
Recent Episodes
- Can We Control the Weather?Can We Control the Weather? Show Notes Can We Control the Weather? In this episode Tim Dowling speaks with two experts on the history of weather control, Dr Katherine Harper author of Make it Rain: State Control of the Atmosphere in Twentieth Century America and Jim Fleming author of Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History […]
- How do they set the Doomsday Clock?How do they set the Doomsday Clock? Show Notes In this episode Tim Dowling talks with Rachel Bronson the CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about the Doomsday Clock, which is now set every year to represent how close humanity is to the end. Rachel Bronson is also the head of the Science […]
- Has The Internet Broken Copyright?Has The Internet Broken Copyright? Tim Dowling speaks with Law Professor Jennifer Jenkins who is Director of The Center for the Study of the Public Domain, about the confusing and messy state of copyright law. He also speaks with veteran youtuber Tom Scott on how the internet and youtube in particular have broken copyright.
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Insult My Intelligence is a podcast hosted by Guardian columnist Tim Dowling. Each episode Tim learns about a new, unique and interesting topic with the help of world-leading experts.

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