The Pod Delusion

This week we speak to the deputy project scientist on NASA's recently landed MARS CURIOSITY expedition. Amazing! We also tackle the boundary review, look into some Olympic conspiracy theories and much, much more!

Should the DPP consider his position now the Twitter Joke Trial is over? How can maths be used to show that those badminton players were deliberately playing badly? And does all modern music sound the same, or are we all just getting old?

UPDATED to include the latest brilliant TWITTER JOKE TRIAL news including interviews with all of the key players. This week: Why some colic treatments have been smacked down as rubbish, why we shouldn't jump to conclusions about the Aurora shooter, why government policy could use some control trials, what happened at Winchester Science Festival, Cyborgs, Olympics, and Dinosaurs!

The government approve creationist schools, we speak to Alom Shaha about the Young Atheist's Handbook, discover why sport is a bit like the churhc, and much more!

What's happening with Richard O'Dwyer, why Nature won in the libel courts, and why are the government letting creationism be taught in British schools?! Plus a novel solution for Lords Reform, LGBT characters in comics, and previewing a couple of fun Edinburgh shows!

Higgs Higgs Hooray! This week we celebrate the discovery of the Higgs Boson, speak to human cyborg Kevin Warwick, and find out how to get more girls into the games industry - and also why bubbles are so awesome!

BIG show this week: Armando Iannucci, PRESIDENT OBAMA's GRANDMOTHER and Greg Palast! Tracking asteroids to avoid doom, girly science and, er, circumcision.

We speak to the leader of the Libyan Democratic Party, find out about ecocide, and why we should cut down on the world population. We also tackle political narratives and have a deeper look into Prometheus (spoiler alert: it’s terrible).

We speak to a number big names this week: Dan Dennett gives us his take on Alan Turing, former government chief science advisor Sir David King teases us about what really went on behind the scenes of the Iraq war, and Ben Hammersley explains why technology makes politics difficult. We also tackle Gove's proposed new curriculum, archiving film for the future and find out if evangelical christian women really want to go out with Jesus?

We balance the BBC's horrendous Jubilee coverage with some relentlessly nasty jubilee coverage (ie: we talk reasonably about the Republic protest), we find out all about Workfare, talk about BRAINS, and discover what happened when Hayley complained about some misleading faith healing advertisements.

We find out if the anti-GM protesters managed to smash up the GM crops experiment, what the latest on the Twitter Joke Trial is, and why the proposals for equal marriage don't go far enough. We also have more on LOCOG's draconian brand enforcement and discover why file sharing might not be all that bad for the music industry.

A bit of a censorship special this week as we find out how awful things are in Eurovision host nation Azerbaijan, discover how over here LOCOG are clamping down on dissent and censorship of The Pirate Bay is raising some interesting questions. We also find out all about the latest rationalist theatre, investigate spiritualism and, er, look at breast implants.

We speak to HUGH GRANT, Tom Watson, Harriet Harman, Rich Peppiatt, Owen Jones & more at the rally for media reform, find out why the BBC isn't biased, why Norway divorced its church and state and get the latest on Derek Acorah's escapades.

This week we discover what genetic modification experiments they're actually doing in Rothamsted - the place that anti-GM campaigners have announced they intend to trash in a few weeks time. We also speak to Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the woman who discovered pulsars - and discover the intriguing ethical dilemma behind "do not resusitate". And more!

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