Gin and Topic

To celebrate the end of series 6, the Gin & Topic family just had to have a little get together… want to join us?  Let’s look back on the series and chat about everything we learnt with another round of particular favourites from the tasting room to keep us hydrated For the final time this series… cheers! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See ac...

You’d think that six series in we might have less bloopers to share with you. Think again! As per tradition, here are all our ‘sorry Ben’s’ and technical fuck ups for you all to enjoy. Including a few from our guests… Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series we’ve been joined by nine wonderful experts, each one with their own topic. But we always end up chatting away with our guests for far too long… So, join us this week for a little treat. From extra topic gems to chats about just how our experts ended up in their roles, here are the bits that we couldn’t squeeze into the main show!  Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter....

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re having a few extra shots from the series Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CRISPR! No, it’s nothing to do with crisps… What is it, you ask? Well, that’s what this week is all about. We’re joined by Soren Hough, a writer and a scientist who completed a PhD in Biochemistry at Cambridge. He has been working with, and writing about, CRISPR since 2014 and is currently a Visiting Scientist in the DNA repair laboratory of Prof Sir Steve Jackson. So really there’s nobody better...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re tasting Everleaf Marine with our guest Soren Hough Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What environment do you like to listen to us in? We hope you haven’t got kids around, there’s an explicit warning for a reason! Although maybe this week, you should at least keep them in mind. We’re joined by Pia Hardelid, a Professor of Epidemiology at the University College London. Pia is leading a project called the Kids’ Environment and Health Cohort which is setting up a new national data res...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re tasting Clean G with our guest Pia Hardelid Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve talked sharing science this series but how do you know that the science you’re reading isn’t as fake as a love island star’s teeth?  This week we’re joined by Dr Simone Cuff, a biomedical researcher who currently works with a major scientific publisher checking scientific papers for research integrity issues and signs of fraud. She’s going to tell us all about the incentives that mean p...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re tasting Never Never triple Juniper gin with our guest Dr Simone Cuff Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’re making some airtime for a less represented animal (thank you for that joke, Sarah). We’re going to be chatting all things flying squirrel!  Our expert is Jeremy Howard, PhD student at the University of Missouri St. Louis. He’s currently studying bumblebees but we’re dragging him back to his previous work as we chatted all things bee way back in series one with Hamish. So, flyi...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room We’re doing something a bit different this week… we’re tasting tonic waters. Join us as we try Fever Tree, Schweppes and Double Dutch with our guest Jeremy Howard. Cheers! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat a lot about science on this podcast but this week we’re going a bit meta and chatting about sharing science. Although, in a much more academic sense…  We’re joined by Emma Smith, a Journal Development Editor at eLife, an independent nonprofit committed to improving the way scientific research is reviewed and communicated. They’re going to be answering the questions: How do we know wha...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re tasting Cambridge Curator’s gin with our guest Emma Smith Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the third and final in this accidental swampy theme! And this week it’s getting toxic… We’re joined by Dr. Will J Brownlie, an Environmental biologist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. But don’t worry, Will isn’t the toxic one and nor is this week’s gin. We’re talking Toxic Algae. And more specifically, should we be worried about toxic algal blooms? Cheers! Support this show http://...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re tasting Isle of Harris gin with our guest Dr Will J Brownlie Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back in the swamps this week but don’t worry, there’s no sign of Shrek. Our guest is Dr Carole Helfter, an Environmental physicist and Group Leader in Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange and Effects at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.  She’s going to be talking to us all about Swamp Methane and answering the burning question: Where does it come from and why should we care? Cheers! S...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re tasting Caorunn with our guest Dr Carole Helfter  Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plankton Physics, two words that on their own we have some knowledge about. Together? Not a clue. But why should you care about plankton? This week’s guest is going to tell us. We’re joined by Russell Arnott - Marine biologist; oceanographer; science presenter and director of Incredible Oceans CIC, a marine education non-profit organisation.  Pour yourself a glass of gin – we’ve gone with Dà...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re tasting Dà Mhìle with our guest Russell Arnott Cheers!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back and it’s out of this world! This week’s guest is Professor of Astrobiology and Space Biotechnology at Cranfield University, David C. Cullen, and he’s got a great one for us…. Is the emerging space tourism sector taking seriously the possibility of human conception occurring during spaceflight and considering the consequences and mitigation strategies? Something to consider if you’re pla...

Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room This week we’re tasting Moonshot with out guest David C. Cullen Cheers! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Celebrating the end of the series with a little team get together And the rare sound of Ben's voice! Join us as we sip our various tipples and chat about the gins and the topics that we've enjoyed this series Cheers Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Of course we couldn't end a series without a few extras. So here's some extra shots from a few of the episodes and our bloopers along the way. Enjoy Cheers! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do our actions really matter for combating climate change? Sarah hopes they bloody do given how much effort she puts in and the crazy ideas she comes up with to make us more sustainable. But what about Áine and other young people, how can we keep them engaged when faced with doom and gloom all the time?  Can a positive focus help guide them to be more sustainable? If so how?  That’s what...