Professor Brian Cox
Changes with Annie Macmanus
Annie Macmanus
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
How can knowing more about the Universe change your life? Professor Brian Cox has the answer. A Former rock star turned physicist who has gone from playing keys in the band D:Ream, which had a UK No. 1 hit with "Things Can Only Get Better", to becoming everyone’s favourite physicist selling out arenas around the world with his fascinating shows about the Universe.
Brian has previously been compared to David Attenborough in the science world having presented numerous documentaries for the BBC including the ‘Wonders of’ series, starting with ‘Wonders of the Solar System’. He’s also co-written 8 books with his latest ‘Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe’ coming out in October.
This episode will make you think about our significance in the Universe and maybe even change your mind about your ability to change things - Brian's certainly tried to do that with our world leaders delivering a definite mic drop moment which he relives here.
You can buy tickets to the world tour of Horizons – A 21st Century Space Odyssey with Brian and comedian Robin Ince here: https://briancoxlive.co.uk/
You can also pre order Brian’s new book here:
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by the new Alpha Romeo |
| 0:03.2 | Tanali plug-in hybrid. Ooh, get us. |
| 0:06.8 | Now I recently had the chance to drive the car. |
| 0:08.9 | A very nice man let me have one for 24 hours |
| 0:11.8 | and it was green and shiny and gorgeous |
| 0:14.3 | and I was into it because green for Ireland. |
| 0:16.8 | If I had more car tech speak I would tell you it |
| 0:19.2 | but just a surprise to say I felt like a million dollars |
| 0:22.2 | driving it through London. So this is a plug-in hybrid. |
| 0:25.6 | I wasn't too sure what this meant before I tried it |
| 0:27.8 | or how it would work but basically it means |
| 0:29.7 | when you're doing shorter journeys you get all the benefits of an electric car |
| 0:33.6 | and then if you're doing a longer journey it uses the petrol engine. |
| 0:37.1 | It actually automatically takes over. |
| 0:39.3 | So if the battery needs to be charged you don't have to worry |
| 0:41.6 | as the car will automatically do it. |
| 0:44.3 | Yes, that's what I need. |
| 0:45.9 | The flexibility is very very handy there. |
| 0:48.8 | The car itself has all these amazing features. |
| 0:50.8 | It's got a 10-inch touchscreen that has apple car play in it. |
| 0:54.3 | It's very modern, very stylish. |
| 0:56.2 | It kind of purrs when you drive and of course you can't |
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