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The podcast that treats science with the preparation and seriousness it deserves.  This week our fusion expert Leah Morgan has traded in the public sector for private dollars, so we get a feel for what's coming her way by watching Paycheck (2003) starring Ben Affleck.  Finally we learn what a reverse engineer is and how to communicate your emotional state using hairclips. 

The podcast that treats science with the seriousness it deserves.  In this episode we talk to Dr Phoebe Reynolds, graduate of the Talent Factory scheme, about her secrets for choosing a PhD and making it work for you. She's embarking on an incredible new international stage of her career and wants to tell you all about it!  Find Phoebe at https://phoebe-reynolds.com/ Find Steve at http://drstevecross.com  

The podcast that treats science with the preparation and seriousness it deserves.  This week we watch Interstellar with physicist-turned-engineer Leah Morgan and talk a lot about therapy, parenting, our intimate knowledge of corn lifecycles and Men Of Physics.  This episode will offend microbiologists because we don't mock The Blight enough. 

The podcast that treats science with the preparation and seriousness it deserves.  This week we watch the non-Marvel Marvel movie Morbius with molecular biology expert Dr Aimee Eckert. It is NOT GOOD. 

The podcast that treats science with the preparation and seriousness it deserves.  This week it's time for Never Explain, our occasional science comedy panel show, to take a look at 2024 and give out some points.  With:  Steve Cross Sarah Jones Lynsey Smart Kate Slade Claire Price Helen Wilkes

The podcast that treats science with all the seriousness and preparatin it deserves.  This week we meet anatomist Rebecca Shepherd to find out about teaching medical students, fitting a science life around kids and turning your celeb crushes into first author papers.  Featuring:  Steve Cross - that science jokes one Rebecca Shepherd - @special-stains.bsky.social

The podcast that treats science with all the preparation and seriousness it deserves. This week we're joined by Liz Johnson, to find out the secrets of veterinarian training and to look at the animal new Starring: Steve Cross - Lover not a fighter Liz Johnson - Animal appreciator and co-host of https://www.instagram.com/huh.thatsfunny/

The podcast that treats science with all the preparation and seriousness it deserves.  This week Leah is picking the movie so it's got a MASSIVE fusion reactor in it. Also it doesn't really understand what people are like but there's a lot of whiskey.  We watched Passengers (Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Trolley Problems etc) so you don't have to.  Starring: Leah Morgan - catastrophic thinking employer and engineer Steve Cross - arty creative type and the subject of many parasocial relationships And in an uncredited writing role Leah's partner who says things. 

The podcast that treats science with all the seriousness it deserves.  This week we meet the founder of PostDoc Appreciation Week, Dr Joan Chang, and get tips on how to get your own research group without following all the rules.  We also talk collagen in beauty products, the vagaries of science funding, and building your own community. 

The podcast that treats science with all the preparation and seriousness it deserves. This week we watched the 2013 Tom Cruise vehicle Oblivion, which was an awful trick to play on a woman who just watched MOON. Spoilers for Oblivion (2013) and MOON (2009).  Starring: Leah Morgan - The UK's Face of Fusion Steve Cross - Listens to vintage vinyl, would never wear a Yankees cap.

The podcast that treats science with all the preparation and seriousness it deserves. This week we try and find out how to build a career in science communication, with Dr Leigh Wilson from King's College London. Leigh is a neuroscientist, science comms educator and creator of some wonderful projects about the brain. 

The podcast that treats science with all the preparation and seriousness it deserves. This week we watched the 2009 movie MOON, which prompted a discussion about the ethics of the materials of technoscience, and what we'd be willing to suffer to make fusion happen.  Spoilers for MOON (2009). Oh we spoil it so much. Starring: Leah Morgan - The UK's Face of Fusion Steve Cross - SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

The podcast that treats science with all the preparation and seriousness it deserves. This week we're joined by Helen Wilkes for a look at the big science stories that are shocking the world all the way back to 2015. Helen doesn't know what a news story is, apparently.  Starring: Steve Cross - Respecter of Ancient Ways Helen Wilkes - DNA Copyist

The podcast that treats science with all the preparation and seriousness it deserves.  Today we meet psychiatric genetics researcher turned standup comedian Lynsey Smart to find out about the South-West's nerd-friendly comedy scene and discover what the Raggy Dolls can teach us.  With Steve Cross - generic nerd Lynsey Smart - Radio 4 voice haver but Scottish. 

The podcast that treats science with all the preparation and seriousness it deserves.  Today we meet Nell the physicist to find out about a new astronomical object that she absolutely didn't make up.  Starring:  Steve Cross - Space monkey.  Nell Grabham - Looks up, understands it.