Inside The Petri Dish

Inside The Petri Dish


Latest Episodes

Spotting tits and hedgehog loss – garden wildlife with George Cook
August 16, 2023

From telling your tits apart to badgers in your garden, wildlife expert George Cook takes us through getting into bird spotting and supporting our local wildlife species.

Where do we store this mammoth?
December 19, 2022

Behind the scenes of a museum is a mystery to most. Brittney Elizabeth Stoneburg, Collections Manager at the Western Science Centre in California, takes us into the meticulous world of museum collecti

The Ageing Brain | Dani Beck
November 14, 2022

Ageing isnt only skin deep. Our brains also age. Dr Dani Beck tells us about the structural changes we see in our brain throughout our lifespans, as well as what lifestyle choices can age our brains

A Merry Covid Christmas
December 12, 2020

At a time of year where we normally gather our family around, the pandemic is bringing up some difficult decisions about how to keep our families safe whilst we mark the holiday.This is a Christmas S

Vaccine Nationalism | We aren’t safe until we’re all safe
December 04, 2020

With the breaking news that the UK will be rolling out Covid-19 vaccines before the New Year, the global effort for solving this global pandemic comes into questions. We are at risk of wealthier countries hoarding the vaccines and gatekeeping them from...

From Ebola to Long Covid
August 31, 2020

When deployed to the ebola outbreak, Dr Janet Scott worked with patients experiencing long-term health problems after recovering from the virus. In the current global pandemic, we are also seeing many people suffering from a multitude of issues after r...

A GP in a Pandemic
August 12, 2020

Despite their role in community-focused medicine and their intimate knowledge of their patients, GPs were left behind during the COVID pandemic. Dr Amber Wheatley tells us about life in general practice during the coronavirus crisis and why this has be...

Pregnant and in Social Isolation
March 24, 2020

Given the global pandemic and wide circulation of misinformation, experts will be joining the Inside the Petri Dish team (virtually for socially distancing) to get to grips with COVID19. Yesterday,

Working on a Coronavirus Ward | Dr Harry Ferguson
March 17, 2020

Given the global pandemic and wide circulation of misinformation, experts will be joining the Inside the Petri Dish team (virtually for socially distancing) to get to grips with COVID19. Alice speak

Talk Dirty Science To Me | The Science of Sex
February 28, 2020

Tay, Vicki and Alice return to Cardiff Science Festival to host another live podcast, this time they tackle the science of sex. Joined by Sian Jones, from Scarleteen, Inside the Petri Dish examines everything from the misconceptions of sex to HPV and c...