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Futuremakers

Welcome to Futuremakers, from the University of Oxford, where our academics debate key issues for the future of society. Season Four: Brain and Mental Health Season Three: The History of Pandemics Season Two: Climate Change Season One: Artificial Intelligence Special Episode: A brief history of Quantum Computing

Welcome to Futuremakers, from the University of Oxford, where our academics debate key issues for the future of society. Season Four: Brain and Mental Health Season Three: The History of Pandemics Season Two: Climate Change Season One: Artificial Intelligence Special Episode: A brief history of Quantum Computing

 

#50

S4 Ep9: Evidence-based strategies for suicide and self-harm prevention with Professor Seena Fazel

Content warning: Please be aware that this episode refers to topics such as suicide, suici... more

21 Sep 2023

36 MINS

36:21

21 Sep 2023


#49

S4 Ep8: Suicide prevention and mental health advocacy with Ben West

Content warning: Please be aware that this episode refers to topics such as suicide, suici... more

14 Sep 2023

27 MINS

27:55

14 Sep 2023


#48

S4 Ep7: Supporting the mental health of young people with Cynthia Germanotta, Dr Claudia-Santi F. Fe...

In the seventh episode of the series, [Professor Lennox] (https://oxford.shorthandstories.... more

08 Sep 2023

49 MINS

49:53

08 Sep 2023


#47

S4 Ep6: Protecting mental health in crisis contexts with Benjamin Perks and Sabine Rakotomalala

In Episode 6 of the series, Professor Belinda Lennox is joined by Benjamin Perks, from UNI... more

31 Aug 2023

57 MINS

57:00

31 Aug 2023


#46

S4 Ep5: Workplace wellbeing with Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

In Episode 5 of the series Professor Lennox sits down with Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve,... more

24 Aug 2023

35 MINS

35:57

24 Aug 2023


#45

S4 Ep4: Building resilient mental health in the workplace with Sir John Kirwan

In Episode 4 of the series Professor Lennox is joined by Sir John Kirwan (known to most as... more

17 Aug 2023

39 MINS

39:41

17 Aug 2023


#44

S4 Ep3: Childhood and adolescent anxiety with Professor Cathy Creswell and Associate Professor Polly...

In the third episode of the series Professor Lennox sits down with Professors Cathy Creswe... more

10 Aug 2023

43 MINS

43:41

10 Aug 2023


#43

S4 Ep2: Maternal mental health with Professor Marian Knight and Professor Fiona Alderdice

In the second episode of the series Professor Lennox is joined by Professors Marian Knight... more

03 Aug 2023

48 MINS

48:50

03 Aug 2023


#42

S4 Ep1: Brain injury and rehabilitation with Jenny Clarke and Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg

Episode 1: Brain injury and rehabilitation In the first episode of the new series, host Pr... more

27 Jul 2023

36 MINS

36:45

27 Jul 2023


#41

S3 Ep11: History of Pandemics: Coronavirus and ‘Disease X’

Peter interviews the Oxford scientists working at the forefront of research into Disease X... more

20 Dec 2020

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:33

20 Dec 2020


#40

S3 Ep10: History of Pandemics: Ebola

Peter begins the final episode of the series in 2014, at the onset of the Ebola outbreak i... more

13 Dec 2020

50 MINS

50:12

13 Dec 2020


#39

S3 Ep9: History of Pandemics: HIV and AIDS

In the ninth episode of our History of Pandemics season, Peter leaves the perils of influe... more

13 Dec 2020

51 MINS

51:39

13 Dec 2020


#38

S3 Ep8: History of Pandemics: The 'Spanish' Flu

Peter arrives in the twentieth century, during the last years of the Great War, to a pande... more

13 Dec 2020

47 MINS

47:23

13 Dec 2020


#37

S3 Ep7: History of Pandemics: The 'Russian' Flu

In this episode, Peter discusses a controversial outbreak... So-called 'Russian' Flu is ei... more

13 Dec 2020

45 MINS

45:49

13 Dec 2020


#36

S3 Ep6: History of Pandemics: Cholera and John Snow

Peter makes it to the nineteenth century to discuss the achievements of John Snow - a man ... more

13 Dec 2020

38 MINS

38:07

13 Dec 2020


#35

S3: Mid-series break: a message from Professor Sir John Bell

We'll be publishing the second half of our History of Pandemics series next week; featurin... more

06 Dec 2020

01 MINS

01:43

06 Dec 2020


#34

S3 Ep5: History of Pandemics: Smallpox, and Jenner

Welcome to the eighteenth century, at a point when Europe is going through another major s... more

29 Nov 2020

43 MINS

43:22

29 Nov 2020


#33

S3 Ep4: History of Pandemics: The Great Plague

In the final plague episode of the series, Peter talks to his guests about the last major ... more

29 Nov 2020

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:32

29 Nov 2020


#32

S3 Ep3: History of Pandemics: The Black Death

Peter arrives in the fourteenth century and meets history's most notorious plague outbreak... more

29 Nov 2020

45 MINS

45:17

29 Nov 2020


#31

S3 Ep2: History of Pandemics: The Plague of Justinian

Welcome to the Eastern Roman Empire in the sixth century. This time, Peter discusses a pla... more

29 Nov 2020

55 MINS

55:45

29 Nov 2020


#30

S3 Ep1: History of Pandemics: Athens: the first plague?

Join Peter in 5th century Athens, a crowded city in the midst of a siege, where a devastat... more

29 Nov 2020

46 MINS

46:10

29 Nov 2020


#29

S3: The Future after COVID-19

Just before our third season starts we talk with Dr Peter Drobac, a global health physicia... more

22 Nov 2020

41 MINS

41:58

22 Nov 2020


#28

S2 Ep15: Live Special: Artificial Intelligence Q&A

Originally recorded back in September 2019 at the AI@Oxford Conference held at the Univers... more

22 Mar 2020

29 MINS

29:30

22 Mar 2020


#27

S2 Ep14: Will climate migration lead to conflict?

Climate migration hit the headlines in January, when the United Nations [made a landmark r... more

15 Mar 2020

39 MINS

39:25

15 Mar 2020


#26

S2 Ep13: Climate change: What is the future of our food?

The world is getting hotter, drier, and more crowded. By 2050, there will be ten billion h... more

08 Mar 2020

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:41

08 Mar 2020


#25

S2 Ep12: COP 25 – what happened?

In this bonus ‘reaction’ episode, we chat to several Oxford academics who were either at, ... more

19 Dec 2019

21 MINS

21:34

19 Dec 2019


#24

S2 Ep11: Mark Carney on Climate Change

In this special bonus episode, originally recorded on 25th November, Professor Millican tr... more

15 Dec 2019

24 MINS

24:28

15 Dec 2019


#23

S2 Ep10: Solving climate change... nature or technology?

Solving climate change can involve either mitigation – reducing the greenhouse gases we’re... more

08 Dec 2019

58 MINS

58:40

08 Dec 2019


#22

S2 Ep9: Is climate conflict inevitable?

In 2010, Jeffrey Mazo outlined in his book ‘How global warming threatens security and what... more

01 Dec 2019

49 MINS

49:30

01 Dec 2019


#21

S2 Ep8: Climate change: Who should we sue?

To date, there have been climate change legal cases in at least 28 countries. From Greta T... more

24 Nov 2019

56 MINS

56:52

24 Nov 2019