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Works in Progress Podcast

Works in Progress Podcast

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Works in Progress is an online magazine devoted to new and underrated ideas about economic growth, scientific progress, and technology. Subscribe to listen to the Works in Progress podcast, plus Hard Drugs by Saloni Dattani and Jacob Trefethen.Works in Progress Magazine © 2025 World
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  • The death rays that guard life: We can use ultraviolet light to disinfect public spaces
    Apr 10 2026

    We disinfect water before we drink it. Germicidal ultraviolet could make airborne disease as rare as those carried by water. You can see the images, graphs and read the article at https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-death-rays-that-guard-life/

    And you can find the rest of Works in Progress at worksinprogress.co

    Words by Gavriel Kleinwaks & Karam Elabd
    Read by Stuart Ritchie
    Music by David Hackett

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    25 mins
  • Issue 23: Egg freezing, Australian refugee policy and ASML
    Apr 8 2026

    You should freeze your eggs. Contrary to popular myth, egg freezing works very well and if you freeze your eggs in your twenties or early thirties, you have a very good chance of having a child.

    European leaders are looking to copy Australia's example and cut migration from boat-bound refugees but they are in danger of learning the wrong lessons. Offshore detention was the most widely publicized aspect of their refugee policy but it didn't work. Turnbacks were much cheaper and more effective.

    Ben, Aria and Pieter discuss different articles in the new issue of Works in Progress. They discuss how Britain lost its position as the world leader in nuclear power, why ASML is so successful, how envy killed the first bus, and how cool neo-traditional temples are.

    Buy your copy here: https://worksinprogress.co/print/

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Inflatable space stations: Creating artificial gravity so we can live in space
    Apr 3 2026

    If we ever want to live in space, we need to work out a way of creating artificial gravity.

    You can see the images, graphs and read the article at https://worksinprogress.co/issue/inflatable-space-stations/

    And you can find the rest of Works in Progress at worksinprogress.co

    Words by Angadh Nanjangud
    Read by Stuart Ritchie
    Music by David Hackett

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    19 mins
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