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The Human Cost of One Degree with Prof. Ollie Jay (473)
Season 8
Professor Ollie Jay, a leading expert in heat and health, returns to Shirtloads to discuss the growing toll of climate change on human wellbeing and …
2 months, 1 week ago
Incidental Exercise with Prof. Emmanuel Stamatakis (472)
In this episode, we speak with Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis about Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA) - short bursts of high-i…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Dumb Stuff In Space with Assoc. Prof. Michael Brown (471)
Season 8
We're living through the great Space Boom and with great innovation comes a lot of whacky ideas... Astronomer and Associate Professor Michael Brown f…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Using Soundwaves To Measure The Sun with Prof. Conny Aerts (470)
Season 8
In this episode I sit down with Professor Conny Aerts, a pioneering mathematician and founding figure of astroseismology, who reveals how scientists …
3 months ago
How To Die in the 21st Century with Dr. Hannah Gould (469)
Season 8
We're scared to say the D word! But why is talking about death such a taboo? Dr. Hannah Gould, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Melbour…
3 months, 1 week ago
How Two Students Fixed the Focus of James Webb from Earth with Prof. Peter Tuthil, Dr. Louis Desdoigts & Max Charles (468)
Season 8
When a problem with the James Webb Space Telescope left its images frustratingly out of focus, the solution wasn't fixed in space... it was fixed fro…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Forensic Science: Fact, Fiction, and Failure with Dr Linzi Wilson-Wilde and Hannah Jarman (467)
Season 8
This episode features Dr. Linzi Wilson-Wilde and Hannah Jarman discussing the realities of forensic science beyond shows like CSI. Through cases such…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Wellness Woo Economy with Kate Thomas (466)
Season 8
Pharmacist and science communicator Kate Thomas shares how a viral debunking video launched her into the world of online health education. In this ep…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Hidden Health Impact of Microplastics with Prof. Michaela Lucas (465)
Season 8
***Prof Lucas would like to provide the following clarification in regards to comments relating to prenatal BPA exposure and male autism spectrum dis…
4 months ago
Deepfakes Online and The Future of Truth with Dr. Anna Broinowski (464)
Season 8
I'm joined by Dr. Anna Broinowski - Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Film and Screen Arts at Sydney College of the Arts, University of S…
4 months, 1 week ago