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- https://www.ashmolean.org/podcasts
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Archaeology, Astronomy, German Studies, History, Languages, Literature
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- Film/Video
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Series of curated podcasts in which an academic from Oxford University chooses an object from the Ashmolean Museum and speaks about it in the context of their own research and interests. Historians, scientists, mathematicians and linguists take their turn, amongst them Diarmaid MacCulloch speaking about the Reformation in the context of a medal from the reign of Henry VIII and Marcus Du Sautoy on the mathematical implications of carved neolithic stones.
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- http://isciencemag.co.uk/
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- Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Physics, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Journals, Podcasting, Reviews, Streaming/Download
This website is produced by post-graduate students at Imperial College, studying for an MSc in Science Communication and Science Media Production. It features news, reviews, blogs and a magazine which appears three times a year. The site’s audio and video resources include podcasts, interviews and news items covering a broad range of scientific subjects. A useful source of news and information for science undergraduates.
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- https://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/podcasts/
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- Social Sciences
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- Economics
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Educational podcast in which Goldman Sachs staff share their knowledge and expertise on developments shaping markets, industry and the global economy.
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- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/series/brexit-means
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- Social Sciences
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- Business Studies, Economics, Law, Media Studies, Politics and Government, Social Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
In-depth weekly podcasts produced by The Guardian newspaper covering all aspect of Brexit, with contributions from Britons and Europeans as well as Leavers and Remainers. Led by Guardian journalist Jon Henley, the podcast features politicians, economists, lawyers, businessmen and women, campaigners and members of the public, with the aim of shedding some light on the Brexit process and what it might mean for the future of the United Kingdom.
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- https://www.nypl.org/voices/audio-video
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Information Studies, Literature, Music
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Archives/Museums, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The New York Public Library produces a range of interesting resources relating to its own services, as well as a number of podcasts about books and culture in general. The Librarian is In is a lively podcast presented by staff of the New York Public Library. Styling itself the ‘podcast about books, culture and what to read next’ each episode does exactly that, adding information about issues affecting librarians and information professionals. Amongst the other other offerings are the Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project and interviews with writers like Michael Chabon, Richard Price, Wole Soyinka, Art Spiegelman and Tom Wolfe.
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- https://hearingthevoice.org/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Information Sources, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
This site features some of the work being undertaken by a large interdisciplinary study of voice-hearing based at Durham University and supported by the Wellcome Trust. The team includes academic researchers from cognitive neuroscience, English Literature, cultural studies, medical humanities, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, psychiatry and theology. The area of research explores the subjective experience of hearing voices. The site features a series of podcasts and other audio material available in the resources section of the site.
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- https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/bettany-hughess-ten-places-europe-and-us-podcast-series
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Archaeology, Architecture, History
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- Radio/Sound
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Ten-week podcast series from the National Trust, presented by historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes, who visits well-known historic sites in England in order to examine Europe’s influence on aspects of the English national heritage. From the stones of Avebury to the modernist marvels of 2 Willow Road, the home of Hungarian architect Ernö Goldfinger, Hughes brings out the continental connections of these sites and others, in ten twenty minute podcasts.
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- https://royalcourttheatre.com/podcasts/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Drama
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Simon Stephens speaks to playwrights about their work. Based on the Royal Court’s ethos as the writer’s theatre, the podcasts explore the lives, work and careers of twelve well-known playwrights who have all had their work performed at the Royal Court. So far Enda Walsh, Polly Stenham, April De Angelis, Dennis Kelly, Joe Penhall and David Hare have contributed.
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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bq6j1/episodes/downloads
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- Science and Technology
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- Computing, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Series of podcasts in which mathematician Hannah Fry looks back at 75 years of computing history to reveal the UK’s lead role in developing the technologies we rely on today, from the development of computer memory in the 1940s and the invention of packet switching in the 1950s, to the home computer boom of the 1980s, the development of the billion dollar computer game industry and the dot com boom and bust in Great Britain between 1999 and March 2000.
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- http://www.instantanatomy.net
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- Bio-Medical
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- Medicine
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Extremely useful website for medical students learning about human anatomy. Produced by former paediatric urological surgeon Robert Whitaker, the site features podcasts, audovisual demonstrations, revision exercises, tips and mnemonics. A subscription site provides even more material, including 144 video podcasts, 23 hours of audio and 38 lectures. Members of the following institutions can access the subscription services via their institutional sign in: University of Cambridge; University of Oxford; Nottingham University; University of Cumbria; Deakin University; Imperial College; University of Limerick; University of St Andrews; ACT Health; UTS; University of Queensland.
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