Interested Podcast

This episode of Interested is extra special, as Lizzie was in Bristol she was able to invite two people onto the podcast to talk about what interests them! Enjoy listening to Bristol Uni students and flatmates Antonio and Amy discuss respectively one of the best Portuguese poets, and a feminist contemporary novelist. As always if you'd like to learn more then head over to our Instagram and Facebook page @interested.podcast. If you want to email us any questions, corrections or just want to share your own interests in depth then you can reach us at [email protected]

Welcome to Extra Interested, this is a mini series that accompanies our main episodes where we can talk more about a specific point that we didn't get the chance to discuss in our main episodes. In this episode, Beth expands upon ep. 3 (the Haber-Bosch process and Virginia Woolf), talking about the amazing woman, Dr Clara Immerwahr. She married Fritz Haber but not before becoming the first woman in Germany to obtain a doctorate in chemistry. 

[warning, this episode contains references to suicide.] 

to find out more, check out these websites: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825402/ 

https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/immerwahr-clara 

you can also find us on Instagram (interested.podcast) and Facebook (@interested.podcasts) or you can email us at [email protected]

To start, Beth talks about the huge impact of the Haber-Bosch process. (Sorry for mispronunciations) (N2) +3(H2) —> 2(NH3) An equation most people study at school without being taught about it’s dramatic history intertwined with both life and death. This deceptively simple equation may be the reason you’re alive. After this Lizzie explores the life of one of the most amazing writers of all time, Virginia Woolf. Through three of her many amazing writings, Lizzie demonstrates Virginia Woolf's incredible foresight, revolutionary writing style, and ideas that are so modern that it is easy to forget they were written by a woman who was born 138 years ago. If you would like to get in contact, you can email us at: [email protected] 

or find us on Instagram and at facebook  @interested.podcasts 

links to sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fritz-habers-experiments-in-life-and-death-114161301/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/haber-bosch-process

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/ammonia-renewable-fuel-made-sun-air-and-water-could-power-globe-without-carbon

Lizzie starts with bringing the Greek myth of Prometheus and Pandora, but is it even a 'true myth.' And Beth educates Lizzie on the history of whether or not Ada Lovelace was a genius. You can find more content, contextual pictures and links to what we talk about at interested.podcast on Instagram. Email us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram with what you find interesting and you may be mentioned in the next episode! If you want to read more about the controversy surrounding Ada’s contribution check out this link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17498430.2017.1325297 If you want to watch Professor Ursula Martin’s lecture you can find it on YouTube here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aBa7IBNSWp4#dialog

Welcome to our first ever episode of interested! Today we discuss the amazing and tumultuous life of Nikola Tesla before diving into the terrifying and deeply philosophical story of Frankenstein. We hope you enjoy the episode! You can find us on Instagram at interested.podcast