40 Best University of Cambridge Podcasts

1. The Naked Scientists Podcast

Based at Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), the Naked Scientists are a team of scientists, doctors and communicators whose passion is to help the general public to understand and engage with the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
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Facebook Followers 74.8KTwitter Followers 53.6K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 32 min Play Get Email Contact

2. Moral Sciences Club

This podcast contains recordings of talks at the Faculty of Philosophy Moral Sciences Club.
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Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 822.9KInstagram Followers 1.3M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 46 min Since May 2013 Play Get Email Contact

3. Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences Lectures

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences Lectures, advances research and teaching on legal and ethical challenges at the forefront of medicine and the life sciences.
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Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 822.9KInstagram Followers 1.3M Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 64 min Since Feb 2016 Play Get Email Contact

4. Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law

A collection of public lectures either given at or by members of, the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.
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Facebook Followers 2.6MTwitter Followers 17.5KInstagram Followers 8.7K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 50 min Since Feb 2009 Play Get Email Contact

5. University of Cambridge Museums

Talking about collections, objects and a touch of cutting-edge research.
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Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 822.9KInstagram Followers 1.3M Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 3 min Since Jul 2019 Play Get Email Contact

6. LCIL International Law Seminar Series

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is the scholarly home of International law at the University of Cambridge. The Centre, founded by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC in 1983, serves as a forum for the discussion and development of international law and is one of the specialist law centres of the Faculty of Law. The Centre holds weekly lectures on topical issues of international law by leading practitioners and academics.
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Facebook Followers 3.3KTwitter Followers 11.4KInstagram Followers 488 Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 49 min Since Oct 2011 Play Get Email Contact

7. CambridgeJBS

A great business school at the heart of the University of Cambridge, advancing knowledge and leadership through people who leave a mark on the world.
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Facebook Followers 12.7KTwitter Followers 29.6KInstagram Followers 12.8K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 29 min Since Jul 2009 Play Get Email Contact

8. Cambridge Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) Seminar Series

The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, runs a series of lunchtime seminars during the Michaelmas and Lent Terms. These seminars provide a platform for the presentation of new ideas by leading scholars from inside and outside the University. The lunchtime seminars address topical issues of European Union Law and Comparative Law, with a view to using collective debate as a forum for developing and disseminating ideas, and producing high quality research publications which contribute to an understanding of major issues in the European Union. There is a close link between the CELS Lunchtime Seminar series and the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies (CYELS). Papers generated from most of these seminars are published as articles in the CYELS.
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Facebook Followers 664Twitter Followers 3.4KInstagram Followers 1.3M Frequency 5 episodes / quarter Avg Length 57 min Since Oct 2011 Play Get Email Contact

9. Centre for Geopolitics

The Centre of Geopolitics hosts conversations with people across academia, government, civil society, politics and business to discuss major geopolitical issues, past, present and future.Each of our podcast series, hosted by a member of the Centre, will focus on a wider theme in a number of different historical and geographical contexts. We hope to provide original interpretations and responses to the changing world around us.
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Facebook Followers 1.7KTwitter Followers 4.1KInstagram Followers 1.3M Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 42 min Since Mar 2021 Play Get Email Contact

10. CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast

This podcast, starring host Dr Rob Doubleday, features weekly evidence-based discussions about the pressing challenges facing policymakers, brought to you by the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge.
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Facebook Followers 59Twitter Followers 2.2KInstagram Followers 1.2M Frequency 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 36 min Since Mar 2020 Play Get Email Contact

11. The Good Robot

Join University of Cambridge researchers Eleanor Drage and Kerry Mackereth as they ask the experts: what is good technology? Is 'good' technology even possible? And what does feminism have to say about it? Each week, they invite scholars, industry practitioners, activists, and more to provide their unique perspective on what feminism can bring to the tech industry and the way that we think about technology. With each conversation, The Good Robot asks how feminism can provide new perspectives on technology's biggest problems.
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Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 1.1K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 36 min Since Jun 2021 Play Get Email Contact

12. Bennett Institute podcasts

Podcasts and events recordings from the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.
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Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 7.9KInstagram Followers 1.2M Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 51 min Since Nov 2020 Play Get Email Contact

13. Squire Law Library Eminent Scholars Archive

An expanding archive developed by the Squire Law Library in which we document the careers and achievements of eminent scholars associated with the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. The archive includes biographies, bibliographies, photographs and recorded interviews.
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Facebook Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 1.2M Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 68 min Since Oct 2011 Play Get Email Contact

