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Do plants have souls?

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Why are our trees going north?

with Garth Ennis

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How can we bring back action comics?

with Gernot Wagner

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Can we geo-engineer our way out of climate change?

with Jo Handelsman

Jason talks to Jo Handelsman, the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin, about the role soil has played in the historical invasions of Ukraine, how fast we're running out of soil and what will happen when we do. Presenter: Jason KingsleyProducer: Natt TapleyAssistant Producer: Abi RobinsonAudio: Pete Dennis

Are we going to run out of soil?

with Nick Guyatt

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Is the world coming to an end?

with Matt Gabriele and David Perry

Jason talks to David Perry &amp; Matt Gabriele about their new book, The Bright Ages, which tries to reassess the period after the fall of the Roman empire (if that even happened). Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisAssistant Producer: Abi RobinsonPhoto by Ali Khalil from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/columns-and-dome-of-hagia-sophia-7542061/

Were the Dark Ages dark?

with Professor Suzannah Lipscomb

Jason talks to Professor Suzannah Lipscomb about how we find out about mediaeval women in the past, how marriages worked, and whether or not Henry VIII was the ultimate romantic? Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisAssistant Producer: Abi Robinson

When did we invent love?

with Jessica Nordell

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How does bias change the world?

with Jan Lucassen

In this episode, Jason talks to Professor Jan Lucassen about the different roles work has played in human history. Have we always worked? Will we always work? How do we define work? Producer: Nathaniel TapleyAudio: Pete DennisAssistant Producer: Abi Robinson Photo by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pexels.com/@yury-kim-181374?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Yury Kim</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-carrying-gray-pipe-585419/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pexels</a>

Do we have to work?

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Jason Kingsley is a technologist who started one of the UK's most exciting games companies, Rebellion. He's also fascinated by the past. In this podcast he talks to historians, scientists, and experts from all fields about what we the future might hold, and what we should do to prepare for it.

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