Best Janet Bone Podcasts (2025)

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Dame Pratibha Gai on training atoms to do what we want 28:23

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Chemical reactions are the backbone of modern society: the energy we use, the medicines we take, our housing materials, even the foods we eat, are created by reacting different substances together. If we zoom in, it’s the atoms within these substances that rearrange themselves to give rise to new substances with the properties we need. However, che…

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Catherine Heymans on the lighter side of the dark universe 28:34

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Have you ever considered the lighter side of dark matter?Comedy has proved an unexpectedly succesful way to engage people with science - as today's guest knows first-hand. Astrophysicist Catherine Heymans is a Professor at the University of Edinburgh and the current Astronomer Royal for Scotland. She’s spent her career studying dark matter and dark…

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Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution 28:36

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As a young man, traveling in Africa, Tim Coulson - now Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford - became seriously ill with malaria and was told a second bout would probably kill him. Aged only 20, this brush with his own mortality led him to promise himself he would write a complete guide to science: life, the universe and everything. His …

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Claudia de Rham on playing with gravity 28:21

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Claudia de Rham has rather an unusual relationship with gravity. While she has spent her career exploring its fundamental nature, much of her free time has involved trying to defy it - from scuba diving in the Indian Ocean to piloting small aircraft over the Canadian waterfalls. Her ultimate ambition was to escape gravity’s clutches altogether and …

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Chih-Chien Wang | Archival Letters for Hope 30:57

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Born in Taiwan and living in Montreal since 2002, Chih-Chien Wang is an artist who uses photography, video and objects and at times integrates text, performance and sound into his work, which explores the ordinary moments of everyday life that reflects his understanding of people, society and the city where he lives. He has shown his work across Ca…

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Neil Lawrence on taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI 28:35

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When you think of Artificial Intelligence, does it inspire confidence, or concern? Although it's now generally accepted that this technology will play a major role in our future, a lot of conversations around AI and machine learning come back to the argument over us losing control and robots taking over. Happily, Neil Lawrence has a more optimistic…

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Liz Morris on Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets 28:28

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A frozen, white world at the far-reaches of the globe, where you're surrounded by snow and silence, might sound rather appealing. Factor in temperatures that drop to -57°C and a few of us might be put off - but for glaciologist Liz Morris, that's very much her happy place. Liz is an Emeritus Associate at the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Re…

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Anthony Fauci on a medical career navigating pandemics and presidents 45:05

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Welcome to a world where medicine meets politics: a space that brings together scientific research, government wrangling, public push-back and healthcare conspiracies… Dr Anthony Fauci was the Director of America’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly four decades, during which time he not only helped study, treat and pr…

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Howie Tsui | Stones, Bones, and Diasporic Longing 27:06

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Born in Hong Kong, raised in Lagos and Thunder Bay, Vancouver based artist Howie Tsui works in ink brush, sound sculptures, lenticular lightboxes and installation, constructing tense, fictive environments that undermine venerated art forms and narrative genres, often stemming from the Chinese literati tradition. He employs a stylized form of derisi…

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Brian Schmidt on Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine 28:39

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Have you ever pondered the fact that the universe is expanding? And not only that, it's expanding at an increasing speed - meaning everything around us is getting further and further away? If that isolating thought makes you feel slightly panicked, don't worry: this programme also contains wine! Brian Schmidt is a Distinguished Professor of Astroph…

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i-Llan: 20th April 2025 – Easter joy in difficult times 4:46

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Can we sing the Easter Alleluia when we aren't feeling like it? i-Llan is part of alisteningspace.ukBy Janet Bone

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i-Llan: 6th April 2025 – a Passionate God and a Heart of Suffering 7:18

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A reflection for Passion Sunday on the meanings of passion. Readings for the Sunday are: Isaiah 43. 16-21 Philippians 3. 4b-14 John 12. 1-8 You can read them here. i-Llan is part of alisteningspace.uk

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i-Llan: 13th April 2025 – a reflection for Palm Sunday 7:33

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A reflection on welcome and the practice of gladness. The Palm Sunday readings are here. You can read Malcolm Guite’s reflection and sonnet for Palm Sunday, which speaks of the ‘Jerusalem of the heart’, here. I find this prayer, a litany of the disciples of the servant, a helpful meditation for Holy Week. i-Llan is part of alisteningspace.uk…

