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In this last ever episode of NSFP we talk to Chu Yingnan from the University of Exeter about her research on how stand up comedy is used to challenge anti-Asian racism. She talks to us about culture shocks, her own experiences of stand up comedy, and meeting Evelyn Mok! The episode was originally recorded in summer 2021, so the Phil Wang special we discuss is actually already on Netflix. Hosted by Ana and Georgia. The music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicon. #PhD #research #standupcomedy #EvelynMok #PhilWang

This week Zalirah Cooper joined us to discuss studying Black British history, recovering stories that have been silenced before, and issues with the term 'Race Relations.' Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by TwinMusicom. #history #BlackHistory #BritishHistory #BlackBritishHistory #phd #research #Manchester

This week historian Anthony Chapman from Royal Holloway joined us to discuss studying history of the Paris Commune and the Franco-Prussian War through visual sources, ethical conundrums historians face, as well as long and short centuries. We also play our first ever game of 'Eat the Zoo'! Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom. #history #PhD #caricatures #photography #war #France #FrenchHistory #19thcentury

This week Maria Tumiotto, historian of India, joined us to discuss female student activism in Bengal, doing a PhD in her second language, and dreaming of Lenin. Hosted by Jess and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom. #podcast #PhD #research #history #India #Bengal #activism

Sarah Collier from UCL joined us this week to discuss narratives of military masculinity in the context of the War on Terror, the challenges of studying war, and sneaking Simpsons references into writing. Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Edited by Georgia. The music is by Twin Musicom. #EnglishLiterature #PhD #Research #WarStudies

Best of guest anecdotes is back with the second instalment of tales of fieldwork, archives, public engagement, and dealing with demons! WARNING: The episode does contain some discussions of sex.00:54 - Tom Clements https://www.castbox.fm/episode/Tom-Clements-id2007246-id236658087?country=us05:37 - George Bickers https://www.castbox.fm/episode/George-Bickers-id2007246-id207774235?country=us08:50 - Courtney Stickland https://www.castbox.fm/episode/Courtney-Stickland-id2007246-id147412158?country=us09:44 - Nye Merrill-Glover https://www.castbox.fm/episode/Nye-Merrill-Glover-id2007246-id201986911?country=us11:33 - Jaime Garcia Iglesias https://www.castbox.fm/episode/Jamie-Garcia-Iglesias-id2007246-id130651613?country=us15:10 - Jess White https://www.castbox.fm/episode/Jess-White-id2007246-id145065004?country=us17:06 - Jamie Farrington https://www.castbox.fm/episode/Jamie-Farrington-id2007246-id196844935?country=us#podcast #humour #history #EnglishLiterature #fieldwork #archaeology #classics #sociology

This week Kimberly Anderson from Cambridge joined us to discuss viking advice, spite as a powerful motivator, dealing with ghost sheets, and strange foods. Hosted by Ana and Georgia. Music is by Twin Musicom. WARNING: Male ox's genital organs (as food) are mentioned around 23:50 and again during the outro. We do not use any offensive language, but if word 'penis' does not agree with your sensibilities you should skip that. #Vikings #Iceland #Saga #Literature #History #PhD #Research

This week Will Carroll from the University of Birmingham joins us to talk about small-town Americana, his love of classic sitcoms, Twitter and an irritable ghost named “Indignation” Jones. Hosted by Jess and Georgia. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom. #podcast #phd #englishliterature #photography #americana

Frist-year history PhD candidate Georgina Watson joined us to discuss the Order of St Stephen and trade, the Medicis and murder, and, most importantly, things that can happen in a hot tub. Hosted by Georgia and Ana. The music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom. #podcast #medici #phd #research

Historian Alexander Spacey is our guest this week, we discuss Hollywood movies in 1960s, watching movies as research, and funny fan letters. Anne Stokes joined Ana as a guest co-host for this episode. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom. #history #research #phd #podcast #1960s #film #Hollywood

