Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Are They Watching Us? | 20210624 | 3: Are They Watching us? Has technology gone wacky doolally? Rhys gets to the bottom of privacy issues, deep fakes, non-fungible tokens and whether technology will be the end of us all. Guest... Samatha Yap Guest... TBC Guest... Amit Katwala | ||
| 01 | 01 | Are Billionaires Evil? | 20210610 | 20240606 (BBC7) 20240530 (R4) | 1. Are Billionaires Evil? Is money the root of all evil, or the solution to all your problems? Everyone has big questions, but very few people have time to find the answers. Lucky for them, there's one man with a completely empty diary. Join Rhys James as he interviews experts, conducts experiments and guesses his way to a solution. Join him as he does the Rhysearch. Guest... Grace Blakeley Guest... David Brown Guest... Deborah Meaden Is money the root of all evil? Are billionaires evil? What happened to the guy who invented the toothbrush hat? Why doesn't Deborah Meaden know a good business idea when she hears one? Everyone has big questions, but very few people have time to find the answers. Lucky for them, theres one man with a completely empty diary. Join Rhys James as he interviews experts, conducts experiments and guesses his way to a solution. Join him as he does the Rhysearch. Everyone has big questions, but very few people have time to find the answers. Lucky for them, there?s one man with a completely empty diary. Join Rhys James as he interviews experts, conducts experiments and guesses his way to a solution. Join him as he does the Rhysearch. AKA Billionaires? AKA Billionaires? |
| 01 | 02 | Will We Live On Mars? | 20210617 | 20240613 (BBC7) 20240606 (R4) | 2: Will We Live On Mars? Do we need to go to live on Mars like that bloke in the film The Martian? Rhys talks to the guy who wrote the Martian, and then tries to sell Mars to the public. Guest... Andy Weir Why aren't we living on Mars? Comedian Rhys James investigates topics that the rest of us are too busy to be bothered with. Questions like, Will we live on Mars? For his third series, Rhys turns outwards to explore the link between beliefs and facts. |
| 01 | 03 LAST | Are They Watching Us? | 20210624 | 20240620 (BBC7) 20240613 (R4) | 3: Are They Watching Us? Has technology gone wacky doolally? Rhys gets to the bottom of privacy issues, deep fakes, non-fungible tokens and whether technology will be the end of us all. Guest... Amit Katwala Guest... Samatha Yap |
| 02 | 01 | Why Can't I Concentrate? | 20240620 | 20240627 (BBC7) | 1. Why Can't I Concentrate? The average attention span is a mere 47 seconds long. Rhys gets to the bottom of the reasons behind our declining attention span and if there's anyway to reverse this trend, Will a digital detox help? Will anyone make it past the 47 seconds of this show? And does this have anything to do with the millennium bug? Guest... Gloria Mark Our attention spans are ruined. Your friend and mine, Rhys James gets to the bottom of the reasons behind our declining attention spans. Executive Producer; Pete Strauss |
| 02 | 02 | Is Monogamy Outdated? | 20240627 | 20240704 (BBC7) | 2. Is Monogamy Outdated? With marriage rates plummeting and more young people than ever turning to polyamory, Rhys explores his options. Guest: Leanne Yau Guest: John Aiken What's the point of falling in love? |
| 02 | 02 | Where Should I Live? | 20240627 | 20240704 (BBC7) | Is anywhere on earth worth living? |
| 02 | 03 | Can You Be Proud Of Your Country? | 20240704 | 20240711 (BBC7) 20240711 (R4) | Every country on the planet is flawed in it's own unique and stupid way. So is it possible for anyone to be proud of where they live? Does the perfect country exist? Is it possible to be proud of someone else's country? Guest... Can you be proud of someone else's country? 3. Can You Be Proud Of Your Country? Guest... Femi Oluwole Guest... Rob Mosley Every country on the planet is flawed in its own unique and stupid way. |
| 02 | 04 | Do We Need School? | 20240711 | 20240718 (BBC7) 20240718 (R4) | AKA Does Education Work? The world has changed dramatically in a very short amount of time and yet our education system has barely changed at all. Rhys is going to revolutionise education as we know it. Guest... No one learns anything important in school. 4. Do We Need School? Guest... Kate Robinson Guest... Caitlin Moran Rhys takes it upon himself to change everything about the school system as we know it. |
| 02 | 05 | Are There Enough Babies? | 20240718 | 20240725 (BBC7) 20240723 (R4) 20240725 (R4) | 5. Are There Enough Babies? Across the Western world, birth rates are dropping rapidly. Many experts believe this to be one of the biggest crises of our time. Rhys explores whether we should be having more babies, less babies or if we're having the exact right amount of babies. Guest... Stephen J Shaw The population is plummeting and only Rhys seems to care. Produced by Carl Cooper Are human beings going extinct? And why is no one but Rhys willing to do anything about it? An EcoAudio Certified production |