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BRIGHTHINK hosts BRIGHTHINK: In Conversation, a science show with 23 episodes published.
On the largest scales, gravity shapes galaxies and bends space-time. On the smallest, quantum mechanics governs a strange world of uncertainty and probability. Both frameworks are extraordinarily successful. There’s just
Stunning advances in digital technology have given us a new wave of disarmingly human-like AI systems. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini put the knowledge of all the world’s experts at our fingertips, and can gene
What if the present moment – the ‘now’ we all inhabit – isn’t just a tick of the clock? We feel that the present is everything; all we can know. Yet physics finds no universal ’now’. Jo Marchant discusses her new book, I
AI systems now write code, generate images, produce news content, and increasingly make decisions that affect everyday life—from what we see online to how businesses operate and resources are allocated. What once felt ex
John Keats once accused scientists of merely wanting to “unweave a rainbow,” but it was an irrepressible, romantic urge to wonder that defined Francis Crick, as much as a desire to find the basis of life in DNA and the w
Rarely has there seemed a more confusing time to be a man. This uncertainty has spawned an array of bizarre and harmful underground subcultures, collectively known as the ‘manosphere’, as men search for new forms of belo
The tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor. You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is pr
A vital perspective is missing from the discussions we're having about Artificial Intelligence: What does it mean for our identity? Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We be
The UK has seen a 400% increase in far-right terror arrests over the last decade, with under-18s now making up a growing share of those radicalised. Far-right content is shared up to 10 times more on social media than ma
Cosmetic surgeries are at an all-time high, Ozempic is bringing back ‘heroin chic’ and TikTok, trad-wives are on the rise – after four waves of feminism, what went wrong? Despite decades of progress, the gains of the fem
In this timely and critical discussion on how the war in Ukraine is understood, interpreted, and justified within Russia, our panel of leading scholars - Jeremy Morris, Ilya Yablokov and Stefanie Ortmann - explore the na
How did wet nurses drive civilisation? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies at war with our babies? Join Cat Bohannon as she discusses her first book Eve, with Sally Howard,
The history of autism is male. It is time for women and girls to enter the spotlight. When autistic girls meet clinicians, they are often misdiagnosed with anxiety, depression, personality disorders – or receive no diagn
We tend to think of our memories as impressions of the past that remain fully intact, preserved somewhere inside our brains. In fact, we construct and reconstruct our memories every time we attempt to recall them. Join C
Join two of the leading minds in the world of neuroscience, Kevin J. Mitchell and Anil Seth, as they explore one of the most profound questions in philosophy and science: Is there such a thing as free will? Delving into
Why are a growing number of influencers like #tradwives dressing up like 1950s housewives and preaching total subservience to men? How did Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s divorce become the centre of the anti-#MeToo backla
From periods and childbirth to menopause, female pain has been normalized, as society shrugs and says 'welcome to being a woman' instead of coming up with better solutions. But it doesn't have to be this way. Join award-
Rob Burley has been making political and current affairs TV since 1996, through seven General Elections and interviews with eight Prime Ministers. Offering a unique insight into the British political class during a time
Threats and abuse litter Marianna’s social media feeds. She is one of the most consistently trolled journalists working at the BBC. They infect her everyday life. Sometimes the people behind the messages try to find her
Everything you know about capitalism is wrong - Free markets aren't really free. Record corporate profits don't trickle down to everyone else. And we aren't empowered to make our own choices – they're made for us every
Jo Marchant
New York Times bestselling author and speaker
1 appearance on this show
Helen Lewis
acclaimed journalist and Atlantic staff writer
1 appearance on this show
Sophie Gilbert
Atlantic culture critic and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer · The Atlantic
1 appearance on this show
Jeremy Morris
Anthropologist · Route 66 Association of Missouri
1 appearance on this show
Gina Rippon
Professor of Cognitive NeuroImaging
1 appearance on this show
Anil Seth
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience · University of Sussex
1 appearance on this show
Marina Gerner
journalist and NYU Stern adjunct professor
1 appearance on this show
Marianna
first-year Art History student · BBC
1 appearance on this show
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