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Each Predictor Podcast features one of our academic experts discussing current and future research in their specialist field. The podcasts are intended to provide a quick route to insider knowledge on new trends and upcoming key issues. The series covers a wide range of topics, from energy and archaeology to animal intelligence and food engineering.
The fortnightly podcasts are created by the University's Ideas Lab which provides content, access, talent and editorial experts for radio and TV documentary producers.
Latest podcasts:
Dr Gideon Nisbet - Ancient Greece and Rome in the modern world (MP3 - 12.9MB) First broadcast: 13/05/13 - Read full transcript
Dr Sara Jones - Eyewitness testimony in the GDR (MP3 - 13MB) First broadcast: 29/04/13 - Read full transcript
Ben Cowan - Human Computer Interaction (MP3 - 13.6MB) First broadcast: 15/04/13 - Read full transcript
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Ancient Greece and Rome in the modern world (MP3 - 12.9MB) Dr Gideon White - read full transcript First broadcast: 13/05/2013
Cultural heritage, tourism and Ironbridge Gorge (MP3 - 12.5MB) Professor Mike Robinson - read full transcript First broadcast: 18/03/2013
US Election 2012: Obama's Victory and What Happens Next (MP3 - 9.14MB) Professor Scott Lucas - read full transcript First broadcast: 12/11/2012
The Crisis in Syria (MP3 - 8.6MB) Dr Benjamin Thomas White - read full transcript First broadcast: 03/10/2012
The language of text messaging and social networks (MP3 - 13.7MB) Dr Caroline Tagg - read full transcript First broadcast: 28/05/2012
48 frames per sec: challenging our emotional attachment to film (MP3 - 14.3MB) Dr James Walters - read full transcript First broadcast: 14/05/2012
Everything you ever wanted to know about the word 'chav' (MP3 - 13.9MB) Dr Joe Bennett - read full transcript First broadcast: 30/04/2012
Social exclusion and urban youth spiritualities (MP3 - 14.3MB) Dr Chris Shannahan -read full transcript / view slideshow / watch video First broadcast: 05/03/2012
Human Rights: noble concept or a shield for terrorists (MP3 14.1MB) Dr Bharat Malkani - read full transcript First broadcast: 06/02/2012
Discoveries provide evidence of a celestial procession at Stonehenge (MP3 - 10.0MB) Professor Vince Gaffney - read full transcript First broadcast: 26/11/2011
The changing face of Christianity in the UK (MP3 - 13.2MB) Dr Andrew Davies - read full transcript First broadcast: 14/11/2011
The exhibition of living foreign peoples in 19th Century Britain (MP3 - 13.8MB) Dr Sadiah Qureshi - read full transcript First broadcast: 31/10/2011
Life and Death in the 21st Century (MP3 - 13.2 MB) Professor Jean McHale - read full transcript First broadcast: 26/09/2011
First World War centenary - beyond Blackadder (MP3 - 14.3MB) Dr Pierre Purseigle - read full transcript First broadcast: 25/07/2011
Reclaiming St George (MP3 - 16.2MB) Professor Ewan Fernie First broadcast: 04/04/2011
Medieval English literature (MP3 - 16.9MB) Professor Wendy Scase First broadcast: 24/01/2011
Obama's first two years, the Tea Party and the rise of Sarah Palin (MP3 - 16.5MB) Professor Scott Lucas First broadcast: 29/11/2010
Digital Heritage (MP3 - 13MB) Dr Henry Chapman First broadcast: 14/06/2010
Human Computer Interaction (MP3 - 13.6MB) Ben Cowan - read full transcript First broadcast: 15/04/2013
'Green Chemistry' and artificial photosynthesis (MP3 - 12MB) Dr Zoe Schnepp - read full transcript First broadcast: 04/03/2013
Asteroseismology: using the natural music of the stars (MP3 - 14.5MB) Professor Bill Chaplin - read full transcript First broadcast: 02/04/2012
Nuclear Power: what does the future hold? - six months on (MP3 - 4.3MB) Professor Martin Freer - read full transcript First broadcast: 23/03/2012
Nuclear Power: What is the future? (MP3 - 13.9 MB) Professor Martin Freer - read full transcript First broadcast: 19/09/2011
Robots - the reality (MP3 - 13.8MB) Dr Nick Hawes - read full transcript / view images First broadcast: 08/08/2011
Mapping the underworld (MP3 - 16.6MB) Dr Nicole Metje - read full transcript First broadcast: 27/06/2011
Water scarcity (MP3 - 16.6MB) Dr John Bridgeman First broadcast: 07/03/2011
Cold Atom Physics (MP3 - 16.7MB) Professor Kai Bongs First broadcast: 15/11/2010
Designing novel foods and novel food structures (MP3 - 15.8MB) Dr Phil Cox First broadcast: 26/07/2010
