Jane Essex explores the gap between reality and the rhetoric of inclusion within the STEM workforce.

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Podcast 26: Why don’t we know more about how to make ‘science for all’ a reality?

Sonya discusses the issues associated with prostheses currently available to children and how 3D scanning is transforming the development of prosthetic limbs.

Podcast 25: Technology at our fingertips

Recently, scientists have been observing that the problems associated with climate change are being felt much more severely at the top of the planet. So why is this, and what exactly is “Arctic Amplification”?

Podcast 24: The problem with Arctic amplification

We get the inside scoop on Professor Lee Cronin's 'Chemputer', plus hear all about his grand plans for creating a new form of life.

Podcast 23: Lee Cronin, the ‘Chemputer’, and New Designs of Life

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Podcast 21: FameLab 2018

New year, new us? Of course not, we don&#8217;t need to change &#8211; we&#8217;re perfect as we are! Annabel and Gabriela take a look back on all the events theGIST covered in 2017. That&#46;&#46;&#46;

Podcast 20: A Look Back on 2017

This month we’re talking game theory! We interview Jörg Bewersdorff, author of Luck, Logic and White Lies, and take a look at the famous &#8220;prisoner’s dilemma&#8221;. This nifty piece of game theory can explain&#46;&#46;&#46;

Podcast 19: The Prisoners Dilemma – From Board Games to Mutually Assured Destruction

This month our Head of Podcasts, Annabel May, visited the Cafe Scientifique event “The Sleeping Giant” and catch up with main speaker Dr Ryan Milligan – ex trucker and NASA researcher. Dr Milligan is a solar physicist and new to the Physics and Astronomy department in the University of Glasgow, but in the past has worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, just outside of Washington D.C. Event and interviews held on November 6th, 2017.

Podcast 18: Cafe Scientifique and The Sleeping Giant

Recently, theGIST attended the St Francis Primary School science event, organised and coordinated by Dr Saeeda Bhatti. In this podcast, Gabi and her team ask pupils, parents and teachers their thoughts on the importance of science in the classroom. Listen to find out what they say! This was made possible by funding from Foundation Scotland.

Podcast 17: St Francis Primary STEM Day

Gabriela De Sousa and Emily May Armstrong interview the speakers at the UK Parliament Outreach and Engagement Service event held in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. Listen to Dr Caroline Kenny, Dr Phil Larkin, and Simon Wakefield discuss how research is used to inform government policy making, and how researchers can get involved. Event and interviews held on 16th March 2017.

Podcast 16: Research, Impact, and the UK Parliament – Interviews

The whole GIST team were invited along to TEDx University of Glasgow's annual event this year, featuring a star-studded line-up of speakers! Listen in to hear some of the featured speakers talk about their presentations and work, as theGIST gets exclusive interview access...

Podcast 15: TEDxUniversityofGlasgow 2017

Listen to Aidan McFadden and Richard Murchie’s interview with Strathclyde University’s Dr. Oi. Dr. Oi researches Bose Einstein Condensate’s in order to shed light on how gravitation and quantum mechanics interact.

Podcast 14: Where General Relativity Meets Quantum Physics – The Bose-Einstein Condensate

theGIST was invited to attend the TEDxUniversityofGlasgow launch event. Tune in to hear our coverage of the event, including interviews with speakers and attendees.

Podcast 13: TEDxUniversityofGlasgow Launch

This is the first in our series of joint podcasts with the Glasgow University Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine’s Naturally Speaking podcast. In this episode, we interviewed the former director of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative: Dr. Ted Leighton. Tune in to hear Dr. Leighton discuss a range of subjects, from his work with the CWHC to his experiences helping set up wildlife disease monitoring capabilities in Sri Lanka.

Podcast 12: TheGIST & Naturally Speaking – Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative

Skepticism can be a scientist’s best friend or their worst enemy, depending on how it’s applied. In this podcast, we speak to Dr. Caroline Watt, a Parapsychologist from the University of Edinburgh about how the skeptical mindset of scientists and much of the wider non-scientific community has benefitted her field and science in general.

Podcast 11: Parapsychology

The Glasgow Insight into Science and Technology's Monthly Podcast, produced by our Head of Podcasts, Annabel May. We are a Glasgow-based science communication group who love to talk about the latest developments in science and tech, local science events, and interview researchers about their work.

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