The show opens with bird-attack expert and foreign correspondent Tony Five with top story: Dive-bombing buzzard unleashes chaos at London school. Tony tells David about his visit to the ER. Astrophysicist Dr. Rafael Luque explains how our best evidence for life in the cosmos now faces new doubt. Dr. Johannes Jungwirth shares how magic mushrooms (psilocybin) increases emotional empathy in depressed individuals. Dr. Lee Kuhnle joins David for Conspiracy Corner and reveals how governments and politicians steal your data. (Check out Lee's podcast The Uncover Up here.) Dr. Yasin Rofcanin shows how one handles their home life can have a positive impact on their work performance. Finally, Jenny Nagaoka from the To&Through Project chats about the four year degree fallacy.

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