Social Psychologist and Investigative Journalist
Latest
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The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life (Bodley Head, October 2025)
This razor-sharp, powerful and at times chilling investigation empowers us to consider what it truly means to be human, asking: do we really want a handful of Silicon Valley techno-fundamentalists to be the architects of our forever?
Released 23 October 2025
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The Artificial Human (BBC Radio 4, Wednesdays 3:30pm GMT)
In a new series, Aleks Krotoski (The Digital Human, Radio 4) and Kevin Fong (13 Minutes to the Moon, BBC World Service) set out to 'solve' AI. Or at the very least, to answer our questions on all things artificial intelligence-related.
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The Digital Human (BBC Radio 4)
Over 12 years, from 2012-2024, Aleks and the BBC Scotland team created almost two hundred episodes of award-winning documentaries about the digital world.
Winner, Radio Academy Silver award
Winner, Royal Society Science Writing award
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Intrigue: The Immortals, Pillowfort Productions (BBC Radio 4)
Investing in immortality - the tech pioneers who want to live forever. In this ten-part radio series, Aleks Krotoski explored the frontiers of extreme longevity.
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Real Money (Tortoise Media)
The world of cryptocurrencies could be just one domino-fall away from a complete crash, and that domino has a name: Tether. A six-part investigation for Tortoise Media.
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Male Order, Pillowfort Productions (BBC Radio 4)
In this ten-part series, Aleks Krotoski investigates sperm donors and why people put themselves and their future children at risk by going online to find them.
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Founded in 2015, Pillowfort Productions is an international audio production company that finds human stories to help listeners make sense out of our complex world
Who
I am
Dr Aleks Krotoski is an award-winning international broadcaster, author and academic. She has topped the ratings for the BBC and Channel 4, winning Emmy, BAFTA, Radio Academy and Royal Society awards, and has written and presented landmark technology and social science series for both radio (with BBC Radio 4’s The Artificial Human and The Digital Human) and international television (with BBC World’s The Virtual Revolution). Krotoski has held fellowships at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics and received an honorary doctorate from the Open University. She currently teaches at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Aleks established Pillowfort Productions in 2015, an audio production company that demystifies our complex world.
Contact me
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