Life Without
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-provok...
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- Dr. Anjana Khatwa1 ep
- Tori Tsui1 ep
- Aarti Jagannath1 ep
Also: Dr Rebecca Struthers, Derk-Jan Dijk, Dr Sophie Bostock, Nels Abbey, Dominic Wyse, Miranda Kane, Sarah Johns, Simon Potts, Alison Benjamin, Mark Miodownik, Kumud Gandhi, Mark Hodson, Sandra Salazar D’eca, Steven Belmain, Joe Shute, Sara Russell, Luke Jerram
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- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · NatureHOME#1609K to 3.2M
- 🇦🇺Australia · Nature#1152K to 805K
- 🇮🇳India · Nature#2141K to 748K
- 🇺🇸United States · Nature#21102K to 537K
- 🇳🇱Netherlands · Nature#165K to 345K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
1.3M to 6.6M🎙 Monthly cadence·11 episodes·Last published 5d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.4M to 7.4M🇬🇧49%🇦🇺12%🇮🇳11%+12 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
557K to 2.9M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/23/26 | Life Without Memory | No new memories. In this episode of Life Without, Alan Davies takes away our ability to form them. We can still live in the moment, but what happens when that moment will not stay with us? Alan explores different kinds of memory, from knowing how to ride a bike to recalling a personal experience. Can technology, routines and support help us cope? And what might memory loss reveal about how people learn, build relationships and make sense of their lives?An ITN production for BBC Radio 4 | 15m 00s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | Life Without Bats | No bats in the night sky. In this episode of Life Without, Alan Davies imagines a world where bats suddenly disappear. From tiny insect-eaters to fruit bats, what would humanity miss when these remarkable mammals are gone? Alan explores the role bats play in controlling insects, pollinating plants and dispersing seeds. He also examines their surprising social lives, their unusual immune systems, and what they might teach us about disease and ageing. Featuring Professor Kate Jones, Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at UCL, and Dr Christina Stanley, Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the University of Chester.An ITN production for BBC Radio 4 | 14m 51s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Life Without S2 - Trailer | 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—like the moon, salt, sleep, or even something as random as rats—suddenly disappeared from the world? What’s the immediate fallout? How does society cope? And how long would it take before things started unravelling? | 2m 40s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | geopoliticsclimate change+3 | Dr. Anjana KhatwaTori Tsui | BBC Radio 4 | North AmericaUK+1 | USANorth America+5 | — | 14m 51s | ||
| 4/10/26 | circadian rhythmsclock change+3 | Aarti JagannathDr Rebecca Struthers | University of OxfordUniversity of Birmingham+2 | — | standard timecircadian rhythms+4 | — | 14m 57s | ||
| 4/3/26 | sleephealth+5 | Derk-Jan DijkDr Sophie Bostock | University of SurreyITN+1 | — | sleepdeprivation+6 | — | 14m 56s | ||
| 3/27/26 | handwritingcommunication+3 | Nels AbbeyDominic Wyse | UCL Institute of EducationITN+1 | — | handwritingwriting+5 | — | 15m 23s | ||
| 3/20/26 | Gen Zsexual behavior+4 | Miranda KaneSarah Johns | BBC Radio 4Kent and Medway Medical School+1 | — | Gen Zsex+5 | — | 15m 13s | ||
| 3/13/26 | beesbiodiversity+3 | Simon PottsAlison Benjamin | Urban BeesBBC Radio 4+2 | Reading University | beeshoney+3 | — | 14m 45s | ||
| 3/6/26 | low salt dietsodium chloride+3 | Mark MiodownikKumud Gandhi | Sodium ChlorideBBC Radio 4+1 | — | saltdiet+4 | — | 14m 56s | ||
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| 2/27/26 | soilenvironmental science+3 | Mark HodsonSandra Salazar D’eca | BBC Radio 4GoGrowWithLove | — | wormssoil+4 | — | 15m 06s | ||
| 2/20/26 | ecologyurban life+3 | Steven BelmainJoe Shute | Natural Resources InstituteStowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat | — | ratsecology+3 | — | 14m 56s | ||
| 2/13/26 | moontides+4 | Sara RussellLuke Jerram | BBC Radio 4ITN | — | moontides+5 | — | 14m 48s | ||
| 2/6/26 | Introducing... Life Without | Hosted by Alan Davies, Life Without looks at what would happen to our planet if we removed one thing. Could pulling a single thread from our world really unravel the whole thing? | 2m 26s | ||||||
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Chart history for Life Without
Peaked at #1 in United Kingdom, top 10 in 18 of 50 tracked markets, currently #1 in United Kingdom.
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| United Kingdom | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| Australia | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| South Africa | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| Ireland | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| India | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| Norway | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| IL | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| SG | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| IS | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| TH | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| Sweden | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| KE | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| CH | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| PT | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| BE | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Ireland | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| TR | — | #13 | #13 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 39 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 39 markets.