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Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
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Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
This episode explores new research, which has found that beers brewed across the US contain 'forever chemicals' linked to health risks.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Lines on Ale’ by Edgar Allan Poe here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
This episode explores new research, which has found that democratic countries often appear greener because they offshore pollution to less democratic nations.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Love in a Time of Climate Change’ by Craig Santos Perez here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
This episode explores new research, which has found that the richest 1% of people caused 20 times more warming than the global average since 1990.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘ted talk’ by Jenny Zhang here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
This episode explores new research, which has found that citizens in more democratic nations report greater wellbeing.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Democracy Poem #1’ by June Jordan here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
This episode explores new research, which has found that a 50% drop in US childhood vaccination could cause 51 million measles cases in 5 years.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘A Mnemonic Device’ by Clare Pollard here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth