Having amassed millions of downloads with his hugely successful podcast, Stompcast, Dr Alex George is back with a brand-new show trying to figure out the questions that keep us all up at night.

Joined by research scientist Dr Kathryn Bates, Figuring It Out brings together Alex’s experience as a doctor, broadcaster and mental health advocate with Kathryn’s world of science and research to explore the big questions behind how we think, feel and live.

Can you trust your own memories? Can you really manifest the life you want? What happens to your brain when you die? Why does déjà vu feel so real? And how much of who you are is actually your choice?

These are the questions we Google at 2am, debate with our friends and quietly wonder whether anyone else is thinking about too. Alex and Kathryn dig into the science, challenge the things we think we know and make complex ideas genuinely entertaining and useful.

Each episode unfolds across three parts from Monday to Wednesday. Part One tackles the big question. Part Two takes on a real dilemma sent in by a listener. And Part Three puts the claims we hear every day to the test in Myth, Fact and It’s Complicated.

No lectures. No easy answers. Just two people trying their best to figure it out.