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David Mellor explores how the Yamaha NS-10M monitors became a studio staple and why, decades after being discontinued, engineers are still seeking out second-hand pairs.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:15 - Why NS-10Ms Became a Studio Staple02:11 - Making Better Mixing Decisions03:49 - A Second Pair of NS-10Ms05:23 - Mixing With Missing Frequencies09:11 - Reflex vs Closed Box Monitors11:35 - Why Pleasant Isn't Always Better13:29 - Mixes That Translate15:40 - Making Rapid Mixing Decisions18:52 - The Case for Closed-Box MonitorsThe Phil Ward Article - https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yamaha-ns10-storyDavid Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. David has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music. Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, also returning to guest lecture at Surrey University. From 2001 until recently David has offered courses in audio online with Audio Masterclass. David now enjoys making YouTube videos for his 84,000 subscribers and releasing music on streaming services and Bandcamp for his dozen or so listeners.YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@audiomasterclassSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OkaDx4vB4O2ssUA5p4M8gBandcamp - https://davidmellor.bandcamp.com/Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

In this episode, David Mellor continues his exploration of microphone polar patterns by discussing techniques for capturing stereo recordings. He examines how the choice of polar pattern and microphone placement can be used effectively to achieve a balanced and immersive stereo image.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:10 - Defining Mono03:08 - Binaural Recording04:24 - Defining Stereo05:28 - Number Of Mics And Placement06:58 - Polar Patterns07:48 - Figure of 8 Demo09:09 - The Blumlein Pair Configuration11:05 - Coincident Cross Pair Figure Of 8 With Demonstration16:53 - Coincident Cross Pair Of Cardioid With Demonstration21:35 - Mic Spacing - The ORTF Configuration24:31 - Mic Spacing - Omnidirectional Without Angling27:28 - Medley Of Configurations29:38 - SummaryDavid Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. David has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music. Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, also returning to guest lecture at Surrey University. From 2001 until recently David has offered courses in audio online with Audio Masterclass. David now enjoys making YouTube videos for his 84,000 subscribers and releasing music on streaming services and Bandcamp for his dozen or so listeners.YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@audiomasterclassSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OkaDx4vB4O2ssUA5p4M8gBandcamp - https://davidmellor.bandcamp.com/Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

David Mellor discusses how to create custom effects in a DAW without relying on expensive plug-ins. Here he demonstrates his approach to creating a filter pan effect using an EQ with high-pass and low-pass filters, highlighting how custom effects can help give your music a unique edge.Chapters00:00 - Introduction02:05 - Pan Effect03:02 - Mono Pan04:30 - Static Pan06:21 - Music Track06:42 - Creative Pan Effect09:00 - Pan Effect Using A Low-Pass Filter 13:23 - Crossfading Using Filters17:15 - Effecting Individual Instruments #slatedigital #infinityeq #protoolsDavid Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. David has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music. Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, also returning to guest lecture at Surrey University. From 2001 until recently David has offered courses in audio online with Audio Masterclass. David now enjoys making YouTube videos for his 84,000 subscribers and releasing music on streaming services and Bandcamp for his dozen or so listeners.YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@audiomasterclassSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OkaDx4vB4O2ssUA5p4M8gBandcamp - https://davidmellor.bandcamp.com/Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

Host Anand Jagatia tackles gravity - a fundamental force of the universe yet also an everyday mystery that has baffled several listeners. Can you outrun it? Or at least use it to get fitter? If it varies, does that mean that you weigh less, depending on where on earth you stand? And if it's the force of attraction between any objects with mass, are you technically more attractive after eating a massive cake? Professor Claudia de Rham from Imperial College London explains the basics of gravity, while we discover the best place on earth to weight ourselves, with Professor Paddy Regan from Surrey University and NPL Fellow in Nuclear and Radiation Science and Metrology. Anand takes a very fast spin on a special chair to experience extra gravity, thanks to Professor Floris Wuyts from the University of Antwerp, Kings College London and Minister of Science of Asgardia. And finally, we talk to an expert lined up at the other end of a hypothetical hole through the earth: Professor Richard Easther from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. What would happen if we fell straight through the earth? CrowdScience finds gravity a force to be reckoned with. Presenter: Anand Jagatia Producer: Marnie Chesterton Editor: Cathy Edwards Production Co-ordinator: Ishmael Soriano and Jana Bennett-Holesworth Studio Manager: Jackie Margerum and Duncan Hannant Photo: Anand Jagatia experiencing extra g-force

I'd love to know what you think of this episode. Text me here.              NOW AVAILABLE!              Dream Power Radio subscriptions              Click on link for more.  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2176570/supportI used to think there was a standard definition for consciousness – the self-awareness that makes us understand who we are and why we do the things we do. But after speaking with this week's guest, empowerment leader Catherine Llewellyn, I'm beginning to rethink my thoughts on the subject.     In our lively talk, Catherine expounds on her thoughts about consciousness. It's a subject she's thought about her entire life, as she grew up surrounded by alternative thought leaders and transformational programs. Catherine says that consciousness can't be defined as it's around us everywhere. But there are ways we can use and elevate our consciousness to become more aware and enlighten, as Catherine explains:·      the role dreams play in accessing our consciousness·      why our consciousness is always changing·      how to shift your consciousness to benefit your life·      can we be conscious all the time?·      how working with our body elevates our consciousness·      what Pellowah is and how it can transform your sense of self     If you want a better understanding of how you can create a better life for yourself, don't miss this revealing episode of Dream Power Radio.     Here is what Catherine has to say about herself:      I'm Catherine. My lifelong passion for human evolving and transformation began at age 6, encouraged by my wildly bohemian upbringing and a variety of catalytic encounters with radical thought leaders. This path delivered extraordinary experiences, challenges and learnings in my work and personal life.      My father was an alternative practitioner.  He taught me that the body is designed to heal itself, and the spirit is designed to grow and expand.  He showed me that as a nature-cure practitioner his job was to support and assist the natural process of healing and growth. This made perfect sense to me!      Following a rebellious and somewhat mad adolescence, I fell upon Robert D'Aubigny's extraordinary and ground-breaking Exegesis Programme. For the first time I was in a group situation, emphasizing consciousness, self-awareness and personal transformation. Wow. Life-changing. I stuck around with the people I met there for a good 20 years, exploring how those values could be applied in work situations as well as in personal lives. Across those 20 years I evolved from a voice trainer, through HR Director, Marketing Director and Team-building Trainer - to Organizational Change consultant and facilitator, and finally Board level facilitator and executive coach. A meaty transition to be sure. Much growth was involved, tears and laughter - it was all very real.      Just as it was starting to feel like time to peel off and set up on my own, through that organization I met the remarkable folk at Surrey University's Human Potential Research Group, founded by the father of Humanistic Psychology John Heron. Through their master's degree I recognized that my highly facilitative style was in fact Humanistic. They taught me how to hone my approach and threw in a raft of new techniques to boot. Armed with all this juiciness I set off for the next 20 years deepening and expanding my Humanistic practice.      Meanwhile ~ bSupport the Show.Want more ways to find joy in your life? Check out my website thedreamcoach.net for information about my courses, blogs, books and ways to create a life you love.

GUEST: Robin Horsfall, soldier, writer, campaigner and keynote speaker. ---------- The war in Ukraine continues despite a lack of media interest. Russian forces have made repeated assaults along the Donbas front and attempted an offensive towards Kharkiv. Perhaps Putin wanted some kind of victory, no matter how insignificant, before the Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9th. But it has cost Russia dearly, with the loss of more than 15,000 soldiers killed or wounded and he has nothing to show except a few pock- marked fields and piles of rubble that used to be villages. What is the point of Putin's war, and when will the Western allies finally show him it is fruitless to continue? ---------- SPEAKER: Robin Horsfall joined the British Army at the age of fifteen in 1972. He served with the Parachute Regiment and 22 Special Air Service. He left the British Army in 1984 and worked as a mercenary, bodyguard and as a medical officer is many active zones around the world. He then built London Karate for twenty years, teaching thousands the art and discipline of karate. He retired and went to Surrey University aged 56 and graduated in English Literature and Creative Writing three years later. He is the author of several books including his hugely successful autobiography Fighting Scared - which I highly recommend you read. ---------- LINKS: https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/books/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-horsfall-52243220/ ---------- BOOKS: - Slava Ukraini! Who Dares Shares (2023 - Signed hardback) - Fighting Scared - The Words of the Wise Old Paratrooper - Warrior Poet: A Soldier's Songs Find out more about Robin's extraordinary life and achivements here, as well as an online shop to buy his books: https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

In this week's episode Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Lydia Stone, joins Alexa Terry to discuss the topic of trauma. Lydia specialises in working with fostered and adopted children and families, she also runs a choir and is currently on the BAST Training Level 5 qualification course. Lydia explains the potential impacts of trauma on the singer, and helps us understand how we can conduct more trauma-informed singing lessons.  KEY TAKEAWAYS When conducting trauma-informed singing lessons, it's essential to approach each session with empathy and sensitivity towards the experiences of the singers. While it's important to acknowledge the potential presence of trauma, it's equally crucial not to assume or pry beyond professional boundaries. Using recording and analysis tools during lessons can provide valuable feedback without overwhelming the singer or detracting from the session's focus. Concentrating on physical cues, such as mouth movements, can enhance communication and instruction. Familiar exercises like scales aid vocal technique. Gradually introduce minor scales for challenge. Connecting major and minor patterns enhances musical understanding. Encourage musical literacy and instrumental skills for independence. Positive reinforcement fosters confidence and growth while avoiding criticism preserves the singer's emotional well-being. Patience is key, allowing singers to progress at their own pace and respecting their boundaries. It's crucial to have resources available if singers require further support outside of the lesson. This could include referrals to counselling or other mental health services. By offering a holistic approach to singing education, teachers can empower their students not only as musicians but also as individuals capable of overcoming challenges and reaching their full potential.   BEST MOMENTS "Trauma responses impact muscle tension and vocal control" "Accept and empathise but maintain professional boundaries" "Self-care helps teachers support singers' mental health" EPISODE RESOURCES   The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Singing Teachers Talk Podcast Ep.147 TV Vocal Coach: Behind the Scenes on ITV's Mamma Mia with Claire Delaney ]Dr Shannon Coates: Dr Shannon Coates Singing Teachers Talk: Eps. 155 & 156 - Building Neurodiversity-Inclusive Voice Studios with Dr Shannon Coates PACE: Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy Vocal Health Education: Vocal Health Education The work of Petra Raspel Borzynski NSPCC: nspcc.org.uk UK Trauma Council: UK Trauma Council Beacon House: Resources Attach Team (Oxfordshire): The ATTACH team | Oxfordshire County Council   Contact Dr Lydia Stone directly: drlydiastone@gmail.com   BAST Book A Call   ABOUT THE GUEST   Dr Lydia Stone is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, who started her career with a choral scholarship at Cambridge University before completing her doctorate at Surrey University. Having an interest in trauma from an early stage, her professional work has taken her from London and the south of England as far afield as Tanzania and Bangladesh. She now specialises in work with fostered and adopted children and families in Oxford. This includes using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Video Interaction Guidance. Throughout this time, she has continued her interest in singing, eventually finding her musical and spiritual home in Gospel music; and she was a long-time member of Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir (www.soulsanctuarygospel.com). Leaving that role to focus on family life, she now directs Tyndale Community Gospel Choir (www.tyndalegospel.fun) as well as choral groups at a local primary school. In the midst of this, she somehow squeezes in studying for the BAST Level 5 Singing Teacher Qualification.   ABOUT THE PODCAST   BAST Training is here to help singers gain the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be a great singing teacher. We can help you whether you are getting started or just have some knowledge gaps to fill through our courses and educational events. basttraining.com Updates from BAST Training

In this eye-opening episode, Max Lowery sits down with Dr. Adam Collins, an esteemed researcher and associate professor of nutrition at Surrey University, to challenge the shocking headlines from a recent study suggesting that time-restricted eating increases the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality by 91%. With Max's deep expertise in helping individuals achieve sustainable weight loss and Dr. Collins's extensive research in intermittent fasting, this conversation promises to cut through the noise and offer clarity.Dive deep into the heart of the study as Dr. Collins exposes critical flaws, from its reliance on self-reported data to a complete overlook of participants' lifestyles, painting a questionable picture of its conclusions. Max and Dr. Collins dissect the methodology, emphasizing the dangers of drawing dramatic conclusions from poorly contextualized data. They discuss the broader implications of dietary research and the media's role in distorting scientific findings, urging a more nuanced understanding of nutrition science.More than just a critique, this episode is a call to action. Max shares his vision for a world where diet culture is debunked and individuals are empowered with the knowledge to make informed decisions about their health. It's a conversation that challenges conventional wisdom, encourages critical thinking, and reaffirms the importance of a personalized approach to dieting.Whether you're a longtime follower of intermittent fasting, a sceptic of sensationalist health headlines, or somewhere in between, this episode offers valuable insights into the complex world of nutrition science, the pitfalls of media sensationalism, and the path to genuine health and well-being.Watch my Free Fat Loss Master Class:   https://www.neverdietagain.uk/register-podcast Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/max.lowery/

