Best Nature Publishing Group Podcasts (2025)

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Sanctions as Genocide w/ Ali Kadri 1:10:27

1d ago1:10:27

1:10:27

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back fan favorite Ali Kadri to discuss a very important topic - Sanctions as Genocide! Long time listeners will remember that we previously had a series on Sanctions As War, and this episode is a great accompaniment to those past conversations. Similarly, this goes very well with our other conversation…

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Palestine 1492 w/ Linda Quiquivix 1:45:00

10d ago1:45:00

1:45:00

In this great episode of Guerrilla History, we have a discussion with Linda Quiquivix about her study and book Palestine 1492: A Report Back, which is a study of 500 years of the struggle for life in words, maps, and images in the seven cardinal directions in Mayan philosophy and in the spiral that is time. This was such an interesting conversation…

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Why science recruiters struggle to find high-calibre candidates 17:17

17d ago17:17

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In the final episode of this six-part podcast series about hiring in science, Julie Gould asks what it takes to be the perfect candidate for a science job vacancy. Lauren Celano, a careers coach who co-founded Propel Careers, based in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2009, defines a high-calibre candidate as someone who hits up to 70% of the technical thi…

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The History and Impact of Sanctions on Iran w/ Muhammad Sahimi [REMASTERED] 1:33:55

17d ago1:33:55

1:33:55

This remastered episode of Guerrilla History was a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries. In this fascinating episode, we had a discussion with Professor Muhammad Sahimi on the history and the impacts of sanctions on Iran, which is both an immensely enlightening and heartbreaking conversation. This episode is particularly timely given the…

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Should I use AI to help draft my science job application? 14:25

23d ago14:25

14:25

In the penultimate episode of this six-part podcast series about hiring and getting hired in science, Julie Gould investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used by recruiters to draft job ads, process applications and shortlist candidates. She also asks how recruiters feel about jobseekers using it in their applications, and whether or…

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The Adnan Husain Show: The Longue Durée: Palestine in World History 1:26:36

24d ago1:26:36

1:26:36

For the next two weeks, we will be introducing (or reintroducing) our new sister shows. This week, we will be presenting Part 1 of a 7 part series on The Adnan Husain Show titled Palestine and the World. Next week, we will present the introduction of a new 25 part series that Henry is cohosting with a Russian historian on Russian history titled Tsa…

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May 2025: Collection on Necrotizing Enterocolitis 14:58

26d ago14:58

14:58

In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Misty Good about our Collection on Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Validation of L-type calcium channel blocker amlodipine as a novel ADHD treatment through cross-species analysis, drug-target Mendelian randomization, and clinical evidence from medical records 9:41

26d ago9:41

9:41

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a common condition that, for a lot of people, is difficult to treat. The drugs that exist have a number of adverse side effects, and about 25 percent of patients don’t respond to existing drugs. And so a team of researchers in Iceland, led by Karl Karlsson, professor of biomolecular engineering …

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Apartheid (AR&D Ep. 9) 3:49:36

1M ago3:49:36

3:49:36

The following episode of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series is a massive one, two former episodes on Apartheid edited together into a giant conversation. Information on each of the episodes below: The first is a crossover episode that we had done in collaboration with our sister podcast RevLeft Radio, we brought on Ashley Fataar to p…

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Salary negotiations: a guide for scientists 19:00

1M ago19:00

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Three researchers and a career coach discuss if there as much scope to negotiate salaries in academia as there is in industry. In either setting, they say, negotiation should not be a battleground. Hiring managers should not take advantage of a beloved future colleague who may have zero experience of negotiating anything, says David Perlmutter, a c…

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How to delight your future boss at a science job interview 35:43

1M ago35:43

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Should you tailor your job interview style based on the age, gender and cultural background of the person asking the questions? Margot Smit and Dietmar Hutmacher compare their approaches to hiring and how generational influences might shape how they respond to candidates. Smit, a plant molecular biologist who became a group leader at Tübingen Unive…

