Exploring the Deep
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian and musician Tim Minchin and oceanographers Diva Amon and Jon Copley to uncover what mysteries still lie at the bottom of our oceans. It is often said that we know more about the surface of the Moon then we do about our own ocean floor, but is that really true? What have modern-day explorers such as Diva and Jon discovered during their many expeditions to the deepest points of our oceans, and can they persuade Tim to join them on their next voyage? From extraordinary life forms with incredible survival strategies, to the gruesome sex life of the angler fish, the panel discuss some of the greatest discoveries of the last few years, and what questions they still hope to answer.
Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.6 | Before you get stuck into this episode of the Infinite Monkey Cage podcast, use a little |
| 0:09.0 | reminder that if you're in the UK, the new series is available first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:13.9 | It's a doodle to download the BBC Sounds app and subscribe to the Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:19.3 | Once you have, you'll get all those irreverent insights from the brightest scientific minds |
| 0:23.8 | 28 days before they're available anywhere else, which ironically is a bit of an o-brainer. |
| 0:29.7 | Now, over to Robin and Brian. |
| 0:31.8 | Welcome to the Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:33.2 | I'm Professor Brian Cox, CBEFRS. |
| 0:36.1 | And I'm Robin in its baggage gymnastic award level four, can't be backward roles. |
| 0:40.1 | Um... |
| 0:42.1 | LAUGHTER |
| 0:43.1 | It will come as no surprise to regular listeners of the show that perhaps the most frequent |
| 0:48.1 | scientific discussion, Brian and I have had over the last 13 years, has always been |
| 0:52.3 | the question, what really is the Loch Ness Monster? |
| 0:56.2 | Um, by most frequent discussion, what I mean is I talk about it a lot and he puts his |
| 1:00.1 | headphones on and listens to orchestral movies in the dark. |
| 1:02.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:03.6 | LAUGHTER |
| 1:05.6 | Now, Brian hasn't heard, I genuinely do, I love keeping up with theories about the Loch Ness Monster. |
| 1:09.3 | My favourite recent scientific theory about the Loch Ness Monster is that it's actually |
| 1:12.9 | the ghost of a dinosaur. |
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