Radical Science
189 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe science podcast that’s not about the science.
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Why Science Needs Advertising
November 02, 2018 23:45 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBIn this episode we spoke to Karen Mazurkewich the Lead Executive of Communications & Marketing at MaRS, Toronto's startup hub. Karen was also formerly a journalist with the Wall Street Journal. We were keen to understand the Toronto startup ecosystem, and the state of science entrepreneurialism here. We also wanted to get Karen's perspective on science communication. Karen wrote a nice piece in the Harvard Business Review way back in April 2018 about how technologists and scientists shou...
Citizens Disrupt: Episode 4 - Making Science Accessible
October 08, 2018 11:12 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBThe final episode of the Citizen Science series zooms out a little bit and looks at citizen science as a whole. This episode features: Ainhoa Moya a software engineer (formerly of Conde Naste now Disney), on the value of opening up the lab to people with deep computational skills that may not have formal academic training Dave Guston Professor School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University on how non scientists can have input into setting the research agenda. Caren Co...
Citizens Disrupt: Episode 3 - Extreme Citizen Science
September 15, 2018 09:27 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBWe're baaaack! Well, Linda is back - and she's got three great interviews with people transforming how science can be done. Linda Doyle takes us on a tour of the world of citizen science in this mini-series, Citizens Disrupt. In this episode Linda explores extreme citizen science! She speaks to: 1. Muki Haklay - Professor of Geographical Information Science at UCL 2. Dana Lewis - Founder of OpenAPS the artificial pancreas system that has transformed the lives of 100s of people with...
Citizens Disrupt: Episode 2 - DIY Bio
August 18, 2018 10:37 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBLinda Doyle takes us on a tour of the world of citizen science in this new mini-series, Citizens Disrupt. In this episode Linda explores the burgeoning world of DIY Bio. She speaks to: Bethan Wolfenden, co-founder of BentoBio Nicholas FitzRoy-Dale and Ilya Levantis, of the London BioHackspace Raphael Kim, a bioartist creating bio based games
Citizens Disrupt: Episode 1 - Contributory Science
August 06, 2018 11:00 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBLinda Doyle takes us on a tour of the world of citizen science in this new mini-series, Citizens Disrupt. In this episode Linda explores contributory citizen science, where the data for scientific ventures is crowdsourced. She speaks to: Dr Erinma Ochu, from the Univeristy of Salford, about her efforts to engage people in mathematics through botany. Dr Martin Jones, the Deputy Head of Microscopy Prototyping at the Crick Insititute, about the etch-a-cell initiative. Dr Pinja Haikka...
DIY Bio in the Bay
August 04, 2018 10:07 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode we chat to Mary Ward, the co-founder of Counter Culture Labs, an Oakland based community space that draws a diverse crowd to scientific exploration.
DIY Bio in the Bay with Mary Ward
August 04, 2018 10:07 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode we chat to Mary Ward, the co-founder of Counter Culture Labs, an Oakland based community space that draws a diverse crowd to scientific exploration.
Episode 59: DIY Bio in the Bay
August 04, 2018 10:07 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode we chat to Mary Ward, the co-founder of Counter Culture Labs, an Oakland based community space that draws a diverse crowd to scientific exploration.
Investing in the Future
July 28, 2018 10:52 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBIn this episode we chat to Jack Parsons, the business development lead at Panacea Stars, an accelerator focussing on early-stage deep tech startups.
Episode 58: Investing in the Future
July 28, 2018 10:52 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBIn this episode we chat to Jack Parsons, the business development lead at Panacea Stars, an accelerator focussing on early-stage deep tech startups.
Experimenting with Crowdfunding
July 17, 2018 16:52 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBThis week we chat to Cindy Wu and Denny Luan, co-founders of Experiment, the science crowdfunding platform. We talk about the underappreciated power of small chunks of funding in science, different methods of sharing science, and bonding over super-smash bros.
Episode 57: Experimenting with Crowdfunding
July 17, 2018 16:52 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBThis week we chat to Cindy Wu and Denny Luan, co-founders of Experiment, the science crowdfunding platform. We talk about the underappreciated power of small chunks of funding in science, different methods of sharing science, and bonding over super-smash bros.
Episode 56: Digitise the Lab
June 30, 2018 09:50 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBIn this episode we chat to Simon Bungers, founder and CEO of labfolder.