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NATO's Campaign Against Yugoslavia, & Relevance to Today w/ Kit Klarenberg & Nemanja Lukić 2:07:24

1M ago2:07:24

2:07:24

In this fascinating episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Kit Klarenberg of The Grayzone to discuss the NATO campaign against Yugoslavia, its relevance to today, and the delusion of US air power! We are also lucky to be joined by Nemanja Lukić as a guest host for this episode. In addition to being a keen analyst (and former guest of Guerrilla H…

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Cultural Revolution in Swaziland w/ Ruehl Muller & Bafanabakhe Sacolo of the Communist Party of Swaziland (AR&D Ep. 8) 2:16:09

2M ago2:16:09

2:16:09

In this exceptional episode of Guerrilla History, we continue our series African Revolutions and Decolonization by bringing back guest host Ruehl Muller, senior lecturer/associate professor at the Institute of Creativity and Innovation at Xiamen University in China (who has been in contact with the CPS for quite some time) and guest Bafanabakhe Sac…

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Seeking a job in science? How hiring practices across industry and academia compare 18:37

2M ago18:37

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Julie Gould compares hiring practices across industry and academia by seeking perspectives from Tina Persson, an organic chemist-turned-careers coach based in Malmö, Sweden, and Lauren Celano, a recruitment consultant who founded Propel Careers, based in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2009. Persson, whose coaching business is called passage2pro, tells G…

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Time with the Red Army Faction w/ Margrit Schiller [REMASTERED] 2:30:05

2M ago2:30:05

2:30:05

In this remastered episode of Guerrilla History (originally released in June 2022), we bring on a very special guest, Margrit Schiller! Margrit was associated early on with the Red Army Faction, before being imprisoned and tortured by the West German state, being forced into exile in Cuba and Uruguay, and then having to move back to Germany more or…

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Curiosity, drive, willingness to learn: three qualities to display at science job interviews 15:34

2M ago15:34

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Successful job candidates aren’t necessarily the smartest or most confident people in the room, Ilana Wisby tells Julie Gould in the first episode of a six-part weekly podcast series about hiring in science. Wisby, a physicist and former chief executive of Oxford Quantum Circuits, which builds quantum computers from its base in Reading, UK, says re…

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Struggle Against Africa's Last Absolute Monarchy w/ Bafanabakhe Sacolo of the Communist Party of Swaziland (AR&D Ep. 8) 1:49:36

2M ago1:49:36

1:49:36

With this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring you another fascinating case study in our series African Revolutions and Decolonization. This time, a contemporary struggle - the struggle against Africa's last absolute monarchy - Swaziland. We are fortunate to be joined by guest host Ruehl Muller, senior lecturer/associate professor at the Institut…

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Indigenous Methodologies w/ Sardana Nikolaeva & Masha Kardashevskaya 1:32:44

2M ago1:32:44

1:32:44

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have two fantastic guests, and a continuation of our sporadic Sources and Methods series of episodes! This time, we bring back Dr. Sardana Nikolaeva (whom you will remember from our recent episode Indigenous Diamonds of Russia's Sakha Republic), and bring on Dr. Masha Kardashevskaya for the first time. They …

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April 2025: Senior Investigator: Conversation with Avroy Fanaroff 16:01

2M ago16:01

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This episode features a conversation with Senior Investigator Avroy Fanaroff, Emeritus Professor at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, who has had a long and impactful career in neonatology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Rapid and sustained antidepressant effects of vaporized N,N-Dimethyltryptamine: A Phase 2a clinical trial in Treatment-Resistant Depression. 9:52

2M ago9:52

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Draulio Araujo, professor at the Brain Institute in the University of Rio Grande Norte in Natal, Brazil, has been studying ayahuasca for more than 20 years. It’s a psychedelic plant used in rituals in South America that has also been researched for its potential to treat depression. The effects of ayahuasca can last for hours and also lead to side …

