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    Talking Bodies with Adam Taylor

    en-usJanuary 14, 2022
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    About this Episode

    This week Prof. Adam Taylor of Lancaster Univ. is talking to us about his attempts to teach the people of Britain more about their bodies, and his work on a very rare disease. In the news, we’re talking about fish cars and a check-in with our favorite autonomous submarine. Our Guest Prof. Adam Taylor is the Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre & Professor in Anatomy at Lancaster Univ. He is an anatomist with a passion for understanding how the human body is formed and how it functions in both health and disease. Your Hosts Steffie Diem (https://twitter.com/SteffiDiem) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Credits Editing-James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Mastering- Chris Goulet (https://twitter.com/gr8goulet) Music: Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License Octonauts Theme by Doug Hendley | Copyright Brown Bag Films 2010 https://www.brownbagfilms.com/work/octonauts The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family www.scinight.com

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