Illuminating Light - Jess Wade, Russell Foster and Bridget Christie

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  This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

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  Dive into the bonkers world of David Mitchell and Robert Webb and listen to their BBC comedy show.

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  From nonsensical maths quiz Numberwang to finding out what James Bond is really like as a party guest,

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  there 's something for everyone.

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  Hello, M-O-T-T-A-A-T.

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  Now, the process of science was once described as a man dropping his keys in the dark,

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  Yes, that's right, this is the Ministry of Things that are apparently true.

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  Yes, we do exist, the rumours are true, ironically.

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  Start listening to That Mitchell and Webb Sound, the complete series one to five, wherever you get your audiobooks.

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  but then crossing the road and looking for them under a street lamp, because that 's where the light is.

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  Hello, I'm Brian Cox.

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  Who said that?

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  It's just complete dribble, isn't it?

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  I'm Robert Ince, and this is the Infinite Monkey Cage.

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  Noam Chomsky.

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  And what was his expertise?

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  To help us understand light, we are joined by a circadian neuroscientist,

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  He's a linguist and street lamp mender.

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  a Raman spectroscopist and an existential biker.

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  Today, we're asking how has the availability of light changed our culture and our understanding of the universe?

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