Renowned paleontologist Professor Richard Fortey joins us in the pod ahead of his Michael Faraday Prize lecture, and tells us some of the secrets of London's Natural History Museum.
Plus: we reveal the worst sounds in the world, and find out what it is that makes them so horrible with Trevor Cox of Salford University.
And, as the music industry strokes its chin over where technology is taking the industry, we talk to Napster president Brad Duea and futurologist Gerd Leonhard what music we'll be dancing to in 2025.
This week's show is presented by "the Henry Winkler of science journalism", Alok Jha, who is joined by correspondents James Randerson and Bobbie Johnson - as well as the sage advice of Nell Boase.
