Podcasts about Cheltenham Science Festival

Comedian, performer, and writer Robin Ince has been asking questions about the world around him for as long as he can remember. Perhaps most famous for his radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage which he co-hosts on BBC Radio 4 with Professor Brian Cox, Ince has been bringing science to the masses in new and hilarious ways since the 90s. In this interview with our sister publication, Research Features, we discover what it's like performing 'science' at Glastonbury, why people may be frightened of science, and neurodivergence in STEM.

Many of us have heard of seismology, the study of earthquakes; but what about asteroseismology, focusing on vibrations in stars?Conny Aerts is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Leuven in Belgium - and a champion of this information-rich field of celestial research. Her work has broken new ground in helping to improve our understanding of stars and their structures.It hasn't been an easy path: Conny describes herself as always being “something of an outlier” and she had to fight to follow her dream of working in astronomy. But that determination has paid off - today, Conny is involved in numerous interstellar studies collecting data from thousands of stars, and taking asteroseismology to a whole new level.In an epsiode recorded at the 2024 Cheltenham Science Festival, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to the pioneering Belgian astrophysicist about her lifelong passion for stars, supporting the next generation of scientists, and her determination to tread her own path.

Are insects in our diets the new sustainable food source? We're sharing parts of our talk from Cheltenham Science Festival plus chatting to exports like dairy farmer, Rich.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by adventurer and naturalist Steve Backshall, veterinarian Jess French, and comedian and former doctor Adam Kay, as they are put to the test by an audience of curious children at Cheltenham Science Festival. We find out who would win in a battle between a shark and a crocodile (the answer involves a tennis court), why humans don't sweat like dogs, whether macrophages might help us overcome antibiotic resistance and if AI might one day enable us to understand and directly communicate with animals.Producer: Melanie Brown Exec Producer: Alexandra Feachem BBC Studios Audio Production

In the last two years, online searches for ‘toxic positivity' have spiked. In this discussion from the Cheltenham Science Festival, we find out what toxic positivity is, and how it can hurt you and people around you.In front of a live audience, Claudia Hammond is joined by psychologist Dr Linda Blair, GP and educator Dr Anisha Patel, and wellbeing consultant and content creator Benjy Kusi.Linda has been interested in the rise in the use of the term ‘toxic positivity' and has noticed how it's having an impact on our wellbeing. She reveals why it is important for us not to suppress ‘negative' feelings and emotions.Anisha was diagnosed with bowel cancer when she was 39. She authored the book Everything You Hoped You'd Never Need To Know About Bowel Cancer, where she speaks about her diagnosis and treatment journey. She experienced first-hand the harm that toxic positivity can do.Benjy works with many different companies to help improve their inclusion and wellbeing practices. He's the author of the book Hope This Helps and posts frequent videos about lots of tricky issues on TikTok and Instagram.Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth Editor: Holly Squire

Many of us have heard of seismology, the study of earthquakes; but what about asteroseismology, focusing on vibrations in stars?Conny Aerts is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Leuven in Belgium - and a champion of this information-rich field of celestial research. Her work has broken new ground in helping to improve our understanding of stars and their structures.It hasn't been an easy path: Conny describes herself as always being “something of an outlier” and she had to fight to follow her dream of working in astronomy. But that determination has paid off - today, Conny is involved in numerous interstellar studies collecting data from thousands of stars, and taking asteroseismology to a whole new level. In an epsiode recorded at the 2024 Cheltenham Science Festival, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to the pioneering Belgian astrophysicist about her lifelong passion for stars, supporting the next generation of scientists, and her determination to tread her own path. Presented by Jim Al-Khalili Produced by Lucy Taylor

In the last two years, online searches for ‘toxic positivity' have spiked. In this discussion from the Cheltenham Science Festival, we find out what toxic positivity is, and how it can hurt you and people around you. In front of a live audience, Claudia Hammond is joined by psychologist Dr Linda Blair, GP and educator Dr Anisha Patel, and wellbeing consultant and content creator Benjy Kusi. Linda has been interested in the rise in the use of the term ‘toxic positivity' and has noticed how it is having an impact on our wellbeing. She reveals why it is important for us not to suppress ‘negative' feelings and emotions. Anisha was diagnosed with bowel cancer when she was 39. She authored the book Everything You Hoped You'd Never Need To Know About Bowel Cancer, where she speaks about her diagnosis and treatment journey. She experienced first-hand the harm that toxic positivity can do. Benjy works with many different companies to help improve their inclusion and wellbeing practices. He is the author of the book Hope This Helps and posts frequent videos about lots of tricky issues on TikTok and Instagram.Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth Editor: Holly Squire

Send us a Text Message.Curious about how to cut your energy bills to zero while reducing your carbon footprint? Get ready to be inspired as we bring you the highlights from the grand opening of the Duracell Energy Store at the historic Cavendish House. Featuring none other than Robert Llewellyn of Fully Charged fame, this episode promises to shed light on innovative home batteries and sustainable living solutions that could revolutionize the way you consume energy. Plus, we capture the buzz from the Cheltenham Science Festival, where cutting-edge technology and eco-friendly initiatives are taking center stage.But that's not all—find out why a £2.8 million investment opportunity in the heart of Cheltenham is causing a stir. Discover the story behind The Bank House, a landmark property housing the popular JD Weatherspoons pub. And as a special treat, we offer an exclusive preview of the second phase of Cheltenham's Golden Valley development. With award-winning architect Shepard Robson at the helm, this ambitious project aims to create 12,000 jobs and boost Cheltenham's reputation as a cyber capital, all while focusing on sustainability. Don't miss this episode packed with exciting updates and transformative ideas for our vibrant community.New Cavendish House store opened by Red Dwarf starSpoons pub building up for sale in CheltenhamFirst glimpse at what the second phase of Golden Valley development could look likeSupport the Show.

The author Max Dickins was preparing to propose to his girlfriend when he came to a realisation: he didn't have anyone he felt he could ask to be his best man. It prompted him to write the book ‘Billy No-Mates', looking at why he didn't have any close male friends any more, and asking if men, in general, have a friendship problem. In a special discussion in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival in England, Claudia Hammond speaks to Max about his journey. They're also joined by Robin Dunbar, a Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Oxford University who's spent decades researching friendships in humans and other primates, and Radha Modgil, a practicing GP and wellbeing expert whose book ‘Know Your Own Power' looks at what advice there is for people facing difficulties as they go through life. The panel look at what psychology can teach us about friendships between men, the difference these relationships can make to our mental health, and the best way of both maintaining the friendships we have and finding ways to make new friends. Produced in partnership with the Open University. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Dan Welsh

The author Max Dickins was preparing to propose to his girlfriend when he came to a realisation: he didn't have anyone he felt he could ask to be his best man. It prompted him to write the book ‘Billy No-Mates', looking at why he didn't have any close male friends any more, and asking if men, in general, have a friendship problem. In a special discussion in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival in England, Claudia Hammond speaks to Max about his journey. They're also joined by Robin Dunbar, a Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Oxford University who's spent decades researching friendships in humans and other primates, and Radha Modgil, a practicing GP and wellbeing expert whose book ‘Know Your Own Power' looks at what advice there is for people facing difficulties as they go through life. The panel look at what psychology can teach us about friendships between men, the difference these relationships can make to our mental health, and the best way of both maintaining the friendships we have and finding ways to make new friends. Produced in partnership with the Open University. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Dan Welsh

The team behind Mysteries of Science present a very special episode, recorded live at Cheltenham Science Festival, all about magic and whether or not it's real!  You can watch some of the tricks featured in this episode at sciencenature.theweekjunior.co.uk/magic!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anne-Marie Imafidon passed her computing A-Level at the age of 11 and by 16, was accepted to the University of Oxford to study Maths and Computer Science. She's used to the 'child prodigy' label that's followed her throughout her career, but that doesn't mean she's had an easy ride. It was a combination of personal experience and the discovery that the number of women working in the STEM sectors - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - was in free-fall that inspired Anne-Marie to found Stemettes: a not-for-profit social enterprise introducing girls to STEM ideas and careers in fun and accessible ways. It's now in its tenth year and still growing, while Anne-Marie has received an MBE, enjoyed a successful stint as the numbers guru on the TV series Countdown, and is the current President of the British Science Association. In conversation in front of an audience at the UK's 2023 Cheltenham Science Festival, she tells Jim Al-Khalili about her quest for equality and diversity across the scientific community - and explains why she thinks everyone has the potential to be a 'child prodigy', given the right opportunity...

