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Scientists not the Science

A podcast about the culture of being a scientist. Winner: Best Interview Podcast at the British Podcast Awards 2017. Dr Stuart Higgins talks to scientists, science communicators, journalists and comed... Read more

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Ep20: Mind Your Language!

Ep20: Mind Your Language!

English is the language of science, but for most people it’s not their native language. What’s it like working in scienc... Read more

2 Feb 2016

18mins

Ranked #2

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Ep49: Experimental Words (Part 1)

Ep49: Experimental Words (Part 1)

Experimental Words is an engagement project that pairs poets and scientists to produce unique performance pieces. This e... Read more

28 Nov 2017

16mins

Ranked #3

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Ep48: Inferior – Angela Saini

Ep48: Inferior – Angela Saini

Angela Saini is a science journalist and author. We talk about her latest book ‘Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – ... Read more

12 Nov 2017

25mins

Ranked #4

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Ep66: Notes from a Mental Health Workshop (Bonus Episode)

Ep66: Notes from a Mental Health Workshop (Bonus Episode)

Notes from a recent workshop on academic mental health, organized by the UK Chapter of the Marie Curie Alumni Associatio... Read more

9 May 2019

19mins

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Ranked #5

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Ep06: Senior Lecturer - Matt Fuchter

Ep06: Senior Lecturer - Matt Fuchter

Dr Matt Fuchter is a senior lecturer in synthetic and medicinal chemistry at Imperial College London. We talk about what... Read more

30 Mar 2015

43mins

Ranked #6

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Ep29: Having a Family in Science – Emma Chapman

Ep29: Having a Family in Science – Emma Chapman

Dr Emma Chapman is an astrophysicist and a mum. We talk about what it’s like to juggle doing a PhD and a postdoc with ha... Read more

4 May 2016

20mins

Ranked #7

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Ep03: Public Good - Alexandra Rolland

Ep03: Public Good - Alexandra Rolland

Alexandra Rolland is an epidemiologist working for Public Health England, studying the impact of HIV across the UK. We t... Read more

16 Feb 2015

14mins

Ranked #8

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Ep19: Highlights from Season One

Ep19: Highlights from Season One

Compilation episode featuring my favourite responses and anecdotes from season one of Scientists not the Science, and a ... Read more

19 Jan 2016

19mins

Ranked #9

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Ep31: How to Be a Strategic Academic – Shelda Debowski

Ep31: How to Be a Strategic Academic – Shelda Debowski

Dr Shelda Debowski is a Senior Consultant in Higher Education Development, working with academics to help them to achiev... Read more

11 Jul 2016

16mins

Ranked #10

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Ep65: Entrepreneur – David Walt

Ep65: Entrepreneur – David Walt

David Walt is Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School. We talk a... Read more

23 Dec 2018

27mins

Ranked #11

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Ep04: Industry to Academia - Christian Clear

Ep04: Industry to Academia - Christian Clear

Christian Clear has just started a physics PhD after working for a number of years in industry. We talk about how his pr... Read more

2 Mar 2015

17mins

Ranked #12

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Ep28: Women in Science – Athene Donald

Ep28: Women in Science – Athene Donald

Professor Dame Athene Donald is a physicist at the University of Cambridge and advocate for women in science. We talk ab... Read more

18 Apr 2016

26mins

Ranked #13

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Ep45: The Recovering Physicist – Martin Zaltz Austwick

Ep45: The Recovering Physicist – Martin Zaltz Austwick

Dr Martin Zaltz Austwick has been a solid-state physicist, a medical physicist, and a senior lecturer. He now describes ... Read more

25 Sep 2017

20mins

Ranked #14

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Ep63: Being a Positive Role Model – Chris Jackson

Ep63: Being a Positive Role Model – Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson is Professor of Basin Analysis at Imperial College London, and advocate for improving research and profess... Read more

12 Nov 2018

28mins

Ranked #15

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Ep08: Professorship - Chris Hunter

Ep08: Professorship - Chris Hunter

Professor Chris Hunter is the Herschel Smith Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. I ask him wh... Read more

27 Apr 2015

29mins

Ranked #16

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Ep37: Hybrid Scientist and Engineer – Alon Gorodetsky

Ep37: Hybrid Scientist and Engineer – Alon Gorodetsky

Alon Gorodetsky is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine. We talk about working in an interdisc... Read more

28 Apr 2017

17mins

Ranked #17

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Ep54: Social Media Scientist – Meriame Berboucha

Ep54: Social Media Scientist – Meriame Berboucha

Meriame Berboucha is a physicist at Imperial College London. We talk about how Meriame uses social media to communicate ... Read more

11 Jun 2018

22mins

Ranked #18

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Ep61: From Software Engineer to Scientist – Matt Faria

Ep61: From Software Engineer to Scientist – Matt Faria

Matt Faria is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. We talk about improving research standards and his move ... Read more

15 Oct 2018

23mins

Ranked #19

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Ep30: What’s a Postdoc? – Joy Warde

Ep30: What’s a Postdoc? – Joy Warde

Dr Joy Warde is the Postdoc Staff Coordinator at the University of Cambridge. We talk about what a postdoc is and the ch... Read more

25 Jun 2016

17mins

Ranked #20

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Ep34: Feeling Like an Imposter at Work?

Ep34: Feeling Like an Imposter at Work?

What is the imposter syndrome and how does it affect academics? In this final episode I explore the phenomenon, how it m... Read more

10 Aug 2016

19mins

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