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This episode is the second of a two-part episode with award-winning technologist and online media personality Meredith Castles. In the first part we explored Meredith’s kinesthetic memory and her arts background. This time round we focus more on her work in Technology and how she combines arts with science to communicate science to the public.

Meredith Castles is a lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania. We discuss her unique blending of the arts and sciences to communicate science to the masses. From movies and television acting to theatre, writing and currently livestreaming science entertainment content to thousands, Meredith’s arts background fuels her science research where she investigates how people can be more deeply involved in the technology designs of the future rather than removed from it.

On this episode I’m talking to health-tech pioneer, author Kirsten Karchmer. Kirsten is a world-renowned specialist in women’s health, menstruation and fertility.  You can find out more about Kirsten's work here: https://www.foreverbrazen.com/ Tik Tok: @theperiodexpert

UK secondary school teacher, Stephen Uzzell, stumbled upon the name Haim Michael Klar, a Jewish man who impersonated a Nazi officer in order to help those trapped in the ghettos and concentration camps. Stephen has written the book I Am Juden as a historical novel based on the life of Klar and Jewish Resistance against the Nazis. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07MRL9TX3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Find Stephen on Twitter: @StephenUzzell2

On this episode i look at the biology around us in everyday life with Dr Melanie Peffer. Her book Biology Everywhere is available now from her website:  https://www.biologyeverywhere.com/ SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW https://introvertevolution.com/curiosity-cake-podcast/

On this episode I'm talking to Kate Tym and Kate Dyer of Coffin Club. The Kates are funeral celebrants. They set up Coffin Club to educate people about the importance of organising your own funeral and that there are many ways to have a funeral. They are distrupting the traditional funeral industry along the way. Check out the new Curiosity Cake website: https://introvertevolution.com/curiosity-cake-podcast/ ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW***

On this episode, particle physicist Dr Claire Lee gives us an accessible explanation of the building blocks of the universe. Dr Lee is currently working on the ProtoDUNE Single Phase Detector at CERN for Fermilab, where she makes particles smash into each other to see what happens. ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** https://linktr.ee/curiositycake

On this episode I'm joined by sociologist Dr Margee Kerr. Margee currently teaches and conducts research on fear, specifically how and why people engage in 'scary' experiences llike haunted attractions, horror movies, and paranormal investigations.  She enjoys working as a consultant for attractions and museums and is the author of 'SCREAM: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear' named as a must read by the Washington Post.  Hit subscribe, rate the show and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods https://linktr.ee/curiositycake  

On this episode I’m talking to Brad Warner. Brad is a Zen Buddhist priest, blogger, author and punk rock bass player. We'll be discussing the philosophy and practice of Zen. https://linktr.ee/curiositycake ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW***

On the latest episode of Curiosity Cake I'm joined by Dr Laura Lewandowski from National Institutes of Health to discuss her work in global health, chronic disease and genetics with a particular focus on the condition Lupus.  You can find out more about Dr Lewandowski here:  https://www.niams.nih.gov/about/directory/laura-b-lewandowski-ms-md Please subscribe, rate and review the show. Tell everyone you know and get in touch and let me know what you think of this episode and what else you'd like to hear. https://linktr.ee/curiositycake    

This is a re-upload of a previous epsiode. On this episode I talk to Balint Kacsoh about how he uses ants to learn about genetics and behaviour. We cover what makes an ant an ant, caste systems, colonies and more. The show notes for this episode feature images of all the ants we talk about: https://curiositycake.co.uk/ants ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** https://linktr.ee/curiositycake

This is a re-upload of a previous episode. On this episode of the Curiosity Cake Podcast I talk to author, career coach, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker, Marianne Cantwell. Marianne's book Be A Free Range Human is a guide to finding your really-right direction, quitting your job and growing your own thing (that fits the life you want *and* your unique personality… so you don’t have to secretly leave a piece of yourself at the door to get paid). https://linktr.ee/curiositycake ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW***

This is a re-upload of a previous episode. In this episode of the Curiosity Cake podcast I talk to psychology and social neuroscience PhD researcher Helena Hartmann about her work exploring the link between our experience of pain and the experience of empathy. ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** https://linktr.ee/curiositycake Curiosity Cake is on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CuriosityCake Get in touch with Curiosity Cake on Twitter: @curiosity_cake

This is a re-upload of a previous episode. In this episode Nick Walkden delves deep into the past, present and future of nuclear fusion. We discuss how fusion works, the science behind the Tokamak, the challenges for using fusion as a commercial sustainable energy source, and the advances in other areas of science being driven by work in fusion. Nick is a Plasma Physicist, has a PhD in Physics from York University. He has spent his career at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, part of the UK Atomic Energy Authority. ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** Curiosity Cake: a podcast about ideas for curious minds with big appetites. I talk to the best minds from academia and elsewhere to bring you accessible and engaging conversations across a wide range of topics with no prior knowledge required. https://linktr.ee/curiositycake

This is a re-upload of my second episode titled No-nonsense Nutrition released in July 2020. In this episode I talk to Maeve Hanan of Dietetically Speaking, a registered Dietitian and nutritional consultant.  ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** Maeve explains her idea of nutri-bollocks: bad science and guidance in nutrition. She tells us how to spot nutribollocks, and how we can figure out who to trust when it comes to nutrition information. Maeve graduated with a First Class BSc Honours Degree in Dietetics from the University of Ulster Coleraine (Northern Ireland), has experience in Dietetics within the NHS and has written for a number of popular nutrition blogs as well as acting as consultant for journalists and media. Maeve has just released a book called Your No-Nonsense Guide to Eating Well 

On this episode I’m discussing crystallography and the coronavirus with Dr Sam Horrell. You can find shownotes and images here: https://curiositycake.co.uk/crystals-and-coronavirus Sam is a structural biologist at the Diamond Light Source particle accelerator in Oxfordshire, England, and contributes to our understanding of the structure of Coronavirus with the Coronavirus Structural Task Force ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW*** https://linktr.ee/curiositycake  

On this episode I talk to philosopher Dave Ellis of Bangor University. We discuss whether there is a connection between scientific fact and spiritual wisdom and if there is room for spiritual language in science. If you like Curiosity Cake please tell your friends and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or other podchaser apps. https://linktr.ee/curiositycake ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW***

On this episode I’m exploring the stars of our solar system with Professor Lisa Harvey Smith. We talk about the sun, red dwarves, cannibal stars, black holes, supernovae, big stars, small stars and stars near and far. Lisa is an Astronomer, Author & Broadcaster. You’ll possibly know her from the Stargazing Live TV shows in the UK and Australia among other media appearances. She is currently a professor at the University of New South Wales, and is the Australian Government's Women in STEM Ambassador. https://linktr.ee/curiositycake ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW***

On this episode I’m talking vigilantes with anthropologist and comic book fan Gavin Weston of Goldsmiths University, London. Gavin’s main area of interest is the anthropology of violence and vigilantism, and explores the intersections between anthropology, popular culture and violence  Gavin’s latest book Anthropological Controversies: The ‘Crimes’ and Misdemeanors that Shaped a Discipline.(written with Natalie Djohari) explores the history of anthropology through controversies within the subject.

On this episode of the Curiosity Cake Podcast I talk to author, career coach, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker, Marianne Cantwell. Marianne's book Be A Free Range Human is a guide to finding your really-right direction, quitting your job and growing your own thing (that fits the life you want *and* your unique personality… so you don’t have to secretly leave a piece of yourself at the door to get paid). https://linktr.ee/curiositycake ***SUBSCRIBE***RATE***REVIEW***