The author and screenwriter Max Dickins was preparing to propose to his girlfriend when he came to a realisation: he didn't have anyone he felt he could ask to be his best man. It prompted him to write the book ‘Billy No-Mates', looking at why he didn't have any close male friends any more, and asking if men, in general, have a friendship problem. In a special discussion in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival, Claudia Hammond speaks to Max about his journey alongside Professor Robin Dunbar and Dr Radha Modgil. Robin Dunbar is a Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Oxford University who's spent decades researching friendships in humans and other primates. He's also known for having Dunbar's Number named after him, which suggests most of us have a limit to our social circles of around 150 people. Radha Modgil is a practicing GP and wellbeing expert whose book ‘Know Your Own Power' looks at what advice there is for people facing difficulties as they go through life. The panel look at what psychology can teach us about friendships between men, the difference these relationships can make to our mental health, and the best way of both maintaining the friendships we have and finding ways to make new friends. Produced in partnership with the Open University. Producer: Dan Welsh

From kimchi to kombucha to kefir, you've probably noticed that fermented foods are trendy right now. They appeal to the daring, but also to people who may not even know they are eating fermented foods when they enjoy their beer, bread, and cheese. In fact, these fermented goodies have actually been around for hundreds of years – but what actually are they, and why do we like them?   This week, I'm joined by Andrea Sella – a professor of chemistry at University College London and a keen fermenter. Speaking to Andrea behind the scenes of the Cheltenham Science Festival, we discussed the importance of sugars to creating and digesting food, why and how we overcome disgust responses to get pleasure out of fermented foods, and how new fermentation techniques could help us lower our greenhouse gas emissions – along with some chemist's tips for creating delicious fermented meals.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tanith Carey is an award-winning writer and author of 12 books on psychology, parenting and social history which have been published in over 35 languages. Her pieces have appeared in newspapers and magazines across the world, from the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times to The Spectator and the Sydney Morning Herald. As a speaker, Tanith has addressed audiences on BBC Radio 4, The Cheltenham Science Festival and the Child Mind Institute in Palo Alto, California. Tanith also holds a Certificate in Therapeutic Skills and Studies. Sign up for 10% off of Shrink Rap Radio CE credits at the Zur Institute  

Anne-Marie Imafidon passed her computing A-Level at the age of 11 and by 16, was accepted to the University of Oxford to study Maths and Computer Science. She's used to the 'child prodigy' label that's followed her throughout her career, but that doesn't mean she's had an easy ride. It was a combination of personal experience and the discovery that the number of women working in the STEM sectors - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - was in free-fall that inspired Anne-Marie to found Stemettes: a not-for-profit social enterprise introducing girls to STEM ideas and careers in fun and accessible ways. It's now in its tenth year and still growing, while Anne-Marie has received an MBE, enjoyed a successful stint as the numbers guru on the TV series Countdown, and is the current President of the British Science Association. In conversation in front of an audience at the 2023 Cheltenham Science Festival, she tells Jim Al-Khalili about her quest for equality and diversity across the scientific community - and explains why she thinks everyone has the potential to be a 'child prodigy', given the right opportunity... Produced by Lucy Taylor.

At our core, humans are deeply curious about the unknown – and ghostly spirits are no exception. From Hamlet to The Sixth Sense to Ghostbusters, the excitement or horror of encountering ghosts or spirits is ingrained in the human imagination. But for many people it's very real: for people who feel someone's presence who isn't there, or see someone or something, or hear voices. In this episode of Instant Genius, we spoke to psychologist Ben Alderson-Day ahead of the Cheltenham Science Festival about why some of us believe in ghosts, science mediums and psychological disorders, and what makes someone more likely to feel presences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs imagine a world where Alan Brazil and Ray Parlour visit the Cheltenham Science Festival. Plus, they're joined in the pod by Friday regulars Mike Ward and Martin Kelner to chat all things TV! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret with an audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival. What role do rueful thoughts on "what might have been" play in our lives? Is regret a wasted emotion or does it have some hidden benefits? Joining Claudia on stage : Teresa McCormack - Professor of Cognitive Development at the School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast who researches how regret in childhood can shape our decisions; novelist and essayist Sophie White - whose latest novel The Snag List examines the opportunity to go back in life and follow the road not taken; Fuschia Sirois - Professor of social and health psychology at Durham University whose research examines the impact of those "what if" thoughts on our health and wellbeing. Producer Adrian Washbourne

Recorded LIVE at the Cheltenham Science Festival, co-founder of Choked Up, Destiny Boka Batesa (they/them), discusses what they would idealistically want in an ideal world, from safety and security to a polluted-air-sucking machine... Hosted by 22-year-old artist and climate justice activist, Tolmeia Gregory (she/her - also known as, Tolly), Idealistically is the podcast where activists, artists, influencers, scientists and more are asked what they would idealistically want, in an ideal world, to inspire more people to start creating radical visions of the future.Things mentioned in this episode:Choked Up in The Guardian - theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/11/london-teenagers-road-signs-highlight-effect-of-toxic-air-on-people-of-colourHalo Collective - halocollective.co.ukAddress Pollution - addresspollution.orgExtinction Rebellion Cheltenham - rebellioncheltenham.earth/Clean Air Cheltenham - cleanaircheltenham.orgPlanet Cheltenham - planetcheltenham.orgFollow Choked Up:Twitter: twitter.com/ChokedUp_UKInstagram: instagram.com/chokedup_ukFollow the podcast:Twitter: twitter.com/idealisticallyPInstagram: instagram.com/idealisticallypodFollow the host:Twitter: twitter.com/tolmeiaInstagram: instagram.com/tolmeiawww.tolmeiagregory.com/idealisticallyRecorded at: Cheltenham Science Festival Sunday 12 June 2022Created and edited by: Tolmeia GregoryOriginal music by: Stowe Gregory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vlatko Vedral describes himself as a quantum information practitioner, who believes that our universe is made up of quantum bits of information. It is information, he tells Professor Jim Al-Khalili, rather than energy or matter, the traditional building blocks of classical Newtonian physics, that can help us to understand the nature of reality. Vlatko is Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University of Oxford and the Principal Investigator at the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore and he talks to Jim in front of an audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival. At high school in Belgrade, in what was then Yugoslavia, young Vlatko was bowled over by the idea that you could take the micro-laws of quantum mechanics, and apply them to the complex systems of the macro world. This drive to see the big picture, was fuelled when, as an undergraduate at Imperial College, London, he saw three words – “Information is physical” – the title of a paper by the IBM physicist, Rolf Landauer. It was a light-bulb moment for Vlatko, who realised that the kind of information processing that the universe is capable of, depends on the underlying laws of physics. This revelation led to Vlatko's incarnation as a self-confessed “physics fundamentalist” who unashamedly crowns physics the Queen and other disciplines, her servants. It is physics alone, he tells Jim, which can answer the fundamental questions of the universe and discover the ultimate reality. His PhD in 1997 at Imperial College, London, applied quantum mechanics, including super-positioning and entanglement (which Einstein famously called “spooky action at a distance”), to Claude Shannon's Information theory, making Vlatko one of the pioneers in the field of quantum information. As new quantum computers come on stream, he tells Jim, quantum information practitioners, like him, will have the capacity to simulate complex systems in the macroscopic domain. Producer: Fiona Hill

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret with an audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival. What role do rueful thoughts on "what might have been" play in our lives? Is regret a wasted emotion or does it have some hidden benefits? Joining Claudia on stage : Teresa McCormack - Professor of Cognitive Development at the School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast who researches how regret in childhood can shape our decisions; novelist and essayist Sophie White - whose latest novel The Snag List examines the opportunity to go back in life and follow the road not taken; Fuschia Sirois - Professor of social and health psychology at Durham University whose research examines the impact of those "what if" thoughts on our health and wellbeing. Producer Adrian Washbourne Made in partnership with the Open University

