Latest additions to the Moving Image Gateway

Learning on Screen’s Gateway includes over 1,900 websites relating to moving image and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone (020 7393 1500).

Almeida Theatre Podcasts
Podcast featuring interviews and panel discussions on a broad range of subjects concerning drama and the theatre, from Greek tragedy to Eastenders. Many of the podcasts are concerned with Greek drama, and include discussions about Medea, The Oresteia and The Bacchae, featuring a mix of scholars, dramatists, actors and writers.

The Broad Experience
Excellent podcast about women in the workplace which examines a broad range of issues in a positive, business-like manner, covering race, communication styles, sexual harassment, the glass ceiling, women in academia, salary levels, childcare issues and many other subjects. Featuring interviews, panel discussions and case studies, the site is distinguished by its intelligent, nuanced and humorous approach to a complex area. The site, which features a clean, easy to navigate layout, also includes a blog, transcripts and a newsletter.

Criminal
Compelling podcast series which tells the stories of people who have been affected by crime, from the point of view of the perpetrators, the victims and people caught in the middle. Approaching the subject from the human interest angle and covering stories from the present day as well as historical crimes, the podcast would be of interest to students of law, criminology or the history of crime. Each episode is tightly-edited, self-contained and told without recourse to sensationalism.

Getty Museum
YouTube channel with videos about the Getty Museum’s collections and exhibitions, including interesting content on conservation projects, art-making techniques, photography, sculpture, manuscripts, drawing and classical art and sculpture.

TeamBath: Physio and Sport Science Podcasts
Series of podcasts produced by Team Bath (the sports brand of the University of Bath). Each episode aims to share knowledge, advice and ideas related to the science behind sport, focusing on the psychological as well as the physiological aspects of growth and maturation. Suitable for young athletes, physiotherapy and sports science students as well as interested sports professionals.

The Titanium Physicists Podcast
Lively physics podcast created and curated by Canadian theoretical physicist and mathematician Ben Tippett. The podcasts feature a range of experts in various disciplines, discussing their research, from astronomy and astrophysics to biophysics and the theory of general relativity. The podcasts have been arranged by topic and most of them have been transcribed, which means that searching by keyword is also possible.

 

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