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Jacqueline McKinley on unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites 28:32

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How much information can you extract from a burnt fragment of human bone? Quite a lot, it turns out - not only about the individual, but also their broader lives and communities; and these are the stories unearthed by Jacqueline McKinley, a Principal Osteoarchaeologist with Wessex Archaeology. During her career, Jackie has analysed thousands of anc…

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Jonathan Shepherd on a career as a crime-fighting surgeon 28:38

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Surgeons often have to deal with the consequences of violent attacks - becoming all too familiar with patterns of public violence, and peaks around weekends, alcohol-infused events and occasions that bring together groups with conflicting ideals. Professor Jonathan Shepherd not only recognised the link between public violence and emergency hospital…

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Stella Zheng | Illustrating Dr. Wally’s World 17:34

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Based in Vancouver, Stella Zheng is an artist and illustrator who utilizes a mix of traditional Chinese art-making tools and digital mediums to create illustrations that explore the intricacies of the Chinese diaspora and her identity. She strives to use illustration to present honest, multifaceted, and nuanced representations of Chinese culture th…

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Doyne Farmer on making sense of chaos for a better world 28:32

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Doyne Farmer is something of a rebel. Back in the seventies, when he was a student, he walked into a casino in Las Vegas, sat down at a roulette table and beat the house. To anyone watching the wheel spin and the ball clatter to its final resting place, his choice of number would’ve looked like a lucky guess. But knowing the physics of the game and…

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Tori Herridge on ancient dwarf elephants and frozen mammoths 28:39

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Elephants are the largest living land mammal and today our plant is home to three species: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. But a hundred thousand years ago, in the chilly depths of the Ice Age, multiple species of elephant roamed the earth: from dog-sized dwarf elephants to towering woolly mammoths. T…

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Sir Magdi Yacoub on pioneering heart transplant surgery 28:35

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What does it take to earn the nickname, ‘The Leonardo da Vinci of heart surgery’? That's the moniker given to today's guest - a man who pioneered high-profile and often controversial procedures, but also helped drive huge medical progress; carrying out around 2,000 heart transplants and 400 dual heart-lung transplants during his 60-year career. Sir…

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Janet Wang | Making Art in Chinatown About Chinatown 25:51

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A second-generation settler of Chinese heritage, Janet Wang is a Vancouver-based visual artist and educator working within a traditional painting practice, integrated with sculptural installation practices and digital media. Her creations explore the construction of identity through the appropriation and disruption of social patterns and familiar g…

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Morris Lum | Behind the Scenes: The Photography of C.B. Wand 18:02

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Morris Lum is a Trinidadian-born photographer and artist whose work explores the hybrid nature of the Chinese-Canadian community through photography, form and documentary practices. His work also examines the ways in which Chinese history is represented in the media and archival material. Currently based in Mississauga, Ontario, Lum’s work has been…

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Karen Tam | “Made in China”: The Chinatown Curio Shop 14:05

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Karen Tam is a Montreal-based artist and curator whose research focuses on the constructions and imaginations of cultures and communities. In her installations, she recreates Chinese restaurants, karaoke lounges, opium dens, curio shops and other sites of cultural encounters. Tam’s deep engagement with archival and collections research has also led…

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Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space 1:00:04

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What's it like living underwater for two weeks? What's the trickiest part of training to be an astronaut? What are the most memorable sights you see from space?Several extreme questions, all of which can be answered by one man: Major Tim Peake. After a childhood packed with outdoor adventures, via the Cub Scouts and school Cadet Force, Tim joined t…

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Marjorie Young | Chinatown Connections: Strathcona and Beyond 23:48

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Strathcona is Vancouver’s oldest residential neighbourhood. Bordering Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside, it has historically been home to the working class, including the Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, Irish, Ukrainian, and Black communities. While gentrification has caused significant change and displacement of some of these communities, the neighbo…

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Staying confident as you age 21:05

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Dr Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women's Health, talks to Kellie-Ann Jolly on ways to stay confident as you age. Read more on healthy ageing on the Jean Hailes website.By Jean Hailes for Women's Health

