University College London

Mentioned in 10 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows

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Stuff You Should Know More or Less OpenAI Podcast Platformer Global News Podcast Object CrowdScience Jane Austen's Paper Trail Huberman Lab Radiolab

Episode Mentions

Stuff You Should Know · May 12, 2026

Humanists, the Happy Heathens

“Founded as secular college by Jeremy Bentham; houses his skeleton and wax figure as per his bequest to science”

Humanism definition and core principlesRenaissance humanism and intellectual historySeparation of church and state

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More or Less · May 9, 2026

Why it’s wrong to say vaping is as bad for you as smoking

“Host institution for Professor Leon Shahab and the UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group”

E-cigarette health risks and carcinogenicitySmoking vs vaping comparative health analysisNicotine addiction and youth vaping trends

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OpenAI Podcast · May 6, 2026

Episode 18 - Why AI needs a new kind of supercomputer network

“Mark Handley's academic affiliation; where he conducts networking research alongside OpenAI work”

Multi-path Reliability Connection (MRC) protocolGPU cluster networking and synchronizationData center network architecture for AI training

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Platformer · Apr 17, 2026

The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot

“Collaborated with Anthropic researchers on study analyzing LLM responses to challenging tasks and negative feedback”

LLM Emotional Representations and Internal StatesAI Interpretability and Reverse Engineering Neural NetworksPrompt Engineering and User Interaction Optimization

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Global News Podcast · Mar 7, 2026

The Happy Pod: My friends made me a new hand

“Institution where Professor Helen Cross leads research on gene therapy for Dravet syndrome”

3D Printing and Prosthetics ManufacturingEmpathy-Driven Design EducationGene Therapy for Dravet Syndrome

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Object · Feb 23, 2026

Imagined Futures: Early Sci-Fi and Electric Visions

“Referenced as the new London University depicted in Robert Seymour's 'March of Intellect' illustration as a robot representing technological progress”

Victorian scientific romance literature and early science fictionTeleptroscope and early video communication conceptsElectric flight and aerial vehicle speculation

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CrowdScience · Feb 20, 2026

Why don't more animals have opposable thumbs?

“Institution where Professor Tamar Makin's plasticity lab conducted fMRI studies on brain adaptation to the third thumb”

Opposable Thumb EvolutionPrimate Hand MorphologyNatural Selection and Ecological Adaptation

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Jane Austen's Paper Trail · Jan 28, 2026

Q&A: experts answer your Jane Austen questions

“Employer of panelist John Mullen, Professor of Literature”

Jane Austen's Personal Faith and Religious BeliefsChurch Institution Critique in Austen's NovelsFemale Economic Dependence in Regency Society

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Huberman Lab · Jan 19, 2026

Build Muscle & Strength & Forge Your Life Path | Dorian Yates

High-intensity training methodologyMuscle building and strength trainingAnabolic steroid use in competitive bodybuilding

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Radiolab · Oct 10, 2025

Creation Story

“Institution where Ella Alshamahi studied evolutionary biology and genetics”

Human Evolution and SpeciationCreationism vs. Evolution DebateRetrotransposons and Genetic Evidence

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