Episode List

In this episode, we chat about caffeine, what it is and how it affects the brain and body. We deep dive into adenosine, sleep and how caffeine affects your health. Both hosts recount their recent experiments of abstaining from caffeine and the resulting withdrawal symptoms. The origins of tea and coffee are also covered.

In this episode, we talk about our relationship with nature and how it can keep us healthy and happy. At the same time however, we seem to be drifting away from nature and considering ourselves separate to it, viewing it as something to be forgotten as we race towards global urbanisation.

In this episode, we take a look at animal intelligence and how it compares/contrasts with human intelligence. With the aid of some surprising examples, we find there is a lot more going on when it comes to “intelligence”.

This is an episode of two halves – the first half takes the form of an interview with Mr Beard asking Me C about his new band ‘New Ceremony’ and his musical career, and the second half is more a general chat about music. Mr C provides the inside scoop on the creative process and …

In this episode, we take a whistle stop tour of literature in all its forms. Starting at the beginning, we discuss the famous Library of Alexandria and the invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press, then go on to highlight many of our favourite book series and authors including Viktor Schauberger, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dan Brown, JK …

In this episode we take a look at the subject of ‘technology’, with our main topics of discussion covering Nikola Tesla, the invention of the transistor, the iconic Sony Walkman, human-augmenting biotechnology and society-changing Blockchain technology.

In this episode we look at exploration and folklore from the point of view of Ireland and a select group of Irish men and women that epitomize what we consider an explorer. We highlight some historic figures like Tom Crean Antarctic explorer, Anne Bonny an Irish lady pirate, Colin O’ Brady athlete and climber and …

Time has always been a funny topic of discussion, and for so many the obsession of their lives like Albert Einstein and the great astronomers and ocean explorers of the modern ages. Probably one of the most abstract notions when questioned, What is time? In this episode we tackle some of the ways in which …

All across the world and all through time, food is the glue that holds cultures together. Even down to the family unit, everyone sitting around the table and sharing a meal, food can bridge the generational divide and open up lines of communication in ways little else can.