Reasons to be Cheerful

Intelligence in Plants

In this episode, Dr Matt Williams speaks with Oxford students Amy (1st year biology) and Bethan (2nd year Biologist) about 'Intelligence in Plants' from a science perspective. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Why Read Stories?

In this episode, Dr Matt Williams speaks with Oxford students Amber (1st year History & Spanish) and Emily (2nd year Economics & Management) to explore the role of stories, what we can learn from them and what can be done about the current reading crisis. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

What's the Problem?

In this episode, Dr Matt Williams speaks with Lewis (1st year PPE) and Ruhi (1st year Biology) to talk about problems: what they are, examples from different areas and why they are considered 'problems' in the first place, in the style of an Oxford tutorial. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Absolutely Nothing

In this episode, Dr Matt Williams speaks to Oxford students Amber and Vinay (2nd year Chemists) about 'Absolutely Nothing'. What does it mean for something to be 'nothing', and how do we conceptualise it? Is dark matter 'nothing'? ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Reasons to be Cheerful

In this Episode Dr Matt Williams speaks to Oxford students Alana (3rd Year Law) and Arav (3rd year Mathematics) about the concepts of happiness and cheerfulness in the style of an Oxford tutorial. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.