Science, technology, and public life in conversation.
Beyond Infinity treats science and technology as everyday public issues, not sealed-off specialist territory. Its conversations move from EVs and oil shocks to moon missions, internet scams, climate politics, physics, and science fiction.
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Beyond Infinity is a science and technology conversation show with a strong current-affairs pulse. It does not keep science in a laboratory box. Space exploration, electric vehicles, fuel prices, climate policy, cybersecurity, investment thinking, and internet infrastructure all sit within the same field of interest. The show often starts from something timely. Oil spikes lead to questions about the Strait of Hormuz, Australian fuel supply, and whether EVs suddenly look more practical. A SpaceX information release becomes a broader look at Starship, moon bases, long-term lunar presence, rovers, black holes, and life beyond Earth. A sci-fi film opens the door to interstellar travel, alien life, the Goldilocks zone, maths, physics, and relativity. The style is relaxed. It sounds more like a serious radio conversation than a scripted explainer. Piers Cunningham appears repeatedly in the excerpts introducing subjects and drawing contributors into detailed discussion. Dr Ian Storey brings a recurring mix of information systems, maths, physics, computing history, scams, and business-school perspective. Andrew Beecher brings motoring, engineering, EV ownership, publishing, internet experience, and car-industry context. Simon Mulvaney brings environmental arguments from the position of a beekeeper and environmentalist, including frustration with broad climate narratives. The show is not afraid of contested subjects. It talks through climate politics, corporate governance, Tesla valuation, AI, elections, coal and gas exports, and public policy without sanding away disagreement. At its best, Beyond Infinity turns technical curiosity into civic conversation. It asks what new machines, scientific claims, and geopolitical shifts actually mean for people trying to understand the world around them.
Made for: For listeners who enjoy science and technology explained through real events, politics, transport choices, space news, and practical risk. It fits curious generalists more than specialists looking for tightly edited lectures.
What sets it apart: Beyond Infinity stands out by letting technical subjects breathe inside long, conversational discussions. It connects EVs, spaceflight, scams, physics, climate politics, and science fiction without forcing them into separate lanes.
Broadcast every Tuesday at 11am AEDT on Radio Port Phillip 98.7 or 98.3 FM. It’s your weekly dose of science and technology.Including features on cool gadgets, website reviews, the latest science and IT news, not to mention astronomy and space exploration.http://beyondinfinity.com.au/Special thanks to John Young, Paul Wattie, Steve Meyers, Brendon Telfer and the team at RPPfm.
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An EV conversation that links car culture, market valuation, and the practical realities of the transition.
Piers Cunningham sits down with Andrew Beecher, a car journalist with publishing and internet experience, for a conversation about Tesla, electric cars, and China's EV push, and what all of that means for how people think about cars.
A practical EV discussion linking higher fuel prices with home charging, solar power and household energy storage.
Piers Cunningham and Andrew Beecher frame the recent jump in fuel prices as a timely reason to revisit the electric-car question. With petrol described as up around 50 percent and diesel by even more since the Iran war began, they move from the pressure around the Strait of…
A year-end politics chat that moves from 2024 elections to EVs, government waste, and Trump.
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Host Piers Cunningham and guest Andrew Beecher, an engineer and EV owner, discuss whether soaring fuel prices due to the Iran war make it the right time to buy an electric vehicle.
This episode discusses the challenges and political dynamics surrounding Australia's proposed Voice to Parliament referendum, including concerns about public confusion and historical context from past referendums like the 1999 Republic vote.
Host Piers Cunningham and guest Brad McKenzie review the major themes of 2024 in a wide-ranging discussion.
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Beyond Infinity hosts Piers Cunningham and engineer-EV owner Andrew Beecher on whether higher Australian petrol and diesel prices make an electric vehicle more attractive.
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Piers Cunningham and Simon Mulvaney discuss the Coalition's decision to drop Labor's 43% by 2030 and net zero by 2050 targets, drawing on the Page Research Centre's paper dated 4 November 2025.
Piers Cunningham reviews SpaceX's October 2025 update, which states "Starship will bring the US back to the moon before any other nation." He describes 11 Starship and Super Heavy launches, including a booster catch by the "Mechazilla" chopsticks and a reported 5-tonne cryogenic fuel transfer in orbit.
This episode explores the law of conservation of energy, discussing its conventional understanding and intriguing exceptions, inspired by a Veritasium video and real-world examples like a tennis ball in outer space.
Andrew Beecher says Tesla is "on a one-way ticket to hell" because brand, depreciation, and politics are colliding.
The hosts discuss major political events of 2024, including elections in various countries and recent martial law in South Korea, before shifting to Australia's climate policy contradictions regarding coal exports.
This episode discusses the challenges of managing fire ants in Australia, exploring mitigation versus eradication strategies with biosecurity activist Simon Mulvaney.
This episode discusses Elon Musk's motivations for buying Twitter, focusing on his stated commitment to free speech and allegations of shadow banning on the platform.