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The Vibe Lifter PodcastMeet Matthew Shribman - founder of AimHiWe’re thrilled to sit down with the incredible @matthewshribman—scientist, founder of @aimhieducation, Edmund Hillary Fellow, and a true lover of nature's quirks! 🧠✨Matthew joins us sharing his journey from the UK to Aotearoa, his passion for making climate science accessible, and some fascinating (and surprising!) insights about our environment. 🌿💬Get ready to dive into the stories that fuel his mission, the challenges of environmental activism, and practical steps we can all take to make a difference. Prepare to be both surprised and delighted with his depth of knowledge about the natural world. 🦋
2024-09-0538 min
The Plant Based News PodcastHow To Cope With Eco Anxiety With Scientist & Environmentalist Matthew ShribmanWelcome back to another episode of the Plant Based News Podcast! We are joined by a familiar face, environmentalist, scientist, and educator Matthew Shribman.
Last time Matthew was on the podcast we talked about environmentalism and ways in which we communicate the scientific facts about the current state of our planet and the climate crisis. As an educator and a science communicator, Matthew has made significant strides in educating people on the importance of action and solutions.
Today we are sitting down to discuss more about his journey, his mission, and his continued work in education through his platform AimHi Ea...
2022-11-0259 min
The Plant Based News PodcastWhy Our Food System Needs To Be Plant-Based With Marisa HeathThis week's podcast is supported by our friends over at Nuzest. You can get 20% off their amazing vegan protein by visiting nuzest.us/pbn20!
With us today is a very exciting guest: Marisa Health, CEO of the Plant Based Food Alliance.
In 2021 she founded the Plant-Based Food Alliance UK - a coalition of organisations in the UK's plant-based food & drink industry, united in their vision of a more sustainable, healthy & secure food system. With the aim of making the UK a global leader in plant-based food and drink, the Plant Based Food Alliance provides a voice for the growing plant-based...
2022-06-0952 min
The Plant Based News PodcastInspiring The Next Generation - Interview With Matthew Shribman of AimHi Earth / Episode 79This week's podcast is supported by our friends over at Nuzest. You can get 20% off their amazing vegan protein by visiting nuzest.us/pbn20!
Joining me today on the podcast is a truly fascinating individual -scientist, environmentalist, and sustainability expert Matthew Shibman, who specialises in the climate and ecological crisis and focuses on projects for the future life on Earth. As a science educator, he aims to ignite curiosity and empower people to drive positive change and combat environmental destruction. In addition to sharing his teachings online where his videos have over 25 million views, Matthew has spoken for TEDxLondon and...
2022-03-021h 49
ClimateCast with Tom HeapClimate in the classroomClimate change will inevitably big a huge part of our children’s future, so how do we teach them about it, while still protecting their innocence? On this week’s episode of Sky News ClimateCast, host Sarah Hewson has a helping hand from her children, who share their perspectives of the climate crisis. She’s joined by our science and technology editor Tom Clarke, also a dad-of-three, as they discuss how they handle climate conversations over the dinner table. Plus, the activist who heads up “Teach the Future,” Scarlett Westbrook tells us how she’s on her way...
2021-11-2625 min
A Piece of StringDoes The Ocean Need More Publicity?What in nature is best at keeping time? Do we focus as much effort on the sea as we do space? When’s the best time to have kids? Matt, James, Fran and Sophie work out the truth.
2021-02-1838 min
A Piece of StringDo Cuckoos Have Superpowers?How much heat from the sun would it take to turn a beach into glass? Which is the ugliest animal? What is the fastest growing thing on the planet? Josie, Matt, Sophie and Fran hunt down the answers.
2021-02-1135 min
A Good ReadTuppence Middleton & Matthew ShribmanActress Tuppence Middleton and environmentalist Matthew Shribman talk about the books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. Matthew chooses The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, Tuppence picks The Loser by Thomas Bernhard and Harriett goes for Hot Milk by Deborah Levy. Producer for BBC Audio in Bristol: Becky Ripley
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2021-02-0928 min
A Piece of StringDoes Paris actually exist?What’s the most socially contagious thing after yawning? Which animal has the best memory per hour alive? If we all disappear tomorrow, how long would it take for all traces of us to vanish? James, Fran, Matt and Sophie find out.