14. The Business of Philanthropy

The Business of Philanthropy - a series of conversations with thought and action global leaders hosted by Badr Jafar, Founding Patron of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at the University of Cambridge, exploring the changing nature of philanthropy within and from the emerging markets.
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Facebook Followers 217Twitter Followers 8.3KInstagram Followers 145 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 25 min Play Get Email Contact

15. Social Innovation | The Social Ideas Podcast

The Social Ideas podcast shares the impact of social innovation, its necessity, and its capacity to challenge the status quo. Throughout this series, highly committed change-makers in business, civil society, policy, and academia will talk about their work, their ideas, and their motivation to strive towards a more equitable and sustainable world. The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, acts as a platform for research and engagement with social innovators, academia and policy in UK and across the world.
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Facebook Followers 2.2KTwitter Followers 3.2KInstagram Followers 919 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 19 min Play Get Email Contact

16. Hear This Idea

Hear This Idea is a podcast showcasing new thinking in philosophy, the social sciences, and effective altruism - hosted by Cambridge recent grads and long-time friends Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti. In each conversation, they ask thinkers, founders, and academics to explain their field and their work.
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Facebook Followers 100Twitter Followers 739 Frequency 5 episodes / quarter Avg Length 126 min Since Jan 2020 Play Get Email Contact

17. Brighter Thinking Pod

Welcome to the Brighter Thinking Pod from Cambridge University Press - Education. We provide a place where international education enthusiasts from all backgrounds can come together to discuss the challenges faced by teachers in a modern classroom and discover new teaching ideas. 
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Facebook Followers 440.7KTwitter Followers 11.2KInstagram Followers 41.5K Frequency 17 episodes / year Avg Length 39 min Since Jun 2019 Play Get Email Contact

18. South Asia Conversations At Cambridge University

In each episode we sit down with a scholar who has contributed something extraordinary to our understanding of history, politics or culture in South Asia, and get a deeper insight into their work. South Asia Conversations is a production of the Centre of South Asian Studies at Cambridge University.
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Facebook Followers 3KTwitter Followers 10.4KInstagram Followers 800 Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 51 min Since Apr 2020 Play Get Email Contact

19. Postdoc Academy Podcasts

One-off podcasts from the University of Cambridge Postdoc Academy, covering a range of issues that affect the postdoc community.
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Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 822.9KInstagram Followers 1.3M Frequency 4 episodes / year Avg Length 38 min Since Sep 2020 Play Get Email Contact

20. The CUHRLS Podcast

The CUHRLS Podcast is brought to you by the Cambridge University Human Rights Law Society. In every episode, we talk to leading experts to learn more about the most important human rights issues of the day.
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Facebook Followers 1.9KTwitter Followers 822.9KInstagram Followers 1.5K Since Aug 2020 Play Get Email Contact

21. #RDaudio

Join the Researcher Development team at the University of Cambridge as we discuss key themes of becoming an efficient professional researcher.From managing your time effectively to building your resilience, each week features a different topic of interest to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers. We're often joined by expert guest speakers.
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22. The Astropod

The Astropod - a podcast from the Institute of Astronomy and the Kavli Institute for Cosmology.
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23. Mind Over Chatter

Welcome to Mind Over Chatter, the Cambridge University Podcast! One series at a time, we break down complex issues into simple questions. Join Nick, James, and Naomi as they ask clever people seemingly simple questions. We'll explore climate change, the future, and much more!
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Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 822.9KInstagram Followers 1.3M Since Nov 2020 Play Get Email Contact

24. We Are The University

Welcome to We are the University, a podcast that opens a window on to the people that make Cambridge University unique. Students, archivists, professors, alumni: all have a story to share.
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Facebook Followers 2.6MTwitter Followers 822.9KInstagram Followers 1.3M Since Nov 2019 Play Get Email Contact

25. Thoughtlines

Thoughtlines brings you the best academic thinking outside the box.Founded in 2001, CRASSH came into being as a way to create interdisciplinary dialogue across the University's many faculties and departments in the arts, social sciences and humanities, as well as to build bridges with scientific subjects. It has now grown into one of the largest humanities institutes in the world and is a major presence in academic life in the UK. It serves at once to draw together disciplinary perspectives in Cambridge and to disseminate new ideas to audiences across Europe and beyond.
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Facebook Followers 9.8KTwitter Followers 19.4KInstagram Followers 2.7K Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 36 min Since Dec 2020 Play Get Email Contact

