
ScienceComedy
Best Medicine
BBC Radio 4
#42 in Science this weekAward-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by funny and fascinating comedians, doctors, scientists, and historians to celebrate medicine's inspiring past, present and future. In each programme, Kiri challenges her guests to make a case for what they think is 'the best medicine', and each of them champions anything from world-changing science to an obscure invention, an every-day treatment, an uplifting worldview, an unsung hero or a futuristic cure.
Whether it's micro-robotic surgery, virtual reality syringes, Victorian clockwork surgical saws, more than a few ingenious cures for cancer, world-first lifesaving heart operations, epidurals, therapy, dancing, faith or laughter - it's always something worth celebrating.
- 25 episodes
- Avg 28 min
- English
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September 2 · 28 min
August 26 · 28 min5 - Seaweed Underwear, Bubbles, Saunas
August 19 · 29 min4 - Fighting, Gene Therapy for Huntington’s Disease, Plants
August 12 · 28 min3 - Horses, Breaking Bad News, Reels
August 5 · 28 min2 - Reformer Pilates, Persistence, Free Flaps
July 29 · 28 min1 - Rubbish, Home Births, Collaboration
Dec 24, 2024 · 40 min7. Bonus Episode - Extra Dose
Dec 24, 2024 · 28 min6. Pain Management, Organoids, Prosthetic Leg Covers
Dec 17, 2024 · 28 min5. Books, Poetry, Scandal, Writing
Dec 10, 2024 · 28 min4. CAR T-cells, Ritual, Water, Crying
Dec 3, 2024 · 28 min3. Sleep, FMTs, Dr Charles Drew, Stem Cell Transplantation
Nov 26, 2024 · 28 min2. Sweating In Nature, Animals, Transplantation, Horticulture
Nov 19, 2024 · 28 min1. MV140, Origami Surgical Capsules, Denial, Defibrillators
Nov 12, 2024 · 1 minBest Medicine: Series 2 - time for your second dose!
Dec 12, 2023 · 28 min10. Epidurals, Embroidery, Play, Death
Dec 5, 2023 · 28 min9. Autopsies, Light, Escapism, Henrietta Lacks
Nov 28, 2023 · 28 min8. Doing Less, Gardening, The Smartphone, Expertise
Nov 21, 2023 · 28 min7. Failure, Detection, Herpes, Climate Change
Nov 14, 2023 · 28 min6. CT Scans, Inhalation, Faith, Attention
Nov 7, 2023 · 27 min5. Laughter, Other People, Inclusion, Tissue Engineering