The Pod Delusion

This week we talk to the man behind Jesus & Mo, read the Spartacus Report and get word from the key players in the so-called "Obscenity Trial".

Is legalising assisted dying a good idea? Should we use primaries to pick our political candidates? And since when was the Daily Mail judge, jury and executioner?

Instead of celebrating Christmas, we thought we ought to instead celebrate the work of Christopher Hitchens, who died recently. In our very special Pod Delusion type way.

This week we tackle the biggest story out of the LHC Higgs announcement earlier in the week: Why did they use Comic Sans?! We speak to the font's creator. We also speak to the man behind the BBC Micro, and science writer Marcus Chown about his new book which is based on an iPad app... and much more!

This week we find out whether the claims about "Earth 2.0" are too good to be true, catch up with the Voyager probes, and back on earth we discuss whether sharing NHS data is wise and discover the truth about H&M's computer generated clothes models.

This week we discover the plight of the Canadian Air & Space Museum, find out why the Venus Transit is significant and hear how a time traveler decided to come back in time... and then spend his time sat on internet messageboards.

This week we take a journey across time and space as we look forward to the Mars Science Lab mission, and talk about a new play that takes a look back into recent history through the medium of former Labour MP Chris Mullin's diaries. We also speak to Marcus Chown about his new book and are scared by news of what the SOPA act could mean for the internet.

We speak to TOM MORELLO from Rage Against the Machine about Occupy, Mark Brandon the academic advisor on Frozen Planet, to Lewis Dartnall about Phobos-Grunt and much, much more!

The Daily Mail admits 'Winterval' is nonsense, where we're at with reforming the libel laws and some interesting insights into talking to the dead. (Spoiler alert: you can't do it).

Where are we going to fit seven billion people? What's the deal with ear candling? And we learn new information about the goings-on in Iran in the 70s.

This week we uncover some "Extreme" Humanists, find out some depressing facts about SRE, and find out why Jeremy Bentham was so important.

We speak to a Nobel Laureate and a Cabinet Minister in the same show. What's all that about? Also: Dale Farm, Transgender in the Media, and the END OF THE WORLD.

We speak to comedian Helen Keen, find out what it's like being a skeptic in Uganda, discover if violent video games make you violent, and much more.

The Pod Delusion second birthday with a live recording featuring the amazing Helen Arney and many others. Recorded on September 13th in London.

We speak to Sir Paul Nurse and others at the Royal Society's One Culture event. Blakeley talks to Kim Howells about the War on Terror and we wonder if an 80mph speed limit is ethical.