the Periodic Table 2019-10-07 · 37m
Science of Dreaming 2019-09-30 · 45m
Clever Creatures 2019-09-23 · 41m
Dinosaurs 2019-09-16 · 47m
Astronaut Special (Repeat) 2019-07-25 · 29m
The Infinite Moonkey Cage 2019-07-20 · 58m
Introducing The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry 2019-04-18 · 6m
How We Measure the Universe 2019-02-11 · 38m
How to Build a Bionic Human 2019-02-04 · 42m
Are humans still evolving? 2019-01-28 · 47m
Origin of Numbers 2019-01-21 · 36m
The Future of Humanity 2019-01-14 · 36m
Microbes: Secret Rulers of the World? 2019-01-07 · 46m
GCHQ 2018-08-13 · 38m
Special Bonus Edition 2018-08-09 · 18m
The Human Voice 2018-08-06 · 38m
Immune System 2018-07-30 · 41m
Invasion 2018-07-23 · 41m
Big Data 2018-07-16 · 45m
The Infinite Monkey Cage 100 2018-07-11 · 57m
Volcanoes 2018-02-12 · 43m
How Animals Behave 2018-02-05 · 44m
Teenage Brain 2018-01-29 · 43m
Antibiotics 2018-01-22 · 38m
The Secret Life of Birds 2018-01-15 · 46m
When Two Stars Collide 2018-01-08 · 40m
Christmas Special 2017: The Science of Magic 2017-12-25 · 48m
Stay Tuned... 2017-12-20 · 1m
The Mind v the Brain 2017-08-07 · 51m
Are We Living in a Simulation? 2017-07-31 · 38m
Will insects inherit the earth? 2017-07-24 · 43m
Oxygen: A Matter of Life and Death 2017-07-17 · 39m
Astronaut Special 2017-07-10 · 44m
What Particles Remain to be Discovered? 2017-07-03 · 45m
Making the Invisible Visible 2017-02-13 · 46m
The Human Story: How We Got Here and Why We Survived. 2017-02-06 · 41m
Oceans: What Remains to Be Discovered? 2017-01-30 · 45m
Science's Epic Fails 2017-01-23 · 46m
How to Beat the House and Win at Games 2017-01-16 · 42m
The Science of Everyday Life 2017-01-10 · 45m
Christmas Special 2016 2016-12-27 · 42m
The Universe: What Remains to Be Discovered? 2016-08-01 · 46m
200 Years of Frankenstein 2016-07-25 · 52m
Battle of the Sexes 2016-07-18 · 46m
Science of Sleep 2016-07-11 · 39m
The Recipe to Build a Universe 2016-07-04 · 52m
The Sound of Music 2016-06-27 · 43m
Brian and Robin's Infinite Inbox 2016-02-25 · 47m
Climate Change 2016-02-15 · 49m
Maths of Love and Sex 2016-02-08 · 46m
What Is Reality? 2016-02-01 · 41m
Invisible Universe 2016-01-25 · 39m
What is Race? 2016-01-18 · 46m
Artificial Intelligence 2016-01-12 · 43m
Christmas Special 2015 2015-12-25 · 46m
Episode 2 2015-12-15 · 28m
Episode 1 2015-12-08 · 29m
Forensic Science 2015-08-10 · 49m
Speed 2015-08-03 · 47m
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco 2015-07-27 · 48m
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago 2015-07-20 · 46m
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles 2015-07-13 · 46m
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New York 2015-07-06 · 48m
Serendipity 2015-02-23 · 44m
What Is the Point of Plants? 2015-02-16 · 35m
When Quantum Goes Woo 2015-02-09 · 44m
Solar System 2015-02-02 · 55m
Fierce Creatures 2015-01-26 · 42m
Deception 2015-01-19 · 43m
Christmas Special 2014 2014-12-25 · 50m
Irrationality 2014-08-11 · 44m
Before the Big Bang 2014-08-04 · 41m
Can Science Save Us? 2014-07-28 · 54m
Does Science Need War? 2014-07-21 · 40m
Are Humans Uniquely Unique? 2014-07-14 · 46m
Numbers Numbers Everywhere 2014-07-07 · 45m
Brian and Robin's Infinite Inbox 2014-03-10 · 28m
Science and Spin 2013-12-23 · 38m
Should We Pander to Pandas? 2013-12-16 · 35m
To Infinity and Beyond 2013-12-09 · 35m
Science Rocks! 2013-12-02 · 42m
Through the Doors of Perception 2013-11-25 · 41m
Risk 2013-11-18 · 37m
Science Museum 2013-07-29 · 45m
Alfred Russel Wallace 2013-07-22 · 29m
What Makes Science a Science? 2013-07-15 · 38m
Space Tourism 2013-07-08 · 42m
Glastonbury 2013-07-01 · 43m
What Is Death? 2013-06-24 · 28m
Christmas Special: The Science of Christmas Behaviour 2012-12-24 · 28m
Creating Life 2012-12-17 · 28m
Brain Science 2012-12-10 · 28m
Secret Science 2012-12-03 · 28m
Improbable Science 2012-11-26 · 28m
Space Exploration 2012-11-19 · 28m
Science v Art 2012-07-23 · 28m
Parallel Universes 2012-07-16 · 28m
The Science of Symmetry 2012-07-08 · 28m
Does Size Matter? 2012-07-02 · 28m
Science Mavericks 2012-06-25 · 28m
Oceans: The Last Great Unexplored Frontier? 2012-06-18 · 28m
The Science of Christmas 2011-12-26 · 28m
I'm a Chemist Get Me Out of Here 2011-12-19 · 28m
The Science of Sound 2011-12-12 · 28m
The Origins of Life 2011-12-05 · 28m
A Balanced Programme on Balance 2011-11-28 · 28m
What's the North Ever Done for Us? 2011-11-21 · 28m
Science vs The Supernatural: Does Science Kill the Magic? 2011-07-05 · 28m
Is There Room for Mysticism in a Rational World? 2011-06-27 · 30m
Is Cosmology Really a Science? 2011-06-20 · 28m
So You Want To Be An Astronaut? 2011-06-13 · 28m
Six Degrees 2011-06-06 · 31m
What Don't We Know? 2011-05-30 · 28m
Philosophy 2010-12-06 · 30m
Randomness 2010-11-29 · 28m
Modern World 2010-11-22 · 28m
Apocalypse 2010-11-15 · 28m
Things Can Only Get Better? 2010-07-05 · 28m
Science Fiction, Science Fact 2010-06-28 · 28m
Trust me, I'm a Scientist 2010-06-21 · 28m
Popular Science 2010-06-14 · 28m
Science and Religion 2009-12-21 · 25m
Quantum Physics 2009-12-14 · 25m
Extraterrestrial Life 2009-12-07 · 25m
Science and Comedians 2009-11-30 · 25m
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