123 episodes
Gin and Topic Topic Gin
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Our ever-curious step-mother and step-daughter, Sarah and Áine, begin each episode with a glass of gin in hand, before launching into the topic of the week. Once the gin has been thoroughly sampled, and reviewed, they discuss what they already know about the weekly topic. It could be anything, from science to art, from political to cultural. Most importantly, they often don’t know a lot. Luckily, there is a weekly expert who shares their knowledge… and the gin. The guest may be plagued with ‘Okay, but why?’s, and ‘So, how?’s, but they get to drink through it! And, if this expert can tell our hosts that everything they thought they knew is wrong, even better. There’s no confrontation, just a genuine wish to learn and understand, and at the end of the show, the hosts spend a little time mulling over what they’ve learnt, and wondering how they can slip it into conversations to look smart.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/gin-and-topic.
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Clink & Oops Series 6 Bloops
You’d think that six series in we might have less bloopers to share with you. Think again!
As per tradition, here are all our ‘sorry Ben’s’ and technical fuck ups for you all to enjoy. Including a few from our guests…
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Series 6 Top Ups
This series we’ve been joined by nine wonderful experts, each one with their own topic. But we always end up chatting away with our guests for far too long…
So, join us this week for a little treat. From extra topic gems to chats about just how our experts ended up in their roles, here are the bits that we couldn’t squeeze into the main show!
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Tasting A Little More From Series 6
Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room
This week we’re having a few extra shots from the series
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Everleaf & CRISPR
CRISPR! No, it’s nothing to do with crisps… What is it, you ask? Well, that’s what this week is all about.
We’re joined by Soren Hough, a writer and a scientist who completed a PhD in Biochemistry at Cambridge. He has been working with, and writing about, CRISPR since 2014 and is currently a Visiting Scientist in the DNA repair laboratory of Prof Sir Steve Jackson. So really there’s nobody better to answer: CRISPR: What is it, why is it both amazing and scary, and what does this new technological power mean for society?
Sit back, relax, grab a gin and get ready to have your mind boggled.
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Tasting Everleaf
Welcome to the Gin & Topic tasting room
This week we’re tasting Everleaf Marine with our guest Soren Hough
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Clean G & Kids Environment and Health
What environment do you like to listen to us in? We hope you haven’t got kids around, there’s an explicit warning for a reason! Although maybe this week, you should at least keep them in mind.
We’re joined by Pia Hardelid, a Professor of Epidemiology at the University College London. Pia is leading a project called the Kids’ Environment and Health Cohort which is setting up a new national data resource for research into how the local environment affects children’s health as they grow up in England. She’s going to help us answer the question: how can we understand the relationship between children’s health and the environments they grow up in? Join us to find out more.
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