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Nutrition and healthy ageing with Jemma O'Hanlon 35:11

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Dr Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women's Health discusses nutrition and healthy ageing with Dietitian and Nutritionist Jemma O'Hanlon. Explore more on the Jean Hailes website.By Jean Hailes for Women's Health

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Wellbeing, connection and healthy ageing 17:30

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Dr Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women's Health discusses wellbeing and connection as you age with Women's Health General Practitioner Dr Tessa King. Explore more on the Jean Hailes website.By Jean Hailes for Women's Health

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Bone, joints and ageing well 16:49

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Dr Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women's Health discussed bone and joint health as you age with Endocrinologist Dr Sonia Davison. Explore more on the Jean Hailes website.By Jean Hailes for Women's Health

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Memory, cognition and ageing well with Dr Marita Long 25:19

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Dr Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women's Health discusses memory, congition and ageing well with Dr Marita Long. Explore more on the Jean Hailes website.By Jean Hailes for Women's Health

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Let's talk about sex and ageing with Dr Karina Severin 28:05

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Dr Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women's Health discussing sex and ageing with Dr Karina Severin. Explore more on this topic on the Jean Hailes website.By Jean Hailes for Women's Health

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Dianne Leong Man | Connected Across Oceans: The South African Chinese Diaspora 32:29

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How do Chinese diasporic experiences in South Africa differ from those in Canada? In this episode, Dr. Melissa Karmen Lee sits down with Dianne Leong Man, co-author of "Colour, Confusion, and Concessions: The History of the Chinese in South Africa", to learn about the country with the highest population of Chinese living in Africa and its community…

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Janet Bradley Worthington | Family Separation: The Story of Mah Tin Yick and the Oriental Home and School 30:22

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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923 is the only immigration law in Canadian history to have prevented a particular group from entering the country on the basis of race, specifically barring people of Chinese descent from legally entering Canada from 1923 until 1947 with very few exceptions. Preventing entry denied many prospective Chinese people oppo…

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Anna Korre on capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations 28:28

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As the famous frog once said, it's not easy being green. And when it comes to decarbonising industry, indeed, reducing emissions of all sorts, the task is a complex one. Fossil fuels are used to manufacture some of mankind’s most ubiquitous products, from plastics to cement to steel; and even in areas where we’re trying to improve our footprint, th…

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Lillian Dyck | Stubborn Advocacy: Growing up Chinese-Indigenous 27:17

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Dr. Lillian Eva Quan Dyck’s life has been one of many firsts. The first Indigenous female senator, first Canadian-born senator of Chinese descent, and first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a PhD in science. Lillian has blazed trails in the sciences and Senate for her work in reforming the Criminal Code to consider harsher penalties for crimes ag…

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Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies 28:22

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Rosalie David is a pioneer in the study of ancient Egypt. In the early 1970s, she launched a unique project to study Egyptian mummified bodies using the techniques of modern medicine. Back then, the vast majority of Egyptologists regarded mummies as unimportant sources of information about life in ancient Egypt. Instead they focussed on interpretin…

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Peter Stott on climate change deniers and Italian inspiration 28:29

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In the summer of 2003, Europe experienced its most intense heatwave on record - one that saw more than 70,000 people lose their lives. Experiencing the effects whilst on holiday in Tuscany, climate scientist Peter Stott was struck by the idea that just maybe, he could use a modelling system developed by his team at the UK’s Met Office Hadley Centre…

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Ijeoma Uchegbu on using nanoparticles to transform medicines 28:25

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Imagine a nanoparticle, less that a thousandth of the width of a human hair, that is so precise that it can carry a medicine to just where it’s needed in the body, improving the drug’s impact and reducing side effects. Ijeoma Uchegbu, Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London, has spent her career with this goal in mind. …

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Darren Croft on killer whale matriarchs and the menopause 28:24

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Darren Croft studies one of the ocean’s most charismatic and spectacular animals – the killer whale. Orca are probably best known for their predatory behaviour: ganging up to catch hapless seals or attack other whales. But for the last fifteen years, Darren Croft’s focus has been on a gentler aspect of killer whale existence: their family and repro…

