Fat Cells
Fat cells are specialised to store large amounts of fat that act as metabolic energy depots. However, fat cells carry out many other vital functions such as appetite regulation. Fat cells can talk to ...
3 Jul 202153min
Football is Medicine
"Football is medicine, football is for everyone, football is for life." That's the message from Peter Krustrup as we have a beer and a chat at the Euro 2020 Fan Zone is Copenhagen. Episode recorded Ju...
25 Jun 202153min
Educational Philosophy
In this episode, I speak with Professor Nina Bonderup Dohn about education and knowledge transfer. Nina is a Senior Fellow og Humanities and the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS). For further...
18 Jun 202141min
The history of the universe in a glass of beer
Professor Francesco Sannino is the Founder and Director of the Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics Phenomenology (CP³-Origins) at the University of Southern Denmark. He is also the founder of th...
14 Mai 20211h 26min
Nuclear Bombs and Polio Interventions
My guest this week is Dr Keith Andrew Meyers. We talk about two of his research interests, the economic consequences of atmospheric nuclear testing conducted in the Nevada desert during the 1950s, and...
6 Mai 20211h 31min
What if we kept a 0.05% blood alcohol concentration?
What would be the short and long term effects of maintaining a blood alcohol concentration of 0.05%? This question was inspired by the Oscar-winning Danish film, Druk. To answer this and more alcohol ...
30 Apr 202121min
Marine Ecology
How thick is the sea ice at the North Pole? What is it like to scuba dive in leopard seal hunting grounds? And what does a marine biologist think of the Seaspiracy documentary? Our guest, Dr Karl Atta...
18 Apr 20211h 2min
Byzantine Literature
How was literature enjoyed during the Byzantine Empire? How were emotions portrayed / made sense of in Byzantium? And what is it like to read autobiographical text from 1000 years ago? Assistant Profe...
12 Apr 20211h 3min
