Anna Ploszajski talks to knitter Leah Richards about wool. Tickets for 'rial Talk Live: https://www.ticketsignite.com/event/443/-rial-talk-live Stickers: http://smartmaterialcollective.com/ Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics) 'rial Talk is a proud member of the Smart Material Collective

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Anna Ploszajski speaks to Roman archeologist Beth Munro about lime and what have the Romans ever done for us? Get tickets to 'rial Talk Live on 4th October via this link: https://www.ticketsignite.com/event/443/-rial-talk-live

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Anna Ploszajski speaks to artist and embroiderer Richard McVetis about his work using cotton. Find Richard on Twitter @Richard_McVetis and online at www.richardmcvetis.co.uk. Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)

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Anna Ploszajski talks to stand-up comedian and geo-microbiologist Sarah Jones about antimony and its ore stibnite. Follow Sarah on Twitter at @Sarah_Jokes. Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)

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Anna Ploszajski talks to artist Shelley James about glass - what it is, what it means, and how we use it. Shelley works with scientists and other experts to understand the underlying principles of their fields and the wider historical and philosophical context of their work. See and read more about Shelley's beautiful work on her website: www.shelleyjames.co.uk. Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)

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Anna Ploszajski speaks to Hayley Loren, marine engineer at Scottish Power Renewables and YouTuber about fibreglass, or glass fibre-reinforced plastic if you want to get fancy. Find out more about Hayley on... her website: www.hayleyloren.com her Twitter: www.twitter.com/thehayleyloren her YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAyEbDuh4NZewfIuRHCtIw Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)

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Anna Ploszajski talks to Sarah Day, who is an earth science communicator with the Geological Society, about meteorites. Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)

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Anna Ploszajski talks to Jamie Upton about chocolate in our Easter special. Send Jamie your shelling videos on Twitter at @wimpscientist. Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)

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Anna Ploszajski speaks to Dan Ridley-Ellis, head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology at Edinburgh Napier University about wood, timber, forestry and ice cream. Follow him on Twitter at @FlyingQuercus or check out his blog at http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/cwst. Only three balloons were harmed in the recording of this podcast. Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)

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Anna Ploszajski talks to Matt Allinson, the maker of the Nuclear Trains twitter bot: https://twitter.com/NuclearTrains More on Matt here: http://mattallinson.com/ Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)

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