2021-02-0438 min
A Piece of StringHow Romantic Is A Drunken Fly?What’s the best type of cloud? What’s the most adventurous of flies? In 50 years, our grandkids will say ‘I can’t believe you grew up without...’ what? Sophie, Paul, Matt and special guest Erica McAlister discuss.
2021-01-2837 min
A Piece of StringHow Warm Are Butterfly Wings?What’s the best water? Which wearable material would keep you the warmest and the driest? What’s the fastest food? Fran, Sophie, Josie and Matt discover the truth.
2021-01-2136 min
A Piece of StringHow Many House Plants Do You Need To Make All Your Oxygen?How many plants would you have to carry around with you to replace all the oxygen you use when breathing? What’s the loudest animal on earth? Why is it so hard to get out of bed in the morning? Paul, Matt, Sophie and special guest Tom Crawford reveal all.
2021-01-1438 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is An Antarctic New Year?How many New Year’s Eves can you celebrate by crossing different time zones? How long would you like to be frozen in ice for? What’s the most precious gift you can give someone? Matt, Josie, Fran and James find some answers.
2021-01-0734 min
Frazis Capital PodcastEpisode 21: A high-tech company with explosive growth...and various other science things you don't want to missMatthew Shribman has accumulated over 25 million views across platforms for his 'Science in the Bath' series, available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoSRNBi6F4jN0CYq-sRcOHQ
We talk about how birds literally 'see' the Earth's magnetic field, and cover Twist Bioscience, a company that's revolutionizing gene synthesis. Twist is working on DNA as a viable storage medium for computers, drug discovery, genetic sequencing and synthetic biology. This is a little more sciencey than usual, but I think you will enjoy!
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2020-02-1245 min
Terrible. Happy#19 - Matthew Shribman: More than Science in the BathSend us a textMatthew Shribman is an Irish–British entrepreneur, science communicator, and musician. He is best known for presenting the online series “Science In The Bath”, and for his music under the stage name Ash Lad. Matthew also hosts the Science-Comedy Podcast A Piece of String” with QI founder John Mitchinson.Matthew's science communication work has seen him collaborate with TED Talks, Pint of Science and the Plastic Oceans Foundation to name a few. Matthew spoke at TEDx London, in which he presented…in a bathtub. He has also done other cool stuff like givin...
2019-09-081h 40
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Moon Cotton T-Shirt? (Season Finale)James Hay, Josie, Matthew and special guest Laurie Blair discuss holding hands for miles, the mafia WhatsApp group and Crater Face McGee.
2019-05-0546 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Burger Made Of Air?Josie, Matthew, James Hay and special guest Laurie Blair discuss the coolest name in the animal kingdom, squirting lava from a hole, and sea loot.
2019-04-0751 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is Falling In Love With Everyone?Fran, James Wells, Matthew and Josie discuss having too much love to give, Hartlepool, and hot-cold confusion.
2019-03-2432 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Bird Moving Like A Robot?James, Matthew, Fran and Sophie discuss eating an aeroplane, Martian sunsets, and a pillar made of slugs.
2019-03-1141 min
Hardcore Listing with Chris & StuEp106 - Matthew Shribman - Top 5 Things animals can see that we can'tTodays guest is way smarter than Stu and nearly as smart as Chris (guess who did this write up?).Matthew joined the boys to impart some actual science and sense over the guesswork we typically see. Though Chris still tries his best to confuse matters with 'animals facts' he found from a 5 minute Google search and Stu's mind gets blown when he hears facts about the colour magenta.Mr Shribman is an Irish–British entrepreneur, science communicator, environmentalist and musician. His science communication work has seen him collaborate with TED Talks, London Science Mu...
2019-03-111h 06
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Cat With Opposable Thumbs?Matthew, Sophie, and two special guests, Philly and Nathan, discuss Demogorgon robots, penises with legs and eating chips and gravy off the floor.