A valuable test for recording engineers, David Mellor gives examples of different mic types to emphasise the importance of knowing your mic collection in detail so that you're using the correct one for the recording task at hand. Cardioid, Supercardioid, Figure of 8 and Omnidirectional are compared.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:23 - Testing The Schoeps CMC 601:44 - Cardioid Examples05:39 - Testing With Percussion06:33 - Supercardioid Examples08:40 - Figure Of 8 Examples11:22 - Omnidirectional Examples14:05 - Testing With Percussion14:58 - Testing Each Mic Type at 0 Degrees17:00 - Testing Each Mic Type at 45 Degrees18:19 - Testing Each Mic Type at 90 Degrees19:42 - Testing Each Mic Type at 180 Degrees21:15 - SummaryDavid Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music, including the Chappell and Carlin music libraries (now combined into Universal Publishing Production Music). Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, and also returning to lecture at Surrey University. He also worked with John Cage on the International Dance Course at the University of Surrey. David now specialises in online audio education and has been Course Director of Audio Masterclass since 2001.https://www.audiomasterclass.com/

In the first of this two-part series, David Mellor gives us an introduction to mic polar patterns, explaining the best type of mic to use for various recording situations.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:43 - Influenced By The EMI Emiguide Tapes04:08 - What Is A Polar Pattern?06:46 - Omnidirectional and Figure Of 808:43 - Cardioid, Hypercardioid and Super-Cardioid11:14 - Pressure-Sensitive and Pressure Gradient11:58 - Imperfections In Higher And Lower Frequencies13:01 - The Decca Tree14:06 - Abbey Road Demonstration15:32 - 0 degree axis Figure Of 816:10 - 90 degree axis Figure Of 816:48 - 180 degree axis Figure Of 817:30 - 270 degree axis Figure Of 819:01 - Multi-Pattern Microphones19:58 - Best Usage24:26 - Interference Tube, Parabolic Reflector26:23 - Experimenting With Off-AxisDavid Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music, including the Chappell and Carlin music libraries (now combined into Universal Publishing Production Music). Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, and also returning to lecture at Surrey University. He also worked with John Cage on the International Dance Course at the University of Surrey. David now specialises in online audio education and has been Course Director of Audio Masterclass since 2001.https://www.audiomasterclass.com/

Episode 114 Refined Noise Playlist Claus Böhmler, “Klangundkrach, Part 1” from Klangundkrach (1996) (2014 Slowscan). Recorded in Hamburg 1996. Edition of 270 copies. Böhmler was a German visual artist, video maker, and sometimes music artist. His website contains a great sampling of his visual work, texts, and writing about his work. There are not many clues as to how he made this recording except for a cover photo of several Walkman style cassette players with output cables attached. (12:46) David Cunningham, “Guitar Systemised” and “Water Systemised” from Grey Scale (1977 Piano). For tape recorder and guitar sounds or water sounds. These two works mimic a process used in some of his other compositions where, “The players play a repeating phrase. As soon as one player makes a mistake that mistake is made the basis of his repetition unless it is modified by a further mistake. Thus each player proceeds at his own rate to change the sound in an uncontrollable manner.” Except for in the case of these two works, the water piece and the guitar piece, the process is “analogous” to those works but “the process is automatic here, an inherent quality in the machinery used.” (03:10) and (04:06) Luke Fowler, “GOLD Side” from Fowl Tapes II (2013 Dekorder). Keyboards, Richard Youngs; Piano and synthesizer, Luke Fowler. Source material performed by Luke Fowler between 2009 and 2011. (17:43) Merzbow / Genesis P-Orridge, “Source Are Rare” from A Perfect Pain (1999 Cold Spring). Noise Electronics, BIAS Electric Drum Unit, TR606, Filters, Ring modulation, Masami Akita (Merzbow); vocals, producer, Genesis P-Orridge. Genesis P-Orridge: master DAT edited at The Armadillo Studio, Northampton, England, May 1998. Masami Akita: recorded & mixed at Bed Room, August 1998. (23:06) Emory Cook, “Untitled track 1” from Microfusion White Sound: Popular Combo (circa 1960 Cook). Emory Cook was known for making high fidelity location recordings and musical records from the mid-1950s to the1960s. He patented a special vinyl pressing technique called Microfusion to produce high quality records. When he wasn't releasing sound effects such as Mexican Firecrackers or location recordings of calypso music, steel bands or a Creole Christmas, Cook managed to slip a few strange experiments into his catalog. This record, number 40850, comes from a series of five albums he produced around 1960 that combined musical tracks from his other albums with a track of pure white noise. The music would play on the left, the white sound would play at the same time on the right. I have several of these discs plus a demo album that Cook produced. The tag line for the “White Sound Series” was “analgesic sound for control of tensions.” The cover stated boldly that the album was “The new analgesic white sound to help in control of Tension, Headaches, Insomnia, Appetite, Smoking. A natural relaxant.” You be the judge as you listen to a track of a popular “cocktail combo” (called a “popular combo” on the record label, combined with white sound. “Not to be played at more than ordinary room volume level.” (03:15) Narwhalz Of Sound / Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, “Untitled” (3 tracks, side 2) from Doonesbury Dropout, Frasier Freedom / A Rave New World (2010 Isle of Man). This is a test pressing of what I think is this album. Side 2 is by Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, an electronic musician from Rhode Island (currently). (14:15) Pod Blotz, “Giving,” “Future Romance From The Past,” “Crests And Reflections,” and “Black Glass Monolith” from Glass Tears (2013 Clan Destine Records). Music project of experimental artist and musician Suzy Poling. (18:05) Opening background music: Mika Vainio, “Lydspor (Part I)” from Lydspor One & Two (2018 Moog Recordings Library). Producer, curator, Paul Smith; Moog Technical Support, Recording Engineering, Finlay Shakespeare. Part of a limited series of Moog albums produced at Surrey University when they were home to a set of Moog Modular synthesizers and components, on arrangement with Moog Music USA. Mika Vainio was born in Helsinki, Finland and died in 2017 in France at aged 53. He was an electronic musician, composer, and producer. (19:26) Opening and closing sequences voiced by Anne Benkovitz. Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes. See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation. For additional notes, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.

GUEST: Robin Horsfall, soldier, writer, campaigner and keynote speaker. ---------- The existence of the USSR over many decades unfortunately shows that tyranny can be tenacious, and the extreme barbarism it deploys to suppress freedoms can last a long time and exact a huge toll of human suffering. That is why our weak strategy towards a decisive Ukrainian victory and complacency in the face of a revanchist, totalitarian (even fascistic) Russian World ideology is so very dangerous. We underestimate how pernicious, destructive, and long-lived this new wave of illiberal aggression from the Moscow swamplands could be. ---------- SPEAKER: Robin Horsfall joined the British Army at the age of fifteen in 1972. He served with the Parachute Regiment and 22 Special Air Service. He left the British Army in 1984 and worked as a mercenary, bodyguard and as a medical officer is many active zones around the world. He then built London Karate for twenty years, teaching thousands the art and discipline of karate. He retired and went to Surrey University aged 56 and graduated in English Literature and Creative Writing three years later. He is the author of several books including his hugely successful autobiography Fighting Scared - which I highly recommend you read. ---------- LINKS: https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/books/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-horsfall-52243220/ ---------- BOOKS: - Slava Ukraini! Who Dares Shares (2023 - Signed hardback) - Fighting Scared - The Words of the Wise Old Paratrooper - Warrior Poet: A Soldier's Songs Find out more about Robin's extraordinary life and achivements here, as well as an online shop to buy his books: https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/ ---------- #robinhorsfall #sas #britisharmy #paratrooper #ukraine #springoffensive #ukrainewar #russia #zelensky #putin #propaganda #war #disinformation #hybrid warfare #foreign policy #communism #sovietunion #postsoviet ---------- WATCH NEXT: Sir Richard Shirreff https://youtu.be/UMi1Y3iF710 Operator Starsky https://youtu.be/ABIIyNa1AOk Anders Puck Nielsen https://youtu.be/2TJTUuu_cM0 Ben Hodges https://youtu.be/gpzfEVhdNp0 John Spencer https://youtu.be/2lmAOWfQvdE ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Joining Anthony for this episode of our sustainability series on VETchat by The Webinar Vet is Hannah Davies, Technical Content Lead for Vet Sustain, and lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice at Surrey Vet School. In this episode, Anthony and Hannah discuss Hannah's career to date, including her different route to vet school and how she got into sustainability. They discuss topics such as veganism, Vet Sustain, and sustainability at Surrey University. Hannah explains the current work Vet Sustain is doing, such as their carbon calculator, their carbon literacy course and their soon-to-be-released greener veterinary practice checklist. Moreover, Hannah also shares how they are bringing sustainability into the curriculum at Surrey Vet School by encouraging lectures to intertwine it into their current lessons.

In this fourth and final episode, David Mellor, a sound engineer and the founder and Course Director of Audio Masterclass, delves into Gain Staging your plug-ins and how to avoid clipping during the mixing and mastering stages.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:50 - Gain Staging Your Plug-ins08:08 - 32-Bit Float11:35 - Mixing And Mastering16:27 - Gain Staging The Mix19:32 - Headroom21:50 - Mastering Using LUFSDavid Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music, including the Chappell and Carlin music libraries (now combined into Universal Publishing Production Music). Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, and also returning to lecture at Surrey University. He also worked with John Cage on the International Dance Course at the University of Surrey. David now specialises in online audio education and has been Course Director of Audio Masterclass since 2001.https://www.audiomasterclass.com/

In episode 2 we explore the softer skill of being an effective translator between technical teams and the broader organisation they serve. My guest for this conversation is Dr Andrew Rogoyski whose experience spans 30 years in industry, government and academia. Originally a physicist at the Rutherford Appleton Lab, Andrew joined Logica at the height of the early AI boom, a decade later moving to space consultancy Esys and next became MD of QinetiQ's Space Division. He's subsequently worked as a strategist, including a secondment to the Cabinet Office, a Vice President of cyber security (where AI methods were used for threat detection), and an Innovation Director, developing a number of products and services that utilised leading-edge AI techniques.  Andrew returned to academia as Director of Innovation at Surrey University's new Institute of People-Centred Artificial Intelligence. There leads a group that leverages the University's 35 years in AI by creating AI solutions that focus on delivering benefits to people and society. In this episode, we explore both the need for such a Translator role & how you can develop or maintain the skill and attitude needed for it to flourish. I hope some of the insights shared help business leaders and those leading data, analytics or AI teams. My thanks to Andrew for sharing his wisdom with us.

Eranda Wickramasinghe was diagnosed as prediabetic and obese in 2019 and has been in sustainable remission since January 2020 thanks to real food, low carb, and intermittent fasting. He's also a health coach through The Lifestyle Club in collaboration with the Public Health Collaboration in the UK, a proud dad of two boys, and has a successful career in finance.   https://www.instagram.com/erandaw1 https://twitter.com/erandaw1 https://www.thelifestyleclub.uk/clinicians/#contact   Anyone can contribute to the TLC study with Surrey University at https://www.gofundme.com/f/tlcstudy. Aims are to monitor 100 patients and provide published scientific evidence to add to the growing evidence base demonstrating that lifestyle change is a realistic and highly effective option that should be offered to all patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes   This episode is brought to you by Optimal Carnivore. Do you struggle to eat organ meat? Optimal Carnivore was created by Carnivores for Carnivores. They created a unique organ complex from grass-fed animals in New Zealand. It includes 9 different organs -  Liver, Brain, Heart, Thymus, Kidney, Spleen, Pancreas, Lung etc.  Taking 6 capsules is the same as eating an ounce of raw organ meat from the butcher. Get 10% off your order by going to https://optimalcarnivore.com/scott  (currently only shipping within the US)   LMNT is offering a free sample pack along with any regular purchase when you use my custom link drinklmnt.com/carnivorecast . The LMNT Sample Pack includes 1 packet of every flavor. This is the perfect offer for 1) anyone who is interested in trying all of our flavors or 2) wants to introduce a friend to LMNT. Go to drinklmnt.com/carnivorecast to claim this awesome deal!   What questions would you like answered or who would you like to hear from in the carnivore or research community?   Let me know on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.  

