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Each episode showcases three academic experts from a variety of fields, from science to history to art, who will explain their research in less than 3 minutes using language that any audience should be able to understand. Hosted by Prof. Bruce Hood.  Part of the Cosmic Shambles Network

The Speakezee Podcast

The Speakezee Showcase features 3x 3 minute talks from graduates on their research in language that anyone should understand. This week, the topic is the broken prison system, the consequences of keeping mothers in prison and whether we should introduce a law to enforce people to be Good Samaritans. Contributions from Liz Herbert (Southampton), Natalie Booth (Bath) and Usmaan Siddiqui (Nottingham).

The Speakezee Podcast Episode 3 - Going Straight Prison Mothers Punish Those Who Refuse to Help

Dr Kim Jacobson joins Bruce to discuss how what you eat could affect your eyesight, how to create life from scratch and attitudes to women in space and sexism in the health services. With contributions from Irene Ctori (City University), Sam Briggs (Bristol University) and Kat Deerfield (Cardiff University).

The Speakezee Podcast Episode 5 - Eyes, Life and Women in Space and Medicine

The Speakezee Showcase features 3x 3 minute talks from graduates on their research in language that anyone should understand. This episode has talks on use of morphine in pet surgery, how to reduce dental anxiety and building an artificial nervous system to detect faults in aircraft as they fly. Contributions from Meera Shah (Bristol), Annegret Schneider (Plymouth) and Ryan Marks (Cardiff).

The Speakezee Podcast Episode 2 - Pained Pets with Dental Problems Damage Aircraft

The Speakezee Showcase features 3x 3 minute talks from graduates on their research in language that anyone should understand. This episode has talks on bee pollination, Scottish accents in early film and why exercise increases cognitive function. Contributions from the universities of Bristol, Stirling and Cardiff. Contributions from Clara Montgomery (Bristol), John Ritchie (Stirling) and Hannah Furby (Cardiff).

The Speakezee Podcast Episode 1 - Positive Bees with Scottish Accents Exercise Your Brain

In this episode, special guest medical microbiologist, Dr Kim Jacobson discusses with Bruce how to administer drugs to children, the upcycling fashion industry, and why sometimes a dose of pooh might be good for you. With contributions from the Claire Lewis (Nottingham), Sara Li-Chou Han (Manchester Metropolitan) and Lucy Blandford (King's College).

The Speakezee Podcast Episode 4 - A Sprinkle of Medicine Upcycling Bugs in Your Gut

This episode is all about using science and engineering to prevent disasters. UK 3MT champion 2015, Zaid Janjua from Nottingham University explains how he is using centrifugal force to test coatings that make flying safer. Ronak Janani is a female engineer from Sheffield Hallam University who wants to make the batteries in your phones safer, greener and more efficient. Finally, Derreck Van Gelderen from Bristol University explains how radiation exposure changes the brittleness of materials, which will help to identify problems in nuclear reactors before they occur.

The Speakezee Podcast Ep 9 - Spinning on Thin Ice, Exploding Batteries & Avoiding Nuclear Meltdown.

Our second special from this year's Latitude Festival, again recorded backstage at the Speakeasy tent. Robin chats her Ladybird Guide to Consciousness with Dr Hannah Critchlow and science books with Dr Michael Brooks of Science(ish). We catch up with Matt Haig about Notes on a Nervous Planet and Jen Brister on her new Edinburgh show. As before, being a festival, there can be some background noise in some of these chats. Like Gospel choirs at full tilt.

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Book Shambles - Latitude Festival 2018 Special - Part 2

First episode of six recorded live at Edinburgh Fringe, in this episode Robin chats to comedian and co-host of All Killa No Filla, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and comedian and DIY chef George Egg. They chat best books about serial killers, favourite cookery books, the precarious crossover of the two and home made Russian antennas.

