Professor Turi King

About Professor Turi King

Professor Turi King is a scientist, presenter, speaker and author who is passionate about communicating science to the public. She is best known for her work in ”cracking one of the biggest forensic DNA cases in history” during the exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England. She is also currently featuring on BBC2‘s DNA Family Secrets, produced by Minnow films.

Publisher

Professor Turi King

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Sept 2021

Latest episode

4 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Oct 2026

   The Secrets of Our DNA: How Genetics Has Changed The World - Professor Turi King

   As many of you know, I’ve written a book The Secrets of Our DNA: how genetics changed the world. So, I thought I would tell you a bit about what it’s about, why I wrote it and read you an extract.

2. 

   1 Mar 2026

   My Family's Secret: Gabriele's Story

   Professor Turi King talks to Gabriele Shaw about the difficulties she faced getting her biological father’s name added to her birth certificate.

3. 

   23 Apr 2025

   How your sex and your environment affect your hearing - Professor Turi King

   Professor Turi King discusses the results of a scientific paper about the evolution of hearing, which explores the combined impact of biological and environmental factors on how our ears respond to sound. The study was the brainchild of Dr. Patricia Balaresque who got really interested in the different factors, such as our sex or environment, that might have shaped our hearing sensitivity. This groundbreaking study, ‘Sex, and Environment Shape Cochlear Sensitivity in Human Populations Worldwide,’ is published in Scientific reports. It was led by Dr Patricia Balaresque at the Centre for Biodiversity and Environmental Research (CRBE) in Toulouse, supported by the Eco-Anthropology unit (EA-CNRS Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle / University of Paris) and the Toulouse Institute of Research in Computer Science (IRIT-CNRS / University of Toulouse) and others.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

2,541,204

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

32

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