Rowan Hooper

Rowan Hooper, PhD

9 Interviews

Rowan Hooper's Interviews

Kirk McElhearn & Rowan Hooper 06 Jul 2022 • EN

Episode 15: Rowan Hooper, Science Writer

Rowan Hooper is a science writer, and is currently podcast editor for The New Scientist. His book, How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars, looks at ten big problems in the world and how they can be solved for a trillion dollars. Show notes: Rowan Hooper (https://www.newscientist.com/author/rowan-hooper/) How

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Penny Sarchet + Rowan Hooper & George Monbiot 20 May 2022 • EN

#11 George Monbiot: The "blight" of farming

In our extended interview with George Monbiot, the writer and environmental activist talks about his book Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet. In the book he argues that farming is the most destructive human activity ever to have blighted the Earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Andrew Keen & Rowan Hooper 07 May 2022 • EN

Rowan Hooper: How to Save the World For Just a Trillion Dollars

On today's episode, Andrew is joined by Rowan Hooper, author of How to Save the World For Just a Trillion Dollars: The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix. Rowan Hooper is a senior editor at New Scientist magazine and host of the New Scientist Weekly podcast. After gaining a PhD in evolutionary biology, he moved t

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Spencer Lodge & Rowan Hooper 21 Feb 2022 • EN

#176: Saving The World By Spending A Trillion Dollars With Rowan Hooper

A trillion dollars is an unimaginably large sum, yet it's only around 1% of the world’s GDP, and is roughly the same valuation of Google, Microsoft or Amazon. Rowan Hooper, author of “How To Spend A Trillion Dollars”, joins me on this episode to share how 10 of the world’s biggest problems can be solved with just a tri

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Penny Sarchet + Rowan Hooper & Elinor Cleghorn 12 Nov 2021 • EN

#4 Elinor Cleghorn: The gender pain gap

In our extended interview with Elinor Cleghorn, the author speaks about her book ‘Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World’, which examines the origins of the gender pain gap.  The edited version of this interview was first broadcast on New Scientist Weekly episode 70. Hosted on Acast. See

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Penny Sarchet + Rowan Hooper & Alice Roberts 12 Nov 2021 • EN

#3 Alice Roberts: How archaeology and genetics are increasingly intertwined

In our extended interview with Alice Roberts, the anatomist discusses her book Ancestors: The Pre-History of Britain in Seven Burials, and the revolution taking place in archaeology as the discipline absorbs modern techniques from genetics. The edited version of this interview was first broadcast on New Scientist Weekl

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