
Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Extra: Chris Hadfield on the importance of space exploration
Guest: Colonel Chris Hadfield, retired Royal Canadian Air Force Colonel, Test Pilot, and CSA Astronaut


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Signup to Generate a PitchJonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show.
Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea is hosted by Newstalk. The show has published 504 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Extra: Chris Hadfield on the importance of space exploration" (27 October 2026, 25 minutes), "Meeting the Astronauts of Artemis II" (25 October 2026, 39 minutes), and "Extra: 3D Printing" (20 October 2026, 8 minutes).
Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 504 episodes.
Booking probability for Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea's contact route on record: verified email.
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Newstalk hosts Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea, a science podcast with 504 episodes published.
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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Guest: Colonel Chris Hadfield, retired Royal Canadian Air Force Colonel, Test Pilot, and CSA Astronaut

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Guests; Artemis II Astronauts Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen Matthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCD Ciara Murphy, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine at RCSI

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Guest: Michael Golden, Education and Public Engagement Manager at I-Form

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Jonathan is joined by Phil Smith broadcaster and science communicator and Dr Shane Bergin Physicist and associate professor in science education at UCD for a round up of the weeks science stories Jonathan looks at...

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Guest: Jonathan Silvertown - Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at the University of Edinburgh and author of Nature’s Magicians: The Hidden Power of Leaves

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Guests: Bruno Romero González PhD student, Trinity College Dublin Dr.Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland Fergus McAuliffe - Head of Research Engagement and Impact Trinity College Dublin

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
We tend to glean a lot of meaning from the random occurrences in our lives, it can give us a sense of place in a chaotic and frightening world. But what are the chances of seemingly impossible, miraculous events in our...

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Guest: Damien Woods, Professor of Computer Science in the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University

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Guests: Rowan Hooper, author of ‘Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life’s Greatest Collaborations’ Matthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCD Ciara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of...

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Guest: Aaron Cravens, Founder and Chief executive of Revel Pharmaceuticals

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Guests: Dr. Luke Rendell, Biologist at Sean Mammal Research Unit in the University of St. Andrews Matthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCD Ciara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, UCD

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Guest: Bill Martin - Evolutionary Biologist and Head of the Institute of Molecular Evolution at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf

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Guests: Philip Smyth, Broadcaster and Science Communicator Dr. Laura Hayes, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies Prof. Paul Kenny, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience and Director of The Friedman...

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Presenter Jonathan McCrea and Producer Aidan McKelvey discuss the making of the Futureproof documentary ‘The Lost Bridge’.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Guests: Genevieve Von Petzinger, Paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher and Project Director of the LIAACAR Project Dr. George Nash, Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at...

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
We conventionally think of time as something simple and fundamental that flows uniformly, independently from everything else, from the past to the future, measured by clocks and watches. In the course of time, the...

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Guest: Julie Elie, Associate Project Scientist in the Department of Neuroscience at University of California, Berkeley.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Guests: Jim Al Khalili, Theoretical Physicist, Host of BBC’s ‘The Life Scientific’ and author of ‘On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick‘ Dr. Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland Matthew Campbell, Professor of...

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Guest: Kathryn Paige Harden, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of ‘Original Sin: The Genetics of Wrongdoing, the Problem of Blame and the Future of Forgiveness’

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Guests: Steven A. Benner, Chemist, Astrobiologist and author of ‘Meet the Neighbors: Life on Mars and How to Find It’ Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of Galway Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and...
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