Digitise the Lab
June 30, 2018 09:50 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBIn this episode we chat to Simon Bungers, founder and CEO of labfolder.
Losing the Nobel Prize with Brian Keating
June 14, 2018 08:23 - 38 minutes - 53 MBIn this episode we chat to UC San Diego Physicist Brian Keating on his new book 'Losing the Nobel Prize'. Brian Keating was in the running for a Nobel with the gravitational waves discovery, but his Nobel hopes evaporated when what they had really detected was the cosmologists nemesis ... interstellar dust. Brian talks us through the history of the Nobel, scientific incentives, and the perception of the Nobel through time. We also delve into some key things that the Nobel should change - ...
Losing the Nobel Prize
June 14, 2018 08:23 - 38 minutes - 53 MBIn this episode we chat to UC San Diego Physicist Brian Keating on his new book 'Losing the Nobel Prize'. Brian Keating was in the running for a Nobel with the gravitational waves discovery, but his Nobel hopes evaporated when what they had really detected was the cosmologists nemesis ... interstellar dust. Brian talks us through the history of the Nobel, scientific incentives, and the perception of the Nobel through time. We also delve into some key things that the Nobel should change - ...
Episode 55: Losing the Nobel Prize
June 14, 2018 08:23 - 38 minutes - 53 MBIn this episode we chat to UC San Diego Physicist Brian Keating on his new book 'Losing the Nobel Prize'. Brian Keating was in the running for a Nobel with the gravitational waves discovery, but his Nobel hopes evaporated when what they had really detected was the cosmologists nemesis ... interstellar dust. Brian talks us through the history of the Nobel, scientific incentives, and the perception of the Nobel through time. We also delve into some key things that the Nobel should change - ...
Responsible Science: Episode 5 - The Next Generation
May 22, 2018 00:44 - 59 minutes - 82 MBFor the final episode of our ‘Responsible Science’ series, we look forward with some of the most exciting innovators coming up through the ranks of academia, intent on making it a better and more responsible place as they go. We chat to three entrepreneurial academics: Ali Afshar, Co-Founder of Hack Science Daniela Saderi, Co-Founder of PREreview Chris Hartgerink, Mozilla Science Fellow A big shout out to the wonderful team at Cell Signaling Technology who have come on board as our s...
Responsible Science: Episode 4 - Publishing
May 14, 2018 11:48 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBFor the fourth episode of our ‘Responsible Science’, we dive deep into the world of the science dissemination industry – organisations whose role is to effectively communicate science to the wider world, in the most efficient, fair and considered way possible, and ensure science can keep moving forward. Before we being, a big shout out to the wonderful team at Cell Signaling Technology who have come on board as our series supporter – so a huge thanks to them for adding to the vision, and m...
Responsible Science: Episode 3 - Industry
May 04, 2018 10:04 - 39 minutes - 54 MBFor the third episode of our ‘Responsible Science’, we dive deep into the world of scientific industry – companies which bring science out of the lab, into the real world, and turn a profit at the same time. We chat to two key leaders in the world of scientific industry: Josh Ghaim, CTO of Consumer R&D at Johnson & Johnson Roby Polakiewicz, CSO at Cell Signaling Technology We chatted about how corporates can be responsible as well as commercially savvy in sharing information and contri...
Responsible Science: Episode 2 - The Disruptors
April 27, 2018 12:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBFeaturing: Lenny Teytelman - CEO & Co-Founder of Protocols.io Tom Leung - CSO & Co-Founder of BenchSci Ben Miles - Head of Product at Transcriptic In this episode we chat about how technology allows us to do things that previously, were simply not do-able in science. Including automation, widespread sharing of information, analysis of huge amounts of data, and collaborating with many people from all over the world in different fields. We also examined how the barriers to that technolog...
Responsible Science: Episode 1 - The Overview
April 19, 2018 22:42 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBThe phrase ‘Responsible Science’ brings up a whole host of different questions. What is it referring to? Who is responsible for what? Isn’t science already super responsible? That’s why we decided to take some time – 5 episodes to be exact – to explore the idea of Responsible Science with some of the most influential people and organisations in the world of science. Over the course of the series, we’ll explore what the scientists themselves believe needs to be done to make science more...
