Who Moved the Tortoise‪?‬ Mindless Wittering

Team Tortoise welcome Nat Hewit to the studio to talk about TWO things that changed her life; podcast host Kate Dooley, and the BBC 1 popular science show Bang Goes the Theory. Before the Kate Dooley love-in gets too nauseating, we manage to discuss brewing cider, rescuing seamen, puppet Shakespeare and non-Newtonian fluids. Will Alex get a word in edgeways? Will Kate's ego deflate enough to allow her to leave the studio? Listen now to find out.
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The Tortoise Team first met Rob Hollingworth when he was topless, in a shed and dancing to Abba (that's how you get the best timelapses, apparently). Fortunately he's put his shirt back as we discuss the film that literally changed his life - Prof Brian Cox's 2009 Horizon episode Can We Make a Star On Earth? Along the way we talk about rocket launches, northern accents, climbing the Burj Khalifa and taking photos of James Blunt. Can We Make a Star on Earth? Can We Make A Podcast That Occasionally Stays on Topic? The jury is still out for both.
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No normal episode of Who Moved the Tortoise this week because we're changing our release day from Fridays to Tuesdays. New episode coming next Tuesday (21st May)!
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He may have sailed the Atlantic twice, but Ed Booth's toughest maritime task is finally upon him - to talk about the his favourite TV series, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Holed up in his secret research vessel (his garden shed in Cambridge), Ed talks Swallows and Amazons, colour television, attempted car theft, diving for gold and running away from primary school. Climb aboard the Calypso, pull on your red diver's hat, and plunge head-first into the chat. *Warning - contains French accent some listeners may find mildly ridiculous.
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Four-time Emmy Winner and Talesmith founder Martin Williams talks about the 1981 series that ignited his passion for science filmmaking, Bellamy's Backyard Safari. Pull on your impossibly tight shorts, strap on your fake beard (real ones also permitted) and join us for a nostalgic chat about Britain's other wildlife legend called David.
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Series Producer and Producer/Director Tim Usborne talks about the film that ignited his passion for science, the 1974 Horizon episode The Hunting of the Quark. Includes references to Boyzone, Cliff Richard, Yorkshire housewives and fruit machines, as all podcasts about quantum physics should.
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