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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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Futureproof Gold: The Science & Magic of Pixar

The marriage of the technology of computer graphics and animation seems almost natural to us now. Computer genereated imagery transformed, not just the way animators worked, but the way in which stories were told - a union which continues to mesmerise children and adults alike the world over. Jonathan speaks to Ed Catmull, American computer scientist and former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios about the genesis of computer graphics and and how his background in science informed his future in animation. First aired November 7th, 2015