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New podcast 📣 ! Jane Austen's Paper Trail launched today and our first ep is all about gossip and why Jane revelled in it (particularly in Sense & Sensibility). Do listen - and share it with the Jane Austen fans in your life! player.captivate.fm/episode/090c...

Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue. Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n

Shattering. Irreplaceable. That's how scientists I've spoken to for The Conversation Weekly podcast described Trump's cuts to federal research funding. One was researching an HIV vaccine in South Africa. Another was looking at risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. Listen here: tinyurl.com/pf9aru27

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

Tired of ageism limiting us as we get older? Wish you could smash ageist stereotypes? Us too! So we asked special guest and star of BBC’s The Traitors @dianeakamum to help us shatter ageist stereotypes and a few plates along the way 💥

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As @haugejostein.bsky.social told me in this episode, Trump's tariffs and protectionism 'reeks of hypocrisy'. Listen here: pod.link/1550643487

As @haugejostein.bsky.social told me in this episode, Trump's tariffs and protectionism 'reeks of hypocrisy'. Listen here: pod.link/1550643487

A public policy scholar specializing in #nonprofits and foreign aid debunks 3 common myths amid the Trump administration's attacks on #USAID and funding disruptions: https://buff.ly/3WPTYoR (Joannie Tremblay-Boire @univofmaryland.bsky.social) #philanthropy

Silicon Valley venture capitalists are betting big on AI defence startups. I had a chilling conversation with @elkeschwarz.bsky.social about what this could mean for the future of war. Listen here on The Conversation Weekly #podcast theconversation.com/silicon-vall... @uk.theconversation.com

This conversation made me think about my plastic recycling in a whole different way. Great to have @markmiodownik.bsky.social on The Conversation Weekly #podcast to talk about the history of plastic and why so much more needs to be invested in recycling it. theconversation.com/how-the-worl...

Absolutely delighted that Eloise Stevens has been recognised for her phenomenal work on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast, winning the Little Ears category at last night’s Audio Production Awards. Well done Eloise!