Babbage from The Economist

The Economist

Babbage is The Economist’s weekly podcast on science and technology—named after Charles Babbage, the grandfather of computing. Explore the science changing the way we live from AI to genetics, particle physics and space travel with Alok Jha. This...

Episodes

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

The bomb (part 1): were nuclear weapons inevitable?

Herman Pontzer: what people get wrong about metabolism

Trailer: Boss Class Season 2

Trailer: Scam Inc

Trailer: The Modi Raj

AI and health part one: DrGPT will see you now

Babbage: Teens and their screens

Babbage: The science that built the AI revolution—part one

Babbage: The hunt for dark matter

Babbage: Sam Altman and Satya Nadella on their vision for AI

Babbage: Sam Altman and Satya Nadella on their vision for AI

Babbage: Science book club

Babbage: Fei-Fei Li on how to really think about the future of AI

Babbage: How to avoid a battery shortage

Babbage: The mystery of chronic pain

Babbage: Deb Chachra on the value of great infrastructure

Babbage: The 2023 Nobel prizes in science

Babbage: The scientific quest to conquer ageing

Babbage: How AI promises to revolutionise science