Addiction is a condition that can be overcome and an addict is much more than his or her addiction. In fact, the very word addict is unhelpful. Marc Rosen and Nick Sheppard join Ed Kessler to discuss the latest thinking on addiction... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

The movement of peoples seems to be as old as the hills they move across. Sometimes it's necessary for survival, born of the wish to trade or simply out of curiosity, but it seems to be deeply engrained in human behaviour. With Ed Kessler, and taking the long view, are Peer Schouten and Dunya Habash take a long view... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

Claims for a game-changing breakthrough in biological science were made recently when the Alphafold programme developed by Google's DEEP MIND had striking success in determining the 3D structures made by proteins. But was it worth the hype? Alex Taylor and Beth Singler give Ed Kessler their verdicts... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

Why do we find it so difficult to own up to our mistakes? Why is there so much bile on social media but such reluctance to be straightforwardly critical in the public square? Bertram Malle and Kitty O'Lone join Ed Kessler to tease out the nuances of the blame game... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

Creation 'ex nihilo', meaning 'from nothing', is nothing if not mysterious. How do the accounts in scripture compare with the latest biological research? Charlotte Kenchington and Keith Fox join Ed Kessler to review the evidence. Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

With the rollout of the COVID vaccine come the clinical and ethical challenges that it throws up. And what about the global rollout to follow? With Ed Kessler to examine the vaccination pecking order are Philip Clarke and Gurch Randhawa... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

What is magic thinking? Does it work? It can be a trivial thing of course, illusion and sleight of hand. But the need for it seems to be deep-rooted in the human psyche. With Ed Kessler to discuss are Christopher Gosden and Mohammed Ahmed. Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

Donald Trump has tweeted his Tweets and America has made its choice. Tony Badger and Ruth Lawlor join David Perry to discuss the contested aftermath of the Presidential election and the Trump legacy... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

How should we prepare for death? How can we cope when those we love die? Medical advances mean life can be prolonged as never before but is this the right way to go? Joining Ed Kessler, Ray Tallis and Cassandra Geisel offer some thoughts on death and dying...Naked Scientists content referenced in this programme: To the scientific mind, death is but the next great adventure and What is death? Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

What does it take to make an effective peacemaker? Empathy? Attention to detail? Foresight? Hard-nosed and sometimes brutal negotiating skills? Gershon Baskin and Carlo Aldrovandi join Ed Kessler to discuss the art of conflict resolution... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review