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- Link
- http://soundeffectspodcast.com/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Media Studies, Music, Radio Studies, Technology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Series of podcasts created by a sound designer and musician who goes by the alias SFX Ninja. Each episode addresses the process involved in the recording of sound and the creation of sound effects, offering advice on, for example, on how to record bird sounds and create chirping sound effects. Other episodes address ‘historical’ sound effects, video games and kitchen noises: others look at the challenges involved in recording bathroom noises and insect sounds. The podcasts also make an effort to contextualise the process, and include information about the history of sound effects and recording technology, as well as addressing the mixture of technological and creative skill needed. The overall tone is chatty and anecdotal but backed up by real expertise. Each podcast includes free sound clips and effects to download.
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- Link
- http://podcastthing.com/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- American Studies, Art, Business Studies, Current Affairs, Design, Economics, Food, General Science, History, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Social Studies, Technology, Women’s Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
A portal which helps people to ‘find great podcasts’. Curated by Max Temkin and Veronica Corzo-Duchardt, the site presents a selection of mainly American podcasts, arranged under a number of topics, including Tech, Science & Education, Politics & Econ and Storytelling. An Interview page features transcripts of question and answer sessions with podcasters, writers, designers and other culturally-aware, creative people, who talk about their favourite podcasts, and why (and how) they like listening to them. The site works well because its focus is fairly narrow: the emphasis is on curation, and presenting a carefully selected range of interesting podcasts, rather than a comprehensive but overwhelming list of resources.
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- Link
- https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/
- Category
- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, General Science, Genetics, Music, Nature, Physics, Radio Studies, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
This popular American radio programme about science and philosophy is aimed at an audience of general listeners and is characterised by its innovative sound design. Each podcast takes a broad theme, such as Parasites, Placebo or Games and takes an exploratory, associative approach to the subject, aiming to stimulate curiosity rather than reach a definitive conclusion about the chosen topic. Each show is divided into several parts, featuring interviews with experts and occasional ventures into audience participation and ‘thought experiments’. The programme’s host Jad Abumrad is a trained musician and his background as a composer is evident in the podcast’s approach to sound, where music, speech and effects overlap, forming an integral part of the programme’s experimental, freewheeling ethos.
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- Link
- http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Engineering, General Science, Mathematics, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Streaming/Download, Vacancies/Careers, Web Links
This online gateway provides easy access to thousands of resources for teachers and students of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Each subject area can be searched individually or collectively, and a wide range of filters can be applied, including by subject, publisher, format, year and age range. The content includes videos, animations, images and audio as well text-based learning resources. Users must register in order to access all the content.
Other Online Moving image Audio
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- Link
- http://ask-the-techies.blogspot.co.uk/
- Category
- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Computing, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
This series of podcasts and accompanying videos explains aspects of technology, specialising in multimedia. The focus is on Macs but the podcast deals with PC Windows issues as well. It began in 2005 and the last podcast was in 2011 but the archive of 150 episodes is still available. The site requires Blip Player but the series is also available on YouTube.
Other Online Moving image Audio
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- Link
- https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-global-lab/id445573792?mt=2
- Category
- Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Computing, Development Studies, Geography, Information Studies, Law, Mathematics, Social Studies, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Produced by the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, this series of podcasts considers the impact of technology on cities and global connectivity. Drawing on the expertise of mathematicians, information scientists, lawyers, digital humanities researchers and museum curators amongst others, the podcast, which follows a magazine format, looks at how technology affects all our lives, but is of particular interest for those interested in urban analysis and social complexity.
Other Online Moving image Audio
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- Link
- https://computersciencepodcast.com/
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- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Computing, Technology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
There are many science podcasts, but very few dedicated to computer sciences. Created in 2010 by researchers and students at Edinburgh University, Compucast is a lively and varied podcast about computer science and related technologies. Presented in a magazine format and aimed at an audience with a reasonable grounding in the subject, the programmes cover subjects such as robotics, systems biology, semantics, artificial intelligence and energy efficient data centres, amongst others. The podcasts are in MP3 format and are free to download.
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- Link
- http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/media/podcasts
- Category
- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Computing, Economics, General Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Technology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting
This podcast is presented in a magazine format and features interviews with researchers and scientists at Imperial College, London, as well as round-ups of the latest science news. The podcasts are distinguished by their variety: a typical example covering how gene therapy could treat a rare form of blindness, how economics shapes discourse on climate change and how to protect creative industries while fostering innovation. The podcasts can be streamed or downloaded free of charge and can be listened to as a whole or in individual chapters.
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- Link
- https://www.howstuffworks.com/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Archaeology, Biology, Computing, Engineering, General Science, Nature, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The brainchild of former North Carolina State University professor Marshall Brain, this site uses various media, including podcasts and videos, to explain how things work. It is essentially a popular science site but contains a great deal of high quality educational content and has now expanded to cover non-science subjects (see for example How Nepotism Works). Searching is made easier by a clear interface in which categories with their various subdivisions are simply displayed: the Engineering Videos page, for example, features categories such as Robotics, Buildings and Structures, Materials Science. The site’s videos and podcasts are supplemented by a number of blogs.
Other Online Moving image Audio
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- Link
- https://sounds.bl.uk/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Art, Current Affairs, Drama, Film Studies, History, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Radio Studies, Technology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
50,000 selected sound recordings from the British Library’s sound archive, covering music, spoken word, wildlife and oral history. There is a vast range of material available here: the Arts, literature and performance page alone contains a wealth of diverse material from a series of talks at the ICA, which comprises over 800 discussions during the period 1982-1993 with contemporary writers, artists and filmmakers, to early spoken word recordings, the African Writers Club Collection and the Theatre Archive Project. Other sections cover Sound Recording History, Jazz and popular music and Accents and Dialects. Much of the material is freely available but some is for the use of Higher and Further Education institutions only.
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