Olga Koch explores the world via computer science in this STEM stand-up show

Comedian Olga Koch has a masters degree in the social science of the Internet and can turn almost any file into a PDF. In these three series, she looks at life through the eyes of a computer scientist, taking the universal truths you hold dear and tearing them to shreds using logic.

With the help of her sassy digital assistant ALGO (played by Sindhu Vee and Tia Kofi), she uses stand-up and storytelling to unpack concepts such as Nationality, Beauty, Health, Privacy, Fun, Intelligence, Friendship and Family. She talks us through what you need to know to become a British citizen (including what time the pubs open, and every single line-up of the Sugababes since 2007); uses recursion and Harry Styles to examine what being beautiful means; goes on a mission to get healthy, and wonders if encryption really works and why no one can set a good password.

What are the fundamentals of fun? What can Colonel Sanders and the Creation Museum tell us about intelligence? Can you be best friends with a bot – or a politician? And can your family be more than just your random relations? These questions, and many more, are tackled by Olga, as she and ALGO take a hilarious journey through the inherent absurdities of our modern world.

Production credits
Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin
Additional Material from Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert
With Sindhu Vee and Tia Kofi as ALGO
Producer: Benjamin Sutton
Production Co-ordinator: Katie Baum

First broadcast BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:

Series 1
Nationality 8 July 2021
Beauty 15 July 2021
Health 22 July 2021
Privacy 29 July 2021

Series 2
Fun 23 May 2023
Intelligence 30 May 2023
Friendship 6 June 2023
Family 13 June 2023

Series 3
Episode 1 17 October 2024
Episode 2 24 October 2024
Episode 3 31 October 2024
Episode 4 7 November 2024