Level Up Human
By Simon Watt and Rachel Wheeley
"Dragons Den for Nerds" Simon Watt and Rachel Wheeley invite academics to pitch good ideas for the human body.
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Level Up Human Extra - Listener Suggestions
Simon and Rach consider listener suggestions for human body improvements. This week, adjustable digestive tracts, floral farts, and retractable testicles. In the news Elon Musk’s baby: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52557291 Ocea..… -
Level Up Human - Sally Le Page vs James Piercy
S2E12: Level Up Human is a podcast on a mission to redesign the human body. Simon and Rach chat to biologist and science YouTuber Sally Le Page and science communicator James Piercy. We discuss periods, expanding s... -
Level Up Human Extra - Regeneration
Episode summary Simon and Rachel consider regeneration. Humans are pretty rubbish at it. Some lizards, newts and salamanders are INCREDIBLE at it. How do we get it, and would we really want to? Check out… The Shining: https://www.imdb.com/..… -
Level Up Human - Steve Backshall vs Kate Storrs
S2E11: Level Up Human is a podcast on a mission to redesign the human body. This week, Simon and Rach chat to naturalist and broadcaster Steve Backshall and visual perception scientist Kate Storrs. We discuss enhanced visio... -
Level Up Human Extra - Flight
Episode summary Simon and Rachel take a detailed look at flight. Why can’t we fly, how could we achieve it, and wouldn't it be exhausting? An edited transcript is available here. Mentioned this episode Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingh... -
Level Up Human Extra - RNA
Simon and Rachel recap Episode 10 of Series 2, where we chatted with immunologist Professor Sheena Cruickshank and microbiologist Dr. Chloe James. Plus Simon has good news for Eurovision fans. We dive deeper into what RNA is, how to train bacteriop… -
Level Up Human S2E10 - Self-scratching backs
Rachel and Simon are locked down in London. Joining them from Liverpool and Manchester are microbiologist Dr. Chloe James and immunologist Professor Sheena Cruickshank. A full transcript is available here. Episode summary We dis... -
Level Up Human S2E9 - Snake skin
In the last of our Barbican centre recordings from November 2019, Simon and Rachel are souping up the homo sapien once again. Our guest experts are professor of experimental psychopathology from the university of Birkbeck, Naz Derakshan, and Hephzi T… -
Level Up Human Extra - COVID-19 and Disease
Simon and Rachel report from their respective bunkers during the March 2020 coronavirus pandemic. We take a long hard look at disease. Are humans a particularly diseased species? What can we learn from pandemics and is panic buying inevitable? &nbs..… -
Level Up Human S2E8 - Uber Ovaries
Simon and Rachel are souping up Homo sapiens once again, live at the Barbican Centre with guest experts: reproductive physiologist Kim Jonas, and cardio-vascular pharmacologist, Michael Preedy. This episode was created with the support of the Physiol…
