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Radio 4,09 Oct 2026,2 mins

Life Without S2 - Trailer

Life Without

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What if, one day, something essential to our world suddenly vanished? No warning. No explanation. Just gone. What happens next? Life Without is a roundtable-style podcast that explores this fascinating and thought-provoking question with insight, evidence-based assumptions and a range of perspectives. Hosted by Alan Davies, each episode brings together 2 guests, scientists, psychologists, economists, sociologists and journalists to discuss the unexpected consequences of losing something vital to our world. Each episode starts with a bold, imaginative question: What would happen if something fundamental鈥攍ike the moon, salt, sleep, or even something as random as rats鈥攕uddenly disappeared from the world? What鈥檚 the immediate fallout? How does society cope? And how long would it take before things started unravelling?

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