BBC Radio 4: What's Up Docs? Is Nature Good For You

7 October 2025

BBC Radio 4 "What's Up Docs?" podcast available here (29 mins).

BBC Radio 4 "Doctors' Notes: Nature" available here (32 mins).

In their series of podcasts, Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken tackle the confusion around every aspect of our health and wellbeing.

In this episode, Kathy Willis, Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford University, joins Chris and Xand to explore the connection between nature and our health and wellbeing.

They discuss the science behind the claims that just being in green spaces can boost your mood, help you recover from illness, and even lower your stress. They also discuss Kathy's thoughts on how society interacts with nature and what we can be doing to help the natural world in return for the help it is giving us.