David Mellor, a sound engineer and the founder and Course Director of Audio Masterclass, introduces us to Gain Staging in a brand new series of podcasts. In the third episode David continues looking at preamps, outlines the use of VU Meters and talks about the benefits of balancing a track prior to mixing. Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:56 - More About Preamps05:38 - Preamps With Valves09:20 - The Mixing Process16:17 - Using VU Meters24:05 - Mixing During RecordingListen to Gain Staging Episode 1Listen to Gain Staging Episode 2David Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music, including the Chappell and Carlin music libraries (now combined into Universal Publishing Production Music). Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, and also returning to lecture at Surrey University. He also worked with John Cage on the International Dance Course at the University of Surrey. David now specialises in online audio education and has been Course Director of Audio Masterclass since 2001.https://www.audiomasterclass.com/

Владислав Вязовский окончил Харьковский национальный университет, Украина, в 1997 году, а в 2004 году получил степень доктора философии в Цюрихском университете. После постдокторской и преподавательской работы в Университете Висконсин-Мэдисон и Университете Суррея он присоединился к кафедре физиологии, анатомии и генетики Оксфордского университета в 2013 году в качестве старшего научного сотрудника, а затем стал адъюнкт-профессором неврологии в 2015 году и профессором нейробиологии. Физиология сна в 2021 году. С 2020 года он является научным сотрудником по медицине в Хертфордском колледже и является членом Института сна и циркадной неврологии сэра Жюля Торна (SCNi). Он вице-президент Европейского общества исследования сна, спикер TEDx и автор книги «Сон под микроскопом». Vladyslav Vyazovskiy graduated from Kharkiv National University, Ukraine, in 1997, and in 2004 he received his PhD degree at the University of Zurich. Following postdoctoral and lectureship positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Surrey University, he joined the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford in 2013 as a Senior Research Fellow, before becoming Associate Professor of Neuroscience in 2015 and Professor of Sleep Physiology in 2021. Since 2020, he is a Tutorial Fellow in Medicine at Hertford College, and is a member of Sir Jules Thorn Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi). He is vice president of the European Sleep research Society, TEDx speaker and author of the book "Sleep under the microscope". FIND VLADISLAV ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook | Twitter | YouTube ================================SUPPORT & CONNECT:Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrichTwitter: https://twitter.com/denofrichFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.develman/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrichInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/Hashtag: #denofrich© Copyright 2023 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

David Mellor, a sound engineer and the founder and Course Director of Audio Masterclass, introduces us to Gain Staging in a brand new series of podcasts. In the second episode David focuses on gain staging during recording, by balancing mic input, preamps and gain within your DAW to achieve the optimal sound level.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:40 - Dynamic Microphones05:19 - Capacitor Microphones11:25 - Gain Staging First Step14:00 - The Pre-amp16:39 - Headroom20:49 - Audio ExamplesDavid Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music, including the Chappell and Carlin music libraries (now combined into Universal Publishing Production Music). Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, and also returning to lecture at Surrey University. He also worked with John Cage on the International Dance Course at the University of Surrey. David now specialises in online audio education and has been Course Director of Audio Masterclass since 2001.https://www.audiomasterclass.com/

David Mellor, a sound engineer and the founder and Course Director of Audio Masterclass, introduces us to Gain Staging in a brand new series of podcasts. In this first episode he teaches the correct use of terminology and gives his three golden rules of Gain Staging.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:38 - Using The Correct Terminology05:56 - Why Use Gain Staging?11:04 - The Benefits Of Gain Staging15:31 - Working In Digital Audio27:17 - Three Golden Rules Of Gain StagingDavid Mellor BiogDavid Mellor got his start in pro audio through the Tonmeister course at Surrey University studying music, piano performance, acoustics, electronics, electro-acoustics and recording.He went on to work at London's Royal Opera House, with responsibilities including sound design, front-of-house operation, stage monitoring and electronic design satisfying the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has also had over 600 works published in the field of production music, including the Chappell and Carlin music libraries (now combined into Universal Publishing Production Music). Notable uses of his music include the BBC's Horizon, Fahrenheit 911, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.David has been actively involved in Audio Education since 1986, teaching students of City of Westminster College and Westminster University, and also returning to lecture at Surrey University. He also worked with John Cage on the International Dance Course at the University of Surrey. David now specialises in online audio education and has been Course Director of Audio Masterclass since 2001.https://www.audiomasterclass.com/

Pod Save the UK is on a mission: to free the royals, and the country, from the madness of monarchy. Has King Charles's coronation sent the UK into a frenzy of royal fervour, a bored stupor or a republican rage? Nish Kumar and Coco Khan work out how to ditch the Windsors and replace them with something better. Professor Amelia Hadfield, head of politics at Surrey University, has spotted some pitfalls for Pod Save the UK's revolutionaries. Labour MP, Clive Lewis, joins the pod. His opinions on monarchy have got him into trouble with his own party. But who wants to be the killjoys spoiling everyone's street party? Coco has a plan: rave for the republic.Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media. Audio clip credits:Policy ExchangeParliament TVLBCSky News Photo credits:Jenny LambertPoppy Murray 

GUEST: Robin Horsfall, soldier, writer, campaigner and keynote speaker. ---------- Russia's much vaunted 'new offensive', started without huge fanfare, and seems to have petered out with little tangible success, but an unimaginable scale of losses. This is nowhere more apparent than in the attritional 'meat grinder' confrontations around Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Vhuledar. To win outright, or initiate negotiations to end the war, Ukraine will have to avoid the same failures with it's expected Spring Offensive. Can Ukraine surprise the world, and more importantly the Russian high command with bold and decisive gains? Has the offensive already begun? And is Russia gearing up for the most catastrophic round of conscription yet, with the rollout of electronic conscription in the major urban centres, - not just in the provinces this time, or through marginalised ethnic minorities. ---------- SPEAKER: Robin Horsfall joined the British Army at the age of fifteen in 1972. He served with the Parachute Regiment and 22 Special Air Service. He left the British Army in 1984 and worked as a mercenary, bodyguard and as a medical officer is many active zones around the world. He then built London Karate for twenty years, teaching thousands the art and discipline of karate. He retired and went to Surrey University aged 56 and graduated in English Literature and Creative Writing three years later. He is the author of several books including his hugely successful autobiography Fighting Scared - which I highly recommend you read. ---------- BOOKS: https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/books/ - Fighting Scared - The Words of the Wise Old Paratrooper - Warrior Poet: A Soldier's Songs Find out more about Robin's extraordinary life and achivements here, as well as an online shop to buy his books: https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/ ----------

In The Darkest Year: The British Army on the Western Front 1917 (Helion and Company, 2021), leading First World War historians examine key aspects of the British Army's campaign on the Western Front in 1917. It includes studies of the Battle of Arras, Third Battle of Ypres, and Battle of Cambrai, as well as examinations of British Army strategy, morale, tactics, training, and intelligence gathering. It is the fourth book in Spencer Jones's award-winning series which examines the British Army on the Western Front year-by-year and marks a major contribution to our understanding of the Army in this controversial year. Philip Blood is a British born independent historian and freelance author living in Aachen, Germany. Previously senior fellow at the American in Berlin, a military history advisor to the Association of the US Army Book Program, and senior lecturer as RWTH-Aachen (Technical University). Previous lecturer positions at Surrey University and London University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In The Darkest Year: The British Army on the Western Front 1917 (Helion and Company, 2021), leading First World War historians examine key aspects of the British Army's campaign on the Western Front in 1917. It includes studies of the Battle of Arras, Third Battle of Ypres, and Battle of Cambrai, as well as examinations of British Army strategy, morale, tactics, training, and intelligence gathering. It is the fourth book in Spencer Jones's award-winning series which examines the British Army on the Western Front year-by-year and marks a major contribution to our understanding of the Army in this controversial year. Philip Blood is a British born independent historian and freelance author living in Aachen, Germany. Previously senior fellow at the American in Berlin, a military history advisor to the Association of the US Army Book Program, and senior lecturer as RWTH-Aachen (Technical University). Previous lecturer positions at Surrey University and London University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In The Darkest Year: The British Army on the Western Front 1917 (Helion and Company, 2021), leading First World War historians examine key aspects of the British Army's campaign on the Western Front in 1917. It includes studies of the Battle of Arras, Third Battle of Ypres, and Battle of Cambrai, as well as examinations of British Army strategy, morale, tactics, training, and intelligence gathering. It is the fourth book in Spencer Jones's award-winning series which examines the British Army on the Western Front year-by-year and marks a major contribution to our understanding of the Army in this controversial year. Philip Blood is a British born independent historian and freelance author living in Aachen, Germany. Previously senior fellow at the American in Berlin, a military history advisor to the Association of the US Army Book Program, and senior lecturer as RWTH-Aachen (Technical University). Previous lecturer positions at Surrey University and London University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

In The Darkest Year: The British Army on the Western Front 1917 (Helion and Company, 2021), leading First World War historians examine key aspects of the British Army's campaign on the Western Front in 1917. It includes studies of the Battle of Arras, Third Battle of Ypres, and Battle of Cambrai, as well as examinations of British Army strategy, morale, tactics, training, and intelligence gathering. It is the fourth book in Spencer Jones's award-winning series which examines the British Army on the Western Front year-by-year and marks a major contribution to our understanding of the Army in this controversial year. Philip Blood is a British born independent historian and freelance author living in Aachen, Germany. Previously senior fellow at the American in Berlin, a military history advisor to the Association of the US Army Book Program, and senior lecturer as RWTH-Aachen (Technical University). Previous lecturer positions at Surrey University and London University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

In The Darkest Year: The British Army on the Western Front 1917 (Helion and Company, 2021), leading First World War historians examine key aspects of the British Army's campaign on the Western Front in 1917. It includes studies of the Battle of Arras, Third Battle of Ypres, and Battle of Cambrai, as well as examinations of British Army strategy, morale, tactics, training, and intelligence gathering. It is the fourth book in Spencer Jones's award-winning series which examines the British Army on the Western Front year-by-year and marks a major contribution to our understanding of the Army in this controversial year. Philip Blood is a British born independent historian and freelance author living in Aachen, Germany. Previously senior fellow at the American in Berlin, a military history advisor to the Association of the US Army Book Program, and senior lecturer as RWTH-Aachen (Technical University). Previous lecturer positions at Surrey University and London University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Whereas around 80% of the public in the UK, Finland and Sweden blame Russia mostly or entirely for the war in Ukraine, this view is by no means universal. Russian propaganda may get shirt shrift here but is far more pervasive and persuasive in countries like Bulgaria and Greece, where higher percentages of the population blame NATO more than Russia as the primary cause of the conflict. Today I'm talking to one of the UK's most experienced military men, not just about the execution and impact of the conflict, but also about how the struggle for victory is one of competing narratives where information has become weaponised by propagandists, Where the Kremlin is creating a parallel reality of victory and victimhood, to justify their crimes against humanity and Ukraine. Robin Horsfall joined the British Army at the age of fifteen in 1972. He served with the Parachute Regiment and 22 Special Air Service. He left the British Army in 1984 and worked as a mercenary, bodyguard and as a medical officer is many active zones around the world. He then built London Karate for twenty years, teaching thousands the art and discipline of karate. When he broke his neck, he retired and went to Surrey University aged 56 and graduated in English Literature and Creative Writing three years later. He is the author of several books including his hugely successful autobiography Fighting Scared. He is in demand as an after-dinner speaker and campaigns against the persecution of war veterans and has plans for a Veterans Human Rights campaign in 2021.

A preview of Friday's Near Futurist interview: * Dr. Carol Nakhle of Surrey University and Robin Peters of Snugg debate * Is the dice loaded against us reaching Net Zero? Should fuel prices be part of the plan? * What are the obstacles, like payback times?

