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Gin and Topic episodes
- Tonic Waters & Flying Squirrels
This week we’re making some airtime for a less represented animal (thank you for that joke, Sarah). We’re going to be chatting all things flying squirrel!
Our expert is Jeremy Howard, PhD student at the University of Missouri St. Louis. He’s currently studying bumblebees but we’re dragging him back to his previous work as we chatted all things bee way back in series one with Hamish. So, flying squirrels. Why should we research and protect them? Join us to find out.
Cheers!
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50 min - Tasting Tonic Waters
Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room
We’re doing something a bit different this week… we’re tasting tonic waters. Join us as we try Fever Tree, Schweppes and Double Dutch with our guest Jeremy Howard.
Cheers!
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23 min - Cambridge Curator's & Sharing Science
We chat a lot about science on this podcast but this week we’re going a bit meta and chatting about sharing science. Although, in a much more academic sense…
We’re joined by Emma Smith, a Journal Development Editor at eLife, an independent nonprofit committed to improving the way scientific research is reviewed and communicated. They’re going to be answering the questions: How do we know what science to trust and does that process work? What can we do to improve it?
Cheers!
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1 hr 5 min - Tasting Cambridge Curator's
Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room
This week we’re tasting Cambridge Curator’s gin with our guest Emma Smith
Cheers!
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18 min - Isle of Harris & Toxic Algae
It’s the third and final in this accidental swampy theme! And this week it’s getting toxic…
We’re joined by Dr. Will J Brownlie, an Environmental biologist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. But don’t worry, Will isn’t the toxic one and nor is this week’s gin. We’re talking Toxic Algae. And more specifically, should we be worried about toxic algal blooms?
Cheers!
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56 min - Tasting Isle of Harris
Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room
This week we’re tasting Isle of Harris gin with our guest Dr Will J Brownlie
Cheers!
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19 min - Caorunn & Swamp Methane
We’re back in the swamps this week but don’t worry, there’s no sign of Shrek.
Our guest is Dr Carole Helfter, an Environmental physicist and Group Leader in Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange and Effects at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
She’s going to be talking to us all about Swamp Methane and answering the burning question: Where does it come from and why should we care?
Cheers!
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47 min - Tasting Caorunn
Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room
This week we’re tasting Caorunn with our guest Dr Carole Helfter
Cheers!
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15 min - Dà Mhìle & Plankton Physics
Plankton Physics, two words that on their own we have some knowledge about. Together? Not a clue. But why should you care about plankton?
This week’s guest is going to tell us. We’re joined by Russell Arnott - Marine biologist; oceanographer; science presenter and director of Incredible Oceans CIC, a marine education non-profit organisation.
Pour yourself a glass of gin – we’ve gone with Dà Mhìle this week – and join us all in a toast. Here’s to Thankton Plankton!
Cheers
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1 hr 1 min - Tasting Dà Mhìle
Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room
This week we’re tasting Dà Mhìle with our guest Russell Arnott
Cheers!
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About Gin and Topic
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Our ever-curious step-mother and step-daughter, Sarah and Áine, begin each episode with a glass of gin in hand, before launching into the topic of the week. Once the gin has been thoroughly sampled,…
and reviewed, they discuss what they already know about the weekly topic. It could be anything, from science to art, from political to cultural. Most importantly, they often don’t know a lot. Luckily, there is a weekly expert who shares their knowledge… and the gin. The guest may be plagued with ‘Okay, but why?’s, and ‘So, how?’s, but they get to drink through it! And, if this expert can tell our hosts that everything they thought they knew is wrong, even better. There’s no confrontation, just a genuine wish to learn and understand, and at the end of the show, the hosts spend a little time mulling over what they’ve learnt, and wondering how they can slip it into conversations to look smart.
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