In the first episode of Season 2, climate policy adviser and content creator, Helena Bennett (she/her), discusses what she would idealistically want in an ideal world from stronger communities, public transport and the all-important, zero-carbon aviation.Hosted by 22-year-old artist and climate justice activist, Tolmeia Gregory (she/her - also known as, Tolly), Idealistically is the podcast where activists, artists, influencers, scientists and more are asked what they would idealistically want, in an ideal world, to inspire more people to start creating radical visions of the future.Thank you to TOGETHERBAND for supporting Season 2 of Idealistically and making it possible for me to share more ideal worlds with you. Website: togetherband.org/Instagram: instagram.com/togetherbandofficialThings mentioned in this episode:Green Alliance (https://green-alliance.org.uk/)Olio (https://olioex.com/)Extinction Rebellion (https://extinctionrebellion.uk/)Insulate Britain (https://www.insulatebritain.com/)[AD/Speaking appearance]: Cheltenham Science Festival event: cheltenhamfestivals.com/science-/whats-on/2022/idealistically-tolmeia-gregory/Idealistically will be recorded LIVE at the Science Festival on Sunday 12th June at 6.00pm with guest, Destiny Boka Batesa from Choked Up.For terminology and phrases that might be used during the podcast - https://www.tolmeiagregory.com/resources/Follow Helena Bennett:Instagram: instagram.com/earthbyhelenaTwitter: twitter.com/helena_bennett_Follow the podcast:Twitter: twitter.com/idealisticallyPInstagram: instagram.com/idealisticallypodFollow the host:Twitter: twitter.com/tolmeiaInstagram: instagram.com/tolmeiawww.tolmeiagregory.com/idealisticallyCreated and edited by: Tolmeia GregoryOriginal music by: Stowe Gregory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week's guests are Vagina Museum founder Florence Schechter and writer/journalist Tim Samuels. Follow them on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show. NB This episode contains some biologically correct words for the female anatomy!Facebook: @JewTalkinTwitter: @JewTalkinInstagram: @JewTalkinLots more fantastic episodes waiting to be released every Friday morning, so don't forget to subscribe and leave us a 5* review - it really helps other people find the show. Go on… it's what your mother would want!--------------------------------------------------------------------- Twitter: @floschechter / @vagina_museumInstagram: @florschech / @vagina_museumWebsite: www.floschechter.comFlorence Schechter is a science communicator, comedian, and the founder and director of the world's first vagina museum. She has a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham and after building up a science YouTube channel with over a million views she interned at the hit BBC show QI and was the main researcher for their app "Qiktionary". In 2016, she enrolled in the Wellcome Trust funded "Talent Factory", a mentorship programme for emerging science talent in the UK. For the past few years, she has sat on the Trajectory, Ideas and Ambassadors Board of Cheltenham Science Festival which advises on programming and strategy. In 2017, she started the project to build the world's first bricks and mortar museum about the gynaecological anatomy and came Highly Commended in the Women of the Future Awards in the Arts and Culture category for her work with the Vagina Museum. Florence is an accomplished presenter on TV, radio and live on stage. She has been an expert contributor on TV documentary Engineering Catastrophes (Science Channel), a writer and presenter on the podcast Chemistry In Its Element (Royal Society of Chemistry) and voiced an explainer for the charity Eve Appeal. Twitter: @TimSamuelsWebsite: www.tim-samuels.comTim is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, broadcaster, author and one of the most distinctive and acclaimed journalists in the business. He has won three Royal Television Society awards and best documentary at the World Television Festival. Tim's documentaries are broadcast across BBC 1 and BBC 2 and he is a global correspondent on the National Geographic Channel's Explorer show. He is a regular presenter on BBC Radio 4 and the World Service; he created and hosted Men's Hour on BBC 5 Live and hit wellness podcast All Hail Kale. His first book "Who Stole My Spear?" (published in the US as "Future Man") was serialised in The Sunday Times and hailed as a Vanity Fair must-read. He currently writes US politics analysis for the Evening Standard. Tim's films provocatively and entertainingly bring serious issues to light and he has been honoured for his TV and radio work by the New York Festivals, been Race in the Media journalist of the year, and given the prestigious ‘making a difference' award at the Mind Media Awards for his work on mental health. Get bonus content on the Jew Talkin' To Me? Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anthropologist Dr. Beth Singler shares her thoughts on the misconceptions surrounding artificial intelligence, the dangers of treating humans like machines, and whether virtual reality could provide us with quasi-religious experiences. Dr Beth Singler is the Junior Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, where she is exploring the social, ethical, philosophical and religious implications of AI. As an associate fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence she is collaborating on the AI Narratives and Global AI Narratives projects, as well as co-organising a series of Faith and AI workshops as a part of the AI: Trust and Society programme. She has also produced a series of short films on the questions raised by AI, and the first, Pain in the Machine, won the AHRC Best Research Film of the Year Award in 2017. Beth has appeared on Radio4's Today, Sunday and Start the Week, spoken at the Hay Festival as one of the ‘Hay 30', the 30 best speakers to watch, as well as speaking at New Scientist Live, Edinburgh Science Festival, the Science Museum, Cheltenham Science Festival, and Ars Electronica. She was also one of the Evening Standard's Progress 1000, a list of the most influential people, in both 2017 and 2018. Find out more: futurespodcast.net CREDITS Produced by FUTURES Podcast Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason FOLLOW Twitter: twitter.com/futurespodcast Facebook: facebook.com/futurespodcast Instagram: instagram.com/futurespodcast

It is unequivocal that humans have changed the earth's climate. For this season finale, Dr Aidan puts his climate expert cap on and guides Andrew through this contentious and misunderstood topic. Together, the lads explore the many times the earth's climate has changed in the past, how humans are changing the climate today, and what we can do to solve the climate crisis.We are very grateful to all the experts who gave up their time to come on the podcast, and so thankful to our patrons and supporters for their help. To our listeners and followers, thank you for believing in us, hopefully you've learned a few things over the last 2 seasons! See you for season 3 ;)This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Daniel Jolley is a social psychologist who studies why people believe conspiracy theories and if they are worth worrying about. From 5G to jet fuel melting steel beams to Bill Gates microchipping the world, we talk through all the questions you want answered. This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ever worry about genetically modified food? What about genetically modified humans!? This episode Andrew and Aidan explore the ways humans have tweaked the genetics of many organisms for our benefit, and the promising but morally grey future of genetic modification from recent scientific breakthroughs.This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To make the science of appliance even more fun, Andrew and Aidan crack out some facts, splutter how unnecessarily complicated some appliances are and get absolutely smashed. This history of appliances inspires intrigue with references to Ice Man, how one of the worlds biggest defense companies started out making microwaves and how light bulbs and toasters are effectively the exact same thing.This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The adventurer and ultra-runner Alex Staniforth talks about his survival on Everest following the devastating Nepalese earthquake in 2015. Rachel Manning from Buckingham University considers why we do or don't intervene in risky situations and in everyday life. And Patrick Tissington from Warwick University draws on the stories behind those awarded the Victoria or George Cross for bravery to suggest some of the best ways to manage our fear in allowing us to be more courageous. The programme is presented by Claudia Hammond and recorded at the Cheltenham Science Festival in June 2021. Image: Rock climber clinging to a cliff Credit: gregepperson/Getty Images Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Adrian Washbourne

The adventurer and ultra-runner Alex Staniforth talks about his survival on Everest following the devastating Nepalese earthquake in 2015. Rachel Manning from Buckingham University considers why we do or don’t intervene in risky situations and in everyday life. And Patrick Tissington from Warwick University draws on the stories behind those awarded the Victoria or George Cross for bravery to suggest some of the best ways to manage our fear in allowing us to be more courageous. The programme is presented by Claudia Hammond and recorded at the Cheltenham Science Festival in June 2021. Image: Rock climber clinging to a cliff Credit: gregepperson/Getty Images Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Adrian Washbourne

This episode, Andrew and Aidan cover a difficult, but important topic - today we talk about cancer. We explore the many ways cancers have been treated through time, how far our understanding of cancers have come, and why finding the cure to cancer is a lot harder than it sounds. Some promising new research may have the answers we are all looking for.This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode, Aidan interviews US Army Sergeant Emmet Long about Guns - breaking down how guns work, why they've changed over time, and how this has redefined the way wars are fought today.This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we talk about Percy and his adventure to Mars. From drones on mars to the future of colinising the red planet, from Matt Damon in the martian or alien volcanoes, this week we wander thought the science.This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the second half of this two-part topic, Andrew and Aidan chat about the history of addictive disorders in humans, and how these issues have flowed well into the modern age.This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the first of this two-part topic, Aidan and Andrew discuss the science of addiction, its links toour brain's evolutionary history, and why happy rats don't want cocaine.This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this weeks episode, Andrew interviews Dr Fiona Gallagher about the last pandemic which ravaged Ireland. How the country responded, the formation of the Irish medical board (an ancient NPHET) and how they managed the spread of Cholera when they didn't even know what a bacteria was in 1832. Closing ports for safety and then opening them up again for business sounds familiar right? Dr Gallagher is an incredible speaker and has a wealth of knowledge, enjoy!This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Season 2 has landed with the biggest bang in space and time!To kick off this freshly cooked season, Andrew and Aidan retell the origin story of the entire universe using some of the most supported theories in science, all of which involve a cosmic egg and zero chickens! We explain what stuff the universe is made up of, and how our understanding of this may help us foresee if, and how, the universe as we know it may end.This season is supported by FameLab Ireland. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of courage and bravery with an audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Why is it that some people are able to keep calm in an emergency and do all the right things whilst others panic or freeze, not knowing what to do? Claudia discusses this question with her guests. The adventurer and ultra-runner Alex Staniforth,talks about his survival on Everest following the devastating Nepalese earthquake in 2015. Rachel Manning from Buckingham University considers why we do or don't intervene in risky situations and in everyday life. And Patrick Tissington from Warwick University draws on the stories behind those awarded the Victoria or George Cross for bravery to suggest some of the best ways to manage our fear in allowing us to be more courageous. Producer Adrian Washbourne Produced in association with the Open University

