The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC Radio 4
Categories: Science & Medicine
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`This week it's over to you the listeners, as we hear some of your favourite moments from The Infinite Monkey Cage. Comedian Claire Hooper hears about the mating rituals of spiders, which use several of their legs in this complex process. But she discovers the females of the species get their own back by eating the males once the deed is done. Comedian Noel Fielding explains how he made a plasticine figure of singer Joey Ramone, prompting Robin to wonder about the pitfalls of building a real-life Frankenstein. And writer Alan Moore tells Jonathan Ross how he used string theory as inspiration for a comic strip... about a virtuoso violinist.
New episodes are released weekly on Wednesdays. If you’re in the UK, listen to the full series on BBC Sounds
Producer: Marijke Peters Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem
Episodes Featured: Series 26: Australia's Scariest Spiders Series 14: 200 Years of Frankenstein Series 2: Science Fiction, Science Fact Series 22: Space Archaeology Series 5: The Science of Sound
Previous episodes
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216 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Audience Favourites (Pt 2) Wed, 29 May 2024
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215 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Tiny Things Wed, 22 May 2024
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214 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Future Wed, 15 May 2024
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213 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Failure Wed, 08 May 2024
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212 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gambling Wed, 01 May 2024
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211 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Gods Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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210 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Talking to Aliens Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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209 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gardening Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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208 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Love Wed, 03 Apr 2024
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207 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Murder Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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206 - Higgs Boson Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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205 - Cats v Dogs Wed, 13 Mar 2024
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204 - Poison Wed, 06 Mar 2024
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203 - Asteroids Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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202 - Could it be magic? Wed, 21 Feb 2024
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201 - Egyptian Mummies Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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200 - The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night Wed, 20 Dec 2023
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199 - Jo Brand's Quantum World Wed, 13 Dec 2023
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198 - Hollywood in Space Wed, 06 Dec 2023
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197 - The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?) Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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196 - How I is AI? Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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195 - The Science of Coincidence Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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194 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Audience Favourites Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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193 - Octopuses! Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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192 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Infinity Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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191 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Being Human Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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190 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Oceans Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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189 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Building a Universe Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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188 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Strawberries Wed, 04 Oct 2023
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187 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Movies Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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186 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... Space Travel Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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185 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... The Apocalypse Wed, 13 Sep 2023
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184 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Supernatural Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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183 - Welcome to The Infinite Monkey's Guide To... Tue, 05 Sep 2023
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182 - Cosmic Dust Sat, 05 Aug 2023
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181 - Ancient DNA Secrets Sat, 29 Jul 2023
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180 - The Secret Life of Sharks Sat, 22 Jul 2023
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179 - The Magic of Mushrooms Sat, 15 Jul 2023
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178 - Bees v Wasps Sat, 08 Jul 2023
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177 - Supervolcanoes Sat, 01 Jul 2023
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176 - Are we what we eat? Sat, 24 Jun 2023
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175 - Magic Materials Sat, 25 Mar 2023
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174 - How Far Can the Human Body Go? Sat, 18 Mar 2023
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173 - How to Commit the Perfect Murder Sat, 11 Mar 2023
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172 - How to think like a mathematician Sat, 04 Mar 2023
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171 - Australia’s Scary Spiders Sat, 25 Feb 2023
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170 - Southern Skies Sat, 18 Feb 2023
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169 - Why does wine taste good? Sat, 24 Dec 2022
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168 - The Deep Space Network Sat, 17 Dec 2022
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167 - The Age of Conspiracy? Sat, 10 Dec 2022