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The Rest Is Politics

Introducing: The Rest Is Science

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

News, Politics, Government

4.511.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Forget what you think you know about reality. The Rest Is Science is a mind-bending new show from Goalhanger that tears down familiar ideas… time, randomness, beauty, it will reveal just how bizarre the world truly is. Join Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (aka Vsauce) twice a week to explore big, small and surprising questions as they deep dive into theories, concepts, objects and thoughts and take us on a journey into the unexpected. If you love digging into details that usually get skipped over, this is the show that proves reality is stranger than fiction. Click here to subscribe to The Rest Is Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you so much for listening to The Restis Politics. Here's the thought for Christmas.

0:04.6

You can gift somebody membership to The Rest is Politics Plus, add free listening, bonus episodes,

0:10.7

early access to Q&A, book discounts. So spread a little political peace and goodwill.

0:15.9

Head to therestispolitics.com and click Gifts.

0:21.6

Hello, the Rest Is Politics listeners.

0:23.6

I'm Michael Stevens.

0:24.6

And I'm Professor Hannah Fry.

0:26.6

Well, firstly, thanks to Rory and Alistair for letting us take over the channel.

0:29.6

To tell you about our new show for Gollhanger, the rest is science.

0:34.6

Every week we take a fresh look at the familiar. We're going to be exploring

0:38.6

the forces, the theories and the phenomena that shape how we live in, think about, and see the world.

0:44.9

We're going to pull apart what we take for granted to reveal the unexpected patterns and

0:50.6

hidden logic just beneath the surface. Because that's what moves science forward, not the polishing of answers, but the sharpening

0:58.4

of questions.

1:00.0

It's curiosity that sparks those, hey, wait, how does that actually work kind of a moment

1:04.5

that changes the way we see the world?

1:06.0

So, okay, here is a little glimpse of what is to come from our podcast, and if it sparks

1:10.4

something unexplainable for you, then you can join us every Tuesday

1:13.9

and Thursday for new episodes of the rest of science.

1:16.6

And we'll figure it out together.

1:20.8

How would you describe gravity to an alien from another universe that had never experienced

1:26.8

gravity? The simplest way to think of it is that in our universe, objects are attracted to each other.

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