Uncharted with Hannah Fry

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1. 20. The Confidence Trick

   9 september 2024 · 18 min

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   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? Lees meer

   Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

2. 19. A Different Kind of Justice

   9 september 2024 · 14 min

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   How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system thirty years later? Lees meer

   Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

3. 18. The Night the Earth Shook

   9 september 2024 · 17 min

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   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? Lees meer

   Producer: Ilan Goodman
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

4. 17. The Golden Spike

   9 september 2024 · 16 min

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   At a conference in Mexico, one scientist’s outburst launches a global quest. Lees meer

   Hannah Fry follows a group of researchers on the hunt for a ‘golden spike’: the boundary, marking a shift into a dramatic new geological period dominated, not by volcanoes and asteroids, but the influence of humans.

   From plastics and concrete to nuclear fallout, the data they uncover reveals a planet profoundly changed. But can these scientists persuade their colleagues - and the world?

   Producer: Ilan Goodman
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

5. 16. A Drop in the Ocean

   9 september 2024 · 16 min

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   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? Lees meer

   Producer: Lauren Armstrong Carter
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

6. 15. Song of the Sea

   9 september 2024 · 15 min

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   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. Lees meer

   Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

7. 14. Whispers from the Cosmos

   9 september 2024 · 16 min

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   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? Lees meer

   Hannah Fry shares a tale of one woman’s journey through the male-dominated halls of 1960s academia, to a groundbreaking discovery that transformed our understanding of the universe.

   Producer: Ilan Goodman
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

8. 13. The Grain of Truth

   9 september 2024 · 15 min

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   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 rest of the world missed this miracle treatment? Lees meer

   Producer: Ilan Goodman
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

9. 12. Scandal in the Air

   9 september 2024 · 15 min

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   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 proportions. Lees meer

   Producer: Ilan Goodman
   Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
   Story Editor: John Yorke

10. 11. Love Bytes

    9 september 2024 · 18 min

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    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? Lees meer

    Producer: Lauren Armstrong Carter
    Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
    Story Editor: John Yorke

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