Episode 10: Weapons of Empathy (with Dr Hannah Little)

Join Alex and Lucy as they speak to academic, comedian, writer, science communicator, speed puzzler, SETI champ, digital rights advocate, and entirely approachable and friendly public speaker Dr Hannah Little.

Among other things, this episode covers: Vulcan nannies, the beauty of theramins, tuning the human ear to hear other cultures, the best music for speed puzzling, Martian poetry, the ills of anthropocentrism, science fiction as professional development, the power of storytelling, Dita Von Teese singularities, why we should bring back the bumflap, and the beauty in puzzles of communication.

Mentioned: Univ of St Andrews SETI METI The Light Eaters book by Zoe Schlanger History of Language book by Steven Roger Fischer 2001: A Space Odessy Cosmos How The Light Gets In Festival David Attenborough and the BBC Event Horizon Pop Galaxy Michael Okuda Star Trek