Little Atoms

History

Magazine

Awards

• Nominated by physics.org web awards in the Best podcast category 2010

  Reception

Notable guests

• Marcus du Sautoy – Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
• Jonathan Meades – British writer on food, architecture, and culture, as well as an author and broadcaster
• Stewart Lee – Comedian and broadcaster
• Jon Ronson – Author and writer
• James Randi – Magician, author and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation
• Christopher Hitchens – Author and Journalist
• James Delingpole – Journalist and novelist
• Richard Holloway – Scottish writer and broadcaster, formerly The Bishop of Edinburgh
• Ben Goldacre – Science writer and broadcaster
• Colin Blakemore – Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and University of Warwick
• Adam Curtis – Documentary Film-maker
• Tim Minchin – Musician, Composer and comedian
• Noam Chomsky – Philosopher and author
• Steve Jones – television presenter and a prize-winning author on the subject of biology, especially evolution
• Seth Kalichman – Professor of social psychology at the University of Connecticut, who researches HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
• Bruce Hood – experimental psychologist and Royal Institution Christmas Lectures presenter
• Ariane Sherine – British comedy writer and journalist. She created the UK version of the Atheist Bus Campaign, which ran in January 2009
• Raymond Tallis – British philosopher, humanist, poet, novelist, cultural critic and retired physician
• Brian Cox – British particle physicist and broadcaster
• Ian McEwan – British novelist and screenwriter
• Cory Doctorow – Founder of BoingBoing
• Robin Ince – English stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage.
• John Mitchinson – Head of research for the British television panel game QI
• Johann Hari – Journalist and writer
• David Eagleman – Neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author
• Sir Martin Rees – Baron Rees of Ludlow and Astronomer Royal