Cambridge Festival of Podcasts
Welcome to the Cambridge Festival of Podcasts!
Here you'll find all the podcasts from around Cambridge all in one place. Listen to one, then move on to the next!
Subjects include everything from radiotherapy and finding the links between climate change and early marriage to what really happened to Darwin's missing notebooks.
Discovery
Say That Again Slowly
Say That Again Slowly is the Cambridge Festival podcast looking to explore research and topics presented at the Festival in closer detail with the experts. New season includes Must Farm, nuclear fusion, a Russian composer and the history (and future) of vaccines.
Inspiration
Profiling inspiring woman who are doing outstanding things, primarily in the fields of science, but also entrepreneurship and business.
Mind Over Chatter
Mind Over Chatter is the official podcast from the University of Cambridge. One series at a time, we break down complex issues into simple questions.
The Mystery of Darwin's Stolen Notebooks
Explore the notebooks’ great importance, the endlessly curious life and letters of Charles Darwin, and the end of a nearly 50-year mega project to transcribe and publish 15,000 letters to and from Darwin – making them freely available to us all.
800 Years of Death and Disease in Cambridge
A guided walking tour taking you through a history of illness, medical care and social welfare in Cambridge.
Library of the Great Silence
The Library of the Great Silence is a unique research facility founded by the San Francisco conceptual artist Jonathon Keats and dedicated to examining existential risks of the present.
The Virginia Woolf podcast
A podcast series designed to discover Virginia Woolf’s impact on art, philosophy, and politics in the present day, as well as Woolf’s interest in the arts and ideas of her own time.
Bookable Space
Hosted by award-winning author and podcaster, Yvonne Battle-Felton (Academic Director for Creative Writing at ICE), Bookable Space is a podcast where authors read to us, answer three questions about their books, and tell us where to find them.
1,000 Words Behind a Picture
George Regkoukos, a historian of Russian and Research Analyst & Research Programmes Coordinator at Cambridge discusses great masterpieces of Russian art.
People Doing Physics
As fascinating as physics can be, it can also seem very abstract, but behind each experiment and discovery stands a real person trying to understand the universe.
This Is Our Street!
A collection of oral history recordings that bring to life the story of Gwydir Street off Mill Road - produced by Gwydir Street Friends in collaboration with the local community and Professor Helen Weinstein as part of an intergenerational, cultural heritage project.
Fitzwilliam Museum podcasts
Bring conversations about the Fitzwilliams collections to you.
Proust Curious
Proust Curious is a podcast miniseries about the experience of reading À la recherche du temps perdu in its entirety.
Interventions | The Intellectual History Podcast
What do intellectual historians currently investigate? And why is this relevant for us today? These are some of the questions our podcast series, led by graduate students at the University of Cambridge, seeks to explore.
Environment
Climate Conversations: The Podcast
Dr Zoë Svendsen exploring new ways of working and thinking in order to create the conditions for more climate-careful theatre-making.
Entanglements
Unpack and explore society's relationship with nature with the new podcast from the Intellectual Forum. Host Noah Rouse sits down with academics and influential figures to discuss how different facets of our society interact with the natural world.
Climate Brides
Set against the backdrop of rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns, Climate Brides is an evidence-based, conversational podcast that seeks to (un)tie the knots between early marriage and the climate catastrophe in South Asia.
Who is responsible for shaping and delivering climate education?
Christine Özden, global director for climate education at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, talks to Jodie Bailey-Ho, a student of environmental sciences at the University of Manchester and champion of climate education.
The Cambridge Climate Podcast
A podcast brought to you by The Cambridge Climate Society for essential climate news and education. Don’t miss our weekly climate news roundup, or our longer, in depth interviews with key climate figures.
Cambridge Zero Climate Talks - Bitesize
Interviews on different topics such as climate change, sustainability and the environment.
Coastal resilience in the face of climate change
A podcast mini-series with four coastal research experts to explore different aspects of the UK’s coastal adaptation to climate change.
Smart Forests Radio
How are forests becoming digital environments? The Smart Forests research project investigates the social-political impacts of digital technologies that monitor and govern forests. In this podcast series, we speak to scientists, artists, activists, and technologists about their work.
Health
The Animal Heartbeat
A podcast aimed at all veterinary professionals with an interest in veterinary cardiology. Veterinarian, nurse, tech or student, you'll find something to engage you in this fascinating specialty.
Heart Podcast
The BMJ's Heart Podcast Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd helps keep cardiologists up to date with advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Made the same way
Everyone is different, but we all start as fertilised eggs – we are made the same way. Young artists and scientists embrace challenging conversations about how humans develop before birth. A podcast from the Gurdon Institute.
All About Radiotherapy
In this podcast by the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, dive into the world of radiotherapy by learning what radiotherapy is and how it has developed.
The Naked Scientists
The Naked Scientists flagship weekly science show. Science news stories, scientific breakthroughs and interviews with leading scientists.