Social harm and the structure of societies (MP3 - 14.1MB) Dr Simon Pemberton - read full transcript First Broadcast: 04/04/2013
Early development of eating in children (MP3 - 13.4MB) Dr Jackie Blissett - read full transcript First Broadcast: 24/01/2013
What the evidence tells us about the nature of Intimate Partner Violence (MP3 - 9.15MB) Dr Louise Dixon - read full transcript First broadcast: 30/10/2012
The launch of the BBC's Prehistoric Autopsy exhibition (MP3 - 3.48MB) Professor Alice Roberts - read full transcript First broadcast: 25/10/2012
Clever crows rely on a unique bird's eye view (MP3 - 5.35MB) Dr Jackie Chappell - read full transcript First broadcast: 22/10/2012
Greening up our cities: tackling air pollution with plants (MP3 - 13.3MB) Professor Rob MacKenzie - read full transcript First broadcast: 06/08/2012
Can London 2012 deliver a youth sport participation legacy? (MP3 - 13.3MB) Professor Kathleen Armour - read full transcript First broadcast: 23/07/2012
Urban ponds and biodiversity (MP3 - 14.2MB) Ian Thornhill - read full transcript First broadcast: 25/06/2012
Nudges towards and away from obesity (MP3 - 13.7MB) Dr Frank Eves - read full transcript First broadcast: 11/06/2012
Energy security: the importance of energy research in the UK (MP3 - 13.0MB) Dr Stefan Bouzarovski - read full transcript First broadcast: 16/04/2012
Public engagement in science: stimulating a two-way dialogue (MP3 - 12.6MB) Professor Alice Roberts - read full transcript First broadcast: 20/02/2012
Creating pain in the lab: research into chronic functional pain (MP3 13.7MB) Dr Stuart Derbyshire - read full transcript First broadcast: 28/11/2011
Starting out at university (MP3 - 13.5MB) Dr Vikki Burns - read full transcript First broadcast: 22/08/2011
Life (500 million years ago) (MP3 - 17.3MB) Dr Imran Rahman - read full transcript / view images First broadcast: 11/07/2011
Biogeochemistry (MP3 - 16.7MB) Dr Joanna Renshaw - read full transcript First broadcast: 30/05/2011
Laughing babies and ripping paper (MP3 - 7.1MB) Dr Joe McLeery First broadcast: 04/03/2011
How stress affects our immune systems (MP3 - 17.1MB) Dr Anna Phillps First broadcast: 21/02/2011
Infection (MP3 - 16.5MB) Dr Robin May First broadcast: 20/09/2010
Emotional eating (MP3 - 16.1MB) Dr Jackie Blissett First broadcast: 23/08/2010
Intelligence (MP3 - 17.3MB) Dr Jackie Chappell First broadcast: 28/06/2010
Heavy period treatment expected to change clinical practice (MP3 - 11.8MB) Professor Janesh Gupta - read full transcript First broadcast: 21/01/2013
Pioneering breast cancer research (MP3 - 12.7MB) Dr Clare Davies - read full transcript First broadcast: 19/12/2012
Dermatological conditions: helping GPs make the right diagnosis (MP3 13.0MB) Julia Hyland and Dr June Jones - read full transcript First broadcast: 12/12/2011
Catching it early: the critical first weeks of rheumatoid arthritis (MP3 - 13.7MB) Dr Rebecca Stack - read full transcript First broadcast: 17/10/2011
Value-based pricing (MP3 - 16.5MB) Dr Amitava Banerjee First broadcast: 21/03/2011
Obesity in children (MP3 - 16.5MB) Dr Eliot Marston First broadcast: 04/10/2010
Eyewitness testimony in the GDR (MP3 - 13MB) Dr Sara Jones - read full transcript First broadcast: 29/04/2013
Leveraging legacies from the London 2012 Olympics (MP3 - 13.4MB) Dr Jonathan Grix - read full transcript First broadcast: 09/07/2012
Children's Lives: from the 18th century to the present day (MP3 - 14.1MB) Professor Ian Grosvenor - read full transcript First broadcast: 19/03/2012
The future of local public services (MP3 - 13.MB) Professor Tony Bovaird - read full transcript First broadcast: 30/09/2011
9/11 ten years on - where are we now? (MP3 - 13.9MB) Dr Chris Allen - read full transcript First broadcast: 05/09/2011
Political Theory (MP3 - 16.1MB) Dr Luis Cabrera - read full transcript First broadcast: 13/06/2011
UK gives aid to Rwanda as Met police warn exiles of assassination threat (MP3 - 7.98MB) Dr Danielle Beswick - read full transcript First broadcast: 24/05/2011
Health and Social Care (MP3 - 15.9MB) Professor Jon Glasby First broadcast: 07/02/2011
Sport (MP3 - 16.6MB) Dr Matt Bridge First broadcast: 01/11/2010
Islamophobia (MP3 - 16.4MB) Dr Chris Allen First broadcast: 18/10/2010
Binge Drinking (MP3 - 14.0MB) Professor Isabelle Szmigin First broadcast: 06/09/2010
Money (MP3 - 16.6MB) Professor Karen Rowlingson First broadcast: 09/08/2010
University of Birmingham Sport podcast - episode 1 Read full transcript
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