Episode 54: The Road to Open Science Hardware
March 29, 2018 09:01 - 40 minutes - 38.4 MBWe're back from a little pod hiatus! In this episode we spoke to Dr Jenny Molloy, a Cambridge Synthetic Biologist who, among many things, is the Director of the Cambridge Biomakespace, and is on the organising committee for the Gathering for Open Science Hardware. We spoke about her work in developing the GOSH manifesto, and the recently released Open Science Hardware Roadmap which advocates for open science hardware as a ubiquitous component of everyday lab life. We also dove into the...
The Road to Open Science Hardware
March 29, 2018 09:01 - 40 minutes - 38.4 MBIn this episode we spoke to Dr Jenny Molloy, a Cambridge Synthetic Biologist who, among many things, is the Director of the Cambridge Biomakespace, and is on the organising committee for the Gathering for Open Science Hardware. We spoke about her work in developing the GOSH manifesto, and the recently released Open Science Hardware Roadmap which advocates for open science hardware as a ubiquitous component of everyday lab life. We also dove into the space that hardware fits into, in the ...
*SXSW Bonus Episode* Building an Ecosystem for Science Startups
March 27, 2018 11:12 - 1 hour - 45 MB*Bonus Episode* Gemma moderated a panel at SXSW on building an ecosystem for science startups with Ana Florescu of Science Practice, Harry Destecroix of UnitDx, and Dominic Falcao of Deep Science Ventures.
Episode 53: The Biotech Rebels
February 03, 2018 14:04 - 25 minutes - 47.3 MBThis episode we spoke to Elsa Sotiriadis, the Chief Futurist and Program Director of Rebel Bio. Rebel Bio is the world's first life science accelerator, based initially out of Cork, they have worked with startups tackling synthetic meat, algae derived materials, and drug repurposing using AI. They have recently brought in their first cohort to their 2nd home in London, where they will work out of the new White City Incubator. We were keen to break down the different science startup ecosys...
The Biotech Rebels
February 03, 2018 14:04 - 25 minutes - 47.3 MBThis episode we spoke to Elsa Sotiriadis, the Chief Futurist and Program Director of Rebel Bio. Rebel Bio is the world's first life science accelerator, based initially out of Cork, they have worked with startups tackling synthetic meat, algae derived materials, and drug repurposing using AI. They have recently brought in their first cohort to their 2nd home in London, where they will work out of the new White City Incubator. We were keen to break down the different science startup ecosys...
The Biotech Rebels with Elsa Sotiriadis
February 03, 2018 14:04 - 25 minutes - 47.3 MBThis episode we spoke to Elsa Sotiriadis, the Chief Futurist and Program Director of Rebel Bio. Rebel Bio is the world's first life science accelerator, based initially out of Cork, they have worked with startups tackling synthetic meat, algae derived materials, and drug repurposing using AI. They have recently brought in their first cohort to their 2nd home in London, where they will work out of the new White City Incubator. We were keen to break down the different science startup ecosys...
Episode 52: Breaking Research out of the Lab
January 20, 2018 14:21 - 35 minutes - 65.9 MBWe spoke to Hemai Parthasarathy, the Scientific Director of Breakout Labs, a fund for early stage deep tech startups to get their research out of the lab. Hemai started out as a neuroscientist at MIT, and moved from academia to the field of publishing as the North American Editor of Nature and went on to be one of the founding editors of PLOS, building PLOS Biology and PLOS One. So as you can imagine we were keen to get Hemai's perspective on a whole host of subjects straddling academia an...
Breaking Research out of the Lab
January 20, 2018 14:21 - 35 minutes - 65.9 MBWe spoke to Hemai Parthasarathy, the Scientific Director of Breakout Labs, a fund for early stage deep tech startups to get their research out of the lab. Hemai started out as a neuroscientist at MIT, and moved from academia to the field of publishing as the North American Editor of Nature and went on to be one of the founding editors of PLOS, building PLOS Biology and PLOS One. So as you can imagine we were keen to get Hemai's perspective on a whole host of subjects straddling academia an...
Breaking Research out the Lab with Hemai Parthasarathy
January 20, 2018 14:21 - 35 minutes - 65.9 MBWe spoke to Hemai Parthasarathy, the Scientific Director of Breakout Labs, a fund for early stage deep tech startups to get their research out of the lab. Hemai started out as a neuroscientist at MIT, and moved from academia to the field of publishing as the North American Editor of Nature and went on to be one of the founding editors of PLOS, building PLOS Biology and PLOS One. So as you can imagine we were keen to get Hemai's perspective on a whole host of subjects straddling academia an...