Fascinating and enjoyable interview with Astrophysicist Emma Chapman about why we are in exciting times for astrophysics and learning more about the universe and our origins. Emma Chapman is a Royal Society research fellow and fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, based at Imperial College London. She is among the world's leading researchers in search of the first stars to exist in our Universe, 13 billion years ago, and she is involved in both the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) in the Netherlands and the forthcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Australia, a telescope that will eventually consist of a million antennas pointing skywards in the desert. Emma has been the recipient of multiple commendations and prizes, the most recent of which was both the 2018 Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship and STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, two of the most prestigious science fellowships in the UK. She won the Institute of Physics Jocelyn Bell Burnell Prize in 2014, and was runner-up for the UK L'Oreal Women in Science award in 2017. In 2018 she was also the recipient of the Royal Society Athena Medal. Emma is a respected public commentator on astrophysical matters, contributing to the Guardian, appearing on BBC radio and regularly speaking at public events. Among others, she has spoken at Cheltenham Science Festival, the European Open Science Forum and at New Scientist Live.

S 4 Ep 8 – The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) and the Royal Society with Prof Russell Foster In this episode, we welcome Russell Foster. Russell is Professor of Circadian Neuroscience, Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi) and Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow at Brasenose College. Russell’s research spans the neurosciences, but his research is focused upon two questions: (i) How is environmental light detected and processed by vertebrate photoreceptors for the regulation of circadian rhythms? One of his key findings was the discovery of another class of photoreceptor within the vertebrate eye based upon a small number of photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (pRGCs).  These pRGCs not only regulate circadian rhythms but also sleep & arousal states, heart-rate and pupil constriction; (ii) How are circadian rhythms generated and what happens when these systems break-down in disease and under abnormal environmental conditions? Russell Chairs the Royal Society Public Engagement Committee, The Cheltenham Science Festival and is a Trustee of the Science Museum Group. He contributes to radio, television and writes newspaper articles. He has co-written three popular science books and is working on his fourth. He is the co-author with writer and broadcaster Leon Kreitzman of two popular science books on circadian rhythms, Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks that Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing and Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive. He has also co-written a book titled Sleep: a Very Short Introduction. You can read more about Russell on his Wikipedia page  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Foster. You can follow Russell on Twitter @OxSCNi Or contact him via email russell.foster@eye.ox.ac.uk   Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or our editor/producer at ricky.krstic@meliusconsulting.com.au www.sleep4performance.com.au Twitter @sleep4perform You can also listen to S4P Radio on YouTube and Spotify

In this week’s episode, we chat to freelance Producer, Trainer and Science Illustrator Hana Ayoob about how the events industry is adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic. Hana talks to us about her work with the Cheltenham Science Festival and The Talent Factory and what we can learn from the digitisation of events. We explore the benefits of going online to accessibility and flexibility of events programming. Hana’s website: https://www.hanaayoob.co.uk/ Cheltenham Science Festival: https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science-/ The Talent Factory: https://showofftalentfactory.wordpress.com/ Why Aren't You A Doctor Yet? Podcast: https://www.smartmaterialcollective.net/whynotadoc Credits: Dream of the forest (jazzy mix) by articom (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/articom/61177

Future earth, future tech, future healthIn this special edition, made for the Cheltenham Science Festival at Home, we're exploring what the future will look like post-COVID-19. Vivienne Parry speaks with UCL experts as they discuss the future, providing a unique insight into how the pandemic affects how we reimagine the climate debate, helpful technologies, and public health.Special guests:Prof Mark Maslin (Professor of Physical Geography)Dr Jack Stilgoe (Senior Lecturer in Science & Technology Studies)Prof Deenan Pillay (Professor of Virology)Access the transcript and more information on: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-minds/podcasts…avirus-whole-story See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this special edition, made for the Cheltenham Science Festival at home, we're exploring how we tackle and track the virus. Where are we in testing, developing the vaccine, and finding a cure to COVID-19? Join our host, Vivienne Parry, as we learn about it from different scientific points of view - from Life Sciences and Medicine to Engineering.Special guests:Prof Suzanne Farid(Professor of Bioprocess Systems Engineering)Dr Richard Angell (Principal Research Associate, Translational Research Office)Prof Francois Balloux (Chair in Computational Biology Systems Biology)Judith Breuer (Professor of Virology)Access the transcript and more information on www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-minds/podcasts…avirus-whole-story See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode of Next Gen Fem is supported by FameLab. FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit britishcouncil.ie/famelab In episode 14 we are joined by Cora Lambert. Cora is a final year Zoology student who aspires to be the next David Attenborough. After listening to this episode you’ll believe she is well on her way to achieving this. Cora shares how she found herself on the path of Zoology, and how it was something she was always destined to do. She explains how she ended up working closely with reptiles and arachnids when she comes from a family of arachnophobes, introducing us to her pet lizard Nova. Cora also shares her ambition to study venom and its potential uses for medicinal purposes. There was a lot to learn in this episode. Follow Cora; https://twitter.com/Cora_Lambert98 https://www.instagram.com/coralambert_/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT6UAp_Q52c&feature=youtu.be

Future earth, future tech, future health In this special edition, made for the Cheltenham Science Festival at Home, we’re exploring what the future will look like post-COVID-19. Vivienne Parry speaks with UCL experts as they discuss the future, providing a unique insight into how the pandemic affects how we reimagine the climate debate, helpful technologies, and public health. Special guests: Prof Mark Maslin (Professor of Physical Geography) Dr Jack Stilgoe (Senior Lecturer in Science & Technology Studies) Prof Deenan Pillay (Professor of Virology) Access the transcript and more information on: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-minds/podcasts/coronavirus-whole-story

In this special edition, made for the Cheltenham Science Festival at home, we’re exploring how we tackle and track the virus. Where are we in testing, developing the vaccine, and finding a cure to COVID-19? Join our host, Vivienne Parry, as we learn about it from different scientific points of view - from Life Sciences and Medicine to Engineering. Special guests: Prof Suzanne Farid(Professor of Bioprocess Systems Engineering) Dr Richard Angell (Principal Research Associate, Translational Research Office) Prof Francois Balloux (Chair in Computational Biology Systems Biology) Judith Breuer (Professor of Virology) Access the transcript and more information on https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-minds/podcasts/coronavirus-whole-story

This episode of Next Gen Fem is supported by FameLab: FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition, designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public. Created by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, in Ireland the competition is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and managed by the British Council in partnership with universities and science research centres across the country. For more information please visit britishcouncil.ie/famelab In episode 11 we speak with Dr Niamh Kavanagh, a physicist whose research focuses on building communications systems for the internet of the future. She is an award winning researcher, communicator and mentor and was named as one of “20 incredible women leading the way to scientific advancement” by Silicon Republic. Dr Kavanagh speaks with us about her passion for diversity and inclusion within STEM and how she hopes to see a future where people of all backgrounds, genders, races and sexual orientations can reach their full potential within the workforce. All this and more in this next instalment of Next Gen Fem. We’re excited for you to hear our 11th episode, I hope you enjoy. Follow Dr Niamh Kavanagh: https://twitter.com/NiamhTalking90 https://www.linkedin.com/in/niamhtalking90/ https://www.smartfutures.ie/stem_profiles/niamh-kavanagh/

