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The inside story of the CIA v Russia
In Depth, Out Loud - December 09, 2022 09:46 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe inside story of the CIA v Russia – from cold war conspiracy to ‘black’ propaganda in Ukraine. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, a professor emeritus of American history at the University of Edinburgh, on what history tells us about the CIA's influence today. You can read the text version of this in-de...
The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities
In Depth, Out Loud - June 22, 2022 11:29 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat is the best way to reduce car use in cities? Kimberly Nicholas, an associate professor of sustainability science at Lund University, looks at the evidence from across Europe. You can read the text version of this in-depth article here. The audio version is read by Adrienne Walker in partne...
How the future of shopping was shaped by its past
In Depth, Out Loud - April 01, 2022 08:51 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHow pop-ups, home delivery and fast fashion go back as far as the 1800s. Rachel Bowlby, professor of comparative literature at UCL tells the story of how the pandemic changed the way we shop – with many ‘new’ initiatives actually reinventing old ways of doing things. You can read the text versi...
The discovery of insulin: a story of monstrous egos and toxic rivalries
In Depth, Out Loud - January 14, 2022 10:25 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsA tale of monstrous egos, toxic rivalries and injustices behind the discovery of insulin. Kersten Hall, author and honorary fellow at the school of philosophy, religion and history of science at the University of Leeds, recounts the story of feuding scientists behind the discovery of insulin. ...
Climate crisis: how science fiction can inspire humanity’s response
In Depth, Out Loud - October 08, 2021 13:50 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHow science fiction’s hopes and fears can inspire humanity’s response to the climate crisis. Chris Pak, lecturer in English Literature at Swansea University, explores the history of science fiction stories about terraforming, geoengineering, space and climate change – and why they're vital readi...
Wireheading: the AI version of drug addiction, and why experts are worried about it
In Depth, Out Loud - October 01, 2021 09:28 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhen people think about how AI might ‘go wrong’, most probably picture malevolent computers trying to cause harm. But what if we should be more worried about them seeking pleasure? Thomas Moynihan and Anders Sandberg at the University of Oxford explain why AI experts are worried about wireheadin...
Why there aren’t enough trees to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be
In Depth, Out Loud - August 10, 2021 09:37 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThere aren’t enough trees to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be. Yet, Bonnie Waring, senior lecturer at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment, at Imperial College London argues that even if they can't save us from climate change, society still depends o...
How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today’s intense corporate workplace culture
In Depth, Out Loud - June 30, 2021 11:16 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast features the story of a young Soviet miner named Alexei Stakhanov, and how the work ethic he embodied in the 1930s has been invoked by managers in the west ever since. Stakhanov’s staggering workload and personal commitment to his job...
Why the concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
In Depth, Out Loud - May 10, 2021 11:09 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast features prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, rounding on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to “greenwash” their lack of commitment to solving global warming. You can read the text versio...
Durex condoms: how their teenage immigrant inventor was forgotten by history
In Depth, Out Loud - February 12, 2021 11:40 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast features the story of Lucian Landau, the forgotten man who invented the technology that made Durex boom. Jessica Borge, Digital Collections (Scholarship) Manager at King’s College London Archives and Research Collections and a Visiti...
Two doctors on the frontline of Liverpool's second wave
In Depth, Out Loud - December 14, 2020 17:32 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast features a report from two doctors on the frontline of the second wave of coronavirus in Liverpool. Tom Wingfield, an infectious diseases physician at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool, and Miriam T...
Charles Dickens: the truth about his death and burial
In Depth, Out Loud - June 08, 2020 16:20 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast, features the work of Leon Litvack at Queen’s University Belfast on what happened after the death of Charles Dickens. His new research has uncovered the never-before-explored areas of the great author’s sudden death on June 9 1870, an...
Lockdown lessons from the history of solitude
In Depth, Out Loud - May 20, 2020 07:37 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast, features the work of David Vincent, historian at the Open University. He has spent the last few years looking into how people in the past managed to balance community ties and solitary behaviours. With the coronavirus crisis forcing m...
What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures
In Depth, Out Loud - April 29, 2020 10:07 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast, Simon Mair, Research Fellow in Ecological Economics at the University of Surrey’s Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, says we could use the coronavirus crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane...
How to model a pandemic
In Depth, Out Loud - April 03, 2020 11:03 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast, Christian Yates, senior lecturer in mathematical biology at the University of Bath, looks at how to model a pandemic. With basic mathematical models, researchers can begin to forecast the progression of diseases and understand the...
Ritalin: a biography
In Depth, Out Loud - February 21, 2020 07:43 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast, we bring you the history of Ritalin by Matthew Smith, professor in health history at the University of Strathclyde. Just over 75 years ago, a new stimulant drug with the generic name of methylphenidate was born in the Swiss lab of...
How a Frenchman born 150 years ago inspired the extreme nationalism behind Brexit and Donald Trump
In Depth, Out Loud - February 04, 2020 10:25 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome back to The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast, the audio version of selected long form stories based on cutting edge research written by academic experts. This episode is based on two years of in-depth historical analysis by Pablo de Orellana and Nick Michelsen at King’s College ...
Infertility through the ages, and how IVF helped change the way we think about it – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - July 25, 2018 04:43 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAn audio version of a long read article on the history of infertility, 40 years after the first baby was born via IVF. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Decolonise science: time to end another imperial era – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - June 27, 2018 10:22 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of the In Depth Out Loud podcast outlines the importance of finding a way to remove the inequalities promoted by modern science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How the humble potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - May 30, 2018 13:35 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAn audio version of an in depth article about the 18th century Enlightenment thinkers who promoted the potato as a way to build a healthy and productive society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How transhumanism’s faithful follow it blindly into a future for the elite – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - May 02, 2018 10:22 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis is the audio version of an in depth article from The Conversation, which explores the ethics of transhumanism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Antisemitism: how the origins of history’s oldest hatred still hold sway today – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - April 19, 2018 15:13 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe audio version of an in depth article from The Conversation, which explores how antisemitism today is carved from and sustained by powerful precedents and inherited stereotypes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The story of the Novichok nerve agents – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - March 20, 2018 15:31 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAn audio version of an in depth article on the story of how the nerve agent used in an attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was developed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The heartbreaking story of the flying mathematicians of World War I – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - March 08, 2018 16:28 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe audio version of a long read on the daring mathematicians who took to the skies to help make early air travel safer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Africa’s missing Ebola outbreaks – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - February 21, 2018 16:08 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe audio version of a long read on the historical mistakes and cover ups that hampered the response to the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why life expectancy in Britain has fallen so much that a million years of life could disappear by 2058 – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - February 07, 2018 12:33 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe audio version of a long read on stalling life expectancy in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The IQ test wars: why screening for intelligence is still so controversial – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - January 24, 2018 13:52 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSince its invention, the IQ test has generated strong arguments in support of – and against – its use. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How slimming became an obsession with women in post-war Britain – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - January 10, 2018 09:32 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe latest episode of The Conversation's In Depth, Out Loud podcast, an audio version of selected long-form stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Buggery, bribery and a committee: the story of how gay sex was decriminalised in Britain – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - December 20, 2017 14:36 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsListen to the fascinating in-depth story of the decriminalisation of gay sex in Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Twenty years on from Deep Blue vs Kasparov: how a chess match started the big data revolution – podcast
In Depth, Out Loud - December 06, 2017 13:44 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe latest episode of The Conversation's In Depth, Out Loud podcast, in which we read out a selection of long form stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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