Festival of the Mind

Festival of the Mind

University of Sheffield Player

Episodes 36
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Dormant
Since Jun 2025
Latest Episode Jul 2025

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Hourly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
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About This Podcast

Bringing together academics and professionals from Sheffield’s cultural, creative and digital industries to showcase our research in creative, entertaining and innovative ways.

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Recent Episodes

Authentic Corpse

Jul 25, 2025 29m

Professor Peter Jackson, Institute for Sustainable Foods and artist Anthony Bennet discuss their collaboration on Authentic Corpse.Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the…

Fungal Figures

Jul 25, 2025 16m

Professor Katie Field, School of Biosciences talks to artist Alex Ekins and Kieran from Seven Mushrooms gourmet farm about their collaboration on Fungal Figures.Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner…

The Reaction-ator: Exploring Real-time Responses to Speech

Jul 25, 2025 18m

Dr Chris Montgomery, School of English discusses his research on the hidden understanding of language.Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind…

Unseen Forms: Water Music Suite

Jul 25, 2025 26m

Dr Richard Collins, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, talks to Ben and Hugh from Yard Nule about their collaboration on Unseen Forms: Water Music Suite.Recorded and produced by Yard…

Voice Works

Jul 25, 2025 11m

Professor Renee Timmers, Department of Music, introduces the Voice Works project.Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind 2022.https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/

An Artistic Journey to Describing Dementia

Jul 25, 2025 23m

Dr Simon Bell, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, and artist Kate Sully discuss their collaboration on An Artistic Journey to Describing Dementia.Recorded and produced by Kitty…

The Crone Spoken Library

Jul 25, 2025 37m

Dr Lorna Warren (Department of Sociological Studies), Dr Pam McKinney (Information School) and Justine Gaubert (Founder of the Crone Club) discuss their collaboration on No Silence Please: The Crone…

A Mirror of the Invisible: Shakespeare and Renaissance Science in the Modern World

Jul 25, 2025 34m

Hear from Dr Tom Rutter, School of English and artist Gina Allen as they discuss A Mirror of the Invisible. Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind…

Can We Fly-less

Jul 25, 2025 20m

Dr Stephen Allen, Management School, discusses his collaboration with creative partners on Can We Fly-less.Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind…

Yes, it’s Plastic, but...

Jul 25, 2025 23m

Dr Stephanie Hills, School of English talks to Lynne Chapman about their collaboration on 'Yes, it's Plastic, but...'Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind…

Plastic: A Cheap Luxury

Jul 25, 2025 30m

Dr Rorie Parsons, Department of Geography, and artist Gina Allen discuss their collaboration on Plastic: A Cheap Luxury.Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner as part of Festival of the Mind…

Seduce

Jul 25, 2025 29m

Writer, teacher and broadcaster Desiree Reynolds reads excerpts from her novel Seduce and discusses diaspora, race and protest through writing.Seduce, set on a mythical islands in the Caribbean,…

Sheffield Round Walk

Jul 25, 2025 18m

Jon Barton discusses his book Sheffield Round Walk which explores the stunning and varied landscapes of this beautiful walking route. Jon shares interesting details about Sheffield’s industrial past,…

Folkloric Customs in the Time of Covid-19

Jul 25, 2025 38m

Dr David Clarke and Andrew Robinson explore the new folkloric customs and traditions that have emerged nationally and in the Sheffield / Peak District area as an outcome of the Covid-19 lockdown.This…

Poetry with Eleanor Brown

Jul 25, 2025 32m

Eleanor Brown reads from White Ink Stains - a collection of poems exploring the lives of women. The volume includes pieces written in response to interviews for the Reading Sheffield oral history…

Breathing Space

Jul 25, 2025 40m

The team behind the Breathing Space exhibition talk about the consequences and health impacts of air pollution, and what we can do as individuals and as a society to improve the air quality in our…

Salmon of Steel: The Story of Sheffield's Salmon

Jul 25, 2025 10m

Ecologists from the University of Sheffield join environmentalists from the Don Catchment Rivers Trust to tell the story of the River Don's Atlantic Salmon, and how pioneering research could help us…

Sheffield Carescapes: Potential Futures for a Caring Society

Jul 25, 2025 43m

Writer Akeem Balogun presents two short stories How Many Years? performed by Kate Woods and Reuben Johnson, and Comprehensive and Assistive Robotic Enhancer performed by Rose Gray and Sile…

What Did You Say?

Jul 25, 2025 26m

Emma Moore, Professor of Sociolinguistics, explores how we evaluate the way other people form words and sentences, and what happens when people use grammar that is considered to be non-standard. This…

It's OK to Be Naked

Jul 25, 2025 30m

Olly Newton, Executive Director of educational charity The Edge Foundation talks to performer Tim Norwood, psychologist Dr Nicola Buckland and psychotherapist Claire Wood about nudity, body image and…

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How many episodes does Festival of the Mind have?

Festival of the Mind has published 36 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Education.

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Festival of the Mind is currently dormant with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 27m.

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