Pod Academy

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Pod Academy is the new sound of academia.

An independent, not-for-profit platform for free podcasts on academic research, it was set up by a group of academics, journalists and IT specialists and aims to inform public debate and uncover intriguing and challenging new ideas.

We are always looking for interesting new research, including research that throws light on events in the news. We work with researchers to develop journalistic academic podcasts that are accessible to the general public, as well as rigorous in their scholarship.

To help you dig deeper, we provide transcripts of interviews, as well as opportunities for listeners to comment, and links to more detailed findings, research on similar themes and relevant websites.

We offer an eclectic mix of educational podcasts, from our four faculties – Arts and Culture, Business and Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Environment.

Pod Academy is a showcase for new research and a resource for business, NGOs and the public sector nationally and internationally – keeping them up to date with research findings.


Series


Pieces

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This year marks 25 years since the publication of Geoff Dyer’s first novel, The Colour of Memory. Geoff is a multi-award winning writer who has wri...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 59:36
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Research suggests that 10% of children are victims of bullying and 5% of children are involved in bullying others. Defined as ‘repeated aggressive...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 25:39
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Lee Millam has lived in high-rise blocks of flats in London for years. In this podcast he explores the highs and lows of living high up, and also ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 09:23
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Susan Sontag said smelling ‘gives one a sensation of knowledge rinsed clean of thought’. The effect of smell is powerful, but rarely articulated a...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:03
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The new film 'Mood Indigo' is based on a novel by Boris Vian - so who was Vian? One of France's most popular authors of the 20th Century, musician,...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 14:45
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The term ‘ethnomusicology’ was coined in 1959 by Dutch academic, Jaap Kunst. Put simply, it is the social and cultural study of music. Jo Barratt ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 21:33
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Special friends, group hugs, someone to talk to – it all sounds idyllic, but Rosalyn George describes how, for girls at primary school, friendship ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 18:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Andrie Morris talks to playwright and Shakespeare expert, Jennie Buckman and Jatinder Verma, Artistic Director of Tara Arts about working with Shak...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 16:14
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The new film 'Mood Indigo' is based on a novel by Boris Vian - so who was Vian? One of France's most popular authors of the 20th Century, musician,...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
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Even though we all love those stunning images of the dark side of the moon or colourful nebulae or rotating galaxies, astronomy and cosmology are n...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, XRAY.fm, RadioFreePalmer, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 4