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Bill Gates on vaccines, conspiracy theories and the pleasures of pickleball 35:59

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Bill Gates is one of the world's best-known billionaires - but after years at the corporate coalface building a software empire and a vast fortune, his priority now is giving that wealth away. And his ethos for doing it has been shaped by science. Famed for co-founding Microsoft, in recent decades Bill’s attention has turned to philanthropy via The…

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Lori Fung | Olympic History: The First Chinese Canadian Gold Medalist 26:52

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The Los Angeles Summer Olympics in 1984 marked the first time an Olympic gold medal was awarded to a Chinese Canadian athlete. Lori Fung’s gold in the newly debuted sport of rhythmic gymnastics not only made history as the first Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian gold medalist, but also as the first ever rhythmic gymnastics gold medalist. On th…

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Kip Thorne on black holes, Nobel Prizes and taking physics to Hollywood 35:38

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The final episode in this series of The Life Scientific is a journey through space and time, via black holes and wormholes, taking in Nobel-prize-winning research and Hollywood blockbusters! Kip Thorne is an Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, the California Institute of Technology, and someone who’s had a huge impact on our under…

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Trust your gut 9:51

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Healthy eating has never been more expensive or confusing, but are we forgetting the basics? What information do we need and whose advice can we trust? Host: Alicia Loxley Guest: Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health Producer: May Jasper Sound engineer: Derek Myers © 2024 Jean Hailes Foundation. All rights reserved. This publication may …

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How symptoms of migraine, pain and heart attack are often overlooked in women 10:46

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Did you know that some health conditions affect women differently? Today we talk about how symptoms of migraine, pain and heart attack are often overlooked in women. Host: Alicia Loxley Guest: Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health Producer: May Jasper Sound engineer: Derek Myers © 2024 Jean Hailes Foundation. All rights reserved. This pu…

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Shame and stigma in women's health 8:25

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When it comes to women’s health, shame and stigma are unwelcome guests. Hear how women are challenging the negatives. Host: Alicia Loxley Guest: Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health Producer: May Jasper Sound engineer: Derek Myers https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/By Jean Hailes for Women's Health

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How to have tricky or embarrassing conversations with your doctor 8:12

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How to have tricky or embarrassing conversations with your doctor. Spoiler alert: They have heard it all before. Hosted by Alicia Loxley Guest: Sarah White, CEO Jean Hailes for Women’s Health Produced by May Jasper Sound engineering by Derek Myers © 2024 Jean Hailes Foundation. All rights reserved. This publication may not be reproduced in whole or…

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Know your body 5:49

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You don’t need a medical degree to take charge of your health. But you do need to know your body. Host: Alicia Loxley Guest: Sarah White, CEO, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health Producer: May Jasper Sound engineer: Derek Myers

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Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics 28:29

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It's summer - no really - and although the weather might have been mixed, the sporting line-up has been undeniably scorching - from the back-and-forth of Wimbledon, to the nail-biting Euros, to the current pageantry of the Summer Olympics. Next month the 2024 Paralympic Games get underway in Paris, involving the world’s very best para athletes; and…

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Dawn Bonfield on inclusive engineering, sustainable solutions and why she once tried to leave the sector for good 28:21

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The engineering industry, like many other STEM sectors, has a problem with diversity: one that Dawn Bonfield believes we can and must fix, if we're to get a handle on much more pressing planetary problems... Dawn is a materials engineer by background, who held roles at Citroën in France and British Aerospace in the UK. But, after having her third c…

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Chun Hon Chan: The First Chinese Canadian Olympian 29:12

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Chun Hon Chan was the first Chinese Canadian to compete in the Olympic Games, participating in the weightlifting competitions at the Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972 Summer Games. Standing at just 5'2" and weighing in at 120 pounds, his appearance and strength defied expectations during a time when Chinese men were stereotyped as physically weak. O…

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Raymond Schinazi on revolutionising treatments for killer viruses 28:39

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In recent decades, we've taken huge steps forward in treating formerly fatal viruses: with pharmacological breakthroughs revolutionising treatment for conditions such as HIV, hepatitis and herpes. Raymond Schinazi has played a big role in that revolution. Ray was born in Egypt, where his mother’s brush with a potentially deadly illness during his c…