Gin and Topic

How can fantasy literature and media benefit wellbeing and mental health?

This week we’re joined by Dr Anna Mackenzie, a post-doctoral researcher at Lancaster University who is employed as deputy head of events while she continues her research. 

Anna will join us in a glass of Brewdog’s Lonewolf gin as we chat. Prepare for some serious nerding from Áine…

Cheers!

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Maths! Why do people love to hate it?

This week Lucy Rycroft Smith,  a maths education researcher and writer, is joining us to talk all things maths. She may even manage to make notorious maths hater, Áine, feel a little more warmly towards the subject…

Lucy will also join us un a glass of Mother’s Ruin Damson Gin as we chat

Cheers!

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This week we don't have a guest, and we don’t have any gin…

That’s because we’re taking a break! Or rather, our editor, Ben, is. 

Ben has a brand new job that’s keeping him busy, so we’re taking a week or two off to let him settle in, and then we’ll be back with the rest of series two! 

See you again soon

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Plants! What do they even do for us? And how do we make them work for us?

This week we’re joined by Dr Emily May Armstrong, a geneticist and plant scientist who specialises in building conversations around disability, plant knowledge, and scientific understanding in modern life. 

Emily will also join us in a glass of Isle of Harris gin while we chat

Cheers!

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This week we’re talking all thing’s children’s literature, with a focus on the question: are we representing the diversities of life enough? 

We’ll be joined by Dr. B.J. Epstein, who is a senior lecturer in Literature and Translation in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia. 

B.J will also join us in a glass of Gyre and Gimble’s Queen of Hearts cherry gin as we chat

Cheers!

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How have feminists created their own media, and what role does the internet play in feminist media today?

This week we’re joined by Dr Claire Sedgwick, an Honorary Research fellow at University of Nottingham… with a PHD in Feminist Media Studies! 

Claire is going to be chatting all things Feminist media with us over some cans of Moth Negroni, a Gin & Topic first…

Cheers! 

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Nanoscale Molecular Machinery… or as Áine put it ‘ya what?!’

This week we’re talking to Dr Rivka Isaacson, Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies in the Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences and Reader in Chemical Biology in the Department of Chemistry at Kings College London, who’s going to explain all and try to answer ‘How can we view the invisible?’. 

And of course, we’ll be drinking! To help us learn we’ve got some large glasses of Hendrick's Midsummer gin.

Cheers! 

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Tinnitus: More than just a noise? 

This week we’re joined by Dr James Jackson,  Reader in Psychology in the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the School of Social and Health Sciences at Leeds Trinity University. 

James will be chatting all things tinnitus with us over a glass of Jacqsons gin, chosen for the play on his name… and it involves the rhubarb triangle. We promise, all will be explained.

Cheers!

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Why are periods so bloody important?! 

This week we’re joined by Mandi Tembo, a PhD research fellow with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine… but she’s based in Zimbabwe! 

Mandi will be chatting all things menstrual health with us over a cucumber and gin fizz, made using Bombay Sapphire. Get ready for some serious oversharing…

Cheers! 

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Surprise, it’s an extra shot! 

We loved chatting with Suw so much that it was an extra long recording, which meant some bits had to be cut out… This is one of our particular favourite cut clips about George Dunn.

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