Babbage from The Economist by The Economist

Named after Charles Babbage, a 19th-century polymath and grandfather of computing, Babbage is a weekly podcast on science and technology. Host Alok Jha talks to our correspondents about the innovations, discoveries and gadgetry making the news. Published every Tuesday by Economist Podcasts.

Radio: The Economist Radio

Category: News & Politics

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- Babbage: The short-sightedness epidemic

Tue, 21 Jun 2022
376
- Babbage: Is ketamine the next antidepressant?

Tue, 14 Jun 2022
375
- Babbage: Artificial intelligence enters its industrial age

Tue, 07 Jun 2022
374
- Babbage: Corals vs climate change

Tue, 31 May 2022
373
- Babbage: How to unlock the secrets of the universe—part two

Tue, 24 May 2022
372
- Babbage: How to unlock the secrets of the universe—part one

Tue, 17 May 2022
371
- Babbage: An app a day keeps the doctor away

Tue, 10 May 2022
370
- Babbage: Bill Gates's plan to prevent the next pandemic

Tue, 03 May 2022
369
- Babbage: Editing the code of life

Tue, 26 Apr 2022
368
- Babbage: A new age of nuclear power?

Tue, 19 Apr 2022
367
- Babbage: Can the 1.5°C climate target survive?

Tue, 12 Apr 2022
366
- Babbage: How do you solve a problem like malaria?

Tue, 05 Apr 2022
365
- Babbage: How to communicate in a war zone

Tue, 29 Mar 2022
364
- Babbage: The pandemic, two years on

Tue, 22 Mar 2022
363
- Babbage: The fountain of youth

Tue, 15 Mar 2022
362
- Babbage: Can tech improve your sleep?

Tue, 08 Mar 2022
361
- Babbage: The threat of cyber-warfare

Tue, 01 Mar 2022
360
- Babbage: Rise of the robots

Tue, 22 Feb 2022
359
- Babbage: A Starship is born

Tue, 15 Feb 2022
358
- Babbage: What is web3?

Tue, 08 Feb 2022
357
- Babbage: Hide and seek

Tue, 01 Feb 2022
356
- Babbage: Sequencing the future

Tue, 25 Jan 2022
355
- Babbage: Havana syndrome

Tue, 18 Jan 2022
354
- Babbage: The smartwatch will see you now

Tue, 11 Jan 2022
353
- Babbage: Everyone’s going to the Moon

Tue, 04 Jan 2022
352
- Babbage: A new look at the cosmos

Tue, 21 Dec 2021
351
- Babbage: Unpacking Omicron

Tue, 14 Dec 2021
350
- Babbage: Goodbye darkness, my old friend

Tue, 07 Dec 2021
349
- Babbage: Omicron and on

Tue, 30 Nov 2021
348
- Babbage: Reservoir dogs

Tue, 23 Nov 2021
347
- Babbage: Mind matters

Tue, 16 Nov 2021
346
- Babbage: Going antiviral

Tue, 09 Nov 2021
345
- Babbage: The colour of health

Tue, 02 Nov 2021
344
- Babbage: Cleaning the air

Tue, 26 Oct 2021
343
- Babbage: on Babbage

Tue, 19 Oct 2021
342
- Babbage: Rocks in space

Tue, 12 Oct 2021
341
- Babbage: A new Anthropocene diet

Tue, 05 Oct 2021
340
- Babbage: Don't panic

Tue, 28 Sep 2021
339
- Babbage: From pandemic to twindemic

Tue, 21 Sep 2021
338
- Babbage: Booster shot

Tue, 14 Sep 2021
337
- Babbage: The building blocks of life

Tue, 07 Sep 2021
336
- Babbage: Back to school

Tue, 31 Aug 2021
335
- Babbage: Unstrung — the end of string theory?

Tue, 24 Aug 2021
334
- Babbage: Keeping it cool

Tue, 17 Aug 2021
333
- Babbage: Open-source intelligence

Tue, 10 Aug 2021
332
- Babbage: The shot of the century

Tue, 03 Aug 2021
331
- Babbage: Protein power

Tue, 27 Jul 2021
330
- Babbage: Cloud of suspicion

Tue, 20 Jul 2021
329
- Babbage: Best behaviour

Tue, 13 Jul 2021
328
- Babbage: Urban jungles

Tue, 06 Jul 2021

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