Shows
The Front PorchThe Front Porch – September 4, 2025
Host: Brian Sidebottom
Guests: Ken Cummins & Eric Horner
2025-09-0546 min
Hear Us OutNo Limits With Deaf Former NFL Charger Girl Melissa SidebottomIn this powerful episode, we sit down with Melissa Sidebottom—former NFL Charger girl cheerleader and passionate advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing community. Melissa opens up about navigating the high-energy world of professional cheerleading while living with hearing loss, how she found confidence in spaces not built for her, and why she's using her platform to amplify the voices of those who often go unheard.From the sidelines of the NFL to center stage in advocacy, Melissa's story is one of resilience, determination, and redefining what it means to be truly heard. Whether you’re p...
2025-05-1935 min
Energetic Radio#338: Michael Acreman | Unleashing Fun: Embracing Authenticity for Strong Connections & Mental Well-beingWelcome to Energetic Radio, where we bring joy and happiness into life. Episode 338 marks the "angelic number," symbolising self-belief and encouragement. In this episode, hosts Dale Sidebottom and Paul Campbell are joined by the inspiring Michael Acreman. The conversation delves into the importance of authenticity, resilience, and the impact of positive connections. They discuss the remarkable achievements of extreme athlete Ross Edgley and the extraordinary willpower of Eric Weihenmaya and how their mindset can inspire us in our own lives. With a focus on play, family connections, and the value of being present, this episode is...
2024-09-0848 min
This Is Not Church PodcastRidiculous And Ill-Advised: A Conversation With Rale SidebottomThis Quoircast Podcast episode it brought to you by Returning to Eden by Heather Hamilton - published by Quoir and is available now.In this episode we talk with Rale SidebottomRale is a storyteller from the American underground, writing about skateboarding, film fiascos and dropout culture across three decades. Starting out in documentary film at The NW Film Center before moving to Los Angeles, Rale has worked as a story editor for multiple production companies. His screenplays and original pilots have been optioned and short-listed for many competitions, the Sundance Pilot lab, Shore Scripts and Austin Film Festival being a...
2023-07-311h 15
The InquiryHow Did We Mess up Antibiotics?Warnings about the approaching post-antibiotics apocalypse have been sounding for years. There are now strains of deadly bacteria that are resistant to all antibiotics. This means that doctors are faced with patients who have completely untreatable infections. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are dying due to antibiotic resistance - and this number is set to rise rapidly. If we carry on like this, scientists predict we will return to a pre-antibiotic era, where organ transplants, chemotherapy and C-sections are impossible.
We have come a long way since 1928, when the famous chance discovery of penicillin led to a golden age...
2018-11-0822 minThe InquiryHow Did We Mess up Antibiotics?Warnings about the approaching post-antibiotics apocalypse have been sounding for years. There are now strains of deadly bacteria that are resistant to all antibiotics. This means that doctors are faced with patients who have completely untreatable infections. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are dying due to antibiotic resistance - and this number is set to rise rapidly. If we carry on like this, scientists predict we will return to a pre-antibiotic era, where organ transplants, chemotherapy and C-sections are impossible. We have come a long way since 1928, when the famous chance discovery of penicillin led to...
2018-11-0822 min
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology Oral HistoriesEric SidebottomGeorgina Ferry interviews Eric Sidebottom. Eric Sidebottom has been associated with the Dunn School for more than 50 years, as medical student, lecturer, and recently, official historian. Sidebottom came to Oxford to read medicine at a time when two Nobel prizewinners, Howard Florey and Hans Krebs, were still lecturing to undergraduates. He completed his medical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London and came to the Dunn School as one of Henry Harris’s first DPhil students in 1966. Sidebottom became interested in cancer, and used Harris's cell fusion technique to explore the ability of cancer cells to spread throughout the body...
2018-03-061h 11Lincoln CollegeLincoln Leads in MedicineLincoln's medical breakthroughs: The past, present and future. Lincoln has a history of pioneering medical research, particularly in relation to developing penicillin and researching cell biology. In this Lincoln Leads session, Dr Eric Sidebottom (an authority on Oxford's medical history and former student of Lord Florey) takes us on a journey back in time to chart Lincoln's longstanding connection with the Dunn School and to take a closer look at some of the most famous Lincoln scientists - from John Radcliffe to Howard Florey and Norman Heatley. Returning to the present day, Professor David Vaux discusses his current research, which...
2018-01-2257 minThe Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)Lord Nuffield's Legacy to OxfordDr Eric Sidebottom, Retired University Lecturer in Experimental Pathology, gives a lunch time talk to accompany the exhibition 'Great Medical Discoveries: 800 Years of Oxford Innovation'.
2014-02-0732 minThe Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)Lord Nuffield's Legacy to OxfordDr Eric Sidebottom, Retired University Lecturer in Experimental Pathology, gives a lunch time talk to accompany the exhibition 'Great Medical Discoveries: 800 Years of Oxford Innovation'.
2014-02-0732 min