Research on the Rocks
By Paula Larsson and Joshua Bull
The podcast where quality research meets quality cocktails. Hosted by two researchers at the Unversity of Oxford, join Paula and Josh as they chat about interesting things with interesting researchers while drinking interesting drinks. Covering research from maths, music and medicine through to philosophy, physics and politics, we interview PhD students and postdoctoral researchers about what it is that makes them tick - apart from our cocktails, that is...
Latest episode
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Episode 5 - Anti-Vaxx History with Paula Larsson
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Episode 4 - All You Need Is Maths feat. Caoimhe Rooney & Jessica Williams (Mathematigals)
It's time to get mathematical, with two special guests from the world of applied mathematics! Dr Caoimhe Rooney is a research fellow at NASA Ames Research Centre who uses maths to study exoplanets with the goal of understanding how they formed, what.… -
Episode 3 - Zachary Cox, Master of Disaster
Okay, you can't really be 'master' of disaster - in fact, you are more likely to find that disasters always come out on top in a head-to-head, but Zachary Cox argues that's not the case. Talk to the small business owners and innovators who have found… -
Rachel vs The Resistance
Dr Rachel Wheatley talks about how she's fighting antibiotic resistance -
Episode 1 - Josh Cowls Saves the Internet
This week we’ll be talking to Josh Cowls, a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute. His PhD revolves around Facebook even more than ours did, because he studies the links between the internet giant, artificial intelligence and ethics – in.… -
Episode 0 - Paula & Josh Chat about Research
Join Oxford researchers Paula Larsson and Joshua Bull for an overview of what this podcast is about. Research, cocktails, the rocky nature of relevance, and our upcoming plan for the podcast!
