The Naked Scientists
Genre | Science talk radio / podcast |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station |
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Hosted by | Chris Smith |
Website | www |
The Naked Scientists is a one-hour audience-interactive science radio talk show broadcast live by the BBC nationally on BBC Radio 5 Live, and internationally on ABC Radio National, Australia; it is also distributed globally as a podcast.
The programme was created and is edited by
History
From January 2013, a new initiative involving the Naked Scientists also began on BBC Radio Norfolk. A dedicated hour of science Q and A was included in the station's Tea Time output (hosted by Matthew Gudgin) on alternate Wednesday evenings at 6pm. Listeners call, text, tweet or email with questions on any scientific subject and the team answer them. This continued until 2020 when changes were introduced to the schedule and presenter line up during the response to Covid-19.
From January 2013, the Naked Scientists programme also began to air across Australia on
Launched in May 2014, 5 live Science is a new weekly one-hour programme from the Naked Scientists aired by
Awards
Award | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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Academy of Podcasters | 2015 | Science & Medicine | Finalist | [4] |
Biosciences Federation | 2006 | Science Communication | Won | [5] |
Joshua Phillips Award | 2007 | Innovation in Science Engagement | Won | [6] |
Society for General Microbiology
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2008 | Peter Wildy Prize | Won | [citation needed] |
Royal Society | 2008 | Kohn Award | Won | [7] |
Population Institute's 29th Global Media Awards | 2008 | Best Radio Show Award | Won | [8] |
European Podcast Award | 2008 / 2009 | UK Non-Profit podcast | Won | [9] |
Royal College of Pathologists | 2010 | Furness Prize for science communication | Won | [citation needed] |
Society of Biology
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2012 | Science Communication Prize | Won | [citation needed] |
World Podcast Awards | 2006 | finalist | Finalist | [10] |
2007 | best produced | Won | [citation needed] | |
2007 | best science and technology podcast | Won | [citation needed] | |
2008 | finalist | Finalist | [citation needed] | |
2009 | finalist | Finalist | [citation needed] |
Content
Each episode of the main Naked Scientists programme is one hour long and includes a digest of topical science news stories, audience questions answered live on the air and interviews with guest scientists. These individuals join the hosts in the studio to talk about their work and to take questions live from listeners. Previous featured guests include the discoverer of the DNA fingerprint,
The show also features on-location reports and interviews, and an ad-hoc interactive segment called Kitchen Science where listeners are encouraged to attempt a science experiment at home during the show. Kitchen Science experiments have included building a desktop
Other media
The Naked Scientists appeared on
In November 2008, with the
References
- ^ "Meet the team". The Naked Scientists. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ Curry, Stephen (20 November 2012). "Radio Ga Ga: BBC axes popular science radio show". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Feedback, 09/11/2012". BBC Radio 4. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "2015 AofP Winners and Finalists". Academy of Podcasters. Podcast Movement. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016.
- ^ Biosciences Federation Science Communication Award 2006 Archived 2008-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "And the winner is..." Manchester Science Festival. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009.
- ^ "Royal Society Kohn Award". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ^ "29th Annual Global Media Award Winners Announced". The Population Institute. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009.
- ^ "European Podcast Award 08/09 Winners announced". European Podcast Award. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "The Podcast Awards!". Archived from the original on 16 July 2007.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Forensics, DNA Fingerprinting and Human Origins". The Naked Scientists. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "The Trebuchet". The Naked Scientists. 16 November 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "How useless is a Chocolate Teapot?". The Naked Scientists. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "Fizzes from peroxide". The Naked Scientists. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "Glowing tape". The Naked Scientists. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "How fat would you have to be to stop a bullet?". The Naked Scientists. 17 June 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2013.