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A website by Craig Robertson Welcome to The Study, a podcast site dedicated to the life of the mind, featuring interviews exploring the creative intellect in the lives of men and women working in the arts, humanities and sciences, conducted in their studies and studios. Put your mind into the right frame (and test your sound setup) by playing some of the many beautiful sounds of water (1' 39" mp3, 772Kb). Study News: We have implemented RSS feeds for The Study that will support iTunes and other subscribers; look for the subscribe link on the feed pages for the Interviews and IMS Notes series of podcasts. If you have trouble with the feeds, all podcasts are still available from individual interviewee pages (links below). Strongly recommend using latest versions of browsers for feeds: IE7, Firefox 3 and Safari 3 should work.
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Podcast No.12:
Bill Compston, FRS Geochronologist (In preparation) |
Podcast No.11:
Don Mathewson Astronomer, radiophysicist |
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Podcast No.10:
Rosemary Balmford Retired judge and ornithologist |
Podcast No.9: Joy Bear, AM Solid state/mineral chemist |
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Podcast No.8: Geoff Lacey Civil and environmental engineer, naturalist |
Podcast No.7: Nancy Millis, AC Microbiologist |
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Podcast No.6: Stan Farley Painter and sculptor |
Podcast No.5: Frank Kellaway Poet, writer, painter |
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Podcast No.4: Jack Douglas Geologist, palaeobotanist, sportsman |
Podcast No.3: Nicola Stern Archaeologist, musician |
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Podcast No.2: Peter Mathers Novelist, playwright, artist |
Podcast No.1: Martin Friedel Scientist and composer |
The links on the names are to an individual page for each program where there are notes about each interviewee and other information. The podcasts are all one hour or a bit less, and 12 - 14 Megabytes in size. See the Technical Page for more information on handling them.
Each interview is followed by a short section called "In my study: notes on etc." which concludes the podcast; I discuss various subjects and play the occasional mystery sound. See the individual pages for more information or click on the link to "In my study: notes" above to listen to these notes on their own.
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Buckley's HopeFor thirty-two years he survived in the wilderness, mainly because he was adopted by local Aboriginal tribes. Scribe Publications "An Australian classic." Barry Hill, The Age |
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Song of GondwanaA science fantasy set in and dedicated to Victoria's wild southern coast and its bird life. Penguin Books "Intelligent and imaginative." Alan Wearne, The Age. |
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The Expedition: a novel in multimediaA scientific expedition searches for the origins of the first human occupation of Australia. Published on CD-ROM, with over 200 photos and around 30 sound and movie files. |
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