Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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Is sitting down for long periods killing us?
11/07/2026 | 25 mins.
Guests:
Dr. Frederick Ho, Senior Lecturer in Public health at the University of Glasgow

Laura Hayes, Assistant Professor and Royal Society-Research Ireland University Research Fellow at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Phil Smyth, Physicist, Engineer and Science Communicator
Extra: What is Cystinosis?
07/07/2026 | 12 mins.
Guest: Anuj Chauhan, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
Is photographic memory a real thing?
05/07/2026 | 33 mins.
Guests:
Gabrielle Principe, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the College of Charleston

Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of Galway

Shane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education at UCD
Extra: How VR can improve the health of the elderly
30/06/2026 | 21 mins.
Guest: Martin O’Neill, Lecturer in Population Health Informatics & Statistics at the Atlantic Technological University
The Internet of Animals
28/06/2026 | 33 mins.
Guests:
Martin Wikelski, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Andrea Kwakowsky, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the University of Galway

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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.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

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