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Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
4.6 Air Quality and Climate Change | What does the future hold?
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our final podcast episode on this deep dive into air quality, we are joined by Dr. Sean Beevers, School of Public Health, and Professor Steve Arnol...
4.5 Why the world needs to worry about wildfires
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why is there an increase in wildfires around the world? How does this impact air quality? Are wildfires affecting our health? Joining our host, Dr. Al...
4.4 Pt 2 Air Quality Policies | ULEZ Explained
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is ULEZ? Why is it important for public health in London? What is the data telling us about the recent expansion? Joining us in part two of our d...
4.3 Pt 1 Air Quality Policies | What the Science Tells Us
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How bad is London's air quality compared to other cities? How do we measure the success of policies such as ULEZ? Are 15 minute cities the future solu...
4.2 How can we improve indoor air quality?
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can we improve our indoor air quality? Should we stop frying meats in our kitchens? Is your air fryer out to get you? In this episode we speak abo...
4.1 Intro to Air Pollution | What is it and how do we solve it?
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is air pollution? How does it impact our health? How does the science help us improve this environmental and health issue?In this episode of Brou...
[BONUS] UNEP framework for a planet free of harm from chemicals
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to the leadership of Germany, the hard work of negotiators, and the spirit of compromise, the world has agreed to the Global Framework on Chemi...
[BONUS] Can governments solve the plastic pollution crisis?
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dan Korbel, Science Policy Lead at the Royal Society of Chemistry, shares his time at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollu...
3.7 Will anti-fungal resistance lead to a Last of Us apocalypse?
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Will climate change accelerate fungal threats to food and people? Will fungal infections cause a zombie apocalypse? How real is the science behind 'Th...
3.6 What do the challenges of AMR look like globally? Ft Professor Dame Sally Davies
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a perfect world, what should governments be doing to help prevent AMR? What are the political obstacles in the way of tackling AMR?In our final epi...
3.5 Infection prevention and control
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do we avoid getting to the point of needing to use so many antibiotics?Professor Morgan Alexander, Professor of Biomaterials at the University of ...
3.4 How does antimicrobial resistance impact our environment?
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why should we care about antibiotics being in the environment? How does it impact us? And what do we mean by "One Health"?In this episode, we talk to ...
3.3.5 Do the public need to be more scientifically literate? | With Dr. Hilary Jones
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it important to have Doctors working within the media? Do the public need to be more scientifically literate? What advances have we seen in dia...
3.3 The importance of diagnostics in fighting antimicrobial resistance (ft Dr. Hilary Jones)
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why is accurate diagnosis of patients so crucial in the fight against AMR? How do diagnostics work now and what is the best-case scenario in the futur...
3.2 Antimicrobial discovery and drug development
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do we develop drugs like antibiotics? How long does it take for such a drug to go from its inception in a research lab to use in a hospital, for e...
3.1 Introduction to antimicrobial resistance
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is AMR and why is it such an urgent challenge? What are researchers and governments doing to address it and what needs to done?In this episode, h...
2.8 Batteries of the future
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are the exciting new technologies that we can look forward to in a future where batteries are front and centre?Dr. Mauro Pasta, Associate Profess...
2.7 Can we have a circular economy for batteries?
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does recycling of batteries work, how can it be improved, and what are the social, legal, environmental, and economic implications of implementing...
2.6 How can flow batteries help make energy cheaper?
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can batteries make energy cheaper, more sustainable, and more accessible?In this episode, we're joined by two people who are using batteries in in...
2.5 Battery safety - The positives and negatives
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've heard a lot about the benefits of batteries, but what can go wrong? What happens to batteries as they age and how can we extend their lifespan? ...
2.4 Do we all need to buy electric cars?
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What would happen if everyone switched to electric vehicles tomorrow? What's the future of electric vehicles, and will they ever become more affordabl...
2.3 How ethical is mining for battery materials?
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Where do the materials for batteries come from? What are the human and environmental costs of mining, and what can we do to mitigate its effects?Profe...
2.2 What's the point of batteries?
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are the benefits of using batteries, and how do they compare to alternatives? How are batteries used as part of the energy system in the UK, and ...
2.1 Could batteries help solve the climate emergency? (ft Robert Llewellyn)
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is a battery? What different types are there and how do they work? And what are some things we can use them for?Actor, presenter and batteries en...
1.8 The history of plastics and public perception
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode Royal society of chemistry journalist, Lizzy Ratcliffe, speaks with Historian Alex Hall about the history of plastics, the pros ...
1.7 Plastics for a sustainable future?
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do plastics have a part to play in a sustainable future? And what innovations are on the horizon?In the final episode of our inaugural podcast series ...
1.6 Plastics and composting - can it work?
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are biodegradable plastics? And are they the same as compostable plastics? What about bioplastics? And are any of them better for the environment...
1.5 Can we make the perfect plastic?
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a plastic recyclable? How can we design a plastic to be as sustainable as possible? And how does the way that we design specific products a...
1.4 Where does your recycled plastic go?
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where does your plastic go? What does it turn into? And how much of what we put in the  recycling  bin  actually gets  recycled? In this epi...
1.3 Microplastics are all around us
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Microplastics are everywhere, from the water we drink to the air that we breathe. But can they hurt us? And what are scientists doing to find out?Our ...
1.2 Lifetime of a plastic and the ethics of your choice
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As consumers we only see a small fraction of the life cycle of a product, and we're often very concerned about where it goes after we've used it, but ...
1.1 A world without plastics (featuring Liz Bonnin)
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What would a world without plastics look like? Should we get rid of them all OR is there a place for plastics in a future society? To debate this sust...