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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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A Thousand Brains

On this week's Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea is joined by Jeff Hawkins - Neuroscientist and author of ‘A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence’ to ask how our brains work? Also on the show Jonathan was joined by Dr. Susan Kelleher of DCU and Dr. Jessamyn Kelleher of NUI Galway, to look at the science news stories of the week. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.