Radical Science

🚨New Episode!🚨 We chatted to writer and science historian @ColdWarScience about organised labour, the concept of the 'worker' in academia, constructing a union for scientists, and the myth of apolitical science. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sci…

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 I chatted to the awesome @adriandaub for @radicalscipod all about his brilliant book 'What Tech Calls Thinking', the culture of Silicon Valley, and why words and narratives matter in the world of technology. open.spotify.com/episode/5rxnoq…

🚨New Episode of @radicalscipod is live!🚨 We chat about the ideology of innovation, the cult of entrepreneurship & why maintenance must take on a more prominent role in technology policy, industry and labour relations, with @STS_News and @RussellProf podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Well chuffed to be interviewed on @NewBooksNetwork (and have Smoke & Mirrors be featured as their 'book of the day'!) chatting all things hype! And as it's listed with the Jun 2021 release, I guess you could say today is the start of the US book tour! 🇺🇸 newbooksnetwork.com/smoke-and-mirr…

✊Scientists are workers too✊ I've been thinking a lot recently about unionisation, organisation and activism in science, and what it means to brand scientists as 'workers', so it was brilliant to chat to @ColdWarScience about exactly this for @radicalscipod!

🚨 New Episode 🚨 🐄@CT_Bergstrom / @jevinwest on how data-speak is used by advertisers, the difference between hype/bullshit, and their book Calling Bullshit. 👩‍🎓@gemmamilne starting a PhD within @stsucl ! 🎙️Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cal…

⚡️ICYMI⚡️ We chatted to @richove about libraries, archives and their upkeep as key to a functioning democracy; the power of knowledge in society (and why some destroy, steal or conceal it); and why big tech should be paying a memory tax... 📚 sciencedisrupt.com/podcast/burnin…

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🚨 New Episode! 🚨 We chatted to @richove about libraries, archives and their upkeep as key to a functioning democracy; the power of knowledge in society (and why some destroy, steal or conceal it); and why big tech should be paying a memory tax... 📚 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bur…

Hi 👋 You may have noticed we have a new name! It was time to move on from 'disrupt', wasn't it... There *may* be issues with the feed on iTunes / Spotify etc, so make sure you're still subscribed! ...and maybe while you're at it you could give us a wee 5-star rating eh? 😇

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🧫NEW EPISODE!🔬 We spoke to @Kat_Arney all about changing the way we talk about cancer, reclaiming 'holistic' from the woo-crowd, and her new book Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution and the Science of Life. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sci…

"The moonshot narrative is lame and trite. It would be worthy of a mocking eye-roll – if it weren’t being employed on a global pandemic. But it’s also revealing the government yet again to be dangerously inept in its tech worship" My latest for @guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our chat with @StuartJRitchie is live! 🎙️ Talking bias, fraud and hype in science, and his book Science Fictions  🔬 #openscience podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sci…

⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️ We chat to @StuartJRitchie about his new book Science Fictions, the effects of hype and bias in research, and what can be done to make science better (spoiler alert: it's not working 80 hour weeks). podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sci…

Woohoooo! So chuffed to have got this wee shout out in @newscientist at the weekend!

Our chat with @StuartJRitchie on the @sciencedisrupt podcast is live! Talking bias, fraud and hype in science, and his great new book Science Fictions 🧪 open.spotify.com/episode/222Qwl…

Was fascinating to chat dark money, manufacturing doubt, whistleblowing, and science in politics with none other than @drdavidmichaels and @lawrenceyolland for an upcoming @sciencedisrupt episode - excited to get this one out into the world 🤓 Buy David’s book people!

⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️ We chat to @AkshatRathi about reporting on climate change, 'United We Are Unstoppable' - the collection of essays from young climate activists he beautifully edited, and and why despite everything, he's still optimistic about the future podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/uni…

ICYMI: We chatted to @IronicProfessor about the political economy of Silicon Valley, Big Tech, and what it means to engage critically with tech companies... Have a listen, and make sure to pick up a copy of his brilliant book Bit Tyrants! sciencedisrupt.com/podcast/bit-ty…