Exploring European Biotech with Philip Hemme
January 12, 2018 09:19 - 39 minutes - 71.8 MBThis episode we speak to Philip Hemme, the founder and CEO of Labiotech, the leading media organisation covering European biotech. We talk about their rapid growth as a startup, the current state of biotech media, their internationally diverse team, and the benefits of 'open science' to biotech startups.
European Biotech
January 12, 2018 09:19 - 39 minutes - 71.8 MBThis episode we speak to Philip Hemme, the founder and CEO of Labiotech, the leading media organisation covering European biotech. We talk about their rapid growth as a startup, the current state of biotech media, their internationally diverse team, and the benefits of 'open science' to biotech startups. Related episodes: Episode 32: Truth, Beauty, Science, with Undark Editor in Chief Tom Zeller Jr Episode 26: Silicon Valley Science, with Ryan Bethencourt, the Program Director and Ventu...
Episode 51: European Biotech
January 12, 2018 09:19 - 39 minutes - 71.8 MBThis episode we speak to Philip Hemme, the founder and CEO of Labiotech, the leading media organisation covering European biotech. We talk about their rapid growth as a startup, the current state of biotech media, their internationally diverse team, and the benefits of 'open science' to biotech startups. Related episodes: Episode 32: Truth, Beauty, Science, with Undark Editor in Chief Tom Zeller Jr Episode 26: Silicon Valley Science, with Ryan Bethencourt, the Program Director and Ventu...
Episode 50: Cultivating the Future
December 15, 2017 00:23 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MBThis episode we chatted to Erin Kim the Communications Director at New Harvest, a non-profit research institute focussed on making cellular agriculture a reality. We talk about the the current state of lab grown meat, the importance of effective science communication in a field prone to hype or hysteria, and the community New Harvest are building through their events. Related episodes: Episode 45: Securing the Future of Food, with Thought for Food founder Christine Gould Episode 26...
Cultivating the Future
December 15, 2017 00:23 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MBThis episode we chatted to Erin Kim the Communications Director at New Harvest, a non-profit research institute focussed on making cellular agriculture a reality. We talk about the the current state of lab grown meat, the importance of effective science communication in a field prone to hype or hysteria, and the community New Harvest are building through their events. Related episodes: Episode 45: Securing the Future of Food, with Thought for Food founder Christine Gould Episode 26...
Food from the Lab with Erin Kim
December 15, 2017 00:23 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MBThis episode we chatted to Erin Kim the Communications Director at New Harvest, a non-profit research institute focussed on making cellular agriculture a reality. We talk about the the current state of lab grown meat, the importance of effective science communication in a field prone to hype or hysteria, and the community New Harvest are building through their events.
From Cambridge to the Commons
November 28, 2017 02:00 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MBThis episode features Julian Huppert, former Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, and now Director of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College Cambridge. We chat about Julian's journey from academia to the House of Commons where he was recognised as the only scientist, a moniker that Julian was keen to not let define and confine his policy goals. We wanted to get his insight into the general state of scientific understanding in parliament, and how scientists can better engage politicians with...
Episode 49: From Cambridge to the Commons
November 28, 2017 02:00 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MBThis episode features Julian Huppert, former Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, and now Director of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College Cambridge. We chat about Julian's journey from academia to the House of Commons where he was recognised as the only scientist, a moniker that Julian was keen to not let define and confine his policy goals. We wanted to get his insight into the general state of scientific understanding in parliament, and how scientists can better engage politicians with...
From Cambridge to the Commons with Julian Huppert
November 28, 2017 02:00 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MBThis episode features Julian Huppert, former Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, and now Director of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College Cambridge. We chat about Julian's journey from academia to the House of Commons where he was recognised as the only scientist, a moniker that Julian was keen to not let define and confine his policy goals. We wanted to get his insight into the general state of scientific understanding in parliament, and how scientists can better engage politicians with...
Episode 48: Build. Test. Repeat.
November 18, 2017 10:49 - 43 minutes - 78.8 MBThis episode features our pals Ali Afshar and Ignacio Willats founders of HackScience, a startup focussed on streamlining research by taking time consuming lab tasks out of hands of the scientists through automation. Their principle product currently is the cell feed exchanger, which replenishes the liquid food required for healthy cells in culture. This process can take hours out the day, and often requires the researcher to come in during weekends. Automating research also allows for sci...
