WeAreSTS
by Joe Cain
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Science and Technology Studies (STS) combines a wide range of subjects, including: history of science, philosophy of science, sociology of science, science policy, and science communication. WeAreSTS is an official podcast of the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London (UCL), hosted by Professor Joe Cain | ucl.ac.uk/sts/podcast
Episodes
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- #210 Esports Management and Data Analysis – Sociology and Politics BSc Careers TALK | WeAreSTS · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 210What can you do with a degree with a BSc in Sociology and Politics of Science? Joe talks with Isobel Lim (Sociology and Politics of Science BSc 2022) about life after her UCL…
- #209 Youth Suicide Myths: Talking to Save Lives| WeAreSTS · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 209Talking about suicide and its myths can save lives. Easha Kapur (UCL Politics and International Relations BSc, 2025) takes on the critical issue of youth mental health, aiming to…
- #208 When Fieldwork Goes Wrong Go Public: Adventure in Venezuela | WeAreSTS · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 208Today, an experiment: can Generative AI replace this podcast? We’re asking because there’s a new feature in the GenAI service, Google Notebook LM. It creates an audio…
- #207 Can Generative AI Learn to Love Us? | WeAreSTS · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 207What is love? Can we program machines to be in love or to love us back? Ken Sio (UCL Human Sciences BSc) tackles one of humanity’s greatest questions but adds a modern twist: Can…
- #206 Deaf Sentence - We May Be Losing Our Hearing · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 206By 2050, nearly 2.5 billion people are projected to have some degree of hearing loss. Darcy Watson (UCL BSc Human Sciences) explores the subject of ‘hearing health’ with…
- #205 Why Green Activism Must Turn Blue | WeAreSTS · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 205Students come into university with strong visions of activism and improvement. They know the planet needs their help. But how? What can STS (in the form of degrees like…
- #204 Power of Standards: How to Gain Influence in Global Technology Innovation | WeAreSTS · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 204Standard rule over us. We’re affected every day by decisions someone has made about standards. They determine the shape of our electrical plugs, the quality of our water, the…
- #203 Baby-Botox: Anti-Aging Is Out Of Control | WeAreSTS · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 203Children as young as eight are targeted by influencers and advertisers towards anti-aging products, from skin creams and anti-wrinkle devices to “baby botox”. Maddy Ross (Human…
- #202 Outlaw Ocean – Ian Urbina’s Book is STS1Book for 2024-25 | WeAreSTS · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 202Ian Urbina’s 2019 book, Outlaw Ocean, brilliantly investigates hidden worlds of human activity on the high seas. From modern day pirates and traffickers to gargantuan fishing…
- #201 Dark Matter and the Search for Elusive Evidence | WeAreSTS · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 201What is dark matter? Mary Westover investigates, featuring insights from Dr. Joe McLaughlin and Dr. Marcello Messina. She visits the Gran Sasso Laboratory in Italy to understand…
- Trailer | Season 2 | WeAreSTS · 2 min · Season 2Well, the wait is over. The time has come. Season 2 of WeAreSTS is on its way. This season we’ll feature some cracking projects from STS students. And we’ll have conversations…
- #30 Don’t Look Up! How Hollywood Imports Science Policy into Films | WeAreSTS · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 30Hollywood chooses to portray experts in particular – sometimes peculiar – ways. Those choices have profound impacts on how audiences think about subjects as diverse as dinosaurs…
- #29 Can Comedy Help Us Tackle Conversations About Climate Change? | WeAreSTS · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 29Ever heard of climate change comedy? Here’s the idea. The climate crisis dominates our news. But more and more, messages about action are ignored. Fatalism is growing. People…
- #28 Promising Potential for Generative AI at University: Is it a Personal Tutor for Every Pocket | WeAreSTS · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 28Mandy dives optimistically into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on education as we know it. Think ChatGPT and all those related tools called generative…
- #27 Top Stories in Science Journalism from STS Students | WeAreSTS · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 27The assignments students do in STS modules today are nothing like what they used to be. These days, they build portfolios with all sorts of things: short writing, long writing…
- #26 Women in History of Science Through 53 Original Sources | WeAreSTS · 1 h 9 min · Season 1 Episode 26Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Drawing on texts, images…
- #25 Are We Over-Hyping Mindfulness for University Students? | WeAreSTS · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 25Chances are you’ve had something to do with “mindfulness” recently. Maybe you’ve been sent to “mindfulness” training. Or, perhaps you’ve been listening to a mindfulness podcast…
- #24 Who Are Museums REALLY Speaking For (And What About The Rest of Us) | WeAreSTS · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 24Alex Hancock explores how research about museum collections is helping to connect British museums with more of the publics they claim to support. His emphasis is on…
- #23 Journalism from STS Science Communication Master’s Students 2022 | WeAreSTS · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 23We sampled undergraduate projects in a previous episode. Now, it time for the Master’s students. Today’s episode offers a sampler of student-made podcasts. These were created by…
- #22 Thinking About Internationality: Is Science the Same Everywhere? | WeAreSTS · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 22It’s one of those fundamental tenets taught to every student: science is international; it’s the same everywhere, it respects no borders; the work is the same no matter where or…