2019-02-2539 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is Toilet Roll Dangling From Space?Sophie, Josie, Matthew and special guest Paul Stubley discuss Randy Gardner's ribbon, Josie drinking waterpark water, and a bathtub of ice-cream with two portions of fries.
2019-02-0337 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Cylindrical Wolf?Matthew, Josie, Sophie and special guest Paul Stubley discuss an atmosphere made of fish, Champagne Boy, and eating three breals a day.
2019-01-2039 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is Santa Claus On A Pendulum?In our festive special Fran, Sophie, James Wells and Matthew discuss the Christmas stick, 1000 mince pies, and teething toddler Jesus.
2018-12-1637 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Low Gravity Party?Sophie, Matthew, Josie and special guest Paul Stubley discuss setting your hair on fire as a conversation starter, Popworld on Mars, and trampoline rooms.
2018-12-0132 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is An Unwashable Broccoli?Josie, Matthew, James Hay and special guest Paul Stubley discuss carpeted Everest, helium stockpiles and Hollywood frogs.
2018-11-1844 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Gorilla's Pet Dog?James Hay, Josie, Matthew and special guest Paul Stubley discuss Clever Hans the maths horse, not chomping, and laser guided udder seekers.
2018-11-0447 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is An Elizabethan Cat?Matthew, James Wells, Josie and special guest James Hartley discuss ‘no-hands!’ surgery, last place blue, brown bread ice cream, and wine-glugging parrots.
2018-10-2144 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Slug In A Gun?Josie, Matthew, James Wells and special guest James Hartley discuss being like Mario, living underwater in a shopping centre, and death by jiggling.
2018-10-0737 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is Riding A Plane To Safety?James, Fran, Matthew and Tom discuss hangover causes and flying cats, with Fran speaking some Spanish thrown in.
Warning: if you’re a nervous flier, this episode discusses plane crashes.
2018-09-1634 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Thirsty Fish?Tom, Matthew, Fran and James discuss forgetting names, swim bladders, which dog breed they each look like, and belly buttons.
2018-09-0249 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Hole At The Pole?Fran, James, Sophie and Matthew discuss albino zoos, rich people living on the inside of the earth, wolf packs and countless existential crises.
2018-08-2051 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Democratic Dog Sneeze?Matthew, Josie, Sophie and James discuss betraying your mates, 50 First Dates, mini-blink-sleeps, and Beyoncé loving whales.
2018-08-0552 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is An Immigration Official On A Slide?Sophie, James, Matthew and Josie discuss sneaky dolphins, building stars, the truth about how healthy it is to drink coffee, and high speed space junk.
2018-07-2252 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Pair Of Leopard's Sunglasses?Josie, Matthew, James and Sophie discuss wailing loads, ‘Is it a bird or is it a train?', horrendously un-relaxing experiences, and Sophie letting her shady bucket list slip.
2018-07-0845 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Sweaty Platypus?James, Sophie, Josie and Matthew discuss elephants that paint, sweating sunscreen, knee pits, and Josie giving Matthew's videos the cold shoulder.
2018-06-1947 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Tin Can In The Antarctic?Matthew, Josie, Sophie and James discuss bee battle cries, stripping stars, Ice 7, and crying on the tube.
2018-06-0343 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is Pure Thyme?Sophie, Matthew, James and Josie discuss happy Denmark, chopping a water bear in half, rollerskating dogs, and the ballooniverse.
2018-05-2039 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Self-Cloning Crayfish?James, Sophie, Josie and Matt talk about powerful smarties, naughty beings in the sky, using lasers to spy on conversations, and 2003.
2018-05-0635 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Language Made of Colours?Josie, James, Matt and Sophie talk about reading two books at once, the pursuit of many legs, sardine milk, and supermarket musicals.
2018-05-0634 min
A Piece of StringHow Long Is A Zero-Gravity Worm?Matt, Fran, Josie and James talk about dirty soap, eating your tail, fancy pink salt, and lonely whales.
2018-05-0634 min