Oo-De-Lally! Dr Amy Louise Morgan (she/her, Surrey University) tells me tales of feminist dragons, gender-nonconforming foxes, wild princesses and all kinds of other queer characters from Disney's medieval(ish) films. We compare favourite VHS tapes, most fantastic princesses, and try to figure out whether we (or was it just me?) wanted to be, or be with, Robin Hood. Amy also tells me all about Disney's problematic relationship to queerness, why queer fans still relate to it so much, and what positive changes are possibly in store. Golly, what an episode!If this episode awoke the medieval fanperson in you, follow @AmyLouise921 and @queerlitpodcast on Twitter. @queerlitpodcast is also on Insta. No dragons though, just cats.Texts, characters and films mentioned:Morgan, Amy Louise. "“To Play bi an Orchardside”: Orchards as Enclosures of Queer Space in Lanval and Sir Orfeo." The Medieval and Early Modern Garden in Britain. Routledge, 2018. 91-101.Locus amoenusSleeping BeautySword in the StoneRobin HoodBraveLady KluckJack Halberstam's Female MasculinityMaleficentPerceforest (c. 1330-1340)Grimm's Fairy TalesCharles PerraultThe Little MermaidPinocchioSnow WhiteSir OrfeoJeffrey Jerome CohenMadam MimLoathly Lady trope#GiveElsaAGirlfriendMeridaFrozenWreck it RalphDisney PrincessesSGS episodeBrenda ChapmanELMSRobyn MuirMulanAtlantisHunchback of Notre-DameBelleBeauty and the BeastLightyearLucaHays CodeThe Reluctant DragonRobert BenchleyKenneth GrahameHow To Train Your DragonJack Halberstam's Wild Things“Wildness, Masculinity and Swimming” with Jack HalberstamQuestions you should be able to respond to after listening:1. First things first, what is your favourite Disney film and why?2. What do you think is the most problematic Disney film and why?3. We speak quite a bit about anthropomorphised characters. Why do these offer themselves for a queer reading?4. How does queerness relate to monstrosity and fairies? Can you think of other monsters that are frequently read as queer?5. Please look up Jack Halberstam. Why do you think Amy recommends his book in this context

On todays WTFinance podcast we welcomed back Dr Adi Imsirovic, Former Global Head of Oil at Gazprom Marketing & Trading. On the podcast we talked about what has created the massive inflation in energy prices, the complex geopolitics in Oil, can Europe live without Russian energy and what level of oil would create demand destruction. I hope you enjoy!Adi Imsirovic has over 30 years of experience in oil trading. He held a number of senior positions, including Global Head of Crude Oil at Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Director of Petraco and the Head of their Singapore office and The Regional Manager of Texaco Oil Trading for Asia.He was a Fulbright Scholar and studied at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. Adi also taught economics at Surrey University for several years: Energy Economics as well as Resource and Environmental Economics. He has a PhD in Economics and a Masters degree in Energy Economics.He has written a number of papers and articles on the topic of oil and gas prices, benchmarks, and energy security. He is the author of the book: ‘Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oils: Growth and Development of International Oil Markets', published by Palgrave in August 2021.Dr Adi Imsirovic - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adi-imsirovic-41a73729/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AdiSurreyEnergyBuy the book below -Kindle - https://amzn.to/3cEzXudHardcover - https://amzn.to/3oyaaJyWTFinance:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Gut health and mental health. There's so much conversation about improving gut health using probiotics, prebiotics and fermented foods, but it can be confusing. Jo Webster medical herbalist, nutritionist, gut health and fermented food specialist is joining me in this episode to answer a few questions I'm often asked when delivering webinars to organisations as part of their health & wellbeing activities; What is fermentation? What to look out for when buying fermented foods? How to make your own fermented food Do you need to buy a fermenting kit? What is your favourite ferment? Jo completed a 4 year degree qualifying as a herbalist (with distinction), she has a post-graduate diploma in nutritional medicine from Surrey University (with distinction) and in the final stages of the MSc Nutritional Medicine. Jo is a full member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy and the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. She used to be a lawyer and also has a degree in psychology. Jo is devoted to helping people address their health issues using nutrition, medicinal herbs and a focus on gut health. An important aspect is encouraging people to take responsibility for their own health and providing them with the support, tools and information they need to do so.. In her own life, Jo strives to be the change she wants to see in the world, so she knows from first-hand experience how challenging changing entrenched behaviours can be. She walks the walk rather than just talking the talk. Jo is mother to 4 young people and has a love of reading, learning, asking questions, being outside, fermenting, herbing and laughing. Website: theumbel.org IG: @the.umbel FB: the.umbel Twitter:@theumbel LI: Jo Webster

Microwave Journal Media Director, Pat Hindle, talks with Sir Christopher Snowden, former Vice-Chancellor of Surrey University and of the University of Southampton, President of Universities UK, former CEO of Filtronic and pioneer of the application of numerical physical device models to describe electron transport in microwave transistors, about his academic and industry experiences, his pioneering development of semiconductor models and the experience of becoming a knight.

Robin Horsfall was a boy soldier at fifteen, a paratrooper at seventeen and a SAS soldier at twenty-one. He fought in five wars as a front line soldier, was a Royal Marine Sniper and was a top bodyguard. He was also one of the UK's first Paramedics and ran clinics all over the world. He once built a medical centre in the centre of the Guyana Jungle, but there is more. In 1992 he started to teach martial arts and for twenty years taught thousands of children karate in South West London building the largest independent children's karate group in Europe. He broke his neck and while recovering went to Surrey University as a mature student (56) and graduated three years later. He is currently actively fighting for the Northern Ireland Veterans Movement a battle he has led for six years. He recently survived bladder cancer, writes books and now lives in South Wales. Robin is a great grandfather and has been married for forty years to his wife Heather. Robin condenses his considerable story into an hour and then allows time for questions. https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/

We spend a lot of time working, in fact the average full-time employee works around 37 hours every week. We dedicate most of our awake time and energy to work. So why do only 27% of people feel their employer really cares about their overall wellbeing? What are employees doing wrong and how can we fix it? Michael Banks' conversation with Catherine Llewellyn, Master Humanistic Psychologist, Organizational Transformation Strategist and Type ‘A' Wrangler, provides an expanded view of organizational wellbeing and vitality. Going beyond the more formulaic and programmatic approach to this important, and highly relevant topic, she suggests that well-being is more of a ‘state' than a set of ‘one size fits all' best practices. Catherine explains how she applies to organizations the diagnostic model she co-designed with Professor Paul Tosey of Surrey University. It's called the Seven Levels and is based upon the Hindu and Buddhist system of seven chakras or energy centers. In this way she can ‘prescribe' a ‘well being and vitality journey' that is tailored to each unique organization. In a time of almost universal fear and stress around viruses and wars a state of wellbeing for all is more desirable than ever. Please join us and be inspired and encouraged by listening to Catherine Llewellyn's experience and wisdom about how leaders can raise the level of wellness in their organizations by starting with themselves! Bio Catherine is: a Self-Mastery Catalyst | Master Humanistic Psychologist | Type 'A' Wrangler | Writer | Podcaster | Free Thinker | Intuitive Healer | Conscious Dancer | Executive Mentor | Organizational Transformation Strategist | Cat lover. As a Master Humanistic Psychologist, Catherine helps successful entrepreneurs, execs and business owners launch themselves to the Next Level - for their businesses and for themselves personally. Her lifelong passion for human evolution and transformation began at age six, encouraged by her bohemian upbringing and a variety of catalytic encounters with radical thought leaders. For over five decades Catherine has investigated and incorporated the humanistic philosophical approach, along with the arts of physical embodiment, energy healing and strategic creativity. She has a profound lived familiarity with what it is to be a free-thinker, and a non-conformist. For many years Catherine worked on large-scale corporate leadership and transformation programs, aligning fiscal success with values driven leadership and culture. Her clients were top business leaders whose transformations benefited thousands of people. Nowadays Catherine works directly and privately with clients, hosts a weekly podcast Truth & Transcendence, organizes local conscious gatherings for free thinkers, and periodically releases insightful and thought-provoking eBooks published on Amazon.

In part 1 of our Women CEOs: Insights from life science leaders series, Proclinical Executive Senior Partner, Claire Perry, speaks to Angela Cunningham, mentor for female executives, about empowering women in the workplace, and overcoming self-doubt and imposter syndrome in leadership.Angela Cunningham has 25 years' experience holding leadership roles in both the UK and the USA in a variety of industries, including retail, education, technology, real estate, print and digital media. Throughout her career, Angela has advocated for and amplified women at work and is driven to see more women in leadership roles. Through the power of mentorship, Angela believes that, as senior leaders, we have a vital role to play in supporting women in the workforce.  Currently working as Director of Partnerships for a global, non-profit organization teaching public speaking and leadership skills, Angela is a journalist and writer, contributing to websites and magazines on the topics of women in leadership. Angela holds. a BA Honors degree from Surrey University in the UK, a Master's degree from Lancaster University in the UK, a post-graduate diploma in Journalism from the University of Central Lancashire in England, and a diploma in Women in Leadership from Cornell University, USA. She also founded The Steamie Collective and Female Mentorship International, both focused on bringing online communities of women together to share their career experiences and provide support through mentorship. Topics covered:Women struggling to talk about their achievementsHow to identify achievements Overcoming feelings of ineptitudeMentoring female leadersWhy mentorship is importantContact the host and guest: Get in touch with Claire Perry: Email: c.perry@proclinical.comConnect with Claire on LinkedIn Get in touch with Angela Cunningham: Email: angela@thementoringplan.comConnect with Angela on LinkedInMore information: At Proclinical, our global workforce solutions help individuals, teams and whole organizations grow in the life sciences industry. For more information about how Proclinical Executive can support your board level and leadership hires, visit proclinical.com/executive

Many of us will have noticed 'friend' or 'follow' requests on our social media from strangers with profiles which don't quite ring true. They mainly use cloned pictures, often taken from accounts of those in the US military. Zoe Kleinman investigates the global industry of romance scamming, which can have tragic consequences. Zoe hears from Lisa Forte, a cyber security expert from Red Goat Security, Professor Alan Woodward from Surrey University, and she goes into the tragic story of Renee Holland, as investigated by Jack Nicas of the New York Times. With thanks to the New York Times for their material. This is a repeat of a programme first broadcast on 26 August 2020 Producer: Sarah Treanor. (Photo: Mobile phone display. Credit: Getty Images)

