Podcasts

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Re-live the festival experience (or catch-up if you missed us in October!) with this series of podcasts, recorded at a handful of events during Manchester Science Festival 2011.

With special thanks to our volunteer Nija Dalal, who recorded and edited these podcasts.

MSF 2011 podcast: Maths origami
2 March 2012
Meet the Manchester Girl Geeks and discover an inspiring use for old train tickets!
Duration
4 mins MSF 2011 podcast: Maths origami (4.4 MB)
MSF 2011 podcast: Sound in Salford
3 February 2012
Meet acoustic scientist Charlie Mydlarz at the University of Salford's family day "Salford Scifest". Listen to sounds in the world's most reverberant room and the quietest room, and find out all about how sound works.
Duration
9 mins MSF 2011: Sound in Salford (8.7 MB)
MSF 2011 podcast: See the funny side of maths
27 January 2012
Listen to the funnier side of maths with Matt Parker and Timandra Harkness. Hear a few snippets from the show, Your Days Are Numbered, and to Matt as he is awarded the Joshua Phillips Award in Science Communication.
Duration
8 mins Friday 27 January 2012: The funny side of Maths (7.9 MB)
MSF 2011 Podcast: Microbiology & art
20 January 2012
Our podcast series starts with the launch of the Microbiology and art exhibition at Madlab, which was a... well, a very unusual art exhibition.
Duration
7 mins Manchester Science Festival 2011 Podcast: Microbiology & art exhibition (6.6 MB)