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Curiosity Cake is a podcast for adults who still have a child-like sense of curiosity about the world. Featuring laid back conversations with experts across a wide range of subjects satisfying my unending curiosity and feeding my hunger for learning To find out more visit www.curiositycake.co.uk Twitter: @curiosity_cake Facebook: @curiositycakepod
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This episode is the second of a two-part episode with award-winning technologist and online media personality Meredith Castles. In the first part we explored Meredith’s kinesthetic memory and her arts background. This time round we focus more on her work in Technology and how she combines arts with science to communicate science to the public.…
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Meredith Castles is a lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania. We discuss her unique blending of the arts and sciences to communicate science to the masses. From movies and television acting to theatre, writing and currently livestreaming science entertainment content to thousands, Meredith’s arts background fuels her science resea…
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UK secondary school teacher, Stephen Uzzell, stumbled upon the name Haim Michael Klar, a Jewish man who impersonated a Nazi officer in order to help those trapped in the ghettos and concentration camps. Stephen has written the book I Am Juden as a historical novel based on the life of Klar and Jewish Resistance against the Nazis. https://www.amazon…
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On this episode I'm talking to Kate Tym and Kate Dyer of Coffin Club. The Kates are funeral celebrants. They set up Coffin Club to educate people about the importance of organising your own funeral and that there are many ways to have a funeral. They are distrupting the traditional funeral industry along the way. Check out the new Curiosity Cake we…
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On this episode, particle physicist Dr Claire Lee gives us an accessible explanation of the building blocks of the universe. Dr Lee is currently working on the ProtoDUNE Single Phase Detector at CERN for Fermilab, where she makes particles smash into each other to see what happens. ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** https://linktr.ee/curiositycake…
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On this episode I'm joined by sociologist Dr Margee Kerr. Margee currently teaches and conducts research on fear, specifically how and why people engage in 'scary' experiences llike haunted attractions, horror movies, and paranormal investigations. She enjoys working as a consultant for attractions and museums and is the author of 'SCREAM: Chilling…
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On the latest episode of Curiosity Cake I'm joined by Dr Laura Lewandowski from National Institutes of Health to discuss her work in global health, chronic disease and genetics with a particular focus on the condition Lupus. You can find out more about Dr Lewandowski here: https://www.niams.nih.gov/about/directory/laura-b-lewandowski-ms-md Please s…
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This is a re-upload of a previous epsiode. On this episode I talk to Balint Kacsoh about how he uses ants to learn about genetics and behaviour. We cover what makes an ant an ant, caste systems, colonies and more. The show notes for this episode feature images of all the ants we talk about: https://curiositycake.co.uk/ants ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REV…
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This is a re-upload of a previous episode. On this episode of the Curiosity Cake Podcast I talk to author, career coach, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker, Marianne Cantwell. Marianne's book Be A Free Range Human is a guide to finding your really-right direction, quitting your job and growing your own thing (that fits the life you want *and* your uniqu…
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This is a re-upload of a previous episode. In this episode of the Curiosity Cake podcast I talk to psychology and social neuroscience PhD researcher Helena Hartmann about her work exploring the link between our experience of pain and the experience of empathy. ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** https://linktr.ee/curiositycake Curiosity Cake is on Podc…
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This is a re-upload of a previous episode. In this episode Nick Walkden delves deep into the past, present and future of nuclear fusion. We discuss how fusion works, the science behind the Tokamak, the challenges for using fusion as a commercial sustainable energy source, and the advances in other areas of science being driven by work in fusion. Ni…
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This is a re-upload of my second episode titled No-nonsense Nutrition released in July 2020. In this episode I talk to Maeve Hanan of Dietetically Speaking, a registered Dietitian and nutritional consultant. ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** Maeve explains her idea of nutri-bollocks: bad science and guidance in nutrition. She tells us how to spot nut…