To help fight the winter blues NSFP presents the first compilation of some of the funniest guest anecdotes! If you like them, check out full episodes with those guests:01:02 - Chris Waugh https://soundcloud.com/user-290300378/chris-waughhttps://www.castbox.fm/episode/Chris-Waugh-id2007246-id239243337?country=us03:06 - Rosie Kenworthy https://soundcloud.com/user-290300378/rosie-kenworthyhttps://www.castbox.fm/episode/Rosie-Kenworthy-id2007246-id234682522?country=us08:42 - Adam Waddingham https://soundcloud.com/user-290300378/adam-waddinghamhttps://www.castbox.fm/episode/Adam-Waddingham-id2007246-id227014714?country=us11:11 - Guilherme Fians https://soundcloud.com/user-290300378/guilherme-fianshttps://www.castbox.fm/episode/Guilherme-Fians-id2007246-id224906685?country=us13:26 - Caroline Smith https://soundcloud.com/user-290300378/caroline-smithhttps://www.castbox.fm/episode/Caroline-Smith-id2007246-id334746320?country=us16:25 - Jon Tickle https://soundcloud.com/user-290300378/jon-ticklehttps://www.castbox.fm/episode/Jon-Tickle-id2007246-id230287145?country=us

In another socially distant episode, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute's Hanna Matt joins us from Switzerland to discuss humanitarianism in the Soviet Union, the history of the Red Cross, borscht politics, and snow. Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom. #podcast #HCRI #RedCross #USSR #Russia #research #phd

In our most socially distant episode ever, Michaela Clark, PhD candidate with Manchester's CHSTM, joined us all the way from Cape Town! We discuss her research into clinical photography, touching on topics of race, womanhood, and privacy. Listen to find out what extremely cool location Michaela was zooming us from! Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.#podcast #medicine #history #photography #SouthAfrica #research

This week we are joined by Russianist Vitaly Kazakov to discuss the national narratives presented by the Olympics, Sochi and Vancouver Opening ceremonies, online comments, and Russia's chances in FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This episode was recorded in late December 2020, so 'recent news' discussed then are by now last year's news, but they are still no less exciting. Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.#Podcast #PhD #RussianStudies #Olympics #Sochi

Linguist Anh-Khoi Nguyen joins us for the first episode of 2021 to discuss immigration, Vietnamese language maintenance, and bringing up multilingual children. He also shares stories of urban ethnography in barber shops and dodges questions on the best Vietnamese restaurant in Manchester. Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom. #podcast #research #linguistics #immigration #language #phd #Manchester #languagepolicy

We are taking a short break to recharge and prepare ourselves for the new term! We hope that despite everything happening right now, you find some time to relax and celebrate whatever you may be celebrating! See you in 2021

In this week's episode, we are joined by Lewis Ryder, who recently finished his PhD in history, to discuss how John Hilditch, collector of Chinese art, challenged the traditional hierarchies of connoisseurship in late 19th-early 20th century Britain, what makes an art expert, and how a historian's skills can be used in the real world. Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.PodcastEducationPhDArtHistoryManchester

We are joined by Caroline Smith, who has just finished her PhD in History and Archaeology at Durham University, to discuss researching bishop's houses during the Reformation, graduating in 2020, and being filmed in a latrine! Plus there is a story about monkeys. Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicon. #history #archaeology #research #PhD #podcast

Historian of China and migration Nick joins us to talk about the 'entanglement' of the Chinese and British Empires, personal diaries, what it's like to date another PhD student. Hosts this week: Georgia and Ana. Our theme music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

This week we are (remotely) joined by medievalist Alastair Forbes to discuss mime podcasts, when a knight is not a knight, and the value of bad and controversial scholarship. Hosted by Georgia and Ana. Music is Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicon.

In another remotely recorded episode we are joined by Izabela Rudnicka to discuss new transmedia adaptations of classics, doing PhD part-time, and how much of our lives is happening online. We also get interrupted by a cat and Georgia dreams about being a meme historian. Hosted By Georgia and Ana.Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom. #PhD #Education #EnglishLiterature #AdaptationStudies

We are back! In this first episode of 2020/21 academic year Georgia and Ana discuss the sudden emergence of Zoom as the main way of communication, the impact the pandemic had on their projects, and Ana mentions workshops A LOT.

Sam returns for a remote chat with Georgia. Topics include remote archive access, lockdown television and Lego presidents.Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Georgia and Jess talk about eating and drinking in lockdown. Content warning: some discussion of disordered eating.This episode is pre-recorded. We would all like to take the opportunity to say that black lives matter.Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Georgia and Jess try to think of some good things that have happened on lockdown.

Former guest George calls in and we talk about losing time and structure.

BFF of the show Anne Stokes calls in and we talk about the importance of the group chat and music for surviving lockdown.

Past guest Adam phones in, and Georgia and Jess talk about running, optimism and coping.

