Dear IC Radio,

Myself and Linda (cced) are two teaching fellows working in the faculty of medicine - we are starting a new project for which we would like to partner with students to create a podcast. 

“BODY UNCOVERED” - a podcast tackling misconceptions and taboos around the human body 

A podcast made by Imperial’s Katie and Linda – teaching fellows at the Faculty of Medicine – in collaboration with Imperial’s students. In each episode, we will interview an Imperial College expert to help us understand how our body works, to separate the facts from the myths, and to uncover uncertainties in science.  

Do you want to join our team to develop Imperial’s newest Podcast? 

We are two teaching fellows at the Faculty of Medicine and looking for undergraduate students from the STEM faculties (FoM, FoE, FoNS) to help us develop our new podcast. 

The podcast: In our podcast we will interview Imperial College lecturers to help us understand how our body works, to separate the facts from the myths, and to uncover uncertainties in science. Each episode will be around a question like Does alcohol kill your brain cells? We will make a first (pilot) series of 3 episodes of 20-30 minutes, targeted at Imperial’s students and prospective students and also available for the wider public. 

What we are looking for:  

• 3-5 students from the different Faculties to brainstorm on topics for the episodes, who to interview, and what to ask. ~30 mins per week 

• 10 students from each Faculty to answer our podcast question (these results will be used to understand the general view on our episode’s topic). ~5 mins per week 

Are you keen to join us? Please fill in this form 

If you have any questions, you can contact Katie (ka1110@ic.ac.uk) and Linda (lvankeim@ic.ac.uk) 

We are hoping this project may be of interest to some of your members, particularly those looking to develop podcasting skills. We would be particularly interested to work with students who have some sound editing skills or who would like to develop these skills. 

Many thanks,

Katie