When You're Snarling
Rob Newman tackles mysteries of the brain in an odyssey taking in everything from love and guilt to robot friends. From 2017.
One of Britain's finest comedians, Rob Newman, is our guide on a unique audio odyssey of the brain, taking in everything from love and guilt to robot co-workers and the unlikely importance of prehistoric trousers.
It's a witty, fact-packed series mixing stand-up and sketches, challenging notions of neuroscience with a new theory that's equal parts enlightening and hilarious.
Rob offers an alternative to some of the more bizarre claims in modern popular science, as well as rejigging theories of our brains in light of what we know about nature, artificial intelligence and Belinda Carlisle.
Created by the award-winning team behind Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution.
Written by and starring Rob Newman.
Co-starring:
Claire Price
Richard McCabe
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producer: Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for 大象传媒 Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.
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Broadcasts
- Tue 25 Apr 2017 18:30大象传媒 Radio 4
- Tue 2 May 2017 07:30大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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