Shane is a lecturer at the National University of Ireland Galway and he is passionate about sand and where it comes from! He tells us what we can learn from finding out the provenance of sand grains and we also talked about Shane's past experience and his favourite field practices.

Presented by Ben Couvin and Elspeth Wallace

Produced by Anthea Lacchia and Ben Couvin

Aidan and Lizzie, undergraduate students in geology at University College Dublin, tell us about their recent summer internship with iCRAG investigators Prof John Walsh and Prof Peter Haughton, and let us know if they plan to pursue a career in research.

Jess, having just finished her PhD about sand provenance at NUI Galway, tells us all about the hardships of doing and completing a PhD and gives some useful tips on how to avoid a burn out. She also tells us about the Girls Into Geoscience public engagement programme and her upcoming post-doc research.

Presented by Ben Couvin and Laura Sinclair.

Produced by Ben Couvin and Anthea Lacchia.

John Paul is a research assistant in iCRAG who is finishing an 8-year long project mapping the network of faults and fractures that conduct groundwater in the Irish bedrock. We also talked about becoming a parent, the GAA, speleology and superpowers.

Presented and produced by Anthea Lacchia and Ben Couvin

Gaël is a post-doctoral researcher at UCD and studies the opening of the Atlantic Ocean and how its rifting affected the development of basins offshore Ireland. He tells us about the many expeditions at sea that he partook in, his passion for exploring the oceans and his interest for Icelandic witchcraft.

Presented and produced by Ben Couvin and Anthea Lacchia

Dr Weimu Xu, geoscientist, and Dr Charilaos Yiotis, phytobiologist, both postdoctoral researchers at Trinity College Dublin, join forces to find out whether plants grow faster in an ash-rich soil. They told us how their project could help mitigate climate change...and more!

Presented and produced by Anthea Lacchia and Ben Couvin

Dr Mark Coughlan is a postdoctoral researcher in iCRAG, looking at the potential feasibility of developing offshore wind turbines in the Irish Sea. He shared with us his passion for the works of Dostoevsky, Munch and Friedrich, and we also talked about his recent trip to Russia.

Presented and produced by Anthea Lacchia and Ben Couvin.

Laura Bérdi is a PhD student at University College Dublin and does research in geophysics about the Hatton basin offshore Ireland. She tells us her passion for criminal psychology, rhythmic gymnastics and her recent experience at the ReStoRE summer school!

Presented and produced by Ben Couvin and Anthea Lacchia

An introductory episode where we, the hosts, introduce ourselves and what this podcast is going to be about! What is iCRAG? What do people do in iCRAG and most importantly, who are Ben and Anthea?

Presented and produced by Ben Couvin and Anthea Lacchia