Episodes
This week on the podcast, Iggy pop talks about his brand new album and why he chose to name it 'Free' Little Simz and Ashley Walters drop by to chat about the hotly anticipated return of Top Boy on Netflix, Richard Ayoade gets into the meaning behind his new book, Ayoade on Top, and Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey tells us all about the forthcoming adaptation of the hit show. Plus Rhianna Dhillon will be giving us her picks for what to watch this week, Dr Hannah Fry brings you...
Published 09/06/19
Mercury Prize-nominated Anna Calvi joins me to talk about scoring the latest series of Peaky Blinders. Director Peter Webber tells us about his latest film, the reggae documentary Inna De Yard, and comedian Sara Pascoe explores some of the fascinating facts about the human anatomy in her new book Sex Power Money. In The Maths of Life, Dr Hannah Fry gets into super-smellers, Einstein and Columbus, and we’ve got more of your House Music – the everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 08/30/19
Rhianna Dhillon reviews Kathy Burke’s new TV show ‘All Woman’, the Seth Rogen comedy ‘Good Boys’ and Netflix docudrama ‘The Family’. In the Maths of Life, Dr. Hannah Fry explains how you can make two ends of a tunnel meet in the middle, and exactly what would happen if you drilled through the centre of the earth.
Published 08/23/19
On the podcast this week, Rhianna Dhillon reviews Channel 4 comedy This Way Up, new Tarantino film Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, and the new series of female wrestling drama, Glow on Netflix. In the Maths of Life, Professor Sophie Scott looks into why things make us laugh, and explains the reasons science simply doesn’t yet have an answer for why a dolphin would play with a jellyfish. We also have more of your House Music – the everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 08/16/19
David and Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax, chat about their Despacio soundsystem at the Nile Rodgers curated Meltdown Festival. Rhianna Dhillon reviews new film Animals, which looks into the complexity of the female friendship, BBC series Fosse / Verdon and the latest Netflix thriller, The Red Sea Diving Resort. In the Maths of Life, Professor Sophie Scott goes deep into the science of dogs and language, and we have more of your House Music – the everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 08/09/19
Chrissie Hynde chats to Mark Radcliffe about her new album ‘Valve Bone Woe’. Plus Rhianna Dhillon reviews channel 4’s Female Led Anthology series 'I Am… Nicola, Kirsty, Hannah', the new Horrible Histories movie and 'Typewriter' on Netflix. Finally, Dr Hannah Fry explains weather forecasting and the story of mathematician Ramanujan, who inspired 'Good Will Hunting'.
Published 08/02/19
DJ Shadow chats to Nemone about his new collaboration with De La Soul and his new album. Plus Dr Hannah Fry explains the algorithms that decide what we like and why some singers are more successful than others.
Published 07/26/19
On the podcast this week, Rhianna Dhillon reviews dark comedy A Simple Favour on Netflix, the fifth and final series of Poldark on BBC and documentary The Brink. There’s the Maths of Life with Dr Hannah Fry and actor John Malkovich joins us to talk about his new play, Bitter Wheat Finally, there’s more of your House Music – the everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 07/19/19
Rhianna Dhillon reviews the psychological thriller Midsommar , new BBC wildlife show Serengeti and the return of Stranger Things on Netflix. Gruff Rhys joins us to talk about his brand new album Pang!, and David Nicholls drops by to talk about his new coming-of-age tale Sweet Sorrow Plus it’s the return of Dr Hannah Fry in The Maths of Life, who gets into the maths of tennis and sisters and there’s more of your House Music – the everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 07/12/19
Last weekend we were live from Worthy Farm, and went on a big walk across the site, picking up some friends along the way. We were joined by Slowthai, Kate Tempest, Johnny Marr and Sharon Van Etten.
Published 07/05/19
On the podcast, Brittany Howard chats about her new single, 'History Repeats' and forthcoming album, 'Jamie'. Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim drops by to talk about his new project, 'Ibiza: The Silent Movie'. Elsewhere, Professor Sophie Scott brings you The Maths of Life, Rhianna Dhillion has This Week's Watchlist and there’s more House Music – everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 06/28/19
On the podcast, Richard Curtis and Himesh Patel talk about their new film Yesterday, which is set in a world where the Beatles next existed. Karen O drops by to chat about her latest collaboration with Dangermouse, and Michael Kiwanuka chats about his new single, Money. Elsewhere, Professor Sophie Scott brings you The Maths of Life and there’s more House Music – the everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 06/21/19
On the podcast this week, Matt Berry joins to talk about his new Victorian police comedy, Year of the Rabbit. In This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon chats about the hotly anticipated return of Killing Eve, plus the talk show comedy, Late Night at the cinema and the return of Black Mirror. In The Maths of Life, it’s an intuition special with Professor Sophie Scott delving deep into our gut instincts and body language. And we bring you more House Music – the everyday objects playing pop...
