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Curious Cases

Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry Series 2

Curious Cases

BBC

Technology, Science

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

From exposing fraud to finding true love, mathematician Hannah Fry follows the numbers on thrilling adventures of data and discovery. Join her for Series 2 of Uncharted.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

0:05.0

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

0:08.0

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, moments and movements,

0:14.7

stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

0:19.1

And the BBC's position at the heart of British music means we can tell those stories like no one else.

0:24.6

We were, are and always will be right there at the center of the narrative.

0:28.6

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and

0:34.4

infamous moments in music check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.

0:38.6

Hello it's Hannah Fry here and I am just dropping in your ears to let you know that my new

0:45.0

series for BBC Radio 4, UnCharted, Tales of Data and Discovery, is out now.

0:51.1

So for the next 15 minutes I'm going to take over this feed to give you just a little

0:55.3

taste of the podcast. A soft strain of jabs swells in the air, mingling with the gentle rustle of leaves and the breeze.

1:14.0

Chris, our protagonist, stands tall under a canopy of flowers,

1:19.0

his blue eyes twinkling in the golden late light of a summer's day.

1:24.0

But Chris is nervous.

1:27.0

Its heart is racing.

1:29.0

And then all of a sudden, there she is. Time seems to slurry and flex as the woman he loves walks

1:37.6

towards him. In that moment it dawns on him. He's found his soulmate that something is about to spoil it all.

1:47.0

Chris wakes up. The meadow is gone, replaced instead by the cold underside of a computer desk.

1:55.0

Would I describe myself as lucky in love?

1:58.0

Um, no. No. Radio 4, This is Uncharted. Tales of Data and Discovery.

2:15.0

This is a series about how numbers and graphs

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