This week's guest is Dr Hannah Critchlow, cellular and molecular neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge. Hannah has recently released her new book the ‘science of fate', exploring whether our genetic code determines our path or instead whether our genetic code acts as a start point from which we get to choose who we become. I grabbed 15 mins with Hannah between sessions at the Cheltenham Science Festival and we had interesting conversation that covered a lot, explored some interesting concepts, but in many ways hinted to a pivotal moment in time where the study of genetics is at a delicate cross-roads about how our new found understanding of the area is applied for the future of the human race. Show notes The concept of free will and what neuroscience tells us about how we're formed New understanding of neuroscience and genetics asking us fundamental questions about who we are  Neuroscience of resilience and the role of BDNF – Brain derived neurotrophic factor – helping nerve cells to flourish  Characteristics are multi-factorial in nature yet many companies are now offering genetic screening Connection to gene doping in sport and the latest on managing the dial of gene expression The link to epigenetics and transfer of characteristics based on a stressor – a gap in our understanding! Neuroscience of well-being, what can be done? Exercise, foods, life long education, social connection What can we do to ensure we flourish? Expression and acts of compassion, practicing gratitude – develops a feeling of moral awe and have a profound effect on the mind and body! Follow Hannah on Twitter https://twitter.com/hancritchlow Buy her new book The Science of Fate https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/hannah-critchlow/the-science-of-fate/9781473659285/ Supporting Champions on Twitter www.twitter.com/support_champs Steve Ingham on Twitter www.twitter.com/ingham_steve Supporting Champions on Linkedin, www.linkedin.com/company/supporting-champions Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supportingchampions/ A reminder if you're keen to pre-register for the next wave of Graduate Membership enrolments then you can do so at https://supportingchampions.co.uk/membership/ If you're looking for some coaching support or some virtual team development help to support you to get to the next level in work, life or sport then take a look at https://supportingchampions.co.uk/coaching-mentoring/ or drop us a note at enquiries@supportingchampions.co.uk then you can sign up for a free consultation to explore which package is right for you.

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of motivation and procrastination with an audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Is will power a good source of motivation? And why being a chronic procrastinator is bad for your health but there are ways to stop. Claudia is joined by guests, BBC presenter and Team GB triathlete, Louise Minchin, who talks about her route from journalist to representing team GB in triathlon World Championships. Fuschia Sirois from Sheffield University discusses procrastination, why we do it and how we can stop. Ian Taylor from Loughborough University discusses some of the best ways to motivate ourselves to achieve our goals.

Singing can lift our spirits, but research suggests it could also benefit our health, improving breathing for people with lung conditions and helping us cope with dementia. Could it even have a preventative effect? CrowdScience heads to Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK county of Gloucestershire - one of the first places to pioneer this kind of “social prescribing” - to find out. Presenter Anand Jagatia teams up with panellists Dr Daisy Fancourt, Senior Research Associate in Behavioural Science, Dr Simon Opher, family doctor and Clinical Lead for Social Prescribing, and Maggie Grady, Director of Music Therapy at charity Mindsong to learn more. They’re joined on-stage by their Breathe In Sing Out and Meaningful Music volunteer singing groups to find out what this much-loved musical pastime can do for us. Producer: Jen Whyntie (Photo: Students singing in a choir with their teacher. Credit: Getty Images)

Every single one of us carries the history of our species in our genes – a tale of births and deaths, war and famine. Anatomist Alice Roberts and geneticist Adam Rutherford discuss how these hidden tales and the accompanying chapters in the genomes of the dogs, horses, crops and other species which have shaped us, are rewriting and uncovering our history.  Tickets are now on sale for the 2019 Cheltenham Science Festival in association with EDF Energy, get yours here: http://bit.ly/2Zh3fqP  Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - - - Music by Nick Brown, follow Nick on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/njbrownmusic 

The UK has seen a sharp rise in both far-right and Islamist violence, from hate-crime to devastating attacks that have claimed innocent lives. How much do we know about the psychology of extremism, and what are the triggers that put people at risk? Barrister Hashi Mohamed joins far-right extremism specialist Vidhya Ramalingam and terrorism expert Andrew Silke, as they examine the common characteristics of extremist behaviour and consider how we might better respond to and prevent radicalisation.  Tickets are now on sale to Members for the 2019 Cheltenham Science Festival in association with EDF Energy, get yours here: http://bit.ly/2Zh3fqP  Tickets go on sale to the general public on 24 April.  Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - - - Music by Nick Brown, follow Nick on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/njbrownmusic 

Renee McGregor shares on PHIT for a Queen “what is orthorexia & the movement #trainbrave”   Her background in clinical practice gave her valuable skills working with other disciplines Her love for running naturally drove her to sports nutrition Found her interest in clinical nutrition and sports dietitian blended her into specializing in eating disorders. Orthorexia is the obsession with eating correctly Trainbrave is an educational campaign to make runners aware of eating disorders and RED-S (relative energy deficiency in Sport) Found that there was a lack of resources for those that wanted to compete but weren’t elite athletes The disordered eating comes as a symptom of how to deal with discomfort Trainbrave opens the conversation not only for the athlete but the coaches as well These athletes tend to be looked over as they look “healthy”    Renee McGregor BSc (hons) PGDIP (DIET) PGCERT(sportsnutr) RD SENr   Renee is a leading Sports and Eating disorder specialist dietitian with over 15 years’ experience working in clinical and performance nutrition, with Olympic (London, 2012), Paralympic (Rio, 2016) and Commonwealth (Queensland, 2018) teams. She works with individuals, athletes of all levels and ages, coaches and sports science teams to provide nutritional strategies to enhance sport performance and manage eating disorders.  She is presently working with a number of national governing bodies and professional endurance teams including, Scottish Gymnastics, The GB 24 hour running squad, The EA Marathon development squad, pro-cyclists, and triathletes. She is regularly asked to work directly with high performing and professional athletes that have developed a dysfunctional relationship with food that is impacting their performance, health and career. She is the best-selling author of Training Food: Get the Fuel you Need, Fast Fuel: Food for Triathlon Success and Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Goes Bad. She has spoken at many events including Stylist live, Cheltenham Literature and Science festivals, Google Talks and BBC News night. She has spoken on many podcasts including Food Psych, The Food Medic, Running for Real, Let's Get Running and Tough Girl. She is passionate about mental health and wellbeing and proud to be an ambassador for many charities involved in this field, including Head Talks and Anorexia and Bulimia Care. She is the co-founder of  #TRAINBRAVE a campaign raising the awareness of eating disorders in sport; providing resources and practical strategies to reduce the prevalence.  Her aim is to “Empower Balance in a Performance-Driven World”.  She is on the REDS advisory board for BASES (The British Association of Sport and Exercise Science) and I sit on the International Task Force for Orthorexia.  Renee has been invited to speak at several high profile events including The European Eating Disorder Society Annual Conference as the UK expert in Orthorexia, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham Science Festival, The Stylist Show and Google. She writes for many national publications and is often asked to comment in the national press. She regularly contributes to radio and TV, including News night and BBC 5 Live.

In this episode, Kerry meets Dr Marieke Navin, Head of Programming at the acclaimed Cheltenham Science Festival. Marieke and her team are making final preparations to launch the 2019 festival. The auspices are strong! For more details about the festival head to: https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science

