The Infinite Monkey Cage show

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Summary: Award winning science/comedy chat with Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests. The Infinite Monkeys returns a new series starting on BBC Radio 4, Monday January 19th at 4.30pm (repeated on Tuesday evenings at 11pm) for 6 weeks.

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Podcasts:

 TIMC: 16 July 12: Parallel Universes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:13

Brian Cox, Robin Ince are joined by Professor Sir Martin Rees, Dr Lucie Green and QI creator John Lloyd to discuss the possibility of parallel universes.

 TIMC: 09 Jul 12: Symmetry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:15

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by mathematician Marcus Du Sautoy, biologist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford and graphic novelist Alan Moore to discuss all things symmetrical.

 TIMC: Mon 02 Jul 12: Does Size Matter? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:23

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Andy Hamilton, materials scientist Mark Miodownik and engineer Eleanor stride to discuss whether size really matters?

 TIMC: Mon 25 Jun 12: Science Mavericks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:11

Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage at this year's Cheltenham Science Festival to discuss science mavericks, with guests Marcus Brigstocke, Nobel Laureate Professor Barry Marshall, medic and science broadcaster Kevin Fong, and evolutionary biologist Aoife McLysaght

 TIMC: Mon 18 Jun 12: Oceans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:06

Brian Cox and Robin Ince get the urge to submerge as they are joined by guests Dave Gorman, Lloyd Peck and Bramley Murton and ask whether its true we really know more about the surface of the moon than our own oceans.

 TIMC: Mon 26 Dec 11 Science of Christmas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:19

Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the science of Christmas with Professor Richard Dawkins, actor and writer Mark Gatiss and science journalist Roger Highfield.

 TIMC: Mon 19 Dec 11: Physics V Chemistry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:02

It's the ultimate battle of the Sciences as Physics goes head to head with Chemistry. Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain take to the ring to defend Physics and Tony Ryan and Andrea Sella make the case for Chemistry, with Robin Ince as ringside referee.

 TIMC: Mon 12 Dec 11: Science of Sound | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:12

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian and former acoustics student Tom Wrigglesworth, Professor of Acoustics Trevor Cox and Professor Chris Plack to discuss the science of sound. Recorded at the home of the BBC Philharmonic in Salford.

 TIMC: Mon 5 Dec 11: Origin of Life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:21

Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by comedian and musician Tim Minchin, Dr Nick Lane and Adam Rutherford to discuss the origin of life

 TIMC: Mon 28 Nov 11: A Balanced Programme on Balance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:19

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Katy Brand, Simon Mayo, Sir Paul Nurse and Professor Steve Jones for a look at how science is portrayed in the media and the issue of scientific balance.

 TIMC: Mon 21 Nov 11: What's The North Ever Done For Us? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:20

Robin Ince and Brian Cox head north to the Manchester Science Festival to discuss the great city's contribution to scientific discovery. With impressionist Jon Culshaw, physicist Jeff Foreshaw and Biologist Matthew Cobb

 TIMC: Mon 04 July 11: Science and the supernatural | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:16

Robin Ince and Brian Cox pit science against the supernatural, as they explore ghosts and other paranormal phenomena with the help of actor and magician Andy Nyman, psychologist Richard Wiseman and neuroscientist Bruce Hood.

 TIMC: Mon 27 June 11 - Glastonbury Special | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:12

Robin Ince and Brian Cox prove science is the new rock and roll as they take to the stage at Glastonbury, with guests Billy Bragg, Graham Coxon, Shappi Khorsandi and Professor Tony Ryan.

 TIMC: Mon 20 June 11 - Is Cosmology really a science? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:14

Robin Ince and Brian Cox transport The Infinite Monkey Cage to the Cheltenham Science Festival with guests Alan Moore, Dallas Campbell and Professor Ed Copeland. They talk about ideas that are pushing the frontiers of Cosmology and ask whether some of these theories are based more in science fiction than science fact.

 TIMC: Mon 13 June 11 - So you want to be an astronaut? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:00

So you want to be an astronaut? Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by space experts Chris Riley, Dr Kevin Fong and comedian Helen Keen to discuss the future of human space flight.

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