Support the show, and The Cosmic Shambles Network at patreon.com/bookshambles. Lots of great rewards including extended episodes. There's an extra 15 minutes of this chat for instance. And be sure to check out the launch our new blog network, featuring Robin, Dean Burnett, Helen Czerski, Jon Butterworth and more at cosmicshambles.com/blogs

Book Shambles Live from the Edinburgh Fringe - Kiri Pritchard-McLean and George Egg

Canadian singer-songwriter Ben Caplan is on tour in Europe at the moment with his band and new musical Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, so he dropped by the studio to chat with Robin and Michael Legge, subbing for Josie again whilst she's on maternity leave. They chat of Jewish refugees, squeezing philosophy lines into songs, great music biographies by hard rockers and much more. And Michael does an ad for Mercedes for which we very much didn't get paid for.

Extended edition for Patreons as always. Please consider supporting the show at patreon.com/bookshambles so we can keep on making it!

Book Shambles - Ben Caplan

Since today is publication day for Robin Ince's book I'm a Joke and So Are You we've got a very special double episode. In a front room in Northampton Robin is joined by Alan Moore, subbing in as co-host for Josie Long this week, to chat with author of Drunken Baker Barney Farmer. They chat about all their new books, accents, Viz, Laurence Scott, HP Lovecraft and a whole lot more. Part Two will be out very soon.

As always, thanks to our Patreon supporters who have a whole 15 minutes of extra exclusive chat this week, and the same again in Part 2. Support the show at patreon.com/bookshambles

Book Shambles - Barney Farmer and Alan Moore - Part 1

International best selling author Ian Rankin returns to Book Shambles for a special episode recorded as part of our live run at the Edinburgh Fringe. He chats to Robin about Rebus, great music novels, being asked to ghost write Sean Connery's biography and how crime writers seek revenge on ex-lovers...

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Book Shambles - Ian Rankin - Live at the Edinburgh Fringe

We are back! Recorded live from the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, Robin and Josie are joined by actor Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) who is currently winning acclaim for his lead turn in Death of a Salesman at The Young Vic. They chat about Arthur Miller and the potency of the Loman family being portrayed by an African American cast, bad accents in The Wire, Taylor Branch, Kate Grenville and more.

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Tickets for the West End transfer of Death of a Salesman can be found at salesmanwestend.com

Book Shambles - Wendell Pierce

Our guest this week was meant to be Lemn Sissay but a mix up with timings meant Robin and Josie found themselves alone in the studio for 40 minutes or so. So what better way to fill the time than catch up with what they've been reading since they last saw each other a couple of months ago! Jean Rhys, Alistair Humphreys, Shirley Jackson, Roger Deakin and more!

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Book Shambles - Robin and Josie Catch Up

Recorded live at this year's Blue Dot Festival after the play Signals, Helen Czerski is joined by Matthew Cobb, Suzie Imber and Chris Lintott to talk about life. What is life? What are its origins? Why is it on Earth? Where else might it be? What might it look like? Are we alone? What is the cosmological importance of squid rings?

Signals is on tour in the UK throughout October. Dates at cosmicshambles.com/signals

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Science Shambles - The Origins of Life - Live from the Blue Dot Festival

Our first ever guest on Book Shambles was Stewart Lee, and with his new book, March of the Lemmings, just released he's back in the studio this week with Robin to chat about it. Given the new book is about Brexit, there's a lot of chat about Brexit, finding the comedy in, but also talk of Steve Jones, William Blake, Marvel comics and what Robin and Stew need to do to make sure they remain members of the metropolitan liberal elite...

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Pic by Steve Ullathorne

Book Shambles - Stewart Lee Returns Again

Author John Higgs is in the studio this week with Robin and Bec to talk about all things William Blake, which makes sense being that John has just written a new essay on him for the Tate Exhibition and as a major new book coming out next year about Blake. They also talk about AI, climate and the future, the subject of John's latest book The Future Starts Here as well as Elizabeth Taylor, Matt Haig and discover The Beatles were quite good.

Support the podcast at patreon.com/bookshambles to get extended editions of each and every episode. In this week's extended edition find out why Tomorrowland wasn't as bad as Bec thought it would be...

Book Shambles - John Higgs

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The Speakezee Podcast Ep 9 - Spinning on Thin Ice, Exploding Batteries & Avoiding Nuclear Meltdown.

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