On this episode of The Business Mastermind Podcast, Gavin is joined again after a long time by Jay Munoz to talk about metamorphosis after the title of Jay's best selling book ‘Property Metamorphosis' as well as talking about his own journey of metamorphosis. The conversation includes the thinking and the mindset involved in wanting to change your path and how you can feel confident, equipped and what you need to learn to be able to kickstart your own metamorphosis.   KEY TAKEAWAYS I started investing in property as a hobby alongside my career as a chartered engineer. I was comfortable and getting pay rises, but in 2014 I read an article that said “if you don't like your job, quit it”. I didn't like my job and who I was so I decided to quit my job within a year and a year later I was a property developer. Last year, in 2020 I wrote my own book for others to read about my metamorphosis and hopefully they can see themselves going on the same journey. Every time you embark on a new journey I think about this quote: “In order to have the best life possible, you have to first know what the best decisions are and have the courage to make them.” I knew at the time that that was the time that I wanted to spend more time with my family and the people that I love rather than spending all my energy on commuting and doing my job. I now have the privilege and the flexibility to return home to Columbia to spend time with my parents, who aren't very well as well as spending more time with my family at home.  Hire a mentor. My mentor was the catalyst to get to where I am right now. But, make sure you do your due diligence on them and choose the one that will work best for your goals and that you share the same values. If you don't share the same values move on and find someone else. Once you have the right tools it's down to you to implement them until that becomes reality to you. Every single deal that I analysed before my first HMO – my first domino – got me closer and closer, I was getting quicker at analysing deals, there was another relationship I made with a new agent that got me closer to my goals. The biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to balance your time efficiently, we only have 1440 minutes in a day, what we do with every single minute makes a difference. If you're not careful you give it away very easily; an hour of your time is 4.8% of your day – if you don't sleep. My AFL journal helps people with that, to write down smart goals, helps keep them accountable, helps people to review what they learn, helps with being grateful every single day because you need to write down at the beginning and end of every day what you're grateful for. This works not only for property development, but for life.   BEST MOMENTS ‘One of my key values is always to learn. Ignorance is very expensive.' ‘My courage came from the fact I wanted something different.' ‘Your goals need to be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.' ‘Once the first domino is down, that creates the momentum for your to become unstoppable.' ‘You have to turn your failures into advantages and learn from them. You are not made in a crisi, you're revealed positive or negative. You've got to be relentless.'   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mastermind Podcast To get 20% off at Knowable, go to www.knowable.fyi and enter the code GAVIN Get your copy of Survive And Thrive NOW at https://www.surviveandthrive.cc Keep Your Boat Afloat – https://survivetothrive.biz/keep-afloat gavin@gavinpreston.com    GUEST RESOURCES Jay Munoz was born in Colombia and enjoyed a privileged upbringing. His parents were teachers when they met but his father became a successful doctor and his mother became involved in property development. Growing up in this environment shaped Jay's work ethics, and his love for building. Jay saw civil engineering as a way of improving lives; transport connections, power supplies and buildings all make a massive contribution. After a few years in the construction industry, he left Colombia for the UK. After gaining an MSc from Surrey University, he set out to find a job. He sent out 30,000 CVs and was offered 5 jobs. He went on to work on some great projects including: The London Underground Construction of the Wallbrook in London EDF new nuclear power station at Hinkley point C, worth £20billon Then he read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and he knew he had to have his own business. Along with his friend Liam, they set up Assets for Life which ticks all Jay's boxes; he can share and help other people and improve lives through building and development.  Website: https://assetsforlife.co.uk/  Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Property-Metamorphosis-Developer-Educational-Business/dp/B08STHRJFT  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/assetsforlife  Instagram: @jaymunozafl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-munoz/?originalSubdomain=uk    ABOUT THE HOST Gavin Preston Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating the creative strategies to accelerate growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue chip corporates over the last 20 years. Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.    CONTACT METHODS Website: www.gavinpreston.com LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinpreston/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gavinpreston1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GavinPrestonGrowthStrategies/ Twitter: @gavinpreston See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where is the plant-based food sector heading? It's a simple question that formed the basis of a Food Matters Live event held in 2021. Hosted by Mandy Saven from Stylus Media Group, our panel of experts gave their views on what plant-based diets might look like in future. They tackle issues like how to make plant-based meat alternatives an attractive colour, how farmers are being persuaded to move from growing crops for feed to growing crops for food, and the increasing importance of clean labels. And some new questions were raised too… Is mimicking meat the right approach for younger generations? How healthy are some of the plant-based products we see on our shelves? And - is fish the new frontier in plant-based innovation? Mandy Saven, Director of Consumer Lifestyle, Stylus Media Group With over 15 years' experience in trends, consulting and journalism, Mandy is an expert at distilling food culture and consumption, flavour and ingredient innovation, and the future of food.  She also holds a strong commercial understanding of the travel and hospitality spaces, as well as the drivers propelling them forward.  Prior to joining Stylus, experts in trends intelligence, Mandy was executive editor at GDR Creative Intelligence, where she worked with clients such as Marks & Spencer, Coca-Cola, LVMH and Starwood Hotels.  Mark Driscoll, Founder and Director, Tasting the Future Mark is Founder and Director of Tasting the Future, a purpose and values driven sustainable food systems consultancy.  He is a global expert in and a passionate advocate for the need for food systems change. He has over years 30 experience of working with businesses, governments and civil society organisations on solutions that address some of the key social and environmental challenges confronting our global food system. He has developed and led large sustainable food programmes with organisations including WWF and Forum for the Future, focussing on policy and practice which supports sustainable nutrition – the intersection of health, nutrition and sustainability. Carole Bingley, Sr. Associate Principal Scientist Product and Ingredient Innovation, RSSL Carole is a Technical Specialist working in RSSL's Product and Ingredient Innovation Team.  During her time with RSSL, Carole has undertaken ingredient evaluation and product development projects on a contract basis for clients in different food industry sectors.  A Food Science graduate from Reading University, with a Master's degree in Nutritional Medicine from Surrey University, Carole has over 25 years' experience in the food industry.  Maija Itkonen, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Gold & Green Foods Maija is an industrial designer, brand builder, tech lover, and entrepreneur. She is Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Gold & Green Foods, a food tech start-up born out of Helsinki that develops plant protein products using Nordic oats and legumes. Henrik Lund, CEO, Naturli Foods Henrik has a long career working as Sales Manager for companies like Beavais, Danæg, Royal Greenland and Dragsbæk before starting Naturli' Foods in 2016.  “At Naturli' Foods, we are known as first movers within plant-based foods for consumers, offering a cross category assortment from dairy to meat, targeting mainstream consumers – Naturli' is present in 19 markets around the World."  Naturli' says it challenges conventional thinking to stop climate change through what we eat and drink….without sacrificing anything.

Having the determination to achieve his goals, Jay Munoz left his home in Colombia and went to the UK to learn English and have a master's degree. He works full-time doing unskilled jobs to fund his study to have a master's degree at Surrey University. Jay loves building houses and is obsessed with helping people. In this episode, Jay Munoz talks with Adam Stott about the journey of building his life and career in the UK. Jay Munoz is the author of the best-selling book Property Metamorphosis and the Co-Founder and Director of Asset For Life Ltd. an award-winning property investing and training company. He grow in an environment that shaped his work ethic and his love for building. Jay worked on some great projects including The London Underground, Construction of the Wallbrook in London, and more. He used to aim to climb the corporate ladder, but one book changed his view of entrepreneurship. With the help of his business partner Liam, Jay started his own business and now shares his knowledge with people.

At The End of The Island, we love beginners rowing. As do our guests! This week we welcome Meghan Hunter from Queens University Belfast and Sam Tuck from Surrey University. We run through how to put together a successful programme, key parts of integration, some of their favourite moments as coaches and a lot more!This episode is sponsored by Square Blades. Square Blades is the UK's top rowing inspired lifestyle brand. They take their inspiration from the heritage and history of British rowing to bring you timeless, premium quality, clothing and accessories. https://squareblades.com/

Buy the book below -Kindle - https://amzn.to/3cEzXudHardcover - https://amzn.to/3oyaaJyOn todays podcast I am happy to have hosted Dr Adi Imsirovic, Former Global Head of Oil at Gazprom Marketing & Trading. This was a recording of a live event hosted by myself in collaboration with Warwick Trading Society, Oxford Finance Society, Kings College London Economics & Finance Society & Leeds University Union Trading and Investment Society. The event consisted of Q&A by myself and participants. Adi Imsirovic has over 30 years of experience in oil trading. He held a number of senior positions, including Global Head of Crude Oil at Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Director of Petraco and the Head of their Singapore office and The Regional Manager of Texaco Oil Trading for Asia.He was a Fulbright Scholar and studied at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. Adi also taught economics at Surrey University for several years: Energy Economics as well as Resource and Environmental Economics. He has a PhD in Economics and a Masters degree in Energy Economics.He has written a number of papers and articles on the topic of oil and gas prices, benchmarks, and energy security. He is the author of the book: ‘Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oils: Growth and Development of International Oil Markets', published by Palgrave in August 2021.Dr Adi Imsirovic - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adi-imsirovic-41a73729/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AdiSurreyEnergyWTFinance:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

In the next installment of the Uni Series i bring on Annabel, Ellie, and Kieran of Surrey University to discuss their dodgeball story, Fireball sponsorship, and overall why you should choose Surrey Fireball dodgeball as a home.

Please enjoy this dialog between two master coaches with a combined 70 years of experience between them! The topic is psychosynthesis coaching which differs greatly from what can be the overly formulaic coaching techniques available from many contemporary coaching certification courses. Aubyn Howard explains how psychosynthesis coaching covers both outer behavioral changes and the inner psychological world that includes the spiritual aspect of leadership development. Opening the heart and being open hearted is at the core of this holistic approach to coaching. Aubyn makes the case that this kind of integrated, 'whole person' approach is more important than ever in this new world of increased polarization, isolation and the inner crisis of meaning and identity especially prevalent among young people, our future leaders. This is why we need a Psychology of Being for this Time of Crisis! Aubyn holds an MA in Psychosynthesis Psychology with the London Institute of Psychosynthesis and an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies with the HPRG? at Surrey University. He draws upon more than 30 years' experience as an organisational consultant, facilitator, educator and coach, supporting transformational change and leadership development with leaders of all sizes of organisation, across many different sectors and national cultures. Aubyn is an APECS Accredited Executive Coach and a Psychosynthesis Coaching Supervisor. He is the Author of Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching: a Psychology of Being for a Time of Crisis (2020). Aubyn lives with his wife Diana in France

Poor nutrition results in an immune system less able to respond to infections. We also know that people with suppressed immune systems, and for all of us as part of the ageing process we are more susceptible to infections and poorer response to vaccinations. In terms of nutrition, we also know that increased immune activity is accompanied by an increased utilisation of certain vitamins (A, B6, B12, B9, C, D, E) and trace elements (Zn, Cu, Se Fe) which are required to support the immune system. Some research has also identified enhanced vaccination response in people taking probiotics. So clearly diet has a large role in supporting immunity and our response to vaccination. I have Prof Philip Calder with me today to discuss his article Nutrition, immunity & Covid-19 which was recently published in the BMJ. Philip is Professor of Nutritional Immunology within Medicine at University of Southampton and has over 700 scientific publications. He is also a visiting lecturer on the MSc Nut Med course I attend at Surrey University. I'm delighted to have the opportunity to ask Philip some of the questions I often get asked when delivering webinars as part of organisations wellbeing strategy. What's the best diet to support immunity? Is diet enough or do we need a daily multivitamin & mineral supplement? What the microbiota is, and why it's important?  Do you think there's a place for probiotics? What is a “cytokine storm” and dietary advice or supplements which may be beneficial? About Philip Professor Philip Calder BSc(Hons), PhD, DPhil, RNutr, FSB, FAfN is Professor of Nutritional Immunology within Medicine at the University of Southampton. Philip has broad research interests in nutritional modulation of immunity, inflammation and cardiometabolic disease risk. Much of his work has been devoted to exploring the metabolism and functionality of fatty acids with an emphasis on the roles of omega-3 fatty acids. He has over 700 scientific publications. His work aims to understand how nutrition affects the functioning of the human body. Better understanding is key to developing strategies to improve human health and well-being, to lower disease risk and to treat nutrition-related illnesses Nutrition, immunity & Covid-19 article in the BMJ https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2020/05/20/bmjnph-2020-000085

Danny Lennon still isn’t returning our phone calls, but that’s ok because his Sigma Nutrition Radio Co-host Alan Flanagan is! Alan is not only a Ph.D. candidate at Surrey University studying nutrition but was also a former practicing lawyer (and of course most importantly a powerlifter). This means he has not only a solid understanding of nutrition science but also logic and how to construct an argument. This combination makes him not only a potent communicator of nutrition science but also science at a meta-level. He joins us this episode to discuss how heuristics can become falsehoods, how evidence-based “rules” can masquerade as dogma, and why an RCT doesn’t always trump epidemiology. This one is for the nerd’s nerd, so strap in to expand your critical thinking skills (and if not just continue to put your blind faith in Iron CULTure).

Susan Wood has worked as a UK registered dietitian for over 35 years, predominantly in the NHS, treating a wide range of paediatric and adult conditions. In 2008, the referral of one young adult for the dietary management of drug resistant epilepsy sparked her interest in ketogenic diet therapy (KDT) and since then she has been pioneering the development of adult treatment protocols in the UK and raising the awareness of dietitians and adult neurologists to the potential that KDT can offer to adults. In 2009 she started to work alongside the Matthews Friends Charity offering support to adults and their neurology teams seeking treatment. Sue continues to oversee the treatment of adults & children with drug resistant epilepsy and mentors NHS teams keen to explore KDT use in adults. She has recently co-authored reports on; the brain tumour patient experience of the use of KDT and the first international recommendations for the management of adults treated with ketogenic diet therapies. She is a member of the UK based Ketogenic Dietitians Research Network (KDRN) and a visiting lecturer at Surrey University.In today’s pod we talk about:What the ketogenic diet entailsThe history of KD therapyMyths and misinformation about the ketogenic diet The therapeutic utility of KD in epilepsy, cancer and metabolic disordersThe mechanism of KDThe biochemical changes that the ketogenic fuel-switch offersFrom the plate to the petri dish, we need more understandingThe adverse effects of KDThe future of researchPatient resources and support networksDo check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this episode See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the penultimate episode of the series, Archie and Ben have a chat with Stag Radio alumnus, Liam Conroy.Liam is currently the producer of Dev's afternoon shows on BBC Radio 1, having previously worked with industry leaders including Annie Mac, Zane Lowe, Alice Levine and Nick Grimshaw. In 2017, Liam was also named in Radio Academy's prestigious 30 Under 30 list.Instagram: www.instagram.com/pluggedinpodTwitter: www.twitter.com/pluggedinHosted by Archie Biltcliffe & Ben WardProduced by Archie BiltcliffeMusic & Sound Design by Dylan Tarayan-Bibbs: www.instagram.com/dylan.oka