Published 06/14/19
Professor Sophie Scott looks into how we're affected by smell, and asks the profound question - how do we know where we are? In This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon reviews high school comedy, Booksmart, new apocalyptic series Good Omens and Professor Brian Cox’s new show The Planets. Plus we bring you more House Music – the everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 06/07/19
This week we were invited down by Michael and Emily Eavis to see how things are going ahead of this year’s Glastonbury, which is returning after a fallow year in 2018.
Published 05/31/19
Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend joins for a chat to talk about latest album, Father of the Bride. Rhianna Dhillon reviews the nineties rave film Beats, dystopian drama Years & Years and Netflix's sci-fi film, See You Yesterday. In The Maths of Life, Professor Sophie Scott looks at how culture shapes our perception of the world, and how much of the world we really see. Finally, we have House Music – the every day objects playing the pop hits
Published 05/24/19
Bill Nighy chats about his new film Sometimes Always Never, which is also the directional debut of Carl Hunter from The Farm. Jarvis Cocker chats about his his brand new track Must I Evolve, which is from his latest project JARV IS… Rhianna Dhillon will be giving us her picks for what to watch this week, Professor Sophie Scott brings you The Maths of Life and there’s more House Music – the everyday objects playing pop hits.
Published 05/17/19
RZA and Cappadonna from Wu-Tang Clan chat about their upcoming Gods of Rap tour with Public Enemy and De La Soul. Jessie Buckley, star of Wild Rose tells us all about that film, plus her new Sky Atlantic series Chernobyl. Aretha Franklin’s 1972 concert Amazing Grace is finally making its way to cinema screens, and producer Joe Boyd tells us how it felt to be at that show and be part of the film’s release nearly fifty years on. Rhianna Dhillon will be giving us her picks for what to watch...
Published 05/10/19
In the Maths of Life, Prof. Sophie Scott looks into why we can’t tickle ourselves, and why we laugh in the first place. On This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon reviews new Beyoncé documentary Homecoming, BBC One’s dark comedy Back to Life, and a taster of Avengers: Endgame. Stephen Graham joins us to talk about his new show The Virtues, written and directed by Shane Meadows. He also chats about working with his heroes, and his role in the latest series of Line of Duty.
Published 05/03/19
In the Maths of Life, Prof. Sophie Scott looks into nonverbal communication in faces and emotion, and asks why men and women sound different. Eddie Piller of Acid Jazz Records joins for a very special Desert Island Disco – and we bring you House Music, where we showcase the fixtures and fittings that play pop hits.
Published 04/26/19
Anne Hathaway chats about her new film The Hustle, the remake of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrel classic. In This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon reviews Unicorn Store and Wild Rose, as well as looking back at the legacy of Game of Thrones ahead of its final ever series. Finally, in the Maths of Life, Dr Hannah Fry delves into the maths of traffic jams and why different instruments can sound so contrasting.
Published 04/19/19
In This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon reviews the new film Happy As Lazzaro, action drama Hanna, and the latest Joe Lycett vehicle, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back. We get in the Record Store Day spirit with Johny and Ned from Dubplate cutting service and recording studio, Peckham Cuts – they’ll be giving us a rundown into what it really takes to cut a record. There’s also House Music, where we showcase the fixtures and fittings that play pop hits.
Published 04/12/19
Rhianna Dhillon reviews the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate, BBC Two series Pose which is all about ball culture in eighties New York, and the return of Jane the Virgin on Netflix. In The Maths of Life, Dr Hannah Fry breaks down the numbers behind coincidences and asks if the perfect circle really does exist.
Published 04/05/19
Rhianna Dhillon reviews new film Minding the Gap, period drama Victoria on TV, and the new series of Queer Eye. In The Maths of Life Dr Hannah Fry brings you one weird tip about pub tables, and explores whether animals can, in fact, count. Jessica Hynes also joins us to talk about her new film The Fight which she directed, wrote and stars in.
Published 03/29/19
In This Week's Watchlist Julia Raeside previews the new horror film Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele – she also reviews the new series of The OA and comedy, Home. In The Maths of Life, Dr Hannah Fry covers the gory business of the first vaccines, and why standing still on an escalator can get you up it quicker. Finally, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston joins us to talk about the highly anticipated new series of Line of Duty.
Published 03/22/19