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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Over 1500 episodes from 1942 to date of the BBC Radio 4 series are streamed, and some available for download, on its well designed and easy to navigate site. Searches can be made by castaway, books and authors chosen, music selected and luxury items. Searches can also be made by year and by occupation, for example castaways who are musicians, politicians or study in the areas of religion and philosophy. Interviewees are wide ranging - Gerard Hoffnung talking in 1957, Louis Armstrong (1968), Field Marshall Montgomery (1969) and Tennessee Williams (1978).
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- https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/discoverpsychiatry/podcasts.aspx
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Psychiatry, Psychology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Streaming/Download
Each month the podcast team broadcasts breakthroughs and discoveries in neurosciences, psychiatry and psychology. Recent (2015) topics have included Ebola in Sierra Leone, GONE GIRL [the 2015 film], the Mediatisation of Crime, Tasers and Tasering, and Did Alan Turing have Asperger’s Syndrome? The podcasts are streamed/downloaded free with a subscription to iTunes.
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- https://www.genengnews.com/gen-podcasts
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Biology, Engineering, Genetics
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
Weekly podcasts from Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. Posted every Thursday between 5pm and 6pm EST, these weekly podcasts feature interviews with leading biotechnology researchers, newsmakers, and thought leaders. Topics revolve around the critical scientific and business issues that impact the global biotechnology industry, beginning with new discoveries in the lab and then moving onto R & D, biomanufacturing, and final product commercialisation. Trends, novel technologies, opinions, recent developments, how-to advice are discussd.
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- https://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
Based in Los Angeles, California LearnOutLoud has curated a catalogue of over 40,000 audio books, podcasts, free downloads, and videos for educational use. A free Audio & Video Directory features over 5,000 free audio books, courses, lectures, interviews, speeches, and more. There is also a Podcast Directorywith over 2,000 audio and video podcasts. Along with these free sections LearnOutLoud sells over 10,000 audio book downloads from all the major audio book publishers and smaller publishers and individual authors, many of whom publish their titles through its self-publishing service.
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- https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=nature-podcast
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Agriculture, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Studies, General Science, Nature, Physics, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Podcasts. Each week ‘Nature’ publishes a free podcast hosted by Kerri Smith, with reporters Noah Baker, Ewen Callaway, Lizzie Gibney, Geoff Marsh and Charlotte Stoddart. Every show features highlighted content from the current edition of the journal including interviews with the people behind the science, and in-depth commentary and analysis from journalists covering science around the world. Topics covered include a simulation which will help scientists discover how the moon was formed and how blind rats have a magnetic sixth sense.
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- http://www.wired.co.uk
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- General Science, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
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- Journals, Podcasting, Reviews, Streaming/Download, Technology
Podcasts on the latest developments in science and technology. Each weekly 30-minute episode covers at least five stories. The subjects covered are wide-ranging and include biometric banking, venomous snails and how new technologies are being used to further political protest in North Korea. The presenters are Nate Laxton, Olivia Solon and Liat Clark. The podcasts are also available free for streaming or download on iTunes
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- https://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/video-audio
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Economics, Food, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Streaming/Download
Video and audio resources from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, which connects research on the food system being done at Oxford University and supports interdisciplinary research on the challenges of feeding the global population sustainably and equitably. Video content includes debates, lectures and seminars.
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- http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/index.php
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Art, Drama, Film Studies, Information Studies, Languages, Literature, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Technology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download
These webcasts consist of lectures and talks by experts, academics, researchers and archivist. The Library of Congress has many different sites, collections and projects, covering a wide range of subjects: all are well-represented here and have been divided into eight broad subject areas: Biography, History, Performing Arts, Education, Government, Poetry and Literature, Religion and Science & Technology. Users can narrow their searches further within these broad headings, according to project/site/collection eg. The American Folklife Center, the Music Division, the Digital Future and You project, to name but three. The webcasts come with a brief description, date when uploaded and fully searchable transcripts. There is also a section for recently added webcasts. Although the talking head format is slightly old-fashioned the content is good and its searchability makes it a useful and user-friendly resource.
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- https://www.nature.com/hdy/podcast/index.html
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- Bio-Medical
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- Biology, Genetics
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
Heredity is the official journal of the Genetics Society and this is its podcast. Produced intermittently since 2006 by researchers in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, each episode is usually around 20 minutes long and covers the latest research in human, animal and plant genetics. The episodes are accompanied by links which feature scholarly articles related to the subject matter of the podcasts. Suitable for undergraduates and postgraduates, subscription is free, either via iTunes or direct from the site itself via an RSS feed.
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- http://www.psychiatrycpd.co.uk/default.aspx?page=0
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- Bio-Medical
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- Psychiatry
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
This is an online learning resource created by the Royal College of Psychiatrists for consultant psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. The resources, which include a podcast are free to download and are organised according to domain: Clinical, Academic and Professional. In addition to the podcasts, the site features a range of learning modules which can be used to gain credits towards CPD certification.
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