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The Egyptian Revolution & Nasser's Era w/ Ahmad Shokr (AR&D Ep. 7) 1:42:18

2M ago1:42:18

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With this episode of Guerrilla History, we roll into our next case study in our series African Revolutions and Decolonization. Here, we turn our focus to Egypt, and particularly the 23 July Revolution in 1952 and the rise of Nasser. However, to tell this story, we turn back to the pre-colonial era, discuss the British colonial period, and the post-…

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March 2025: What's hot in pediatric sepsis? 15:44

3M ago15:44

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Listen to March's Pediapod episode: What's hot in pediatric sepsis research, with Sarah Kandil and Eleanor Molloy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Media Narratives & Hegemonic Discourses w/ Greg Shupak & Stuart Davis 1:46:08

3M ago1:46:08

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back two outstanding guests, Stuart Davis (whom you will remember from our episode Sanctions As War (alongside Manny Ness)), and Greg Shupak (whom you will remember from our episode The History and Impact of Sanctions on Syria). Here, we discuss a topic that each of them has done a lot of work on - med…

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The Situation in Congo - From Mobutu to M23 Rebels Today w/ Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (AR&D Ep. 6) 1:33:06

3M ago1:33:06

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With this episode of Guerrilla History, were follow up on our last episode of African Revolutions and Decolonization with another discussion with Prof. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, who joined us last time for The Congo - From Colonization Through Lumumba & Mobutu. Here, we pick up where we left off, with Mobutu's regime, and come to the present. Parti…

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🤰🔬Exploring pregnancy’s power to suppress autoimmune disease: Insights from multiple sclerosis research 39:40

3M ago39:40

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Send us a text Keywords Multiple Sclerosis, Pregnancy, Autoimmune Diseases, Immune Tolerance, GDF15, Neuroimmune Crosstalk, Reproductive Immunology, Maternal Health, Research Challenges, MS Treatment Summary In this episode of the Young Immunologist podcast, Nóra Balzer interviews Jana Sonner, a postdoc at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, …

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Indigenous Diamonds of Russia's Sakha Republic w/ Sardana Nikolaeva 1:39:56

3M ago1:39:56

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Dr. Sardana Nikolaeva to discuss her brilliant study Indigenous Diamonds: Extractivism and Indigenous Politics in the Diamond Province of Russia. We go over Sakha and the Sakha people, the history of diamond extraction in Sakha, and then went over the politics of indigeneity in Russia, how these dia…

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The Congo - From Colonization Through Lumumba & Mobutu w/ Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (AR&D Ep. 5) 1:35:28

3M ago1:35:28

1:35:28

With this episode of Guerrilla History, were continuing our series on African Revolutions and Decolonization with an outstanding case study on the Congo, looking at the process of colonization, how decolonization unfolded, Lumumba's short time as Prime Minister, and the transition to the Mobutu regime. We really could not ask for a much better gues…

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Revolutionary Papers w/ Mahish Ahmad, Koni Benson, & Sara Kazmi 1:21:25

4M ago1:21:25

1:21:25

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we discuss a wonderful resource for revolutionary scholars and activists - Revolutionary Papers. Revolutionary Papers is a transnational research collaboration exploring 20th century periodicals of Left, anti-imperial and anti-colonial critical production, and in this discussion, we talk about the goals of the …

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🧪⚖️Inventing Knowledge: Intellectual Property in Academic Research 🧠🔏 12:44

4M ago12:44

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Send us a text keywords academic integrity, plagiarism, intellectual property, research ethics, PhD students, collaborations, scientific publications, open access, patents, copyrights summary In this podcast episode, Nora Balzer (Dr rer Nat) discusses the complexities of intellectual property in academia, particularly in the context of a case invol…

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Reflections on Mau Mau w/ Shiraz Durrani (AR&D Ep. 4) 1:56:27

