Diss and That: Impartiality and Artificial Intelligence in TV

On this episode, I speak with Harvey Church, who did his degree in Broadcast and Communications Engineering at Birmingham City University with an attachment at the BBC. The title of his dissertation is ‘Can you automatically generate statistics for the political and gender representation in a TV Programme?'.

On This week of Diss and That I'm joined by Hippolyta - the legendary Queen of the Amazons as featured in Homer’s Iliad and epic tales of Hercules and Theseus…. Well.. I'm not… but its the next best thing. Sophie Dibben studied Classics at Trinity College Dublin and has a rather unique dissertation. Sophie mocked up an interview with the Warrior Queen to wade through the male view of the Amazons and why the myth and reality is so intertwined. The title of her dissertation… 'The Amazons; constructed by Greco-Roman men to be sexualised and killed'

On this week of Diss and That my old flat mate Anna Thomas tries to teach me all about the properties of Deep Space Galaxies…..  Anna is currently studying her PhD in Astro Physics at UCL but on this episode we discussed her masters that she studied at Cardiff.  the title of her dissertation was: Deriving the Intrinsic Properties of Gravitationally Lensed Submillimeter Galaxies.

This week on Diss and That I'm joined by Ollie Lewis from Edinburgh University. Ollie has recently made the news being a spokesperson for students affected by marking boycotts as part of ongoing industrial action. His dissertation may not be marked until November. We’ll talk about all that and why Ollie has hit the headlines..But what he wasn't asked about during his appearance on the Today programme is What his dissertation was all about.. That's where I come in. Ollie studied Politics at Edinburgh and the title of his dissertation is: “Our country’s in deep trouble”: Status threat as a component in the election campaign discourse of Donald Trump.

On the new season of Diss and That Angus is joined by Meryn Humphries who studied Human Geography at Leeds. The title of her dissertation was: 'An Investigation into the Relationship between Sexual Harassment on the London Underground and Women’s Mobility'

Angus gets to grips with Hannah's master's dissertation topic titled - "I'm Welsh. I'm gay. I'm Welsh and gay and home!" An exploration of queer history and activism in Wales, the Anglocentrism of UK media coverage and representation in institutions, and the future of LGBTQ+ Welsh liberation. 

On this episode of Diss and That Angus talks to Chloe Waters about her current dissertation 'Men are Parents Too: Why Mandatory Paternity Leave is Good For Feminism'. 

In this episode, Angus is joined by acclaimed author and academic Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. They discuss Lloyd's Ph.D. thesis that was complete in 2000 titled 'Women and Veiling in Ancient Greece'. Lloyd also discusses the jump from a Ph.D. thesis to his career in teaching and writing professionally. 

On this episode of Diss and That Breagha tries to explain the new wave of 'Crypto Currency' and 'BlockChain' and how it will change the art world!

On this episode of Diss and That - Ryan explains how a Physics thesis is different from a normal dissertation and we uncover if stockings really do what they say on the tin...