In this minisode self-confessed academic extroverts Georgia and Jess discuss how they have been experiencing the isolation of lockdown, how that has impacted on PhD research, and what they've done to combat it.Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom

Episode 1 of a new limited series.We hope you're staying safe out there! In this remotely recorded minisode Georgia and Jess discuss their lockdown daily routines (or lack thereof.)Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Presented out of order - whoops!Anne comes back to talk to Georgia and Jess about the year since she last came on the show. This is a fun one recorded before the current unpleasantness. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

A little update from Ana about where we're at. Please send any contributions for Not Safe For Lockdown - text or audio - to nsfppodcast@gmail.com, and stay safe out there!

Chloe joins us to talk about her fascinating research on the ethics of artificial wombs. Content warning: there's a lot of discussion about various issues of reproductive health, including abortion, miscarriage, voluntary sterilisation. Hosts this episode: Althea and Joely. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Oishee joins us to talk about her research into defense procurement contracts. We talk about the differences between armoured vehicles, ships and trains, the importance of a good supervisor, and how hard it is to teach a computer program to recognise humour. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Chris joins us to talk about his work, which takes a sociological approach to understanding sexism in leftist activist spaces. We discuss how even well-intended movements can foster sexism, and approaches to investigating anti-woman sexism as a man. There is an unexpected appearance by a clown. Hosts this episode: Ana and Georgia. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Susana joins us to talk about the book as a numinous object, how we relate to books and how they can be incorporated into museum display. We talk about libraries and books we have known and loved. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Tom joins us to describe his moustache. We start an academic beef. Georgia makes a series of bad puns. Joely summons a demon. We also, less importantly, discuss archaeological research into territory in Sparta, and Tom shares a story about travelling Greece by school bus. If you can't tell, this episode is an absolute delight and also fairly chaotic. Hosts: Georgia and Joely. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Archaeologist Rosie joins us to talk about her research into early unban environments, the benefits of mudbrick and Iraqi weather. She shares some genuinely funny fieldwork stories. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Jess. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Bioethics student from the School of Law Richard joins us to talk about his fascinating research into the ethics of voluntary amputations for people with Body Integrity Dysmorphia. Then we learn about tips for beating the heat in New Orleans. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Jess. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Jon Tickle joins us to talk about his research into kingship and succession in tenth-century England. Georgia can't handle the 'olden times'. There's an incident with a steak bake. Hosts: Jess and Georgia. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Historian of Euroscepticism Adam joins us to talk about his first semester as a PhD researcher, what it's like to be a historian working on events from the past three years, and we continue the time-honoured tradition of not saying Br*xit on the show. Please note this was recorded in December 2019, so more HAS happened on the Br*xit front. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Jess. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Researcher Guilherme joins us to talk about his work on Esperanto-speaking communities, the challenges of maintaining a community of 'new' language speakers and how young people are keeping Esperanto alive through digital methods. He also treats us to some Esperanto jokes! Hosts this episode: Georgia and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Translation Studies researcher Gustavo Gongora joins us to talk about bots, translation software and Wikipedia. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Stevie joins us to share her research into modernism and twentieth-century newspaper comics. We talk about why comics have never been 'just for kids', throwing bricks, and identifying Officer Pup. We also learn that Georgia and Stevie are almost the same person. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Leonie joins us to talk about her work on epistemic injustice, epistemic self-defence, and awkward moments at conferences. We discuss some of the inherent injustices of the UK's 'social safety net' and how systems of knowledge and belief have huge impact on people's lives. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Joely. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom

Planning and Environmental Management PhD May Newisar joins us to talk about her research on public open spaces and UNESCO world heritage sites. We discuss Liverpool's Pier Head area, accents and the weather. Hosts this episode: Georgia and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

First-year PhD Emily joins us to talk monster theory, disruptive women, medieval mystics and peer support. Hosts this episode: Joely and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Historian Ria Sunga joins us to talk about her research on refugees and displaced person, travelling for research, and bringing weapons to the archive. Hosts this episode: Ana and Jess. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

George joins us to talk about his research into radical communities and occupation as resistance in twentieth-century America. Hosts this episode: Jess and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Abi joins us to talk Old English, teaching undergrads... and 'wangs'. Hosts this episode: Jess and Ana. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom.

Fledgling environmental historian Nye joins us to talk about first year PhD, collaborative doctoral awards, moss collections and exploding bogs. Hosts this episode: Ana and Althea. Theme music: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom