Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club!

In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food.

In this episode, Alex talks to Yasmin Ali. Yasmin is a chemical engineer, dedicated to developing renewable energy projects. Having worked in coal and gas fired power stations, oil and gas, district heating systems, and energy innovation, Yasmin transitioned away from fossil fuels into more sustainable energy systems over the course of her career. She has given over a hundred talks about engineering and energy, written for the BBC and Metro, featured in TV and radio programmes and completed a British Science Association Media Fellowship with the BBC's Science Unit. In recognition of her public engagement work, Yasmin has been awarded and shortlisted for multiple industry awards, including the 2020 Women's Engineering Society's top 50 female engineers in sustainability.

We discuss Yasmin's dream feminist dinner party, starting with a great guest list; writer and comedian Sandi Toksvig, scientist Ainissa Ramirez and science writer Lisa Margonelli. Set in space next to the International Space Station, against a soundtrack of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Boiler Room Beiruit DJs and Aphex Twin, they start with humous, baba ganoush and bread, followed by Iraqi aubergine wrapped lamb kebabs in a tamarind and tomato sauce with rice, and finishing with baklava from Istanbul. We discuss how her feminism intersects with her work as a chemical engineer, and her past and current projects.

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