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Introducing a brand new series of Curious Cases!

Oct 04, 20242 min
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Curious Cases is returning! Superstar mathematician and broadcaster Hannah Fry teams up with legendary comedian and fellow science nerd Dara Ó Briain for an all-new series of the show which takes your quirkiest questions and solves them with the power of SCIENCE.

In this short preview ep, our dynamic duo tease some of the upcoming episodes in which they enlist the world’s top experts to tackle the most profound and puzzling questions to have ever trickled through your curious minds: Could you power a spaceship with a lemon? Can you actually die of boredom? Why do some people *taste* words? Why does Hannah have absolutely no sense of rhythm? And could we stop climate change with massive space bubbles!?

Producers: Marijke Peters and Ilan Goodman Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem A BBC Studios Audio Production

Transcript

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This episode is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Do you ever find yourself playing the budgeting game? Oh, I like the principles. People ask a question and then we go deep and answer it. We're serious about the silly things here. There is an entire episode about bubbles. There's not just bubbles. A Brazil-sized raft of bubbles in space. We're finally going to expose the 5-second rule. Discover the hygiene experts and absolute filth dogs.

Tired of grades, invisible moss piglets, what's the shiniest thing humans ever built? These are your questions. If you find them eclectic, it's your fault. Some people want to hold them with synesthesia. What flavor are different tube stations? The beginning to confuse my head now about, do they sleepwalk? Is it the animals of sleepwalk? Do you have to hit them with lightning or the different bubbles? I'm getting all the episodes mixed up, but I remember them being great.

I remember them being great too. You will remember them being great also once you've listened to them. Sorry, maybe I didn't really do that very good. That was great. I enjoyed it. Oh believe me, Dara, the previous 20-odd series of the no more professional than this. I thought I was here to bring a sheen. Well, that's all coming up. Where should people get in contact?

I'll see you next week. Bye. Hello, I'm Sumi Somasganda from the Global Story Podcast where we're looking at America and immigration. Illegal immigration has made the southern border a lightning rod for fiery political debate. How is that shaping the upcoming election and how might the outcome impact America's neighbors to the south? Global Story brings you unique perspectives from BBC journalists around the world. Find us wherever you get your podcasts.

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