A Swiss community living on 2,000 watts
What does a good life look like when you cap your energy use at 2,000 watts? We take you inside Zurich’s "Hunziker Areal", a car‑free, cooperative neighbourhood turning a bold climate target into live...
3 Mars 23min
What does Antarctic ice reveal about CO2 and climate shifts?
We follow the 2,800-meter Antarctic ice core from Little Dome C to a -50°C lab in University of Bern, tracing how scientists extract ancient air to probe the Mid-Pleistocene transition and the limits ...
24 Feb 26min
Invasive Quagga mussel Is Rewriting Switzerland’s Waterscape
A fingernail‑sized invader is transforming Swiss lakes and the cost of clean water. In this episode, we track the quagga mussel from its arrival in the Rhine to its rapid spread through deep Swiss bas...
17 Feb 13min
Bonus Episode - The Trends Shaping the Pharmaceutical Industry in 2026
Join host, Jo Fahy, and pharmaceuticals and healthcare reporter, Jessica Davis Pluss, to weigh up the forces shaping pharma in 2026. From AI’s real gains in clinics and labs, to the case for inclusive...
3 Feb 16min
Bonus Episode - Inside Switzerland’s Quiet Rise as a Longevity Hub
How did longevity go from a social media trend to a focus of serious science? In this special bonus episode our host, Jo Fahy, is joined in the studio by pharmaceuticals and healthcare reporter, Jessi...
27 Jan 26min
Special announcement: Season wrap for longevity, please try out Lost Cells
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16 Dec 20253min
Rethinking Aging: Science, Society, And The Stories We Tell
Want a longer life that still feels like yours? We sit down with psychologist Christina Röcke of the University of Zurich’s Healthy Longevity Center to unpack what actually fuels healthy aging—and wha...
2 Dec 202520min
How Michael Hall’s TOR Discovery Reframed Longevity Science
We trace how a soil-derived drug led to the discovery of mTOR, why growth control sits at the core of aging biology, and where evidence ends for humans. Michael Hall’s quiet breakthroughs explain fast...
25 Nov 202518min
