Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWomen at the Piano: A History Through Images - Marina Frolova-Walker
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/f6Z9L2dnxSA
This lecture explores the emergence of the "femme au piano" genre in 19th-century French pai…
1 year, 3 months ago
The US Constitution: A Catalogue of Complaints about Britain - Clive Stafford Smith
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/wpF0oB9Mz-0
The US Constitution, both in its structural element and the Bill of Rights, reflect a catalog…
1 year, 3 months ago
How Does Our Immune System Protect Us? - Robin May
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/JCTgxcPu78I
The human immune system rivals the brain in its complexity. Billions of cells coordinate thei…
1 year, 4 months ago
Who's Minding the Store? Corporate Rules to Align Interests - Raghavendra Rau
This lecture will explore corporate governance mechanisms designed to address agency problems, including executive compensation, boards of directors,…
1 year, 4 months ago
Unwrapping Irving Berlin’s "White Christmas" - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/LW0DLhTxfCE
This festive lecture explores the unusual roots of the song ‘White Christmas’ and its role in…
1 year, 4 months ago
Magical Mystery Tour: The Invention of The Beatles - Milton Mermikides
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/VeJxEXZfT2Y
This lecture analyses the ‘psychedelic era’ of the Beatles, from Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts C…
1 year, 4 months ago
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times - Rob Eastaway
Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations, from arithmetic to astronomy, and from probability to music. Remarkably, many of …
1 year, 4 months ago
Messaging and Signals - Victoria Baines
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/pP3FzqYcMOA
We communicate when we have information to share. The development of signals from signs visib…
1 year, 4 months ago
Houston, we have a problem: how the fossil fuel industry is risking our future - Myles Allen
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/6hEOINeTYTU
As the leaders of the oil and gas industry flew into Houston for CERAWeek, 2024, oil was ove…
1 year, 4 months ago
Black Holes and Bangs - Chris Lintott
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/dvvOi_nUCRM
Space itself is wobbly. We exist on a choppy sea, its surface roiled by disturbances caused b…
1 year, 4 months ago