Stuff Matters with Ed Conway

Sky News

We tell the hidden stories of the objects around you. Bananas, trainers, AirPods - they all reveal something about the modern world. Our hope is you’ll never look at stuff the same again. Hosted by Ed Conway.

Episodes

Will the West ever be able to produce stuff again? (And other Qs answered by Ed)

Trainers: An old pair of Nikes that altered history

Howitzer: A medieval cannon helping us prepare for modern war

More Stuff Matters: If fertility is falling, who is having children?

Car seats: The mystery of our depopulating planet

Bananas: Are we heading for the banana-pocalypse?

AirPods: How the super-elements inside our tech shifted the global order

LEDs: How a little blue light changed the world

Introducing... Stuff Matters