Advent Podcasts Day 9: Ben Goldacre

Told you we were going with the scientists for a few days. Today we bring you none other than Ben Goldacre, doctor and writer of the Guardian's acclaimed Bad Science column. Of course there's no place for bad science in our Advent pod, so here we have him talking about how he'd like to celebrate someone who pioneered some very good science:



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[Podcast music by Andrea Rocca]