| Peter Harrison on Science and Religion |
Professor Peter Harrison discusses the relationship between science and religion, the myths that surround the relationship, and discusses some of the contentious contemporary issues. |
Peter Harrison, Oliver Lewis |
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| Marc Stears on Radical Political Thought |
Political theorist Dr. Marc Stears talks about the importance of political theory and describes some of the radical political movements of Britain and the United States. |
Marc Stears, Oliver Lewis |
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| Student Newspapers |
An introduction to the student newspapers in Oxford. |
Henry Clarke Price, Rosie Macaulay, Natasha Vashisht, Rebecca Molyneux |
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| Bryan Ward-Perkins on the Fall of the Roman Empire |
Bryan Ward-Perkins, a leading historian of Late Antiquity at Trinity College, Oxford, discusses the transitional period between the fall of Rome and the Middle Ages. |
Bryan Ward-Perkins, Oliver Lewis |
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| Jennifer Lau on Anxiety and Depression in Children |
Dr Jennifer Lau discusses her research into the development of anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence. |
Jennifer Lau, Oliver Lewis |
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| Gero Miesenboeck on Fruit Flies and Neuroscience |
In this podcast, Professor Gero Miesenboeck begins with a discussion of DNA and neuroscience, and then talks about his experiments on the brain of the fruit fly. |
Gero Miesenboeck, Oliver Lewis |
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| The Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History |
An introduction to the Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History. |
Oxford University |
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| Oliver Taplin on Classics |
Professor Oliver Taplin, an authority on classics and the performance of ancient drama, talks about the subject and his research. |
Oliver Taplin, Oliver Lewis |
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| Adrian Moore on Metaphysics |
Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, explores the definition and origin of metaphysics, and then discusses some of the enduring metaphysical questions. |
Adrian Moore, Oliver Lewis |
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| Irene Tracey on FMRI and Pain |
Professor Irene Tracey, director of the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, explains how MRI works and then talks about her research into people’s perception of pain. |
Irene Tracey, Oliver Lewis |
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| Thomas Helleday on Cancer |
Professor Helleday explains what cancer is, the problems of treating it, and the success of his own research in developing new treatments. |
Thomas Helleday, Oliver Lewis |
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| John Broome on Rationality |
John Broome, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford, gives an explanation of reason and rationality, and then discusses his understanding of the 'the normative question'. |
John Broome, Oliver Lewis |
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| Nick Bostrom on Global Catastrophic Risk and Simulation Theory |
In this podcast, Professor Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, discusses global catastrophic risks and his earlier work on the simulation theory. |
Nick Bostrom, Oliver Lewis |
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| Julian Savulescu on Applied Ethics and Human Enhancement |
Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, talks about the current and future issues in applied ethics, particularly of the new biosciences. |
Julian Savulescu, Oliver Lewis |
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| Greg Kochanski on Phonetics |
Dr Greg Kochanski, a Research Fellow at the Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory, talks about how experiments in phonetics are conducted, how we study the history of language, and how speech changes over time. |
Greg Kochanski, Oliver Lewis |
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| Andrew Pollard on Vaccines and Immunisation of Children |
Dr Andrew Pollard, Reader in Paediatric Infection and Immunity, and Consultant in charge of the Oxford Vaccine Group, discusses childhood diseases, his research into vaccinations, and the problems facing childhood immunisation in the UK and abroad. |
Andrew Pollard, Oliver Lewis |
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| Roger Crisp on Aristotle's Ethics |
Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, discusses the ethics of Aristotle. |
Roger Crisp, Oliver Lewis |
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| Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds on Podcasting |
Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds, the hosts of the highly successful podcasting series 'Philosophy Bites', talk about podcasting. |
Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds, Oliver Lewis |
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| War Cemeteries |
A short video made by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive taking viewers through tracing the burial site of a soldier of the First World War. |
Everett Sharp, Kate Lindsay, Alun Edwards |
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| Podcasting at Cambridge |
Bjoern Hassler talks about other European podcasting initiatives. |
Bjoern Hassler |
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| Sustainable podcasting |
Ross Gardler of Open Source Software Watch, JISC, talks about sustainable podcasting. |
Ross Gardler |
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| The View from Europe |
Olaf Schulte and Bjoern Hassler talk about and discuss the view from Europe. |
Olaf Schulte, Bjoern Hassler |
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| Making lectures portable |
Andreas Busch from the University of Oxford talks about making lectures portable. |
Andreas Busch |
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| Kate Lindsay Interview |
In a podcast recorded earlier this year, Kate Lindsay, Project Manager for the First World War Poetry Digital Archive discusses the exciting development of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive and The Great War Archive. |
Kate Lindsay |
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| Trench Warfare |
A short video made by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive taking viewers through some of the features associated with trench warfare on the Western Front during World War One. |
Everett Sharp |
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| Poetry Tour - London (2) |
A second enhanced podcast tour of some of the exhibits in the Imperial War Museum. The tour takes you through the Trench Experience and the end of the war, linking to some of the poets and poetry of the period. |
Stuart Lee |
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| Teaching WW1 Literature: Andrea Peterson |
Andrea Peterson 'Children's Literature'. |
Andrea Peterson |
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| Teaching WW1 Literature: Vivien Noakes |
Vivien Noakes 'Blasting the Canon'. |
Vivien Noakes |
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| Teaching WW1 Literature: Meg Crane |
Meg Crane 'WW1 Poetry in Schools'. |
Meg Crane |
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| Teaching WW1 Literature: Jon Stallworthy |
Jon Stallworthy 'War Poetry'. |
Jon Stallworthy |
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| Greening the full lifecycle - going the extra mile. |
Greening the full lifecycle - going the extra mile. |
Jürgen Heidegger |
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| Why Oxford University must respond to the challenge. |
Why Oxford University must respond to the challenge. |
Daniel Curtis, Nick Eyre |
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| Welcome to the Towards Low Carbon ICT conference at Oxford |
Welcome to the Towards Low Carbon ICT conference at Oxford. |
Paul Jeffreys |
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| Richard Holmes interview |
In this interview, the well-known military historian Brigadier Richard Holmes discusses his work on WW1, remembrance, his views on WW1 poetry, and how those experiences relate to the British Army currently serving in Iraq. |
Richard Holmes |
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| Poetry Tour - London (1) |
An enhanced podcast tour of some of the exhibits in the Imperial War Museum. The tour takes you through the displays on the First World War but links them to some of the poets and poetry of the period. |
Stuart Lee |
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| Max Arthur Interview |
An interview with Max Arthur, author of 'Forgotten Voices', 'Last Post', and most recently 'Faces of World War One: The Tragedy of the Great War in Words and Pictures'. |
Max Arthur |
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| Ian Hislop interview |
An interview with Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, and TV presenter on WW1 documentaries entitled 'Not Forgotten' (Channel 4, UK). Part of a series of Podcasts from Oxford University's First World War Poetry Digital Project. |
Ian Hislop |
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