Olga Koch - Ok Computer

Series

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

Nationality

20210708

20210715 (BBC7)
20210716 (BBC7)
20220502 (BBC7)
20240208 (BBC7)
20240201 (R4)

In this opening episode, Olga and ALGO unpack the flag-waving, beer-chugging and general absurdity of nationality.

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and her trusty digital assistant ALGO dive into the world of computer science - taking the truths you hold dear and tearing them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the Internet.

In the following episodes, Olga and ALGO take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of Beauty, Health and Privacy.

With Sindhu Vee as ALGO.

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin.

Additional Material from Rajiv Karia.

Producer: Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4

Olga unpacks the concept of nationality.

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and digital assistant Algo unpack the concept of Nationality. With Sindhu Vee.

Beauty

20210715

20210722 (BBC7)
20210723 (BBC7)

Olga Koch and her digital assistant ALGO return to unpack the concept of beauty, but it's hard to understand something that is defined only by itself.

Comedian and Computer Scientist Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant ALGO as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the Internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and ALGO take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world.

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Starring Sindhu Vee as ALGO

Additional Material from Rajiv Karia

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

Olga asks 'what is beautiful'?

Health

20210722

20210729 (BBC7)
20210730 (BBC7)
20240215 (BBC7)
20240208 (R4)

Olga Koch and her digital assistant are on a mission to get healthy, but the topic is very tricky to compute. How can we be healthy if we don't know what health even means? What is a placebo, and why don't we know any of their songs?

Comedian and Computer Scientist Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant ALGO as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the Internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and ALGO take a hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world.

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Starring Sindhu Vee as Algo

Additional Material from Rajiv Karia

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

Olga tries to compute 'health'.

Olga Koch and her digital assistant are on a mission to get healthy, but the topic is very tricky to compute. What is a Placebo, and why don't we know any of their songs?

04 LAST

Privacy

20210729

20210805 (BBC7)
20210806 (BBC7)
20240222 (BBC7)
20240215 (R4)

Does encryption actually work? Why can't anyone set a good password? And what do we need privacy for anyway?

A four part stand-up special exploring Nationality, Beauty, Health and Privacy through the eyes of a woman with half a masters degree in the social science of the internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and Algo take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world.

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Starring Sindhu Vee as Algo

Additional Material from Rajiv Karia

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Production

Olga explores privacy, but shhh\u2026 it's private.

Olga and ALGO are back to talk about privacy. And if you want to find out more, you'll just have to listen because it's top secret.

Comedian and Computer Scientist, Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant Algo as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the internet. A four part stand-up special exploring Nationality, Beauty, Health and Privacy through the eyes of a woman with half a masters degree in the social science of the internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and Algo take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world.

Fun

20230523

20230530 (BBC7)

This episode, Olga and ALGO try to agree on what is, and isn't, fun.

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand up show, joined by her sassy digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi).

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Tia Kofi

Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert

Production Co-ordinator Katie Baum

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Production

Olga tackles the concept of fun!

Intelligence

20230530

20230606 (BBC7)

This episode, Olga and ALGO put their heads together to understand intelligence.

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand-up show, joined by her trusty digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi).

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Tia Kofi

Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert

Production Coordinator Katie Baum

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Production

This episode Olga tackles intelligence.

Friendship

20230606

20230613 (BBC7)

This week Olga and ALGO try to understand the true meaning of friendship.

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand up show, joined by her trusty digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi).

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Tia Kofi

Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert

Production Coordinator Katie Baum

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Production

This episode Olga tackles friendship.

04 LAST

Family

20230613

20230620 (BBC7)

This episode, Olga and ALGO go back to their roots and try to keep things in the family.

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand up show, joined by her trusty digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi).

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Tia Kofi

Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert

Production Co-ordinator Katie Baum

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Production

Olga considers the meaning of family.