In this episode I interview Professor Liz Stokoe, while we were both speaking at Cheltenham Science Festival. Liz is a Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University, specialising in conversational analysis. Liz shares her insights into the dynamics of conversation, some of the aggressive moves people make and how to manage these situations and what we can learn from delicate exchanges such as marriage guidance mediators and suicide negotiators. I really enjoyed this interview and found it utterly fascinating to hear Liz's insights and advice.   Show notes The future of human communication The forensic examination of conversational encounters  'Mis-greeters' and 'recalibrating' initial greetings Liz's route to conversational analysis Liz's PhD - an analysis of university tutorials. Students reluctant to show they worked hard, cool to not prepare but actually working very hard Myth busting - Gender and interaction. Zero evidence that women and men talk differently in systematic ways Identity categories such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age etc stereotype and narrow conversational focus, anything can be turned into an aspect of your identity which limits and reinforces stereotypes The concept of coaching differently because of gender 'Recipient design' - the monitoring of a conversation recipient to see if ideas are landing via body language, fractional delays in responses etc 'First movers' - challenging greetings. For example, "Where've you been?" as a mis-greeting Dealing with a first mover! Recalibrating the conversation and socializing Conflict is good, it is important to be able to challenge Responding under pressure - suicide negotiators. Live conversation analysis in a real-life, lifesaving setting Conversational Analytic Roleplay Method (CARM) - real conversation from real encounters paused…what would you do next? Learning through the expertise of others What actually works in a real-life, live encounter, rather than roleplaying guidelines The problems with traditional roleplay Mediators for relationship management. Explaining a process rather than philosophy. Are you willing…? Willing works! Single words can change the outcome of a conversation either positively or negatively Subtle changes in language create different outcomes 'Let's get things sorted out' rather than 'I can help' The field of conversational analysis in the future Sports coaching - tennis parents and kids. The conversations between parent and child at the beginning, middle and end of a competition Liz's ted talk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOG5PK8xDA&t=1042s Follow Liz on Twitter https://twitter.com/LizStokoe Find out more about Liz's CARM training http://www.carmtraining.org/   Supporting Champions on Twitter www.twitter.com/support_champs Steve Ingham on Twitter www.twitter.com/ingham_steve Supporting Champions on Linkedin, www.linkedin.com/company/supporting-champions Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supportingchampions/ A reminder if you're keen to pre-register for the next wave of Graduate Membership enrolments then you can do so at https://supportingchampions.co.uk/membership/ If you're looking for some coaching support or some virtual team development help to support you to get to the next level in work, life or sport then take a look at https://supportingchampions.co.uk/coaching-mentoring/ or drop us a note at enquiries@supportingchampions.co.uk then you can sign up for a free consultation to explore which package is right for you.

In a live special from Cheltenham Science Festival, Olly Mann, The Week and special guest Adam Rutherford delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Should the sale of dinosaur bones to private owners be stopped? Is the Miss America competition doomed? And is eating plants wrong? Rebecca Gillie, Arion McNicoll and Adam Rutherford reveal all.

Does the mind of a murderer look any different to yours? Can brain-scanning technology help explain criminal activity? And if could - should that evidence be admitted into court? Dr Lisa Claydon, Senior Lecturer in Law at the Open University, has spent decades considering these questions. In this fascinating interview with Olly, recorded at Cheltenham Science Festival, she explains the issues around neuroscience in the courtroom, from the problems of malingering and false memory syndrome to the sometimes dubious defence of ‘automatism’ used by murdering sleep-walkers.Elsewhere this week, Ollie Peart explains why he’s getting emotional about a giant pig, how to get your favourite film back on the big screen, and the latest way to bring your Pornhub experience to life. And, in his quest to become a true trends insider, he attempts to enrol on to an elite dating app, and hitch a ride on a ‘parliamentary ghost-train’ with some real experts.Meanwhile, down the Foxhole, Alix Fox reveals why an exfoliating sponge could become your bedroom essential, and answers a listener question about polyamory, with plenty of pointers for those seeking plenty of partners. Along the way, she translates much seemingly inpenetrable poly-lingo, explaining away ‘cowgirl’, ‘mono’, ‘frubbly feelings’, ‘metamores’ and ‘NRE’. If you have a question of sex for next week’s show, just click the Feedback form on our website, modernmann.co.uk. The Foxhole is sponsored by our superb sexual companions at MYCONDOM.COM. They stock an incredible range of toys, lube and protection, including the On)Clinic non-lubricated condoms Alix highlights in this week’s show. Remember to use our special discount code ‘FOXHOLE’ to get 15% off.Finally our song of the week is Albin Lee Meldau’s track ‘Persistence’, off his debut EP ‘Bloodshot’, released on the 21st July. We like it a lot. If you’d like to support our show, buy us a beer, sponsor an episode, send us some feedback, subscribe to our podcast feed or dig around our archive - just head to our website, MODERNMANN.CO.UKSee You Next Tuesday! Presenter: Olly Mann. Contributors: Ollie Peart, Alix Fox. Producer: Matt Hill. Theme Music: 'Skies Over Cairo' by Django Django. Graphic Design: Jenny Mann Design. Copyright: Olly Mann / Rethink Audio 2017. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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ตอนพิเศษสั้นวันนี้ไปคุยกับ 2 ผู้ชนะ FameLab การประกวดแข่งขันเล่าความรู้วิทยาศาสตร์ภายใต้โจทย์ เล่าให้เจ๋งและจบภายใน 3 นาที เท่านั้นไม่พอ ยังต้องเล่าเป็นภาษาอังกฤษ แถมห้ามใช้สไลด์อีก OMG! วิดิโอถ่ายทอดแบบเต็มๆ https://www.facebook.com/BritishCouncilThailand/videos/1476469315756759/   งานนี้จัดโดย British Council นะครับ ต้องขอขอบคุณมากๆ ที่เชิญ WiTcast ให้ไปร่วมเป็นผู้สื่อข่าวด้วยครับ เลยได้เสียงแขกรับเชิญพิเศษมาสองท่าน ^^ แขกคนแรก รางวัลชนะเลิศ นายปริญญา ขินหนองจอก  นักศึกษาคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น คุยกับ WiTcast เรื่องความรู้สึกจากการแข่ง และหัวข้อที่ใช้พูด คือเรื่อง personalized medicine การปรับยาให้เข้ากับข้อมูลพันธุกรรมส่วนบุคคล อนาคตที่กำลังจะมาแน่ แขกคนที่สอง รางวัลรองชนะเลิศ ดร. สุธีรา รัตนศิรินทรวุธ (อาจารย์แหม่ม) ฝ่ายวิจัย คณะแพทยศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย มาพร้อมกับไฟแรง คือไม่พึงพอใจที่สังคมชอบเข้าใจผิดถูกหลอกเรื่อง stem cell กันเหลือเกิน จึงอยากจะเข้าร่วมแข่งขัน FameLab เพื่อฝึกปรือวรยุทธด้านสื่อสารวิทยาศาสตร์ จะได้สามารถช่วยนำข้อมูลที่ถูกต้องไปสื่อให้เข้าถึงคนทั่วไปได้มากขึ้น นอกจากนี้แล้วอาจารย์แหม่มยังเล่าความรู้เบื้องต้นเกี่ยวกับหัวข้อที่เลือกไปพูดบนเวทีอีกด้วย นั่นก็คือเรื่อง RNA vaccines อาวุธใหม่สำหรับต่อกรเซลล์มะเร็ง จริงๆ ผู้เข้าแข่งขันที่เหลืออีก 8 ท่าน รวมทั้งน้องๆ ผู้ชนะประกวดระดับมัธยม ภายใต้ชื่องาน SchoolLab (เล่า 3 นาทีเหมือนกัน แต่พูดไทยได้) ก็ล้วนน่าสนใจมากๆ เช่นกัน แต่เวลาจำกัด เลยสามารถไฮไลท์ได้แค่ 2 คนก่อนนะคร้าบ รายละเอียดเพิ่มเติมตามเนื้อข่าวด้านล่างเลยครับ credit เพลงประกอบ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YDBIGCXsY ภาพผู้เข้าแข่งขัน FameLab คนอื่นๆ ภาพน้อง 3 คนที่ชนะการประกวด SchoolLab ระดับมัธยม Press Release จาก British Council  หลังจากการเปิดตัวโครงการ FameLab และ SchoolLab เมื่อเดือนธันวาคมที่ผ่านมา บริติช เคานซิล ร่วมกับ กระทรวงวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี บริษัท ทรู คอร์ปอเรชั่น จำกัด (มหาชน) สำนักงานพัฒนาวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยีแห่งชาติ (สวทช.) สำนักงานคณะกรรมการนโยบายวิทยาศาสตร์ เทคโนโลยีและนวัตกรรมแห่งชาติ (สวทน.) องค์การพิพิธภัณฑ์วิทยาศาสตร์แห่งชาติ (อพวช.) EURAXESS และ ไอที 24 ชั่วโมง ได้จัดการแข่งขันFameLab และ SchoolLab รอบชิงชนะเลิศระดับประเทศไทยในวันที่ 4 พฤษภาคม 2560 ณ หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมแห่งกรุงเทพมหานคร โดยผู้ชนะจากโครงการ SchoolLab จะได้ร่วมเดินทางไปยังงานเทศกาลวิทยาศาสตร์ Cheltenham Science Festival และ      ผู้ชนะเพียงหนึ่งเดียวจากโครงการFameLab  จะเป็นตัวแทนประเทศไทยเข้าร่วมแข่งขันชิงแชมป์โลกในงาน FameLab International ที่งานนิทรรศการวิทยาศาสตร์ Cheltenham Science Festival ณ สหราชอาณาจักร ในระหว่างวันที่ 6 -11 มิถุนายน 2560 การแข่งขันรอบชิงชนะเลิศระดับประเทศ จัดขึ้นในวันพฤหัสบดีที่ 4 พฤษภาคม 2560 เวลา 16.00 – 18.00 น. ณ ห้องออดิทอเรี่ยม ชั้น  5  หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมแห่งกรุงเทพมหานคร โดยมี ดร. อรรถชกา สีบุญเรือง รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี ดร. กันทิมา กุญชร ณ อยุธยา หัวหน้าคณะผู้บริหาร (ร่วม) ด้านนวัตกรรมและความยั่งยืน บริษัท ทรู คอร์ปอเรชั่น จำกัด (มหาชน) และ มร. แอนดรูว์ กลาส ผู้อำนวยการ บริติช เคานซิล ประเทศไทย ร่วมเปิดการแข่งขัน พร้อมกับกรรมการผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านการสื่อสารวิทยาศาสตร์ชั้นนำของประเทศไทยในการเฟ้นหาผู้แทนเพียงหนึ่งเดียวของประเทศไทยในการแข่งขัน FameLab International ประกอบด้วย        ดร. เอิ้น ปานระพี รพิพันธุ์ ผู้ผลิตรายการไอที 24ชั่วโมง, ดร. โอ วรวรงค์ รักเรืองเดช  ที่ปรึกษารายการ     "วิทยสัประยุทธ์" "วิทย์สู้วิทย์", ดร. เจษฎา เด่นดวงบริพันธ์ นักสื่อสารวิทยาศาสตร์ชั้นนำของประเทศไทยและ มร.แอนดรูว์ กลาส ผู้อำนวยการ บริติช เคานซิล ประเทศไทย ผู้ชนะเลิศจากโครงการ FameLab คือ นาย ปริญญา ขินหนองจอก  นักศึกษาคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น และรองชนะเลิศอันดับหนึ่งคือดร. สุธีรา รัตนศิรินทรวุธ อาจารย์ฝ่ายวิจัย คณะแพทยศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย ส่วนรองชนะเลิศอันดับสองคือ นางสาว กมลรัตน์ คูบุบผา นักศึกษาคณะวิทยาศาสตร์  มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น และผู้ชนะเลิศรางวัลป็อบปูล่าโหวต คือ นางสาว อรณี ศรีใชยพล นักศึกษา คณะวิทยาศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น ผู้ชนะเลิศจากโครงการ SchoolLab คือ นายธนภัทร ถนอมดำรงศักดิ์ โรงเรียนขอนแก่นวิทยายน และรองชนะเลิศอันดับหนึ่งคือ นางสาวจรรยพร โกฏิมนัสวิชย์ โรงเรียนสาธิตมหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น ฝ่ายมัธยมศึกษา (มอดินแดง) และรองชนะเลิศอันดับสองคือ นา...

