Podcasts
- Episode 1: AÌýsecond look
There's often more than meets the eye and it's worth taking a second look. In our first episode of '#MadeAtÂÒÂ×Ðã Disruptive Discoveries', our host Suzie McCarthy goes beyond the surface to discover stories about the face of Britain’s oldest near-complete skeleton, the characters of the London Underground, and the potential pitfalls of forensic evidence.
Find out more, listen to Suzie's conversations with:
- Professor Mark Thomas, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics inÌýthe Division of Biosciences;
- Professor Dryden Goodwin, Professor of Fine Art in the Slade School of Fine Art;
- Professor Ruth Morgan, Professor of Crime and Forensic Sciences in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences
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- Episode 2: Transfer
On episode two, we talk about things that transfer from one place to another. Discover how traces of DNA can transfer onto things you’ve never touched, leading to wrongful convictions. Hear about future technology that will send information on light waves rather than radio waves, and learn how antiretroviral drugs prevent the transmission of HIV between partners.
Join our host, Suzie McCarthy, as she explores these topics with:
- Professor Ruth Morgan, Professor of Crime and Forensic Sciences in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences;
- Dr Paul Haigh, a visiting lecturer and a former senior research associate within the Communications and Information Systems Group;
- Professor Alison Rodger, Professor of Infectious Diseases and consultant at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, and Simon Collins, HIV positive treatment advocate at , an organisation that provides information about HIV treatment to HIV positive people and healthcare professionals.
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- Episode 3: Repurposing
This episode is about giving things a new life. How do we take something that has served one purpose and give it another?
Discover the diabetes drug being used to treat Parkinson’s disease; find out how one artist is using old industrial sites to produce unconventional new paint colours; and learn how used coffee grounds can be turned into sustainable fuel for the future.
Join our host, Suzie McCarthy, as she explores these topics with three ÂÒÂ×Ðã researchers:
- Tom Foltynie, Professor of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences;
- Onya McCausland, Senior Research Fellow at the ÂÒÂ×Ðã Slade School of Fine Art;
- and Paul Hellier, Lecturer in Engines and Fuels in the Engineering Department
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- Episode 4: Maps
Episode 4 of #MadeAtÂÒÂ×Ðã is all about maps! Join Suzie as we bringÌýyou the glamour of prostate imaging, decoding a document of hidden histories from Northern Ireland and learning how maps can protect forests around the world.
- Mark Emberton, Dean of Faculty of Medical Sciences and Professor of Interventional Oncology
- Tim Weyrich, Professor of Visual Computing in the Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics group in the Department of Computer Science; and Philippa Smith from the London Metropolitan Archives
- Jerome Lewis, Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology
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- Episode 5: What came before
This episode was created during lockdown and a timely reflection on what came before us.
Hear about historical figures from World War 1 to extinct species because of climate change and unearthed ancient fossils as Suzie takes you back in time with our ÂÒÂ×Ðã experts:
- Vicky Price, Head of Outreach at ÂÒÂ×Ðã Special Collections, Library Services
- Professor Richard Pearson, Professor of Ecology, Genetics, Evolution & Environment in the Division of Biosciences
- Dr Dominic Papineau, Lecturer in Geochemistry and Astrobiology
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- Episode 6: Perspectives
This episode we reflect on the need to listen to a whole range of different perspectives. We follow the flight of a senior Nazi and ask 'why do people do terrible things?'. We tour London's ever-changing Queer scene, imagining the night-life of the future. And we venture to South America, where we seek the path to paradise with the Guarani and Ashaninka peoples, who have important environmental wisdom that we can't afford to lose.Ìý
Join Suzie as she explores these perspectives with:
•ÌýÌý ÌýProf Philippe Sands (Laws)
•ÌýÌý ÌýProf Ben Campin (Bartlett School of Architecture, ÂÒÂ×Ðã Urban Laboratory) and Lo Marshall (Geography)
•ÌýÌý ÌýProf Jerome Lewis (Anthropology)Read more about the stories here:
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- Episode 7: Levelling the playing field
For this final episode of Series 1, we’re looking at how ÂÒÂ×Ðã research is helping to level out various playing fields. We’ll hear how legal experts are helping people to get the support they are entitled to, share thoughts with London’s commuters on how advertising can be more representative. And, for our first story, we’re taking a look at the creation of new technologies which make our world more accessible.
Join ÂÒÂ×Ðã alumna, Suzie McCarthy, as she explores these topics with ÂÒÂ×Ðã experts:
Dr Giulia Barbareschi,ÌýResearcher in Assistive Technology,ÌýÂÒÂ×Ðã Interaction Centre, GDI Hub Prof Jessica Ringrose,ÌýProfessor of the Sociology of Gender and Education, ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Education Rachel Knowles & the ÂÒÂ×Ðã Integrated Legal Advice Clinic (ÂÒÂ×Ðã iLAC) teamÌý
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