Love

20241003

20241010 (BBC7)

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch tackles the thorny issue of love with her digital assistant Algo. Join them for the third series of award-nominated stand-up as they ask the question: “What is love? ? Baby don't hurt me.

Performed by Olga Koch

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo

Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

Olga Koch and her digital assistant Algo tackle the topic of Love.

Comedian Olga Koch tackles the thorny human issue of Love with her sassy digital assistant Algo.

[LISTEN NOW]

Religion

20241010

20241017 (BBC7)

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch tries to explain beliefs and superstitions to her sassy and ultra-rational digital assistant Algo. Can you ever truly “get ? Madonna? (The pop icon or the mother of Jesus).

Performed by Olga Koch

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo

Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

Olga tries to explain superstitions and beliefs to Algo.

Comedian Olga Koch tries to explain superstitions and beliefs to her ultra-rational digital assistant Algo.

[LISTEN NOW]

Money

20241017

20241024 (BBC7)

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and her sassy digital assistant Algo open up their bank balances and tackle the controversial topic of money. What exactly is money? What does it mean to “have money ?? Are taxes even real? No seriously, should you be opening those letters from HMRC at all?

Performed by Olga Koch

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo

Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

Olga and Algo are auditing the idea of money.

Comedian Olga Koch and her sassy digital assistant tackle everyone's favourite topic to talk openly about: money.

[LISTEN NOW]

04 LAST

Death

20241024

20241031 (BBC7)

Comedian and Computer Scientist Olga Koch and her sassy digital assistant get deep on this week's topic. About 6 feet deep. That's right, we're talking about death in the series finale of OK Computer.

Performed by Olga Koch

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo

Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

Can Olga and Algo survive this episode about death?

Comedian Olga Koch and her digital assistant Algo finish the series by discussing the ultimate ending - death!

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and her sassy digital assistant get deep on this week's topic. About 6-feet deep. That's right, we're talking about death in the series finale of OK Computer.

[LISTEN NOW]

Episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	01	Nationality	20210708	20210715 (BBC7) 20210716 (BBC7) 20220502 (BBC7) 20240208 (BBC7) 20240201 (R4)	In this opening episode, Olga and ALGO unpack the flag-waving, beer-chugging and general absurdity of nationality. Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and her trusty digital assistant ALGO dive into the world of computer science - taking the truths you hold dear and tearing them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the Internet. In the following episodes, Olga and ALGO take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of Beauty, Health and Privacy. With Sindhu Vee as ALGO. Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin. Additional Material from Rajiv Karia. Producer: Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 Olga unpacks the concept of nationality. Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and digital assistant Algo unpack the concept of Nationality. With Sindhu Vee.
01	02	Beauty	20210715	20210722 (BBC7) 20210723 (BBC7)	Olga Koch and her digital assistant ALGO return to unpack the concept of beauty, but it's hard to understand something that is defined only by itself. Comedian and Computer Scientist Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant ALGO as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the Internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and ALGO take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world. Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Starring Sindhu Vee as ALGO Additional Material from Rajiv Karia Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4 Olga asks 'what is beautiful'?
01	03	Health	20210722	20210729 (BBC7) 20210730 (BBC7) 20240215 (BBC7) 20240208 (R4)	Olga Koch and her digital assistant are on a mission to get healthy, but the topic is very tricky to compute. How can we be healthy if we don't know what health even means? What is a placebo, and why don't we know any of their songs? Comedian and Computer Scientist Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant ALGO as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the Internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and ALGO take a hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world. Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Starring Sindhu Vee as Algo Additional Material from Rajiv Karia Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4 Olga tries to compute 'health'. Olga Koch and her digital assistant are on a mission to get healthy, but the topic is very tricky to compute. What is a Placebo, and why don't we know any of their songs? Comedian and Computer Scientist Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant ALGO as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the Internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and ALGO take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world.
01	04 LAST	Privacy	20210729	20210805 (BBC7) 20210806 (BBC7) 20240222 (BBC7) 20240215 (R4)	Does encryption actually work? Why can't anyone set a good password? And what do we need privacy for anyway? Comedian and Computer Scientist, Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant Algo as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the internet. A four part stand-up special exploring Nationality, Beauty, Health and Privacy through the eyes of a woman with half a masters degree in the social science of the internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and Algo take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world. Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Starring Sindhu Vee as Algo Additional Material from Rajiv Karia Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Production Olga explores privacy, but shhh\u2026 it's private. Olga and ALGO are back to talk about privacy. And if you want to find out more, you'll just have to listen because it's top secret. Comedian and Computer Scientist, Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant Algo as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the internet. A four part stand-up special exploring Nationality, Beauty, Health and Privacy through the eyes of a woman with half a masters degree in the social science of the internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and Algo take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world.
02	01	Fun	20230523	20230530 (BBC7)	This episode, Olga and ALGO try to agree on what is, and isn't, fun. Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand up show, joined by her sassy digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi). Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Featuring Tia Kofi Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert Production Co-ordinator Katie Baum Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Production Olga tackles the concept of fun!
02	02	Intelligence	20230530	20230606 (BBC7)	This episode, Olga and ALGO put their heads together to understand intelligence. Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand-up show, joined by her trusty digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi). Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Featuring Tia Kofi Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert Production Coordinator Katie Baum Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Production This episode Olga tackles intelligence.
02	03	Friendship	20230606	20230613 (BBC7)	This week Olga and ALGO try to understand the true meaning of friendship. Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand up show, joined by her trusty digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi). Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Featuring Tia Kofi Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert Production Coordinator Katie Baum Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Production This episode Olga tackles friendship.
02	04 LAST	Family	20230613	20230620 (BBC7)	This episode, Olga and ALGO go back to their roots and try to keep things in the family. Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand up show, joined by her trusty digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi). Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Featuring Tia Kofi Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert Production Co-ordinator Katie Baum Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Production Olga considers the meaning of family.
03	01	Love	20241003	20241010 (BBC7)	Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch tackles the thorny issue of love with her digital assistant Algo. Join them for the third series of award-nominated stand-up as they ask the question: “What is love? ? Baby don't hurt me. Performed by Olga Koch Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4 Olga Koch and her digital assistant Algo tackle the topic of Love. Comedian Olga Koch tackles the thorny human issue of Love with her sassy digital assistant Algo. [LISTEN NOW]
03	02	Religion	20241010	20241017 (BBC7)	Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch tries to explain beliefs and superstitions to her sassy and ultra-rational digital assistant Algo. Can you ever truly “get ? Madonna? (The pop icon or the mother of Jesus). Performed by Olga Koch Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4 Olga tries to explain superstitions and beliefs to Algo. Comedian Olga Koch tries to explain superstitions and beliefs to her ultra-rational digital assistant Algo. [LISTEN NOW]
03	03	Money	20241017	20241024 (BBC7)	Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and her sassy digital assistant Algo open up their bank balances and tackle the controversial topic of money. What exactly is money? What does it mean to “have money ?? Are taxes even real? No seriously, should you be opening those letters from HMRC at all? Performed by Olga Koch Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4 Olga and Algo are auditing the idea of money. Comedian Olga Koch and her sassy digital assistant tackle everyone's favourite topic to talk openly about: money. [LISTEN NOW]
03	04 LAST	Death	20241024	20241031 (BBC7)	Comedian and Computer Scientist Olga Koch and her sassy digital assistant get deep on this week's topic. About 6 feet deep. That's right, we're talking about death in the series finale of OK Computer. Performed by Olga Koch Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs Produced by Benjamin Sutton A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4 Can Olga and Algo survive this episode about death? Comedian Olga Koch and her digital assistant Algo finish the series by discussing the ultimate ending - death! Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and her sassy digital assistant get deep on this week's topic. About 6-feet deep. That's right, we're talking about death in the series finale of OK Computer. [LISTEN NOW]