The Project Cambridge Show

🎉Celebrate Cambridge Wide Open Day with the St John's Innovation Centre team, as well as Cambridge Online , Sustainable Tech 4 Good and The Centre For Computing History . 🫱🏼‍🫲🏼 Meet the SJIC team and tenants. 👾 Step inside The Centre For Computing History and explore their superb range of retro tech with an exclusive interview with Museum Director, Lizzie Salter. 🗣️ Listen to the 'best bits'...

Pippa Heylings is the MP for South Cambridgeshire and she's also the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero. We take a deep dive through Pippa's fascinating story, spanning her early years, right through the 20 years she spent working globally on climate and environmental challenges and then, her transition into politics. 🌴🌳🌲 We discover what Pippa is campaigning for and...

Part Two explores why 'networks' are so vital; David co-founded Cambridge Wireless and Cambridge Network . 🫱🏼‍🫲🏼 We also delve into David's work with Cambridge Science Centre and Raspberry Pi Foundation and discover why its so important to make accessible for everyone. Jen also finds out that David's entrepreneurship extends beyond technology. Did you know that he also co-founded an award-winn...

Our latest production is a two-parter featuring Dr David Cleevely, CBE. 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟰 - 𝗧𝗲𝗮 & 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗕𝗘 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗴) - 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗲 In this first episode, Jen steps inside David's beautiful Cambridge home and has an in-depth chat with him about childhood and growing up into early adulthood. We discover how David's curiosity for worms and bees played a crucial part in introduci...

This episode is a '𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙜𝙖-𝙈𝙞𝙭 𝙏𝙖𝙥𝙚' and we mix in the following: An 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 interview with Sharon Allen OBE filmed on location at Arthur Rank Hospice as she gives us an update on the funding situation. We also discover more about the upcoming 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲 & explain how YOU can get involved. https://projectcambridge.co.uk/charity-skydive Also, we mix in a recent interview...

If you didn't get to attend the Form the Future CIC annual conference at the end of January 2026 (or even if you 𝘥𝘪𝘥), here is your chance to hear some of our exclusive interviews from the day. 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟮 - 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘀 is the audio version of a unique video, captured by work experience students from Cambridge Regional College and Long Roa...

In this brand new episode, Jen interviews Kathryn Chapman; Innovate Cambridge's Executive Director. Through a fun, frank and friendly chat on The Glasshouse's sofa, we discover all about Kathryn's early life and career from 'bench to board', how creativity in her hobbies has helped shape her success and why she is passionate and enthusiastic about ensuring we hold ourselves accountable to be inclu...

Rachel Hales from Get Synergised joins Jen for a frank, but extremely heartfelt chat about how businesses, non-profits, and public sector partners can connect better and share resources, creating social and economic value, improving lives and building a better future for all. We also discover where her motivation comes from, as she talks to us about life growing up in Cambridge. We get personal. I...

Tim Minshall from the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) at the University of Cambridge makes Manufacturing fun and fascinating. He's an award-winning lecturer, who is doing some wonderful work at raising awareness of manufacturing among schoolchildren and their teachers. He also researches, writes and gives talks about manufacturing, innovation and skills, nationally and internationally. He sits d...

Rachel Boyd-Moss from Clause & Effect is a leading Cambridge voice in the world of quality management and ISO accreditation. Together with Jen, she unpacks what it really means to build trust through standards — beyond the paperwork and into the culture of continuous improvement. From audit anecdotes to practical advice on navigating compliance without losing your sanity, this conversation shi...

Charlotte Horobin, CEO of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce joins us for a raw, honest, organic and uncut interview. We take a meander through her early years and career and talk about overcoming hurdles in life, what happens when she comes face to face with nerves and we'll also uncover her career dreams that didn't come true. Charlotte also tells us about her previous employment (she once work...

Following the devastating news that Arthur Rank Hospice Charity is set to lose £829,000 of NHS funding, we welcome CEO Sharon Allen OBE FCGI onto the podcast to talk through what this means for Cambridgeshire. We also chat through the wonderful services the charity provides, both in the hospice and in the wider community and we discover what people can do to support through this difficult time. We...

We're very pleased to introduce you to Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano , CEO & Founder of Polytecks . Ruben shares with us how his unique technology is revolutionising cardio vascular diagnostics, in people & pets! 🐈‍⬛🫀🩺 He also dives into his experience of this year's Impulse programme and walks us through his journey through academia and the transition to living in Cambridge. We talk about...

Paul Beastall, the CEO of Cambridge based HutanBio, talks to Jen Richardson. It really is a fascinating account of what it takes to be a successful CEO driving a 'renewable revolution'. Paul talks us through HutanBio's remarkable technology and also reflects upon how his experience as a parkrun Event Director here in Cambridge has equipped him with the public speaking skills that have become so vi...

Cambridge based Superdielectrics are creating low-cost electricity for everyone using their revolutionary polymer-based energy storage technology. But what even is a supercapacitor? We talk to Marcus Scott in simple, digestible, relatable tech terms and he explains how Superdielectrics are collaborating with E.ON to bring your energy bills down. We also talk Skills & Talent and find out what s...

In Episode 2 Sustainable Tech 4 Good join us to discuss Digital Inclusion and Sustainability Impact here in Cambridge. Despite being the Tech capital of Europe, Cambridge is also one of the most unequal cities in Europe and this disparity is linked to digital inclusion challenges. It's an honest, frank and powerful discussion and we discover how one company's 'lockdown idea' has evolved into somet...

Join us for Project Cambridge's first Production where we interview the phenomenal Fiona McGonigle. We take a meander through her career, discuss skills and green skills, her motivation behind forming 'WAGW' and the eagerly awaited event she's organising on 17th June 2025. We also find out why she loves K-Pop so much!