CrowdScience
Hosted by Caroline Steel and Anand Jagatia and Alex Lathbridge and Marnie Chesterton · BBC World Service
4.7from 814 ratings
- 501
- Episodes
- 145
- Transcribed
- 814
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About CrowdScience
We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.
- Publisher
- BBC World Service
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Nov 2016
- Latest episode
- 30 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
145 of 501 episodes have a transcript.
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Are right-handed people more creative?
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How do insects hear?
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why don't we lay eggs?
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Are right-handed people more creative?
Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So it should be 95% of left-handed people would be right-dominant, but they're not. About 70% are left-dominant. And the remaining 30% are kind of half bilateral and half right dominant. So Nyok was right. The dominant hemisphere, for language at least, does vary depending on which hand you prefer. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on CrowdScience
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Sebastian Ocklenburg
- Marietta Papadou Pastou
- David Carey
- Richard Binny
- Natasha Mhatre
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 451 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 363 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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Who hosts CrowdScience?
Caroline Steel and Anand Jagatia and Alex Lathbridge and Marnie Chesterton host the show. Published by BBC World Service.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does CrowdScience take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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