Dr. Foster is Professor of Circadian Neuroscience, Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi) and Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow at Brasenose College. Dr. Foster's research mainly focuses on how environmental light is detected and processed for the regulation of circadian rhythms, how circadian rhythms are generated, and what happens when these systems break down in disease and abnormal environmental conditions. Dr. Foster Chairs the Royal Society Public Engagement Committee, The Cheltenham Science Festival and is a Trustee of the Science Museum Group. He contributes to radio, television and newspaper articles, including the BBC, NPR, the Guardian, and the He has co-written three popular science books, and is working on his fourth, including: Sleep, a very short introduction, Circadian Rhythms a very short introduction, and Rhythms of Life: the biological clock that controls the daily lives of every living thing.

Robert Llewellyn joins Simon to judge suggestions for the next humans from chemist Kathryn Harkup, evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod, the studio audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival and the amazing lyre bird. Our theme music was written and performed by Laurence Owen. Graphics by Theo Weedon, web design by Ian Bridgeman and support from the Wellcome Trust. The producer is Rachel Wheeley. For more information, go to www.leveluphuman.com. We release each episode to our patrons a week before everyone else. Join them at www.patreon.com/leveluphuman. Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gravitational waves have been detected for a second time. These waves are ripples in the curvature of space time, predicted by Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity in 1916. Back in February, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (better known as LIGO) announced that they had detected the signal of gravitational waves from the collisions of two big black holes. The detection in February was the first observation of these waves, and confirmed General Relativity. This week, LIGO confirm a second detection. BBC Science Correspondent Jonathan Amos explains what is new about these new gravitational waves. We know more about the surface of the moon than we know about the ocean floor. Admittedly, the sea is much more dynamic, the scene of many chemical and biological processes, about which scientists would like to learn more. This week, cartographers meet in Monte Carlo, to discuss their plan to map the ocean floor by 2030. Roland Pease reports on the ocean-mapping options. 40 years ago, The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins was published. Since then, it has been a perpetual bestseller. In it, Dawkins explains that the gene is the unit of natural selection, an idea that has become central to all biology. Adam Rutherford speaks to Richard Dawkins, and his co-author on ‘The Ancestor’s Tale’ Yan Wong, at the Cheltenham Science Festival, to discuss the impact of The Selfish Gene. The spoonbilled sandpiper is standing on the edge of extinction, but in good news, Adam hears about of a clutch of eggs laid not in their native Russia but in Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. BBC producer Andrew Luck-Baker visited the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s population back in April, and describes these birds to Adam.

Half a century after the search for gravitational waves began, scientists confirmed that they had finally been detected in February 2016. Physicists around the world were ecstatic. It was proof at last that Einstein was right: the tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime that he predicted a hundred years ago are real. And now that we can detect them, a new era for astronomy is anticipated. Traditional telescopes rely on light for information. No good when you want to find objects that are dark. Now for the first time we can 'see' black holes colliding. Sheila talks to Jim at the Cheltenham Science Festival about her part in this momentous discovery. Producer: Anna Buckley.

Robert Llewellyn settles into the judge's chair for Level Up Human live from Cheltenham Science Festival. Simon Watt arbitrates as Dr. Kathryn Harkup, Ben Garrod and the studio audience vie for Robert's attention with ideas for improved humans. Ben Garrod explains how to air-taste when you have no sense of smell and we set Kathryn Harkup the task of working out how much would be a fatal dose of marzipan. Theme music written and performed by Laurence Owen. Graphics by Theo Weedon, web design by Ian Bridgeman and support from the Wellcome Trust. The producer is Rachel Wheeley. For more information, go to www.leveluphuman.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In his first UK media interview, Ed Stourton talks to John Calvin, grandson of the co-founder of Hamas, whose conversion to Christianity meant he had to flee the Middle East. In 1964 Cassius Clay announced he had given up his name for Muhammad Ali and joined the Nation of Islam. Dr Dawn-Marie Gibson talks about how his faith influenced his life. Ed Stourton talks to the BBC's Bangkok correspondent, Jonathan Head, about what the arrests of monks at the Thai Buddhist temple with links to animal trafficking says about the state of Buddhist monasticism in Thailand today. Trevor Barnes investigates the findings of a report that claims the Home Office is rejecting asylum claims from converts to Christianity because officials are making basic mistakes about the faith and what followers should know. Why is Vimto, a soft drink from Manchester, such a big seller in the Gulf States during Ramadan? Kevin Bocquet reports. Sunday hears from Carly Paoli, the British mezzo soprano, whose version of Ave Maria will be the official song for the Pope's Jubilee Year of Mercy celebrations in Rome. Albert Einstein said: 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' Three leading scientists, Professor Tom McLeish, Professor Mohamed El-Gomati and Professor Robert Winston, from three different faith traditions join Ed Stourton to discuss the science and religion 'question' in 2016, ahead of the debate at the Cheltenham Science Festival next week. Producers: Catherine Earlam Peter Everett Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.

