David Sinclair, Ph.D., of Opossum Central fame, talks centroid theory and Karl's discovery of opossums using clay figurines. All this, plus a few films and some stoneware talk.

Harry Cliff tells Lexman about his experience during D-day, when more than 250,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France. As captain of a small unit of troops, Harry fought in some of the most heroic battles of World War II. Despite heavy casualties, the Allied victory on D-day was a turning point in the war.

Lexman interviews Leslie Kaelbling, a novelist and longtime contributor to The New Yorker, about her new novel "The Unsolid Kingdom," which centres on the emotionally charged relationship between a father and son who are both artillery soldiers in the Thousand Year War.

In this interview, Jaron Lanier discusses his work on the now-famous self-cocking launcher, and how it has shaped the contemporary landscape of courtship. He also discusses the potential for recognizers - artificial intelligence that can accurately read human emotions - to enhance our lives in wondrous ways.

A man obsessed with measurements takes a job working for an elderly Maharajah.

Lexman speaks with acclaimed author, screenwriter, and director Alex Garland about his films, including Annihilation and Ex Machina. They discuss Garland's love of naval warfare in films, his admiration for the chording in Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in C Minor," and the challenges of writing for a wide audience.

In this episode of the Lexman Artificial Podcast, Robert Breedlove joins the artificial intelligence Lexman to discuss chitons and bubals. The two discuss the different kinds of spicules and spignels that can be found on these creatures, and how they use them for locomotion, feeding, and protection.

Risto Miikkulainen, aka Taso Scofield, is a musician and outcast who has spent his entire life in and around the basketBALL court. He tells Lexman about his passion for the sport and how it has helped him to overcome personal challenges.

Lexman chats to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek about the unusual properties of astilbe, the rare flower that can fold its petals to protect itself from the weather.

Josh Barnett discusses the benefits of prizes as a means of sensitising athletes to the risks of doping.