4M ago1:56:27

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With this episode of Guerrilla History, we continue our series on African Revolutions and Decolonization with a brilliant supplement reflecting on the Mau Mau Uprising. Here, Shiraz Durrani goes through the history and its implications of the uprising, in a really fascinating and useful conversation! This is a brilliant companion to our previous ep…

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Endocannabinoid contributions to the perception of socially relevant, affective touch in humans 9:13

4M ago9:13

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New drugs that target the endocannabinoid system are being proposed for disorders that are usually characterized by the dysregulation of social processing, like social anxiety disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Researchers have been trying to understand the mechanisms for how these drugs work. Leah Mayo is assistant professor at the University …

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How academia’s ‘lone wolf’ culture is harming researcher mental health 30:17

4M ago30:17

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Academia’s focus on individual achievement can be a breeding ground for poor mental health, says astrophysicist Kelly Korreck. Korreck, who experienced pandemic-related burnout while working on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, describes a competitive and ultimately damaging ‘lone wolf’ culture. She is joined by psychologist Desiree Dickerson to discuss h…

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Korea War Games, Trump's Rhetoric on the DPRK, & More w/ Ju-Hyun Park of Nodutdol 1:21:59

4M ago1:21:59

1:21:59

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our comrade Ju-Hyun Park (whom you will remember from our recent episodes A History of American Imperialism in Korea and Korea Dispatch - Martial Law, Impeachment, and More) to discuss the upcoming US led war games taking place in the Peninsula, some interesting rhetoric coming from the Trump admi…

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Conversation With Senior Investigator Karin Nelson. 10:51

4M ago10:51

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Listen to January's Pediapod episode: Conversation With Senior Investigator Karin Nelson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How to bring health and happiness to your lab 26:52

4M ago26:52

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A relentless pursuit of perfection in science can mean that researchers are in perpetual and self-critical ‘survival mode,’ forever questioning their behaviours and actions in the workplace, says clinical psychologist Desiree Dickerson. “We are not very good at taking the spotlight off ourselves, a pressure that can lead to burnout other mental hea…

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The Mau Mau Uprising w/ Nicholas Mwangi (AR&D Ep. 3) 1:40:14

4M ago1:40:14

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With this episode of Guerrilla History, we get into our first case study of our series on African Revolutions and Decolonization. Here, Nicholas Mwangi comes on to discuss the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya - what led to it, how it unfolded, and its legacies. Absolutely critical historical case study, you certainly want to hear it, and share with comrad…

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‘Researching climate change feels like standing in the path of an approaching train’ 24:43

5M ago24:43

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Three researchers with personal experience of anxiety and depression triggered by studying the environmental destruction caused by a changing climate describe the steps they take to protect their mental health. Ruth Cerezo-Mota, a climate scientist based at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, found herself grieving for the …

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Introducing Our New Sister Show - The Adnan Husain Show! 1:22:41

5M ago1:22:41

1:22:41

The following episode is from Adnan's new show, aptly titled The Adnan Husain Show. Don't worry, Adnan is still continuing with Guerrilla History, and we will be back with our next regular episode next week! We just wanted to let you know about this exciting new project so that you can subscribe to it. In this episode, Professor Adnan Husain is joi…

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How my research focus exposed me to threats and harassment 33:51

5M ago33:51

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Krutika Kuppalli, a physician researcher who studies emerging infectious diseases, joined the World Health Organization in 2021, where she worked to combat the COVID-19 on a global level. She had previously been targeted by threats and harassment as a result of media and US congressional appearances to inform the public about the emerging pathogen.…

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Pan-Africanism: A Primer w/ Layla Brown & Jacquie Luqman (AR&D Ep.2) 2:07:53

5M ago2:07:53

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With this episode of Guerrilla History, we launch into Pan-Africanism as a great additional starting point to our series on African Revolutions and Decolonization. We bring on two marvelous guests, Prof. Layla Brown and Jacquie Luqman, to discuss the history, theoretical currents, and modern expressions of Pan-Africanism. This is a 2+ hour mastercl…

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