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BBC Radio 4
Best Medicine
Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by funny and fascinating comedians, doctors, scientists, and historians to celebrate medicine's inspiring past, present and future.
In each programme, Kiri challenges her guests to make a case for what they think is 'the best medicine', and each of them champions anything from world-changing science to an obscure invention, an every-day treatment, an uplifting worldview, an unsung hero or a futuristic cure.Whether it's micro-robotic surgery, virtual reality syringes, Victorian clockwork surgical saws, more than a few ingenious...
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4.9 stars from 41 ratings
Inventive, informative and fun
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“Just wanted to remind you all how good this show is! Really interesting panel show angle, talking about a variety of medical matters in a fun and funny way. Really impressed.”
Grizzlers via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/19/24
What a discovery!
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“I can’t believe I’ve only just found this gem!
Kiri Pritchard-McLean is an amazing host, quick as a flash, her comments make the interesting medical facts funny, and the production team do a great job at booking amazing, and surprisingly funny, leaders of the medical field.
It just works, so...”Read full review »
Lou(eegee) via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/19/24
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“Best Medicine is a cracking mix of science, sarcasm and super humans. Kiri excels in this role, balancing humour, warmth and pathos to a quality show that needs to keep on keeping on.”
gerlinky via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/23/24
Recent Episodes
Joining Kiri this week at the Hay Festival is comedian Zoe Lyons who tells Kiri how running helps with the stress associated with her alopecia - and how she survived getting rammed by a badger. Dr Matt Morgan explains how kangaroo vaginas held the key to developing IVF and whales’ hearts inspired...
Published 11/26/24
Published 11/26/24
Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is comedian Daliso Chaponda who champions Denial as the best medicine (or does he?). Urology Consultant Mr Bob Yang explains how a pineapple-flavoured UTI vaccine is changing lives, Dr Dana Damian takes Kiri on a journey through the body with tiny...
Published 11/19/24
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