Uncharted with Hannah Fry

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BBC Radio 4 Visit website › Science · EN · 22 episodes · latest 2024-09-09

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Hannah Fry follows the numbers on thrilling journeys of data and discovery. Along the way we meet the remarkable people who dug into the data and unearthed something extraordinary.

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20. The Confidence Trick

2024-09-09 · 18 min

An ambitious portfolio manager stumbles upon a perfect graph. It outlines eye watering profits. But something doesn't quite add up - could this graph be accurate? Or does it hide a far more sinister truth? Producer…
19. A Different Kind of Justice

2024-09-09 · 14 min

How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system thirty years later? Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls Story Editor: John Yorke
18. The Night the Earth Shook

2024-09-09 · 17 min

In a small Italian city nestled in the Apennine mountains, a series of low level tremors are setting nerves on edge. Is this just a passing phase, or a prelude to something far more devastating? Producer: Ilan Goodman…
17. The Golden Spike

2024-09-09 · 16 min

At a conference in Mexico, one scientist’s outburst launches a global quest. Hannah Fry follows a group of researchers on the hunt for a ‘golden spike’: the boundary, marking a shift into a dramatic new geological…
16. A Drop in the Ocean

2024-09-09 · 16 min

A fisherman is stranded in the ocean late at night. Completely alone, the clock is ticking. How do you find one man lost in the open ocean? Can he be rescued in time? Producer: Lauren Armstrong Carter Sound Designer:…
15. Song of the Sea

2024-09-09 · 15 min

A PhD student with a passion for whales stumbles upon something strange. An eerie sound deep beneath the ocean waves is about to rock her world. Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls Story…
14. Whispers from the Cosmos

2024-09-09 · 16 min

In a shabby brick hut in 1967, a young researcher spots a bizarre, pulsing signal: a cosmic whisper picked up a huge receiver she helped to build. Is it just mundane interference - or could it be alien life? Hannah Fry…
13. The Grain of Truth

2024-09-09 · 15 min

Amid the desperation of war-starved Netherlands a doctor finds a way of curing a group of gravely ill children. His finding challenges accepted medical wisdom, and provokes opposition from Catholics. But why had the…
12. Scandal in the Air

2024-09-09 · 15 min

At a niche engineering conference, a young researcher shares some data that looks like an embarrassing mistake. Little does he know, his simple bar chart is the first pebble in an avalanche exposing a scandal of epic…
11. Love Bytes

2024-09-09 · 18 min

At thirty-one, mathematician Chris McKinlay is looking for love. But if it’s all a numbers game, his are not adding up. Could he be the problem? Or is something else getting in the way? Producer: Lauren Armstrong Carter…

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Owner: BBC
Oldest episode in feed: 09/2023 · over 3 years
Typical length: 14 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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