I had a great conversation with Katherine about her life, her enthusiasm for science and her time in a band with Marcus Mumford! Fortunately, there was nobody booked in after us so it was a long chat.

Katherine's profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/katherine-bridge/

Information on Katherine's recently formed company can be found here: https://www.antigonie.bio/ (funders welcome!!)

This episode also has me wondering if I sound like Michael McIntyre. Hmmm....

In this podcast I speak to Simon about his important research into the causes of bladder cancer, as well as his life and career.

Story from Kidney Research UK about Simon's important breakthrough:

https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/12/04/new-results-suggest-that-bladder-cancer-could-be-caused-by-the-bodys-response-to-common-childhood-virus/

The scientific paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea6124

Night Science Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6berzd2rX6rpJQ6CPnbOtI

Merchant Adventurer's Hall ⁠https://www.merchantshallyork.org/⁠

Merry Christmas!!!

This is the final episode of the year - a very sprawling discussion with James that could have gone on for a lot longer... the converation is competely unedited and therefore feels suitable for a Christmas episode. (I think that makes sense??)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/20/are-you-an-otrovert-why-this-personality-type-could-be-your-greatest-gift

Tim Minchin address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEezZD71sc&authuser=0

Batanga: https://www.batanga.co.uk/

It was great to speak to absolute legend Gareth about his career, research and experiences getting rodents stoned.

https://neverstraysfar.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/comfort-eating-with-grace-dent/id1571446706

The Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1g7VVFyslWl2oI7qgp5zJU?si=25bc2321e2c34d0e

https://www.ambiente-tapas.co.uk/fossgate

In a Placements Pod/Phil Lang is Not a Scientist crossover, I spoke to Jodie Malcolm for this eipsode. Jodie was a placement student at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics in Bradford a few years ago, went on to do a PhD at York and is now a Research Associate in the Department of Biology. She is York through and through!!

https://www.bradford.ac.uk/ict/

https://rowntreepark.org.uk/home/the-park/

https://open.spotify.com/show/4TdO8A5i0196IhwWYUAlV1

Joshua is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the University of York working on some really interesting science!

https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/joshua-ang/

https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/

Diary of a CEO https://stevenbartlett.com/doac/

It was great to speak to Professor Katherine Denby about her current research projects, overseas experiences and how it feels to have your own wikipedia entry!

https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/katherine-denby/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_J._Denby

https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/centrefornovelagriculturalproducts/research/crops-for-a-sustainable-planet/improving-amaranth-nutrition/

https://fixourfood.org/person/professor-katherine-denby/

The Rest is Politics: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Ysx8g1Iw42gESAtegrFaH

Heppni: https://www.instagram.com/heppnibakeri/?hl=en