Libby Purves meets biologist and stand-up Simon Watt; motoring journalist Martin Gurdon; hip-hop artist Baba Israel and journalist Cal Flyn. Martin Gurdon is a motoring journalist. In his book, An Estate Car Named Desire, he recounts tales of his car-obsessed childhood in the 1960s - a lost world of Ford Anglias, Triumph Heralds and Morris Minors. During his dysfunctional years at boarding school cars were both his salvation and his undoing. An Estate Car Named Desire - A Life on the Road is published by Duckworth Overlook. Baba Israel is a hip-hop artist. He will be performing The Spinning Wheel at the Roundhouse, as part of The Last Word Festival. The multi-media production explores the life of his father Steve Ben Israel, a New York-based poet, jazz musician, activist, stand-up comedian and member of the Sixties performance collective The Living Theatre. The Spinning Wheel is at The Roundhouse, London NW1. Cal Flyn is a journalist whose book, Thicker than Water, tells the story of her great-great-great uncle, Angus McMillan. Mythologized as a dashing explorer and pioneer who left his native Scotland for Australia during the time of the Highland Clearances, he in fact led a number of gruesome massacres of indigenous people. As she traces his footsteps across Australia, Cal asks how a man could commit such terrible acts and considers the concept of intergenerational guilt. Thicker Than Water - History, Secrets and Guilt is published by William Collins. Simon Watt is a biologist, stand-up, writer and broadcaster. His new comedy science podcast, Level Up Human, explores various ways to improve the human condition. Featuring guests from the worlds of comedy and science, the podcast asks whether we will soon be able to edit the human genome with so-called molecular scissors and examines the case for driverless transport and companion robots. Level Up Human launches at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

The Human Zoo is the programme that looks at current events through the lens of psychology. From scandals to markets, elections to traffic jams, discover the nuts and bolts of human behaviour that link public life to our most private thoughts and motivations. Are people led by the head or by the heart? How rational are we? And how do we perceive the world? The programme blends intriguing experiments that reveal our biases and judgements, explorations and examples taken from what's in the news and what we do in the kitchen - all driven by a large slice of curiosity. We like to say that all human behaviour could turn up in The Human Zoo, including yours. In this episode: the flat mind. What if our 'inner world' of images, thoughts and beliefs isn't as three-dimensional as the world around us? What if we're just making it up as we go along? Recorded at the Cheltenham Science Festival, Michael Blastland investigates, with resident Zoo psychologist Professor Nick Chater and reporter Timandra Harkness. Special guests this week are advertising guru Rory Sutherland, psychologist Dr Kate Cross from St Andrews University, Elleke Boehmer, professor of world literature in English at at Wolfson College Oxford and author of The Shouting in the Dark, neuroscientist Dr Peter Zeidman from University College London, Dr Martin Coath from the Cognition Institute at Plymouth University and experimental psychologist Professor Bruce Hood from the University of Bristol. Presenter: Michael Blastland Producer: Eve Streeter and Dom Byrne A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

Welcome to the Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Extra Time for Questions Podcast. Festival of the Spoken Nerd is a celebration of science, comedy, music, maths and unashamed geekiness. It's a variety show for the fearlessly inquisitive: artists, scientists, comedy fans, and anyone in between. It's hosted by three of London's best (and nerdiest) performers, who have all appeared as guests on BBC television and radio - musical comedian and physics graduate Helen Arney, stand-up mathematician and Famelab finalist Matt Parker and guerrilla scientist and stand-up comedian Steve Mould.Click here to listen to this episode.This podcast follows the Re:Generation show from the Cheltenham Science Festival and features all the best interactive features from Festival of the Spoken Nerd including a million pound give-away and a genuine conveyer belt game. Written and devised by Helen Arney, Steve Mould and Matt Parker. Produced by Elizabeth Hauke.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage at this year's Cheltenham Science Festival to discuss science mavericks. They are joined by comedian Marcus Brigstocke, medic and broadcaster Dr Kevin Fong, evolutionary biologist Aoife McLysaght and Nobel Laureate Professor Barry Marshall. Marshall, an Australian physician, famously experimented on himself to prove his theory that a bacterium was responsible for most peptic ulcers. He drank the bacterium he suspected was the cause, and as a result reversed decades of medical doctrine. He and the rest of the panel discuss the role of mavericks in science, how new theories get accepted and whether you have to go to such extreme lengths to truly push the frontiers of our scientific understanding. Presenters: Robin Ince and Brian Cox Producer: Alexandra Feachem.

Professor David Nutt (Imperial College London) delivers the 2011 Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture. The Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture was established in 2002 at Somerville College, in memory of Monica, the daughter and sister, respectively, of Jean and Carolyn Fooks, who were both students at Somerville. Monica studied at Edinburgh University and developed bipolar disorder, which led to her taking her own life in September 1994 at the age of 26. Monica's parents, Geoffrey and Jean Fooks, gave Somerville the funds to set up the lectureship, with the specific aim of improving public awareness of mental illness and to encourage medical students to take more interest in bipolar disorder, in particular. Dame Fiona Caldicott, former Principal of Somerville and a previous President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (the first woman to hold that office), suggested the lecture as a way to achieve better public understanding and stimulate research into the illness. Previous speakers have included; Professor Keith Hawton, Director of the Centre for Suicide Research in Oxford, Professor Kay Redfield Jameson, acknowledged as the world expert on the illness, Dr Mike Shooter, former President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor John Geddes, Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry and Professor David Miklowitz, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Colorado. Professor Nutt is currently the Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London. He received his undergraduate training in medicine at Cambridge and Guy's Hospital, and continued training in neurology to MRCP. After completing his psychiatric training in Oxford, he continued there as a lecturer and then later as a Wellcome Senior Fellow in psychiatry. He then spent two years as Chief of the Section of Clinical Science in the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in NIH, Bethesda, USA. On returning to England in 1988 he set up the Psychopharmacology Unit at Bristol University, an interdisciplinary research grouping spanning the departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology before moving to Imperial College London in December 2008 where he leads a similar group with a particular focus on brain imaging especially PET. He broadcasts widely to the general public both on radio and television including the recent BBC Horizon programme about drug harms and their classification. He also lecturers widely to the public as well as to the scientific and medical communities; for instance he has presented three time at the Cheltenham Science Festival and several times for Café Scientifiques. In 2010 he was listed as one of the 100 most important figures in British Science by The Times Eureka science magazine.

Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined on stage by V for Vendetta author and legendary comic book writer Alan Moore, cosmologist Ed Copeland, and science broadcaster Dallas Campbell to ask whether Cosmology is really a science? Do scientific theories need to be testable to make them, well - scientific? And if so, where does that leave some of the more mind-bending theories that Cosmology has postulated over the last few years? From String Theory to the idea of multiple universes, the maths might work, but if there is no way of observing whether it is correct, is it science or science fiction? Does Cosmology have more in common with the fantastical stories dreamt up by fiction writers such as Alan Moore, and will science ever progress enough to really get to the bottom of some of the more weird and wonderful theories about the way our universe works? This programme was recorded as part of the Cheltenham Science Festival. Producer: Alexandra Feachem.

This is a podcast by the Society for General Microbiology, recorded at a session they sponsored, at the 2010 Times Cheltenham Science Festival. Through genetic manipulation, scientists have created microbes that provide us with medicines, foods and vaccines as well as animals that can be used as model organisms for the study of human disease. The genetic manipulation of organisms and their use is one of the most controversial scientific developments of recent times. We hear about the practical applications of GM microorganisms, then the audience is asked to decide - When is GM acceptable? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This is a podcast by the Society for General Microbiology, recorded at a session they sponsored, at the 2010 Times Cheltenham Science Festival. Through genetic manipulation, scientists have created microbes that provide us with medicines, foods and vaccines as well as animals that can be used as model organisms for the study of human disease. The genetic manipulation of organisms and their use is one of the most controversial scientific developments of recent times. We hear about the practical applications of GM microorganisms, then the audience is asked to decide - When is GM acceptable? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince return for a new series of Radio 4's witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational look at the world according to science. In a special programme recorded as part of this year's Cheltenham Science Festival, Brian and Robin are joined by special guests Ben Miller and Robert Winston to explore the choppy waters of science and fame. Are we are entering a golden age of science popularity? Is there a genuine interest in the wonder of science and is science the real star or is it simply being dumbed down as a result of our celebrity obsessed culture? They'll be asking whether science needs to be popular and whether this new wave of enthusiasm has any real impact on science policy, or the quality of science being done in this country. Has science finally found the S Factor? Producer: Alexandra Feachem.

Transcript -- In this podcast we catch up with Professor Kathy Sykes at the 2008 Cheltenham Science Festival and find out about her heroine of science; we meet Dr Christine Heading, an OU Associate Lecturer, who has been awarded a Royal Pharmaceutical Society for her work with women; and chat to the OU’s Professor Bassindale about our new course in Forensic Science. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science.

In this podcast we catch up with Professor Kathy Sykes at the 2008 Cheltenham Science Festival and find out about her heroine of science; we meet Dr Christine Heading, an OU Associate Lecturer, who has been awarded a Royal Pharmaceutical Society for her work with women; and chat to the OU’s Professor Bassindale about our new course in Forensic Science. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science.