Where mRNA COVID-19 vaccines came from and how they work

An interview with Mary-Claire King

The overlooked women of genetics

Live from 9 lessons and carols for socially distanced people

Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics

Darwin, DNA and de-extinction

Hormones: The Inside Story

Robin Ince sits down for a chat with Steve Jones, Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at UCL. Steve is one of the foremost and most popular science writers on the subject of evolution and genetics and is also a world-leading expert on snails.

We look back over our favourite bits from the podcast over the year, from dark family secrets revealed by genetic testing to the secret scientific history of bird poop.

Robin Ince sits down for a chat with Aoife McLysaght, Professor in the Molecular Evolution Laboratory of the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, University of Dublin, Trinity College and one of the 2018 Royal Institution Christmas Lecturers.