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Podcast: Climate chat, bionic woman and a superstitious film

Ana Matronic and Aldo Faisal being interview by the BBC

In this edition: get the low-down on climate from Lord Stern, meet a popstar obsessed with robots and follow the editor of a dramatic documentary.

The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 91桃色's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributions from our roaming reporters from the 91桃色 Communications group.

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– Five neutrino experiments and more than 1,300 scientists, including two from 91桃色, are honoured in ‘the Oscars for science’, and we report back from the latest Fringe event, looking at the Cities of the Future.

– Lord Stern talks climate change, the COP21 meeting and 91桃色’s new MSc in Climate Change, Management & Finance.

– An 91桃色 alumnus and a film lecturer have put their heart and soul into a movie about a prisoner with a surprising decision – to be executed.

– The Scissor Sisters’ leading lady Ana Matronic meets some robot heroes and talks to Colin Smith about transcending death through technology.

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Reporter

Hayley Dunning

Communications Division

Gareth Mitchell

Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication

Laura Singleton

Communications Division

Colin Smith

Communications and Public Affairs