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Interviews with Oxonians
by Oxford University
A series of interviews with world-leading academics conducting research at the University of Oxford. The University has a global reputation for the range and intensity of its research, from the study of the formation of the universe and the development of early civilisations through to high performance computing and the latest breakthroughs in medical science.
Episodes
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Garr Reynolds on Presentations
Conversation with Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen.
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David Smith on Dementia
Professor Smith talks about his research at OPTIMA (Oxford Project To Investigate Memory and Ageing) on dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s and the relation between diet and blood pressure in younger life and dementia in older life.
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Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa
Peter McDonald talks about censorship, its philosophical basis and general history within Apartheid South Africa.
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Peter McDonald on Literature
Summary: Peter McDonald talks about how he became to be interested in Literature, how he became to be an academic at Oxford and what it is like to study literature at Oxford.
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Obama's First 100 Days
Orla De Burca interviews Desmond King, Andrew Mellon Professor of American Government, on Barack Obama’s first 100 days as President; discussing Obama’s plans to recover America’s Economy and the success so far of his foreign and domestic plans.
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7 Keys to the Future
Veronica Sartore interviews Ray Hammond about his role as a futurologist and the seven major trends he predicts will affect life throughout the 21st century.
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Peter Harrison on Science and Religion
Professor Peter Harrison discusses the relationship between science and religion, the myths that surround the relationship, and discusses some of the contentious contemporary issues.
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Marc Stears on Radical Political Thought
Political theorist Dr. Marc Stears talks about the importance of political theory and describes some of the radical political movements of Britain and the United States.
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Bryan Ward-Perkins on the Fall of the Roman Empire
Bryan Ward-Perkins, a leading historian of Late Antiquity at Trinity College, Oxford, discusses the transitional period between the fall of Rome and the Middle Ages.
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Jennifer Lau on Anxiety and Depression in Children
Dr Jennifer Lau discusses her research into the development of anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence.
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Gero Miesenboeck on Fruit Flies and Neuroscience
In this podcast, Professor Gero Miesenboeck begins with a discussion of DNA and neuroscience, and then talks about his experiments on the brain of the fruit fly.
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Oliver Taplin on Classics
Professor Oliver Taplin, an authority on classics and the performance of ancient drama, talks about the subject and his research.
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Adrian Moore on Metaphysics
Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, explores the definition and origin of metaphysics, and then discusses some of the enduring metaphysical questions.
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A series of interviews with world-leading academics conducting research at the University of Oxford. The University has a global reputation for the range and intensity of its research, from the study of the formation of the universe and the development of early civilisations through to high performance computing and the latest breakthroughs in medical science.
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