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A series of interviews with world-leading academics conducting research at the University of Oxford. The University has a global reputation for the range and intensity of its research, from the study of the formation of the universe and the development of early civilisations through to high performa…

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    • Feb 8, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 29m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    Garr Reynolds on Presentations

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2011 20:10


    Conversation with Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen.

    David Smith on Dementia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2009 25:50


    Professor Smith talks about his research at OPTIMA (Oxford Project To Investigate Memory and Ageing) on dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s and the relation between diet and blood pressure in younger life and dementia in older life.

    Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2009 29:51


    Peter McDonald talks about censorship, its philosophical basis and general history within Apartheid South Africa.

    Peter McDonald on Literature

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2009 16:28


    Summary: Peter McDonald talks about how he became to be interested in Literature, how he became to be an academic at Oxford and what it is like to study literature at Oxford.

    Obama's First 100 Days

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2009 27:35


    Orla De Burca interviews Desmond King, Andrew Mellon Professor of American Government, on Barack Obama’s first 100 days as President; discussing Obama’s plans to recover America’s Economy and the success so far of his foreign and domestic plans.

    7 Keys to the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2009 54:04


    Veronica Sartore interviews Ray Hammond about his role as a futurologist and the seven major trends he predicts will affect life throughout the 21st century.

    Peter Harrison on Science and Religion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2008 22:31


    Professor Peter Harrison discusses the relationship between science and religion, the myths that surround the relationship, and discusses some of the contentious contemporary issues.

    Marc Stears on Radical Political Thought

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2008 28:16


    Political theorist Dr. Marc Stears talks about the importance of political theory and describes some of the radical political movements of Britain and the United States.

    Bryan Ward-Perkins on the Fall of the Roman Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2008 41:04


    Bryan Ward-Perkins, a leading historian of Late Antiquity at Trinity College, Oxford, discusses the transitional period between the fall of Rome and the Middle Ages.

    Jennifer Lau on Anxiety and Depression in Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2008 19:13


    Dr Jennifer Lau discusses her research into the development of anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence.

    Gero Miesenboeck on Fruit Flies and Neuroscience

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2008 27:39


    In this podcast, Professor Gero Miesenboeck begins with a discussion of DNA and neuroscience, and then talks about his experiments on the brain of the fruit fly.

    Oliver Taplin on Classics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2008 25:44


    Professor Oliver Taplin, an authority on classics and the performance of ancient drama, talks about the subject and his research.

    Adrian Moore on Metaphysics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2008 31:56


    Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, explores the definition and origin of metaphysics, and then discusses some of the enduring metaphysical questions.

    Irene Tracey on FMRI and Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2008 44:03


    Professor Irene Tracey, director of the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, explains how MRI works and then talks about her research into people’s perception of pain.

    Thomas Helleday on Cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2008 26:46


    Professor Helleday explains what cancer is, the problems of treating it, and the success of his own research in developing new treatments.

    John Broome on Rationality

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2008 45:49


    John Broome, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford, gives an explanation of reason and rationality, and then discusses his understanding of the 'the normative question'.

    Nick Bostrom on Global Catastrophic Risk and Simulation Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2008 25:08


    In this podcast, Professor Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, discusses global catastrophic risks and his earlier work on the simulation theory.

    Julian Savulescu on Applied Ethics and Human Enhancement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2008 37:02


    Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, talks about the current and future issues in applied ethics, particularly of the new biosciences.

    Greg Kochanski on Phonetics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2008 26:10


    Dr Greg Kochanski, a Research Fellow at the Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory, talks about how experiments in phonetics are conducted, how we study the history of language, and how speech changes over time.

    Andrew Pollard on Vaccines and Immunisation of Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2008 36:37


    Dr Andrew Pollard, Reader in Paediatric Infection and Immunity, and Consultant in charge of the Oxford Vaccine Group, discusses childhood diseases, his research into vaccinations, and the problems facing childhood immunisation in the UK and abroad.

    Roger Crisp on Aristotle's Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2008 20:15


    Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, discusses the ethics of Aristotle.

    Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds on Podcasting

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2008 22:34


    Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds, the hosts of the highly successful podcasting series 'Philosophy Bites', talk about podcasting.

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