Interviews with Oxonians podcast

Interviews with Oxonians

Oxford University

A series of interviews with world-leading academics conducting research at the University of Oxford. The University has a global reputation for the range and intensity of its research, from the study of the formation of the universe and the development of early civilisations through to high performance computing and the latest breakthroughs in medical science.

22 Episodes

Garr Reynolds on Presentations
2/8/2011
20:10
Conversation with Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen.
David Smith on Dementia
8/17/2009
25:50
Professor Smith talks about his research at OPTIMA (Oxford Project To Investigate Memory and Ageing) on dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s and the relation between diet and blood pressure in younger life and dementia in older life.
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Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa
8/11/2009
29:51
Peter McDonald talks about censorship, its philosophical basis and general history within Apartheid South Africa.
Peter McDonald on Literature
8/11/2009
16:28
Summary: Peter McDonald talks about how he became to be interested in Literature, how he became to be an academic at Oxford and what it is like to study literature at Oxford.
Obama's First 100 Days
5/6/2009
27:35
Orla De Burca interviews Desmond King, Andrew Mellon Professor of American Government, on Barack Obama’s first 100 days as President; discussing Obama’s plans to recover America’s Economy and the success so far of his foreign and domestic plans.
7 Keys to the Future
3/12/2009
54:04
Veronica Sartore interviews Ray Hammond about his role as a futurologist and the seven major trends he predicts will affect life throughout the 21st century.
Peter Harrison on Science and Religion
10/22/2008
22:31
Professor Peter Harrison discusses the relationship between science and religion, the myths that surround the relationship, and discusses some of the contentious contemporary issues.
Marc Stears on Radical Political Thought
10/22/2008
28:16
Political theorist Dr. Marc Stears talks about the importance of political theory and describes some of the radical political movements of Britain and the United States.
Bryan Ward-Perkins on the Fall of the Roman Empire
9/13/2008
41:04
Bryan Ward-Perkins, a leading historian of Late Antiquity at Trinity College, Oxford, discusses the transitional period between the fall of Rome and the Middle Ages.
Jennifer Lau on Anxiety and Depression in Children
9/13/2008
19:13
Dr Jennifer Lau discusses her research into the development of anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence.

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