Our podcast combines mind-blowing science, the charisma and expertise of new presenters Ellie and Britt, and immersive, high-end sound design - giving listeners a sense of what the future might sound like
This science and technology podcast delves into the most urgent questions the world is currently facing, and uses cutting-edge science to explore how we may live our lives in the future - and how we can help shape that future through the decisions we make now.
Over the next 12 weeks, new presenters Britt Wray and Dr Ellie Cosgrave will take science out of the lab and into people’s homes through exciting debate and expert opinion. Cutting-edge inventors, scientists and leading experts from the likes of NASA, The Francis Crick Institute, and many others, will provide captivating insight into the latest scientific and technological developments, helping us understand just how science is changing our lives.
The podcast investigates how science can help us solve some of the biggest issues we’re living with right now, including:
- Should robots have human rights?
- How would we combat even more aggressive and unknown outbreaks of disease that could be imminent?
- What does the future of the internet look like? And to what extent could the world around us be a simulated reality?
Chris Sizemore, Commissioning Editor for digital, Tomorrow's World, says: “We love science and think young adults do too. Podcasts are a popular, easy way to let people dive into surprising ideas and challenge themselves, whether that’s on the bus in the morning or before bed at night.
"Our Tomorrow's World podcast combines mind-blowing science, the charisma, rapport, and expertise of fresh presenters Ellie Cosgrave and Britt Wray, and immersive, high-end sound design - giving listeners a sense of what the future might sound like.”
The podcast series includes episodes such as:
The Wizard’s Hat - unravelling the concept of brain-machine interfacing, in which inventors and scientists are exploring how to create seamless communication between the human brain and computers. Can humans transmit ideas and information directly to someone else’s brain?
Enter The Wizard - exploring what it means when Elon Musk says he wants to “download our brain” and asking - can we morph our own intelligence with artificial intelligence?
Hope Floats - investigating the possibility that our current cities may one day become uninhabitable. Would floating cities be a solution and, if so, what might they look like? What if we needed to leave Earth altogether? Britt and Ellie meet an “out of this world” team of scientists who are devising a mystery floater to hover in Venus’ atmosphere as a potential alternative habitat to Earth.
The Tomorrow’s World podcast launches on Thursday 12 October, with new episodes added every two weeks.
They are available from bbc.co.uk/podcasts, BBC iPlayer Radio, iTunes, YouTube, or your regular podcast provider.
To find out more, visit bbc.co.uk/tomorrowsworld
The trailer is available here
You can join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using #MyTomorrow
Notes to Editors
Tomorrow’s World is a season of science and technology programming, created in partnership between Science Museum Group, Wellcome, The Open University, the Royal Society, and the BBC. The season takes science out of the lab and into people’s homes, as we explore how science is changing people’s lives, reshaping the world, and rewriting the future.
The campaign connects audiences with the brightest minds and institutions in science and technology, producing more than 40 hours of television, a range of programmes across the BBC’s radio networks, a podcast, and a series of interactive science experiments.
More about the presenters:
Dr Ellie Cosgrave: An engineer and lecturer in Urban Innovation at University College London. Ellie is passionate about supporting women in engineering and is the Director and Co-founder of ScienceGrrl - an organisation that supports women in science and engineering careers.
Britt Wray: Trained as a biologist, currently completing a PhD at the University of Copenhagen, with a focus on science communication and synthetic biology, she is “a science storyteller who writes, hosts, makes radio, and directs interactive documentaries”. She has recently written her first book about “de-extinction” and the possibility of bringing the woolly mammoth back to life.
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