26. fifteeneightyfour

This podcast is about academic perspectives from Cambridge University Press.
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Facebook Followers 26.3KTwitter Followers 22.1K Since Feb 2018 Play Get Email Contact

27. The Target Oxbridge Podcast

The Target Oxbridge Podcast aims to share the knowledge of how to effectively target a top UK university with parents, teachers and young people across the country. In this podcast, Naomi Kellman, the founder of Target Oxbridge, interviews Target Oxbridge students who are studying at Oxford and Cambridge to delve into their experiences, get their tips for applying and share the advice they would give to their 16 year old selves.
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Twitter Followers 2.3KInstagram Followers 556 Since Apr 2020 Play Get Email Contact

28. The Confidence Interval

The Confidence Interval is an occasional podcast from MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge - talking science, people and public health.
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Facebook Followers 599Twitter Followers 6.1KInstagram Followers 1.2M Since Nov 2018 Play Get Email Contact

29. The Philosopher & The News

In this new podcast, Alexis Papazoglou (Christ's 2003) will be interviewing some of the world's most interesting philosophers. Together, they will bring to the surface the philosophy hidden behind the biggest news stories, and explore the ideas that can help us understand the times we're living through.
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Facebook Followers 2.6MTwitter Followers 7.7KInstagram Followers 1.3M Frequency 6 episodes / year Avg Length 59 min Since Dec 2020 Play Get Email Contact

30. Talking Politics

Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting: Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics, from philosophy to fiction. What does the future hold?Can democracy survive? How crazy will it get? This is the political conversation that matters.
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31. Rethinking Islam Today

A podcast about Islam and ideas, from the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge.
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Facebook Followers 5.3KTwitter Followers 5.7KInstagram Followers 1.2M Since May 2021 Play Get Email Contact

32. The Marshall Society (University of Cambridge)

The Marshall Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious societies in Cambridge. It was established in 1927 and is named after Alfred Marshall. This podcast aims to spread the activities of the Marshall Society to the wider public and encourage greater engagement in economics.
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33. BlueSci Podcast

What's the latest in science these days? How can scientific advances help improve our world? And what's it like to be a scientist, anyway? Every two weeks we delve into the intersections between science, technology, and society, featuring guest researchers who present a fresh perspective on their work, what goes on behind the scenes, and the latest developments in their fields.
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Facebook Followers 1.5KTwitter Followers 1.8KInstagram Followers 270 Play Get Email Contact

34. Cambridge Quaranchats

Simone Eringfeld chats with students and academics at Cambridge University about life under lockdown, research during the pandemic and what inspires us in times of Covid-19.
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35. Cambridge Policy Shop

A bi-weekly podcast that looks at contemporary policy issues from around the globe and explores possible solutions through interview-style conversations with experts, academics and policy practitioners. It also draws on the rich experience and knowledge of all listeners by encouraging them to send in 'Policy Notes'.
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Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 978Instagram Followers 1.3M Since Apr 2021 Play Get Email Contact

36. Insight Cambridge

Student-run podcast taking you inside Cambridge University to investigate world events. Less heat, more light.
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37. Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

Living Proof aims to highlight the diverse people and interconnected topics linked to its many activities. The podcast typically involves mathematical themes, but is specifically aimed at a general audience. The focus is on the subjects being interviewed and the social stories they have to tell, not just on the significance and details of the research they may be undertaking. We hope there is interest and inspiration here for everyone.
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Facebook Followers 45.4KTwitter Followers 10.7KInstagram Followers 1.1K Since Mar 2019 Play Get Email Contact

38. Declarations | The Human Rights Podcast

A show about human rights coming to you every week from the Cambridge Centre of Governance and Human Rights. Tune in each week as their panel explores the rights and wrongs of contemporary politics, joined by fascinating guests from the University of Cambridge and around the world.
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Facebook Followers 1.7KTwitter Followers 1.1KInstagram Followers 334 Frequency 12 episodes / year Avg Length 39 min Play Get Email Contact

39. Generation Politics

Generation Politics is a new podcast and joint initiative by two Cambridge University societies, European Horizons and Selwyn Politics.Our aim is to help empower young people - young Europeans in particular - by shedding light on the political issues which are most important to Gen Z.For each episode, we poll our online followers and friends on the issues that matter most to them and use this to determine the themes for our series.
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