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Hannah Fry follows the numbers on thrilling journeys of data and discovery. Along the way we meet the remarkable people who dug into the data and unearthed something extraordinary.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Data-driven mysteries • Graphs exposing fraud and scandals • AI systems and ethics • Justice-system analysis • Climate and geology evidence • Disasters and rescues • Medicine and longevity studies • Networks, decisions, happiness, dating math • Space and ocean discoveriesThis podcast is a narrative series in which mathematician Hannah Fry uses data—often distilled into a single striking chart, graph, or dataset—as the entry point to investigate real-world mysteries and consequential discoveries. Across the episodes, the stories show how patterns in numbers can reveal hidden causes, expose mistakes or wrongdoing, and change what people believe about complex systems.
The content ranges widely across science, technology, society, and the natural world. Listeners encounter investigations into finance and potential fraud, the reliability of economic claims, and the way data can uncover scandals. There are also stories about public systems and institutions, including justice and the risks of systems that can harm the very people they are meant to help, alongside examinations of how artificial intelligence and access to restricted datasets can reshape outcomes.
Several episodes focus on evidence-gathering and inference in high-stakes settings: emergency search and rescue, decision-making under severe time pressure, and the interpretation of signals—whether in oceans, the cosmos, or seismic activity—where distinguishing noise from meaningful information is critical. The series also explores big-picture scientific questions, such as climate evidence and efforts to define humanity’s geological impact, as well as health, ageing, and medicine, highlighting how data-driven findings can meet resistance or controversy.
Throughout, the podcast emphasizes the human stories behind the analysis: researchers, whistleblowers, and outsiders pursuing anomalies, challenging accepted wisdom, and grappling with the personal and political consequences of what the numbers suggest.
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20. The Confidence Trick2024-Sep-09 17 minutes |
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19. A Different Kind of Justice 2024-Sep-09 14 minutes |
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18. The Night the Earth Shook 2024-Sep-09 17 minutes |
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17. The Golden Spike 2024-Sep-09 15 minutes |
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16. A Drop in the Ocean 2024-Sep-09 16 minutes |
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15. Song of the Sea 2024-Sep-09 14 minutes |
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14. Whispers from the Cosmos 2024-Sep-09 15 minutes |
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13. The Grain of Truth 2024-Sep-09 15 minutes |
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12. Scandal in the Air 2024-Sep-09 15 minutes |
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11. Love Bytes 2024-Sep-09 17 minutes |
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Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry Series 2 2024-Sep-02 2 minutes |
10. Devil in the Detail2023-Oct-02 14 minutes |
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9. Access Denied 2023-Oct-02 14 minutes |
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8. In the Habit 2023-Oct-02 14 minutes |
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7. The Gossip Mill 2023-Oct-02 13 minutes |
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6. The Happiness Curve 2023-Oct-02 13 minutes |
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5. The Choice 2023-Sep-25 14 minutes |
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4. This Train Has Been Delayed 2023-Sep-25 13 minutes |
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3. The Doctor Will See You Now 2023-Sep-25 14 minutes |
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2. The Hockey Stick 2023-Sep-25 13 minutes |
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1. The Returning Soldier 2023-Sep-25 14 minutes |
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Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry 2023-Sep-18 less than a minute |