It's easy to feel a bit down in winter as the nights draw in, with shorter days and less time to get outdoors. We discuss the importance of spending time in nature, even in the winter! Hannah also chats to our guest, Dr Kayleigh Wyles, an environmental psychologist from Surrey University, about her work with citizen science and nature connection, and an exciting study we've been working on together at the Trust exploring the impact wildlife can have on our well-being.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Mindset Mentor Meets Podcast which hears Angela interviewing Mark England OBE, Sports Services Director at the British Olympic Association. About our guest Mark is one of Great Britain's leading elite sports administrators having been involved in high perfromance sport in the UK for the past 35 years. Mark has held senior positions with Sport England where he was Assistant Director of the National Sport Centres; and a number of local authorities including the City of Glasgow, where he was Race Director of the Great Scottish Run for 4 years – the UK's 3rd largest road race. Mark has been employed as Director of Sport at the British Olympic Association since 2001, during which time he has transformed the BOA's services to National Governing Bodies and athletes, in addition to attending 10 Olympic/Olympic Winter Games in a leadership role, including the London 2012 Olympic Games. Asked to lead Great Britain at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mark steered Team GB to their most successful performance for over a century when Team GB became the first ever nation to win more medals after hosting a home Olympic Games. He has been invited to be Chef de Mission for Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and by Team England for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. Mark is an acknowledged leadership expert having led British multi-sport teams at over 15 Olympic sanctioned Games & Festivals. He has a passion for building high performing teams to deliver tangible success in complex multi-functional environments, often in challenging overseas environments. He sits as an expert advisor on the International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, is a Board member of Surrey University's Sports Park, and Chairs British Judo's Performance Management Group. Mark was awarded an OBE in 2016 for Services to Olympic Sport About this show Mark shares some gems from his time coaching Britain's top athletes and his humility shines through. He unpicks the thinking behind the values that help the British team be the best they can be and the reason why the values work to bring people together.   Mark's experience is second to none and his wisdom shines through as he shares why it's as important for an athlete to get a personal best as a it is to win.  Angela asks Mark how he wants to be remembered when he retires and he wants this to be about supporting athletes to be the best they can be.  An uplifting and inspiring half hour.   About the Host Angela Cox, Mindset Mentor is an award-winning behavioural change life coach. She works with leaders and professionals helping them to stop being stuck, build the belief and unleash their absolute potential. To find out more about working with Angela visit http://www.angela-cox.co.uk To follow on social media http://www.linkedin.com/in/angelacoxmindsetmentor  http://www.instagram.com/mindset_mentor_angela_cox http://www.facebook.com/mindsetmentorangelacox You can purchase Angela's book, Enough here... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Enough-proves-achieve-anything-believe-ebook/dp/B07D3RZH8J/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1585036301&sr=8-4

Many of us will have noticed 'friend' or 'follow' requests on our social media from strangers with profiles which don’t quite ring true. They mainly use cloned pictures, often taken from accounts of those in the US military. Zoe Kleinman investigates the global industry of romance scamming, which can have tragic consequences. Zoe hears from Lisa Forte, a cyber security expert from Red Goat Security, Professor Alan Woodward from Surrey University, and she goes into the tragic story of Renee Holland, as investigated by Jack Nicas of the New York Times. With thanks to the New York Times for their material. Producer: Sarah Treanor. (Photo: Mobile phone display. Credit: Getty Images)

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought. Today my guest is Lorraine Flower As a Corporate change agent, consultant, coach and mentor, Lorraine founded Azzur being completely transparent about the spiritual principles on which it operates and has worked with clients across the business spectrum. Lorraine brings 20 years' service industry experience to bear through her senior leadership roles at British Airways (BA) and Great North Eastern Railway (GNER). It is Lorraine's belief in individual and organisational power for good that gives Azzur its raison d'etre. …an organisational development consultancy beyond the conventional – energising the heart of your business. http://azzur.co.uk/ She has lectured at Universities, set up the Foundation for Workplace Spirituality, supported the International Conference on Organisational Spirituality (ICOS) (sponsored by Surrey University), leads the Azzur Conscious Leadership and Organisations team, runs consciousness retreats, and blogs extensively She works and studies extensively in developing and exploring conscious leadership believing that business leaders are key players in transforming the well-being of the planet and humanity as a whole. Through Azzur, Lorraine and her team offer Cultural Audits: http://azzur.co.uk/project/culture-and-values/ Her book 'Pinpricks: Practical reflections for leaders' can be found here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pinpricks-Practical-reflections-Lorraine-Flower/dp/1719994641 More information on her card deck on Conscious Leadership qualities of Purpose, Heart, Intention, Knowing & Presence is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/next-stage-leadership-here-heart-intention-purpose-knowing-flower/ Lorraine can also be reached: Via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorraine-flower-20171110/ Via email: lorraine@azzur.co.uk The people and resources Lorraine mentions as being an inspiration for her in her conscious leadership journey are: - Bob Chapman, CEO Barry-Wehmiller - Dan Price, Founder Gravity Payments - Conscious Capitalism, https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/ - Meg Wheatley, https://margaretwheatley.com/ - Otto Scharmer, https://www.ottoscharmer.com/ - Frederic Laloux, https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/ If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast and my approach to Conscious Leadership, then please know that I Help Aspiring Conscious Leaders develop Purpose-Led, High Performing Leadership Teams through 1:1 Coaching & Tailored Leadership Programmes. If you sense I can help you, then please look me up, David Wetton, on LinkedIn and let’s jump on a conversation together. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/ I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality. …Making a difference for the greater good of All. So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue: ‘May the light of your soul bless the work you do with the secret love and warmth of your heart’ …And so it is

Her passion and curiosity centers around the quality of how we meet, see, hear, speak, learn with, and encounter one another in organizational systems. She believes how we might encourage dialogue is not only more humane, but it also enables us, our colleagues, and our society to flourish. Working at the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue, and mindfulness, she has presented her research to audiences throughout the world and is recognized by the Thinkers50 Radar of global management thinkers. Her recent research with John Higgins on ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ – examining how perceptions of power enable and silence others, is the subject of her new book, Speak Up: Say what needs to be said and hear what needs to be heard. As well as running her own business, she is a Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Ashridge Executive Education – part of Hult International Business School. Previously she was a consultant with Deloitte, an executive at Boo.com, and worked in strategy consulting in what is now the strategy arm of Computer Science Corporation. Educated at Cambridge University she gained an MA in Land Economy, a Masters in Change Agent Skills and Strategies at Surrey University, and a Masters in Research at Cranfield School of Management where she also earned her Ph.D. Most valiantly, she’s the mother to two wonderful daughters who test her regularly on her powers of mindfulness and dialogue. Join me on this episode of the Curve Benders podcast with Megan Reitz. In the opening section of the podcast, I also reference my recent The Way I See It…Innovative Teams Thrive Through Visionary Leaders. Hope you’ll get a chance to read the rest of the article. Don't forget, I turn the show notes from these podcasts into more in-depth articles, so check them out in our Free, Member-Based community, Nour Forum. Join us at NourGroup.com/Forum. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-nour/message

Surrey University have launched an exciting new crowdfunding initiative in concert with the local council and local charities. Surrey's crowdfunding platform Gaggle Connect is hosting a raft of campaigns including one to expand the 'Library of Things' service - which brings a new dimension to the sharing economy. Barry talks to Jim Sears who is programme Director MSc in Entrepreneurship & Innovation & Senior Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Together with Helen Leech from Surrey library service - who run one of the growing number of LoT services and Benz Thanida a student running their campaign.   Could this be a pattern for the future of Crowdfunding and the Sharing Economy?  

The Sociology of Sleep Group was founded at Surrey University over 20 years ago and has published widely on many sleep related topics including ageing, sleep and gender. We talk to Dr Robert Meadows about his research at Surrey, looking at sleep from a sociological perspective, along the way talking about gender, relationships, work, addiction, the media and many other ways that sleep can be regarded in a social context.  This episode's guest: Dr Robert Meadows is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Surrey. His interests include social relations and health with particular emphasis on the sociology of sleep, sociology of mental health, body and embodiment and (quantitative) methodology. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Meadows Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertMeadows16 More Resources: Surrey University Sociology of Sleep Dept: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology-of-sleep Sociology of Sleep (Chapter from Sleep, Health, and Society) : https://bit.ly/2MnGqvI Episode Homepage: http://sleepjunkies.com/a-sociology-of-sleep/ More Episodes:

The Sociology of Sleep Group was founded at Surrey University over 20 years ago and has published widely on many sleep related topics including ageing, sleep and gender. We talk to Dr Robert Meadows about his research at Surrey, looking at sleep from a sociological perspective, along the way talking about gender, relationships, work, addiction, the media and many other ways that sleep can be regarded in a social context.  This episode's guest: Dr Robert Meadows is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Surrey. His interests include social relations and health with particular emphasis on the sociology of sleep, sociology of mental health, body and embodiment and (quantitative) methodology. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Meadows Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertMeadows16 More Resources: Surrey University Sociology of Sleep Dept: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology-of-sleep Sociology of Sleep (Chapter from Sleep, Health, and Society) : https://bit.ly/2MnGqvI Episode Homepage: https://sleepjunkies.com/a-sociology-of-sleep/ More Episodes:

‘If you start with a suitcase of dreams and you work hard, you can achieve them’  Jay from Assets for Life who are based in the South East and specialise in commercial conversions, land developments and refurbishment projects is in conversation with Gavin about his inspirational journey and passion to build homes.  Jay explains how the AFL journey planner can develop positive behaviours and habits on the journey to achieving your goals.    Listen in now and start developing the techniques that can bring you success.     KEY TAKEAWAYS  It's important to understand both the ups and downs of property investment and ensure you are educated about the property market and have a mentor.  When you are an entrepreneur there is no ceiling to what you can achieve and being with people who share the same mindset is vital as they are the people who understand.  Being part of a community can help to accelerate your journey to success.  The AFL Journey is a 13-week planner which has been developed to enable individuals to plan successfully and achieve consistency in the journey towards their goals.  Beginning the journey with the creation of an epitaph will empower you to think about what you want your legacy to be and how you will achieve this.  Actively considering how you want to be remembered will enable you to set goals and plan for the journey to reach them.  Beginning and ending every day with thoughts of gratitude helps to motivate and inspire and through careful planning of your day you will be able to focus meeting your daily goals.  It is vital to plan your time throughout the day, so you are able to see how and what you are doing to achieve success.  Focusing on key tasks at the start of a day and consistently reviewing what you have learnt is vital to implementing the AFL journey planner successfully.  The planner will help you to develop the positive habits and techniques required to build and sustain your success.  Implementing the journey planner for 13 weeks will embed the successful habits and behaviours necessary for you to achieve success.  Even if you start with a suitcase of dreams, if you work hard you can achieve them.     BEST MOMENTS  ‘We are helping people to achieve financial freedom’  ‘The positive feedback about how we have changed people’s lives is amazing’  ‘It’s a transformational journey’  ‘They can change their lives for the better’     VALUABLE RESOURCES  Assets for Life Website  My AFL Journey by Jay Munoz  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective book by Stephen Covey  The One Thing book by Gary Keller     ABOUT THE GUEST  Jay Munoz  I was born in Colombia and in all honesty, had a privileged upbringing. My parents started their lives together with very little as teachers, but with sheer hard work and re-training they changed careers and my dad became a very successful doctor. As well, my Mother got into property development. And I’m sure it was growing up in this environment that has shaped my own work ethic, and my love for building.  I saw civil engineering as a way of improving lives; transport connections, power supplies and buildings all make a massive contribution, and I wanted to be able to improve people’s modus vivendi.   After a few years in the construction industry, I left Colombia and decided to emigrate to the UK and start off by learning English.  In 2003, I started doing an MSc at Surrey University, and I was determined to achieve this qualification whilst supporting myself. I negotiated stage payments of the course fees, and I worked full-time doing unskilled jobs, such as cleaning toilets and pizza delivery to fund it all.   With perseverance and my new qualification, I set out to find myself a job. I was so conscious that UK nationals would be far higher up any pecking order, and then Europeans, leaving the “kid” from South America at the bottom of the pile. I knew I had to do something special, so I sent out 30,000 CVs! And it worked, the result was 5 job offers.  My career got me working on some great projects including:  -The London Underground,  -Construction of the Walbrook and other iconic structures in central London worth £1.5 billion  -EDF new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C, worth £20billion  I achieved Chartered Civil Engineering status and was highly ranked whilst working in the corporate environment and thought I was absolutely in the right place. This was until I read the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki. This set my head spinning, and I knew I had to have my own business.  And then I met Liam. This cheeky Essex lad came knocking on my door. I’m glad to be able to say he wasn’t wearing a shell suit. There was something infectious about his energy and purpose. And as you might say, the rest is history...  I love Assets for Life. It ticks all my boxes- I can share and help other people, I can improve lives through building and development, and I have the wealth to have choice and freedom, which means I can give my best to my family too.     CONTACT METHOD  Instagram@jaymunozafl   https://m.facebook.com/Jay.Munoz.AFL/     ABOUT THE HOST  Gavin Preston  Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.  Gavin’s energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.     CONTACT METHOD  Gavin Preston Website  Gavin Preston LinkedIn  Gavin Preston YouTube  Gavin Preston Facebook  Gavin Preston Twitter  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to a Question of Gamification a podcast where gamification expert An Coppens answers your questions. Hi, and welcome to this week's a Question of Gamification. This is An Coppens your show host, and also the chief Game Changer at Gamification Nation. This week's question is, how can you get started with gamification? Now, for me, that's a double question in one. For some people that means how can I get started for building a career in gamification? And on the other side is how can I get started and put gamification into practice for my organisation? So those are very frequently asked questions we come across. So to tackle the first one, how can we get started in a career in gamification? Well, the first thing I would say is to look to become an intern. Ask organisations like my own, and see if you can, first of all, translate an existing regular game into something that can be used for businesses. That's typically how I asked interns to apply for positions within Gamification Nation. The other thing to do is to start reading up and start following the main people that have shaped the nature and landscape of gamification. More and more degrees and master's programs offer and include an element of gamification. So if you are studying game design, that is for sure, fantastic grounding, and look for those organizations or those Institute's and universities that offer gamification as modules, as part of masters, or degree programs. I know in the UK, there's a number of universities, like for example, Coventry University has some elements of gamification and game design as part of Surrey University, Birmingham, there's a number of them. So do your research and find out from those of us working in the industry, how did they get to where they are now? So to share my career track into gamification, so first of all, I always wanted to be a game designer. So as a kid, I was really obsessed with puzzles and crosswords and was making games from when I was the age of seven or eight years old. And so if you have that passion, then you probably have a good inclination that it might be something you want to do. Then look for a career in game design. My parents told me at the time, and this is many, many moons ago, that game design was not for girls and there was no career initially, you know, you better get a real job. So I guess I took a normal degree. I studied international marketing and I also added a degree or an MBA in change management to it. And then only in the last 15 years did I add a diploma in game design, and I studied everybody that was a somebody in the early 2000s, 2010's. So, at that time, Gabe Zicherman was a key speaker, and I think a lot of his work in terms of books ond courses. He had a number of courses on Udemy, were excellent, and I would still recommend that you visit them. The other person I studied and read most of the works from was Mario Herger. And he had a course called Enterprise Gamification on Udemy. So another one that I pretty much absorbed. And then Yukai Chou, who I mentioned in last week's question of the week, who I did always level one, two, and three, Octalysis framework certifications with and then I read extensively all the books of the likes of Andrzej Marczewski research that came out and at the time, the biggest research was coming out of Canada and the `work from Lennart Nacke and Gustavo Tondello. I quite like and I still follow both guys. I've had the pleasure of meeting everyone at the stage of the various organizations and often spoken on the same stages, the Coursera course by Kevin Werbach. I mentioned that last week. Also useful materials. In terms of the learning space, a number of people to mention are Karl Kapp and he has courses on LinkedIn. And he also has a number of books on gamification and on Game Design and simulations. I highly recommend his field book in gamification is probably the best and most grounding book for anyone in the learning space.

