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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

Latest episodes

Futureproof Extra: The Science of Risk (Best of)

6 hours ago - 15 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Best of Futureproof: Becoming Concious & Rare Blood Plasma

2 days ago - 33 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: How soon could we see lab-grown teeth?

7 days ago - 13 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

The Science of Embalming

9 days ago - 35 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: How micro-robots will help detect cancer in patients

14 days ago - 15 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

What we know (and don't know) about the cosmos

16 days ago - 41 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Futureproof Extra: Being Prepared for Nuclear War

There has been much discussion in the past year about how badly we were prepared for the global emergency that arose from the Covid 19 pandemic. The truth is, lots of work has been done in the background preparing us for all sorts of disasters. But what about other global emergencies? Just how prepared are we for the likes of nuclear war for instance? Julie McDowall, a freelance journalist specialising in the Cold War & the nuclear threat and host of ‘Atomic Hobo’ - a weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war - joined Jonathan to discuss. Atomic Hobo available here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/atomic-hobo/id1355527336 Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.