Description: A weekly radio show discussing the science of fiction with a range of guest experts (and tenuously-related music).
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Each episode of The Science of Fiction picks a theme and discusses the science and non-science in fiction involving that theme, with hilarious results, a selection of tenuously-related music, and a constant stream of guest experts. Expect anything from the mechanics of time travel to advice on how to survive the impending zombie apocalypse! Past guests include Helen Arney , James Grime , Andy Pontzen and far too many more to fit here .
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Dr Andy Holding researches protein binding by day, and is a public speaker, stand-up comedian and instigator of the Cambridge chapters of Skeptics in the Pub , Bright Club by night.