Dr. Magda Osman is currently working as an associate professor at Queen Mary University of of London. Dr. Osman received her PhD in Experimental Psychology from Brunel University of London. Dr. Osman completed her Masters in Experimental Psychology from the University of Cambridge. She then worked as a Research fellow at University College London for 7 years, served as Assistant Professor at Surrey University. Dr. Osman has authored over 70 publications in various journals in psychology and other social sciences, and three books each of which touch on topics concerning consciousness, agency and control. Her publications reflect her research interests in psychology, neuroscience, management, philosophy and economics. Dr. Osman is also an Associate Editor of the Experimental Psychology. Dr. Osman is serving as a fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. She is currently in charge of ongoing scholarly projects on behavioural insights, medical decision-making, value-based decision-making, and dynamic social interactions.

Dr. Magda Osman is currently working as an associate professor at Queen Mary University of of London. Dr. Osman received her PhD in Experimental Psychology from Brunel University of London. Dr. Osman completed her Masters in Experimental Psychology from the University of Cambridge. She then worked as a Research fellow at University College London for 7 years, served as Assistant Professor at Surrey University. Dr. Osman has authored over 70 publications in various journals in psychology and other social sciences, and three books each of which touch on topics concerning consciousness, agency and control. Her publications reflect her research interests in psychology, neuroscience, management, philosophy and economics. Dr. Osman is also an Associate Editor of the Experimental Psychology. Dr. Osman is serving as a fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. She is currently in charge of ongoing scholarly projects on behavioural insights, medical decision-making, value-based decision-making, and dynamic social interactions.

Climate Change: Can the world economy continue to grow without burning fossil fuels? Or do we all need to cut back on our consumption in order to save the planet?It is a question that splits the green movement. Justin Rowlatt hosts a fiery debate between two environmentalists on either side of the divide, who have already been tearing chunks out of each other in a very public dispute online. Michael Liebreich, who runs a clean energy and transportation consultancy in London, says the technological solutions to global warming are within our grasp, and that maintaining economic growth is essential to bringing carbon emissions under control. Meanwhile Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development at Surrey University, says that it is precisely the world's obsession with economic growth that is dooming Planet Earth to disaster.Producer: Laurence Knight(Picture: The sun sets behind an oil and gas platform in the Santa Barbara Channel, California; Credit: David McNew/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

Is the "always on" culture of work emails and messaging destroying our health? Should we have a legal right to switch off, like in France?Manuela Saragosa explores the world of office Whatsapp groups and the blurring work-life balance, with Professor Mark Cropley of Surrey University, occupational health psychologist Gail Kinman of Bedfordshire University, and Ellen Temperton of solicitors Lewis Silkin. Plus entrepreneur Mitul Thobhani explains why at his tech company Baytree Labs he doesn't impose any division between work and home life at all.(Photo: Woman rubbing eyes in bed while using smartphone. Credit: PRImageFactory/Getty Images)

In today's podcast, we hear that Trend Micro has clarified what was up with allegations it was deploying spyware with its tools—no spyware, but they've changed their products to remove the appearance of impropriety. RiskIQ fingers the Magecart gang as the hoods behind the British Airways data breach. Exploit broker Zerodium discloses a no-longer profitable Tor Browser vulnerability. Google will challenge the EU's right-to-be-forgotten in court this week. An extradition in the JPMorgan hack. Justin Harvey from Accenture with tips on building an effective incident response plan. Guest is Colin McKinty from BAE systems, discussing the launch of The Intelligence Network, a collaborative task force developed in partnership with Vodafone and Surrey University, to engage, unite and activate the global security community in the fight against cybercrime.  For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/September/CyberWire_2018_09_11.html

Dr Daan van der Veen is a lecturer in sleep and chronobiology at Surrey University. He has worked with voles (Microtus arvalis) because these animals naturally live in a fast, ultradian rhythm. They feed and socialise for a few hours and then sleep for an hour or so before repeating this cycle three or four times a day. The animals are kept in deep litter so they can burrow,and provided with an exercise wheel in each cage to allow them to use up their restless energy. In chronobiology, an ultradian rhythm is a recurrent period or cycle repeated throughout a 24-hour day. In contrast, circadian rhythms complete one cycle daily, while infradian rhythms such as the human menstrual cycle have periods longer than a day. The Oxford English Dictionary's definition of Ultradian specifies that it refers to cycles with a period shorter than a day but longer than an hour. The descriptive term ultradian is used in sleep research in reference to the 90–120 minute cycling of the sleep stages during human sleep. Some references to learn more: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/9/3393.abstract http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/07420528.2011.591953 http://www.fasebj.org/content/31/2/743.long And more generally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultradian_rhythm

The story of how Cambridge Analytica had scraped Facebook data in its attempt to influence voting behaviour has been reported widely this week. Andrew Steele, a medical researcher at the Crick Institute in London, explains how data mining or scraping actually works and how it is used by many scientists to find ways of improving human health. The Government Office for Science published a massive report this week, entitled the 'Future of the Sea' which sets out the UK's stall with regard to our future relationship with the seas, and to put science front and centre in that plan. Professor Ed Hill, Executive Director at the National Oceanographic Centre in Southampton, is one of the authors and tells Adam Rutherford about future exploitation of the sea. Debris in space is a huge issue - it's estimated that there are more than 170 million fragments of satellites, rockets and other stuff that we've sent up, all orbiting the Earth at ballistic speeds. All of these have the potential to lethally strike a working satellite or worse, a crewed space station. Graihagh Jackson met Professor Guglielmo Aglietti at Surrey University who's researching the best technology to safely remove space junk. Dinosaurs were incredibly successful and lived on earth for over 150 million years. Francois Therrien from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta, Canada, and colleagues explored how living crocodiles and birds, the descendants of dinosaurs, rear their eggs. Dr Therrien told Adam how their findings have suggested that dinosaurs used a variety of ways to hatch their eggs in the many environments on earth.

The phrase 'essential 'element' is often incorrectly used to describe the nutrients we need, but can aptly be applied to iodine - without it we would suffer severe developmental problems. Iodine is a key component of thyroid hormones, responsible for the regulation of our metabolism. And yet most of us have no idea how much we need, nor where it comes from. In her research, Margaret Rayman, Professor of Nutritional Medicine at Surrey University, has found pregnant women in particular are at risk of iodine deficiency - and there's a lack of iodine in what many consider healthy diets. As well as looking at contemporary issues with iodine, Margaret explores the legacy of past iodine deficiency - the word cretin, was coined to describe someone living in the Alps with such a condition. We learn why you might find iodine in British milk - but not necessarily elsewhere in the world, and we discuss the consequences of exposure to radioactive iodine isotopes - both good and bad. Picture: Pregnant woman with milk, Credit: Arief-Juwono/Getty Images

In this episode, Allen Suss speaks with roomsXML Asia Pacific's Director, Mark Luckey. They talk about what roomsXML does for travellers, and also places Mark loves to travel to personally. About Mark Luckey, roomsXML Asia Pacific Director Mark Luckey began his career as a biochemist, including a year at Surrey University in 1994 which led Read More The post 38. Mark Luckey – roomsXML appeared first on Luxury Travel Podcast with Allen Suss.

Hello and welcome to this episode of Informed Choice Radio. My guest on the show today is Tim Albert. Tim was born in 1947. He studied psychology and sociology at Surrey University and then trained as a journalist on local newspapers in Devon. In 1973 he moved to London and started working on national newspapers, and specialised in education. In the 1980s he became a medical journalist, and in 1990 set up as a trainer, specialising in writing and editing skills for health professionals. Tim moved on from full time training in 2007. He now writes and promotes books and cultivates his garden in Surrey. His new book is Mostly We Had It Good. In this book he traces his journey through the last five decades of the 20th century, using his memories, discussions with others, family documents and the articles he wrote at the time. It looks at family life in the austere post-war years, education in a monastery school and a brand-new university, training as a journalist on a local paper, the fights for a fairer education and against NHS changes, and a doomed attempt to persuade health professionals to write clearly. In this episode, I chat to Tim about being part of the post-war baby boomer generation, whether this really is a fortunate generation, and  some of the key milestones which have shaped his life. You can find the show notes for this episode at icradio.co.uk/254. There's useful links and you can also download the full episode transcript. That's all at icradio.co.uk/254. Before we get into the conversation with Tim, do you have an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot in your home or office? You can now get a daily Flash Briefing from Informed Choice Radio; a 3-5 minute summary of the day's most important personal finance and investing headlines. You can add the Informed Choice Radio Flash Briefing to your Alexa enabled device by searching for Informed Choice Radio in your Amazon Alexa app and enabling the skill.  To play the latest Flash Briefing from Informed Choice Radio, simply say to your Echo or Echo Dot, “Alexa, what’s my Flash Briefing?” or “Alexa, what’s in the news?” Here's my conversation with Tim Albert, author of Mostly We Had It Good, in episode 254 of Informed Choice Radio.

Why would anyone be a goth? What is the appeal of this dark and spooky subculture that embraces death, pain and sadness? Goths have been attacked, abused and are often misunderstood, but still choose to stand out – dramatically - from the crowd. Catherine Carr talks to goths about their music, their dress and their love of the darker side of life. Why has this scene that began in the UK in the late 1970s and has spread worldwide, adapted and endured? She hears from gothic vlogger, Black Friday, about how others react to her striking style and that of her goth husband, Matthius; she learns from Dr Catherine Spooner of Lancaster University about the role and influence of gothic literature in the goth scene and finds out from Professor Isabella Van Elferen of Kingston University, London about the transcendental power of goth music. Catherine talks to gothic blogger, La Carmina, about the extraordinary and extreme goth scene in Japan that includes body modifications; Dr Paul Hodkinson of Surrey University explains the enduring appeal of the subculture and why once a goth, you're always a goth. And she meets Sylvia Lancaster, whose daughter Sophie, a goth, was murdered because of the way she looked. Presenter: Catherine Carr Producer: Sally Abrahams (Photo: Black Friday and husband Matthius. Credit: BBC Copyright)

In this month’s podcast we speak to the founders of the ‘Hungover Express’, a business set up by two students from Surrey University. They deliver fast food to students across the campus and tell us the importance of social media in today’s fast changing business environment. As well as this, we hear from the Yateley Sports Community Interest Company after receiving an award at the Eagle Radio Biz Awards.

