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With Roger Highfield in conversation

Lauren Laverne goes Back to School for September and is joined by author, journalist and Science Museum director Roger Highfield, who talks about the science of Harry Potter.

Lauren welcomes scientist Roger Highfield as we go 'Back to School' through September. Author, journalist and Science Museum director talks the science of Harry Potter and levitating frogs. All month we're asking writers, thinkers, artists and academics to wax lyrical about their respective fields, and tell us why they think it's important to keep on learning. We'll also delve into their musical collections to see how song helps to inspire them.

Lauren also plays out one listener's Biorhythms, there芒鈧琓Ms more new music for our Just Added playlist, a Headphones Moment and all the usual unusual music.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 20 Sep 2016 10:00

Music Played

  • Canned Heat

    On The Road Again

    • EMI.
  • Bon Iver

    22 (OVER S鈭炩垶N)

    • Jagjaguwar.
  • serpentwithfeet

    blisters

  • James Blake

    Retrograde

    • Atlas.
  • Ohio Players

    Fire

    • Knight Records.
  • 尝颈苍诲蝉迟谤酶尘

    Algorytme

    • Smalltown Supersound.
  • Soft Hair

    Lying Has To Stop

    • Soft Hair.
    • Weird World.
  • The Yardbirds

    I'm A Man

    • Band Of Joy.
  • The Electric Prunes

    I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

  • Sunflower Bean

    Wall Watcher

    • 2016 Fat Possum Records.
  • Rage Against the Machine

    Testify

  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    Mercy

  • Scott Matthews

    Eyes Wider Than Before

  • Queens of the Stone Age

    First It Giveth

    • Interscope.
  • Teleman

    Tangerine

    • Moshi Moshi.
  • BADBADNOTGOOD

    Confessions Part II (feat. Colin Stetson)

    • IV.
    • Innovative Leisure.
    • 004.
  • Shuggie Otis

    Sweet Thang

  • Ed Harcourt

    Furnaces

    • Polydor.
  • Fat White Family

    Breaking Into Aldi

    • Without Consent Records.
  • Lovelace

    Grizlzly

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now?

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 7.
  • Teenage Fanclub

    Thin Air

    • PeMa Records.
  • Max Cooper

    Waves

  • Wild Beasts

    Get My Bang

    • Domino Records.
  • Nick Waterhouse

    Katchi (feat. Leon Bridges)

  • Jeff Buckley

    Everybody Here Wants You

    • Columbia.
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

    Anthrocene

  • Chris Hadfield

    Space Oddity

  • Morgan Delt

    Another Person

    • Phase Zero.
    • Sub Pop.
  • Toots & The Maytals

    Reggae Got Soul

    • Mango.
  • Pixies

    Tenement Song

    • PIAS.
  • Tom Furse

    Trans-Universal Express

  • The Velvelettes

    He Was Really Saying Something

    • MOD RAVES VOLUME 1.
    • Spectrum.
  • The Divine Comedy

    How Can You Leave Me On My Own

    • Divine Comedy Records.
  • Las Kellies

    I Don't Care

    • Friends & Lovers.
    • Fire Records.
    • 001.
  • Flamingods

    Jungle Birds

    • Soundway Records.
  • Curtis Mayfield

    We Got To Have Peace

    • Castle Communications.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Sep 2016 10:00