Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’?
14/06/2026 | 31 mins.
Guests:
Dr. Corentin Loron, Paleobiologist in Trinity College Dublin

Dr. Susan Kelleher, Associate Professor of Chemistry in DCU

Shane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education at UCD
Extra: Was there human sacrifice in ancient Rome?
09/06/2026 | 13 mins.
Guest: Frederic Auth, Doctoral Researcher at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
How does sperm work in outer space?
07/06/2026 | 33 mins.
Guests:
Hannah Lyons, Reproduction Researcher in Adelaide University

Matthew Campbell from Trinity College Dublin

Dr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland
Extra: How microbes tackle pollution
02/06/2026 | 15 mins.
Guest: Ludmilla Aristilde, Environmental Engineering Professor at Northwestern University
The Chimpanzee War in Uganda
31/05/2026 | 42 mins.
Guests:
John Mitani, Primatologist at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project

Laura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Dr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland

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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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