Complete Show Notes: http://wp.me/p1sfi8-20o In this episode of Sound Design Live I speak with the sound module coordinator at the University of Surrey, Paul McConkey, about the most important skill you need to get stage theatre jobs in the West End of London. We talk about his career path from earning a record contract to building a recording studio to touring with rock bands and finally teaching the professional production skills course that the University of Surrey. We also discuss training the stamina to succeed and how work placements serve the performing arts. Start supporting Sound Design Live on Patreon today for as little as $1: https://www.patreon.com/sounddesignlive

These days most universities actively help their researchers develop their ideas into products for market.  It's called the commercial exploitation of research.  One such support is the Impact Acceleration Account (IAA)  at Surrey University's Advanced Technology Institute, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which aims to accelerate the process of research exploitation in order to enhance the impact of past, present and future EPSRC funded projects.In this podcast Dr Radu Sporea visits a showcase event to talk to some of the researchers taking part. The projects he hears about include Pervasive Intelligence Ltd's intelligent sofware that enables museums and art galleries to put together an app to augment their exhibitions at a fraction of the cost of most packages of this type.  The museum visitor has the app on their smartphone, they point it at an exhibit and can get a wide range of different types of information about the artefact. But more than that, the museum can track the visitor's journey through the exhibition and gain valuable visitor statistics which enable them to enhance/streamline the experience. Tom Mee from the Chemical Engineering Department describes his project that helps the NHS with demand planning - it could revolutionise cancer treatment in the UK. Plastipack swimming pool covers that heat the water in the pool AND inhibit algae growth- other covers do one or the other.  This is a major advance. Photo by Kev Shine

We've got to beat global warming within 50 years, and renewables are the way to do it according to Professor Keith Barnham of Imperial College, London, author of The Burning Answer, in this conversation with Dr Radu Sporea of Surrey University's Advanced Technology Institute. Photovoltaics should be at the heart of our energy generation, says Prof Barnham, - even on a gloomy English afternoon, he reckons he can heat all his hot water from solar power. Professor Barnham, who has worked at Cerne and Berkley,  is a leading researcher and developer of silicon solar cells and, for a while, his team held the world record for the most efficient version of this rapidly improving technology.  Despite the naysayers, he is confident that renewables can deliver, if we are prepared to invest in their development.  It is about action, decision, attitude, a global effort is needed. That global effort needs governments and scientific establishments to invest, says Prof Barnham.  But he believes we can all do something - switch to all renewable electricity suppliers, use ground source heat pumps, and get involved in one of the growing number of local action groups producing their own electricity. We have produced a separate short podcast, Nuclear, a safe bet?, drawn from the same interview between Keith Barnham and Radu Sporea,  specifically looking in more detail at nuclear power.    The Burning Answer by Keith Barnham ..."cuts through the current morass of fossil-fuel and nuclear lobbyists' negative propaganda with a clear and original vision for solar power."  (Review in The Guardian)

European Ancestry New genetic investigation of ancient human remains, combined with archaeological evidence, is shedding new light on the origins of the early European populations. The international team has provided a detailed analysis of waves of immigration from the near east into Europe, and the emerging agricultural practices that came with it, which has come to dominate the traditional practices of indigenous residents. CERN - Artificial retina The human eye and the parts of the brain that process images are second to none when it comes to pattern recognition and concentrating on the important images and ignoring the rest. They have inspired physicists to create a processor that can analyse particle collisions 400 times faster than any other device. In these collisions, protons, that is, ordinary matter, are smashed against protons at close to the speed of light. These processes may produce new particles and help scientists understand matter's mirror - antimatter. Professor Tara Shears, a particle physicist at the University of Liverpool, explains how this algorithm could help sift through data from collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Graphene plaster Since it was discovered 10 years ago, the wonder material graphene has taken the world by storm. What's not to like about it? A sheet of carbon one-atom thick, it was the first two-dimensional material discovered. It's stronger than steel, conducts electricity better than copper. We are told it will be used in touch screens of the future. It may be the secret to miniaturising electronics when current chip technology runs out of steam. But at the other end of the technology market a team at Surrey University has found it useful to blend graphene with rubber bands to make cheap effective bio-sensors. Penguins In a new citizen science project, 'penguinologists' are asking the public to classify images of penguin colonies in Antarctica, to help the team monitor their health. Thousands of images taken by remote cameras monitoring over 30 colonies around the Southern Ocean are being posted online. We hear why penguins are at risk from habitat and climate change and what the public can do to help. Producer: Fiona Roberts.

Adam Hart looks at how new developments in understanding insect behaviour, plant cell growth and sub cellular organisation are influencing research into developing robot swarms. Biological systems have evolved elegant ways for large numbers of autonomous agents to govern themselves. Staggering colonies built by ants and termites emerge from a decentralized, self-governing system: swarm intelligence. Now, taking inspiration from termites, marine animals and even plants, European researchers are developing autonomous robot swarms, setting them increasingly difficult challenges, such as navigating a maze, searching for an object or surveying an area. At the same time, an American team has announced that its group of robots can autonomously build towers, castles and even a pyramid. Adam Hart reports on the latest developments in controlling groups of robots, and asks why models taken from the behaviour of social insects such as bees, ants and termites may be far more complex than previously thought. He also delves deep into the cells of plants looking at how the physical and chemical triggers for plant growth might be useful in robot design.Image: Presenter Adam Hart with ‘Swarmbots' at Britain's Surrey University, BBC Copyright

Research is changing the way we think about energy efficient electronics.  This podcast, from the coalface of electronics and materials research, is produced and presented by Dr Radu Sporea of Surrey University's Advanced Technology Institute.  It looks at the work currently being undertaken on the new generation of energy efficient lighting - used not just in lighting rooms, but in screens for our electronic devices. This is the fourth in Radu's occasional series from the Institute.  See also: New frontiers in electronic engineering Solar technology: harnessing the power of the sun The future of electronics is flexible Dr Radu Sporea:  A great advantage of podcasts and audiobooks is that you can still enjoy them after lights-out. But light is an essential ingredient for most active human pursuits. Early members of our species prolonged their hours of activity by burning things in order to imitate sunlight. Even back then they kept an eye on energy efficiency as some things burned less well than others. In the 19th Century pioneers like Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison successfully harnessed electricity and used it to heat up materials until they glowed white hot. For more than a century, incandescent bulb technology has been *the* way to light a supper (and for that matter a fancy dinner soiree). But in 2011, the L-Prize for efficient lighting showed that we can do a lot better. The winning design by Philips, a long-standing expert in all things lighting, is six times more efficient than a conventional bulb and a third more economical than energy-efficient bulbs. By heating up materials  or burning them in an attempt to produce light, we waste a lot of the energy as heat. Efficient light generation, as the prize-winning approach shows, relies on semiconductors. Dr Lynn Rozanski is a Research Fellow working on efficient energy conversion. She explains: Lynn Rozanski  Semiconductor materials have a property that allows them to emit light when electricity is passed through them in a certain way. Light emitting diodes or LEDs are electronic devices which allow us to control the intensity of the light coming out by the amount of electrical energy we feed into them. They are efficient because a larger proportion of the energy gets converted to light than in conventional bulbs. Wavelength. Depending on material properties we get certain colours of light. RS:  Efficient generation of coloured light is all well and good, but rare are the instances when a deep red ambiance is all that’s required. White light, which resembles the sun’s rays is the most versatile and most desirable. So how do we create white light? Lynn Rozanski  White light is in fact composed of a multitude of colours. The sun’s white light contains all colours of the rainbow mixed together. But we can cheat and create good-enough white light by mixing yellow and blue. So a trick we sometimes use is to use a blue LED together with a material called a phosphor which converts some of the blue light to yellow. The yellow mixes with the remaining blue to appear white. RS:  Organic semiconductors can be much cheaper to make into electronics through their ability to be processed from a liquid state. Are they any good at producing light? Lynn Rozanski  Some materials  are very good at producing intense, coloured light. We can definitely use them as light emitters. But they are not terribly energy efficient, so the amounts of light they produce are not great. There’s a way still to go until they can be used in general lighting. One could envisage, though, ambient or mood lighting which can change colour subtly - made on large area flexible panels like wallpaper – very cheap. RS:  But coloured light emitters have another, very useful application: display screens. Organic light emitting diodes or OLEDs are starting to be used in palm-sized screens as a consequence of their improved energy efficiency.

An exploration into the enduring appeal of the Dire Straits classic, Brothers in Arms. Although thought to have been written by Mark Knopfler in response to the Falklands war in the mid 80's, it's a piece that people now associate with many other conflicts ; military, personal and social. Dire Straits bass player, John Illsley explains why it remains such a special piece for the band, while Marines chaplain, Nigel Beardsley, recalls the important part it's played in the lives of so many soldiers in Iran and Afghanistan and why it's now often heard at military funerals. The Irish playwright, Sam Millar describes why he based a very personal play around the song and Snuffy Walden, music director of the hit American TV show, The West Wing, talks about how the series writer, Aaron Sorkin insisted on it being used in its entirety during a crucial episode. Prof Alan Moore of Surrey University explains how it's Knopfler's brilliant use of harmony that gives the song the sense of yearning that has made it into one of the most enduring pop songs of the last century. Producer: Lucy Lunt.

Their work is changing the world we live in, but what do we really know about their lives beyond the lab? Each week on The Life Scientific, Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics at Surrey University, invites a leading scientist to tell us about their life and work. He wants to get under their skin and into their minds; to find out what first inspired them towards their field of research and what motivates them to keep going when the evidence seems to be stacking up against their theories. And he'll ask what their ideas and discoveries will do for us. He'll talk to Nobel laureates as well as the next generation of beautiful minds, finding out what inspired them to do science in the first place and what motivates them to keep going. The programme will also feature short drop-ins from fellow scientists. Some will comment on our guest's early career, the implications of their discoveries, or offer alternative perspectives. In this first programme, Jim talks to geneticist Paul Nurse, arguably the most powerful scientist in Britain today. Nurse's interest in science was sparked by the early days of the space race, when one night as a boy, he chased Sputnik down the road in his pyjamas, in a vain attempt to catch up with the Russian satellite as it passed overhead. Nurse, a Nobel Laureate and President of the Royal Society is now firmly part of the science establishment but his upbringing and early academic life was far from conventional. Brought up by working class parents, in North London, Nurse struggled at first to even get accepted by any University. According to one of his tutors (who we'll hear from in the programme) Nurse didn't exactly shine as an undergraduate, either. But these experiences taught him to be self reliant, determined and not afraid of failure. It was a attitude that paid off. In 2001, Nurse shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research on how cells divide, a process which is not only fundamental to all living things but has major implications for understanding and treating diseases like cancer. His rise was, some say, meteoric. But it's not how he sees it, especially in the early days: " I did have a lot of trouble getting a proper job". Now President of one of the oldest and most respected scientific institutions in the world, Nurse's career has been far from predictable, and at times, controversial. Yet the same could be said for his personal life, when in his 50s, he was hit with a major revelation that would change forever how he viewed his past. Confirmed guests on future programmes include the cognitive scientist Stephen Pinker; Astronomer Jocelyn Bell-Burnell; the brains behind the Human Genome Project, John Sulston; Epidemiologist Michael Marmot, neuroscientist Colin Blakemore and Molly Stevens, a tissue engineer whose work growing bones could mean the end of metal pins for broken legs; Producers: Anna Buckley and Geraldine Fitzgerald.

This week's guest is Peter Croser, local pianist and accompanist who recently performed with Oliver Nelson at the Riverhouse Barn in Walton. He is also a music teacher at Surrey University. Presented by Celia Jones.

Back to April 1978. Thameside Radio 90.2 is only 6 months old and a very young sounding Bob presents a one hour show. Tony Lloyd reads the news. Last week was an extended broadcast with Tony doing the second hour. Debbie is taking calls. (What happened to Debbie the Phone Girl?) Dave from the BBC is in the studio as well as a photographer and listener Simon Wallace. Loads of mentions and dedications. Many of them say that it's the the first time they have tuned in to Thameside Radio 90.2: Here are some that had surnames or additional information so might pop up if they're Googled - there a many more mentions on the recording:  Downtown of Romford, Roger Scott from Epsom for his wife Linda and children Tristan and Lucinda, Steve Tarling fron Surrey University, Neal Oldfield of Appleton, Paul searle of Upminster for the 1st Boys Brigade, Steve Pagnall of Greenford, Alan Cooper of Edgware, Bernard O'Brien of Hainault, Kevin Keele, Tony and Kim Chiffey and Stephen Cruikshank.