Science, Policy & Pandemics
From the Centre for Science and Policy, this podcast focuses on sharing the evidence and expertise policymakers need to know as they respond to Covid-19.
Integrated Cancer Medicine: Research in Focus
This series highlights the ground-breaking science by the Integrated Cancer Medicine Programme (ICM) at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and the University of Cambridge.
The History of Now
The History of Now, a series of podcasts from the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge, discussing the covid-19 pandemic from an historical perspective.
Listen to THIS
In these informal conversations, hear unique perspectives from diverse experts who are generating evidence and innovating practice to improve quality and safety in the NHS.
Joining the Dots
In our podcast series Connect Health Tech explore and discuss a diverse range of themes and topics of interest, including developing interdisciplinary collaborations, finding the right partner, and impactful business support for entrepreneurs.
The Confidence Interval
The Confidence Interval podcast talks science, people, and population health. We explore the research happening at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge and meet some of our researchers to find out what makes them tick.
Future of Radiotherapy
In this series, we speak to experts to find out what is happening now in terms of developments in radiotherapy practice and to hear about new research that is still in its early stages.
Society
Mind Matters
Mind Matters is a University of Cambridge podcast dedicated to nurturing mental well-being within the university community and beyond. We explore challenges faced by students, and delve into topics ranging from social connections and pressures, to healthy lifestyles and transitions. A series from The Rudd Centre.
So, now what?
The new monthly podcast from Gates Cambridge will cover eight different areas, from climate economics to global healthcare.
Welcome Onboard
A podcast with leaders and managers across the University discussing topics related to leadership and management, where they share their valued advice, top tips, and anecdotes from their own experiences and knowledge.
Thoughtlines
Thoughtlines is a podcast series from CRASSH – the place where people gather to ask the big questions on who we are and why we live the way we do.
Living Proof
Launched in March 2019, the INI podcast series aims to highlight the diverse people and explore the many interconnected topics linked to the Institute’s activities.
Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast
Explore human rights with people who study them, and people who fight for them, from the UK and around the world with Centre of Governance and Human Rights.
Crossing Channels
Monthly podcast series produced by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy (Cambridge) and Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) to give interdisciplinary answers to today's challenging questions.
The Good Robot
Join Dr Eleanor Drage and Dr Kerry Mackereth as they ask the experts: What is good technology? Is it even possible? And how can feminism help us work towards it?
Rethinking Islam Today
A podcast about Islam and ideas, from the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge.
Cambridge University Human Rights Law Society
In every episode, hear from leading experts to learn more about the most important human rights issues of the day.
The Faraday Institute: Out and About
A series of podcasts covering conferences, individual interviews, seminars and much much more. A plethora of topics such as science, religion, theology, faith and philosophy.
The MBA Perspective on Accounting
This episode looks at environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting: issues that matter to business operations, and how companies report about them.
Cambridge Policy Shop
A podcast that looks at contemporary policy issues from around the globe and explores possible solutions through interview-style conversations with experts, academics and policy practitioners.
Maths on the Move
A weekly Plus podcast, 'Maths on the Move', aims to give a wide interested audience insights into the world of mathematics, with interviews and discussions with leading mathematicians and scientists about the maths that is changing our lives.
The Cambridge Anthropology Podcast
Camthropod is produced by a collective of staff and students from the Cambridge Department of Social Anthropology. We broadcast regularly during term time. Camthropod includes interviews with visiting speakers about their work, as well as audio pieces presenting aspects of our research or just things that interest us about daily life.
Risky Talk
Risky Talk features conversations with the world’s top experts in risk and evidence communication addressing urgent, practical challenges.
Capital Allocators
Tilly Franklin, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at University of Cambridge Investment Management, discusses her career and her time in Cambridge so far.
Religion and Global Challenges
With miniseries on martyrdom, religious difference, and climate change, the Religion and Global Challenges podcast explores how religious narratives, ideas, practices and experiences inform crucial challenges facing our world today.
In Conversation
The Rudd Research Centre has launched another podcast series, ‘In Conversation,’ where they invite remarkable guest speakers from the communities we work with to spotlight their work and communicate important topics and issues to a local and national audience.
Cambridge Geopolitics Conversation
The Centre of Geopolitics hosts conversations with people across academia, government, civil society, politics and business to discuss major geopolitical issues, past, present and future.
Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law
A collection of public lectures given by members of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge.
LCIL International Law Seminar Series
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts regular lectures on key areas of International Law such as UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling and crimes against humanity.
Hot off the Press
Inspiring Discovery. Building Knowledge. Unlocking Potential. Hot off the Press features insights into academic publishing, our products and our mission as a university press.
Brighter Thinking Pod
Welcome to the Brighter Thinking Pod from the International Education group of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. We provide a place where international education enthusiasts from all backgrounds can come together to discuss the challenges faced by teachers in a modern classroom and discover new teaching ideas.
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