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On this episode I’m discussing crystallography and the coronavirus with Dr Sam Horrell. You can find shownotes and images here: https://curiositycake.co.uk/crystals-and-coronavirus Sam is a structural biologist at the Diamond Light Source particle accelerator in Oxfordshire, England, and contributes to our understanding of the structure of Coronavi…
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On this episode I talk to philosopher Dave Ellis of Bangor University. We discuss whether there is a connection between scientific fact and spiritual wisdom and if there is room for spiritual language in science. If you like Curiosity Cake please tell your friends and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or other podchaser apps. https://linktr.ee/curio…
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On this episode I’m exploring the stars of our solar system with Professor Lisa Harvey Smith. We talk about the sun, red dwarves, cannibal stars, black holes, supernovae, big stars, small stars and stars near and far. Lisa is an Astronomer, Author & Broadcaster. You’ll possibly know her from the Stargazing Live TV shows in the UK and Australia amon…
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On this episode I’m talking vigilantes with anthropologist and comic book fan Gavin Weston of Goldsmiths University, London. Gavin’s main area of interest is the anthropology of violence and vigilantism, and explores the intersections between anthropology, popular culture and violence Gavin’s latest book Anthropological Controversies: The ‘Crimes’ …
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On this episode of the Curiosity Cake Podcast I talk to author, career coach, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker, Marianne Cantwell. Marianne's book Be A Free Range Human is a guide to finding your really-right direction, quitting your job and growing your own thing (that fits the life you want *and* your unique personality… so you don’t have to secretl…
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On this episode of the Curiosity Cake podcast I talk to psychology and social neuroscience PhD researcher Helena Hartmann about her work exploring the link between our experience of pain and the experience of empathy. SUBSCRIBE *** RATE *** REVIEW More details about past and upcoming episodes: www.curiositycake.co.uk ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW***…
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On this episode I talk to Balint Kacsoh about how he uses ants to learn about genetics and behaviour. We cover what makes an ant an ant, caste systems, colonies and more. The show notes for this episode feature images of all the ants we talk about: https://curiositycake.co.uk/ants ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** https://linktr.ee/curiositycake As a…
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I talk to Dr. Patricia Jackman to understand the flow state and clutch performance in sport and exercise. We discuss ways in which ordinary people can tap into flow or clutch performance to stick to their exercise programs. And we cover how elite athletes and others experience flow and clutch situations such as last minute free throws, penalty shoo…
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In this episode Nick Walkden delves deep into the past, present and future of nuclear fusion. We discuss how fusion works, the science behind the Tokamak, the challenges for using fusion as a commercial sustainable energy source, and the advances in other areas of science being driven by work in fusion. Nick is a Plasma Physicist, has a PhD in Phys…
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Historical Martial Arts are a combination of the study of historical texts and martial arts. They involve swordsmanship, other weaponry and hand to hand combat styles. I talk to Guy Windsor to get the lowdown on HMA and how he uses history to develop and teach swordsmanship. Guy has been fundamental in the development of HMA. He is a consulting swo…
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In this episode I talk to Maeve Hanan of Dietetically Speaking, a registered Dietitian and nutritional consultant. Maeve explains her idea of nutri-bollocks: bad science and guidance in nutrition. She tells us how to spot nutribollocks, and how we can figure out who to trust when it comes ot nutrition information. Maeve graduated with a First Class…
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In this episode I talk to Professor Emma Bell of Savoie University in France. We explore the idea of soft authoritarianism, and how this concept can be used to examine British politics in the 20th century through to present day. The discussion covers: What is Authoritarianism? Hayek v Keynesianism in Economics Positive and negative freedom: freedom…
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Curiosity Cake is the podcast about ideas for curious minds with big appetites. I talk to the best minds from academia and elsewhere to bring you accessible and engaging conversations across a wide range of topics with no prior knowledge required. ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** You can find out more at: www.curiositycake.co.uk Twitter: @curiosity_…
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