RAH! Podcast

This month, we are experimenting with a slightly different format for you! Instead of one long episode, our main episode will be broken up into four shorter episodes, so you can listen to all four in one go or come back later.

Our third interview in the SCIENCE AND ART series is with Antony Hall. We talk about his experiences of how drawing, in particular, can help in thinking through and communicating scientific ideas.

Episode transcript available here: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12581

Image credit: Projection with Fluids 2015 by Antony Hall. http://www.antonyhall.net/works01/projection_with_fluid_2015.html

This episode was presented by Martin Kratz, produced and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This month, we are experimenting with a slightly different format for you! Instead of one long episode, our main episode will be broken up into four shorter episodes, so you can listen to all four in one go or come back later.

Our second interview in the SCIENCE AND ART series is with Helen Mort and Kathryn Adamson. We will explore how science and art working together can help to communicate the widespread effects of climate change and inspire people to action.

Many thanks to Bill Carslake, Flora Curzon and Helen Mort for letting us play a clip from The Singing Glacier. You can find out more about the project and watch the full piece here: http://theglaciertrust.org/blog/2018/6/21/the-singing-glacier

Music composed and played by Bill Carslake, with Flora Curzon on violin.

Episode transcript available here: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12529

Image credit: By M. Tedesco/CCNY for NASA ICE - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_ice/7644648892, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33791388

This episode was presented by Martin Kratz, produced and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This month, we are experimenting with a slightly different format for you! Instead of one long episode, our main episode will be broken up into four shorter episodes, so you can listen to all four in one go or come back later.

Our first interview in the SCIENCE AND ART series is with Sam Illingworth explores how the disciplines of poetry and science were first separated back in the early 1800s and how art can be an educational tool for science.

Episode transcript available here: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12579

Image credit: Watercolor portrait of Ada Lovelace by Alfred Edward Chalon around 1840. In the public domain. More information here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_Lovelace_portrait.jpg

This episode was presented by Martin Kratz, produced and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This is the fifth episode in our new RAH! Podcast mini series – A Short Introduction to…

In this episode, Andreea Ros will be giving us an introduction to Contagion Narratives in history. We will cover:

• How quarantine was perceived in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries

• How perceptions of contagion have been affected by the social and political beliefs of each era

• And some of the language used in representations of contagion today

Episode transcript available here: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/index.php?id=12421

This episode was produced, presented and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This is the fourth episode in our new RAH! Podcast mini series – A Short Introduction to…

In this episode, Emily Oldfield will be giving us a short introduction to Writing Poetry of Place.

In particular we will explore:

• What constitutes place poetry?

• How writing about place can give representation to often under represented places and start a new narrative

• Winter Hill and other edge-land spaces

And we will also get a reading from Emily’s new poetry collection, Grit, which was published in March with Poetry Salzburg. Find out more about Grit and buy your copy here: http://www.poetrysalzburg.com/

Image credit: Stephen Oldfield

Episode transcript available here: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12439

This episode was produced, presented and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This is the third episode in our new RAH! Podcast mini series – A Short Introduction to…

In this episode, Dr Ellie Beal will be giving us a short introduction to Bad Religion, in Gothic texts.

In particular we will explore:

• How religion is portrayed in the Gothic

• How depictions of religion have changed as society has become less religious and more secular

• And why religion in the Gothic is still relevant today

Episode transcript available here: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12437

This episode was produced, presented and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This episode will explore the complex problem of homelessness and drug use in the community, in particular we will discuss:

• Issues affecting the community, such as socioeconomic inequalities, drug use, and the pressures on accommodation providers

• How an interdisciplinary response can begin solve some of these issues and bring about long term change

FEATURING:

Rob Ralphs and Paul Gray about emerging drug trends on the streets and the importance of a cross-disciplinary response when tackling such a complex issue.

Simone Newman from DePaul UK will speak to Rob Ralphs about some of the challenges in working with young people affected by homelessness.

Aisla Cuthill from the Big Change Society at Manchester Met about how their work and how students can help.

Episode transcript available here: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12443

Image credit: English: Lance Cpl. Damany S. Coleman / Public domain. Available here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-100201-M-3762C-001.jpg

This episode was presented by Matt Foley, produced and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This is the second episode in our new RAH! Podcast mini series – A Short Introduction to…

In this episode, Dr Tosh Warwick will be giving us a short introduction to Sporting Histories during Epidemics, focusing on a particular smallpox outbreak in Middlesbrough in 1898 which led to sporting events being cancelled, much as we are seeing today in the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.

In particular we will explore:

• Similarities between then and now in terms of lockdown measures

• And what we can learn from the past

Episode transcript available here: https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12219

Image credit: The Story of the Small Pox Epidemic in Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Libraries)

This episode was produced, presented and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

Read episode transcript here: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12187

This is the first episode in our new RAH! Podcast mini series - A Short Introduction to...

In this episode, Matt Foley will be giving us a short introduction to Sonic Gothic, a literary sound studies focusing on Gothic Literature. In particular, we will explore:

What sonic gothic is.

What constitutes gothic

And the novel to film adaptation of Psycho, in particular the famous shower scene

This episode was produced, presented and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.

Image credit: Psycho (1960 film) shower scene, Wikipedia Commons. Fair use: This episode provides critical commentary and discussion of the film and its contents, particularly the shower scene depicted in the image.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This episode will explore Granada Television and the Granadaland Project, in particular we will explore:

• About the Granada’s commitment to doing television differently

• Did Granada Television really have a strong regional identity in the North West?

• And how can the project provide voice to a diverse range of people who worked at Granada, including women?

FEATURING:

Melanie Tebbutt about Granada’s history as well as its youth programming.

Steve Kelly and Judith Jones about their experiences of working at Granada and their favourite memories from the time.

Isabel Taube about Granada’s commitment to serious programming and the experiences of female workers within television.

INCLUDING interview segments with:

• Leslie Woodhead

• Gordon Burns

• Thelma McGough

• Ester Dean

Find out more about the project here: http://www.granadaland.org/

Episode transcript available here: https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/index.php?id=12129

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

This episode was produced by Lucy Simpson, edited by Oliver Cochrane, and mixed and presented by Julian Holloway.