Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold By Stephen Fry - Book Review
Reviewing the literary god that is Stephen Fry, I am assisted once again by my fellow bookworm Andrea Nicklin as we deconstruct this new telling of the Greek classic - from Fry's writing style, portra...
24 Dec 202139min
The Hidden Potential Of Advocacy: What They Do And Why We Need Them
Welcome listeners, have you ever wondered what an advocate is? What is their role is and why they are so important to some of our most vulnerable? I'm joined today by Rob Alcock, who is a second-year ...
25 Okt 202152min
The Changing Faces of Mental Health - Lessons From The Trenches of WW2
Join us friends as we journey into the past and join MMU’s PhD researcher Jonathan Harper, looking into the mental health of soldiers and prisoners of war following WW2. If there are any history buffs...
15 Sep 202144min
Author Special With Dr Kirstine Szifris - New Book 'Philosophy Behind Bars: Growth And Development In Prison'
Dr Szifris is a criminologist/sociologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, who before coming to MMU studied for four years at the University of Sheffield, to gain her Master's Degree in Mathemat...
18 Aug 202147min
An Interview with Dr Albert Yates: What do the Ancient Greeks know About Addiction Anyway?
This time we are joined by the esteemed Dr Albert Yates, a recent PhD graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University. We talk about his tremendous career (formally head of CID in Manchester) prior t...
10 Aug 202158min
Book Review - 'Inside Broadmoor' by Jonathan Levi and Emma French
Broadmoor is one of the most infamous of our psychiatric institutions here in the UK (formally an asylum), join us as we review Levi's and French's fascinating account of its scandalous history, with ...
3 Aug 202140min
Men Who Hate Women - By Laura Bates - Book Review
This time we tackle the strange world of misogynistic extremism with Laura Bates's new book 'Men Who Hate Women; The Extremism No One Is Talking About'. From incels to pick up artists, this books expl...
23 Juni 202145min
The Power of a Photo; Addiction and the Path to Recovery
I am joined this time by PhD researcher Emma Smith as she tells me all about her exciting work in addiction. Emma uses a technique called photovoice to tell the different stories of people’s recovery ...
1 Juni 202144min
