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Materials that shape our world
Tom Sutcliffe with Ed Conway, Aarathi Prasad and Jamie Fraser.
Sums, stories and musical scores
Kirsty Wark with Eugenia Cheng, Sarah Hart and Emily Howard.
Hacking and cybercrime
Tom Sutcliffe with Scott Shapiro, Alice Hutchings and Jenny Radcliffe.
Allergies and the Microbiome
Adam Rutherford with Theresa MacPhail, James Kinross and Johnny Drain.
Hay Festival - Dickens in the 21st century
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Rosen and Natalie Haynes.
Birds and moths
Kirsty Wark with Tim Blackburn, Cheryl Tipp and Mark Cocker
Virtuous bankers?
Adam Rutherford with Anne Murphy, Edward Chancellor and David Fishwick.
Monster artist/monstrous art?
Tom Sutcliffe with Claire Dederer, Devika Ponnambalam and Michael Bond.
Life behind the iron curtain
Adam Rutherford with Karl Schl枚gel, Katja Hoyer and Adam Curtis
Ancient trees
Kirsty Wark with Peter Wohlleben, Jill Butler and Carolyne Larrington.