Build. Test. Repeat.
November 18, 2017 10:49 - 43 minutes - 78.8 MBThis episode features our pals Ali Afshar and Ignacio Willats founders of HackScience, a startup focussed on streamlining research by taking time consuming lab tasks out of hands of the scientists through automation. Their principle product currently is the cell feed exchanger, which replenishes the liquid food required for healthy cells in culture. This process can take hours out the day, and often requires the researcher to come in during weekends. Automating research also allows for scien...
Building the Impossible
November 12, 2017 13:00 - 35 minutes - 64.9 MBThis episode features Winfried Hensinger, Professor of Quantum Technologies at the University of Sussex. Following on from our chat with the brilliant Chad Rigetti, we were keen to get the academic perspective on the burgeoning field of quantum computing. We were immediately struck by Winfried's fire for this field, describing it as making science fiction a reality (he made his way into physics via a love of Star Trek). We were keen to dive into the core challenges of building the technolo...
Episode 47: Building the Impossible
November 12, 2017 13:00 - 35 minutes - 64.9 MBThis episode features Winfried Hensinger, Professor of Quantum Technologies at the University of Sussex. Following on from our chat with the brilliant Chad Rigetti, we were keen to get the academic perspective on the burgeoning field of quantum computing. We were immediately struck by Winfried's fire for this field, describing it as making science fiction a reality (he made his way into physics via a love of Star Trek). We were keen to dive into the core challenges of building the technolo...
From Side Project to Startup with Bethan Wolfenden
October 31, 2017 07:49 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MBThis episode we chatted to Bethan Wolfenden, the co-founder of Bento Bioworks, a biotech startup that has created a 'laptop size laboratory'. This kit allows the user to perform simple DNA analysis and dramatically reduces the cost of the components you'd need to analyse samples, thus lowering the barrier to entry for molecular biology. This episode is a very candid discussion about founding the company, as we cover the difficult decision to move on from a PhD to develop the company and th...
Episode 46: From Side Project to Startup
October 31, 2017 07:49 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MBThis episode we chatted to Bethan Wolfenden, the co-founder of Bento Bioworks, a biotech startup that has created a 'laptop size laboratory'. This kit allows the user to perform simple DNA analysis and dramatically reduces the cost of the components you'd need to analyse samples, thus lowering the barrier to entry for molecular biology. This episode is a very candid discussion about founding the company, as we cover the difficult decision to move on from a PhD to develop the company and th...
From Side Project to Startup
October 31, 2017 07:49 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MBThis episode we chatted to Bethan Wolfenden, the co-founder of Bento Bioworks, a biotech startup that has created a 'laptop size laboratory'. This kit allows the user to perform simple DNA analysis and dramatically reduces the cost of the components you'd need to analyse samples, thus lowering the barrier to entry for molecular biology. This episode is a very candid discussion about founding the company, as we cover the difficult decision to move on from a PhD to develop the company and th...
Securing the Future of Food
October 20, 2017 14:42 - 34 minutes - 63.7 MBIn this episode we chatted to Christine Gould, founder and CEO of the Thought for Food Foundation. Their annual conference, startup challenge and active community centres around the science and tech working to ensure we have enough food to feed the world. With Christine, we talked about how to bring together diverse groups of people - startups, scientists, designers, policy makers, corporates and, in particular, young people, to work towards solutions. She explained how the TFF annual sum...
Securing the Future of Food with Christine Gould
October 20, 2017 14:42 - 34 minutes - 63.7 MBIn this episode we chatted to Christine Gould, founder and CEO of the Thought for Food Foundation. Their annual conference, startup challenge and active community centres around the science and tech working to ensure we have enough food to feed the world. With Christine, we talked about how to bring together diverse groups of people - startups, scientists, designers, policy makers, corporates and, in particular, young people, to work towards solutions. She explained how the TFF annual sum...
Episode 45: Securing the Future of Food
October 20, 2017 14:42 - 34 minutes - 63.7 MBIn this episode we chatted to Christine Gould, founder and CEO of the Thought for Food Foundation. Their annual conference, startup challenge and active community centres around the science and tech working to ensure we have enough food to feed the world. With Christine, we talked about how to bring together diverse groups of people - startups, scientists, designers, policy makers, corporates and, in particular, young people, to work towards solutions. She explained how the TFF annual sum...