The Cosmic Shed

Nov 17 2024 35 ep. 46 mins 311
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Science Fact, Science Fiction and Everything in between. One of The Guardian's Favourite Podcasts. Guests include Benedict Cumberbatch, Nichelle Nichols, Jill Tarter, Andy Weir and Chris Hadfield.

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Hvaldimir: Conversations with A Spy Whale and Fabrice Schnoller

Nov 17 2024 62 mins  
Welcome back to The Cosmic Shed! In this episode, host Andrew is thrilled to bring you a fascinating interview with Fabrice Schnoller, an engineer, biologist, and filmmaker known for his exploration of ocean life and the study of dolphin and whale communication. Fabrice joins Andrew after they met at the Wild Screen Festival in Bristol, where Fabrice's film "Valdimir: Conversation

Planet Earth Three

Nov 16 2023 79 mins  
The people behind the stunning landmark BBC series Planet Earth III

The World’s First Science Fiction Cinema?

Nov 11 2022 33 mins  
Screens of Matter is a cinema development project, specialising in screening science fiction films. The long-term aim of the company is to secure permanent premises in Bristol (UK), to build on venue capacity in the city. The project also aims to attract and support neurodiverse audiences by testing ideas to create more inclusive cinema environments. Founder/Producer | Emmeline Ro

Wildlife Filmmaking with Daniel Huertas

Nov 09 2022 28 mins  
Daniel Huertas is a Natural History and conservation filmmaker with Studio Silverback who has worked on films and projects including Our Planet and the Earthshot Prize. In this episode of The Cosmic Shed, Daniel joins Andrew to discuss his work including the fascinating films Our Planet Our Business and Our Planet Too Big to Fail. Films which take the environmental and conservatio

Lizzie Daly

Oct 03 2022 26 mins  
Lizzie Daly is a wildlife biologist, wildlife filmmaker and conservation filmmaker who is currently on our screens on The One Show and will be hosting many lovely panels and events at Wildscreen Festival in Bristol and online 10-14 October 2022. Andrew and Lizzie at Cheltenham Science Festival Lizzie first joined Andrew for the Cosmic Shed for our episode exploring the Spirit of Ap

Lightyear with Tim Peake

Jun 16 2022 23 mins  
ESA Astronaut Tim Peake joins us to discuss the wonderful new Pixar film Lightyear. Ben Wheatley reports back from the Leicester Square Premiere at Cineworld...which he shared with Taika Waitiki and Chris Evans among others. Tim Peake speaks to Ben Wheatley for The Cosmic Shed podcast "While spending years attempting to return home, marooned Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear encounters a

Mary Anning Rocks

Jun 12 2022 31 mins  
Mary Anning Rocks was born when 11 year old, fossil mad, Evie Swire asked her mother, ‘Why isn’t there a statue to Mary mummy?’ Well now there is. Crowds flock to see the unveiling of the Mary Anning Statue in Lyme Regis We're big fans of Mary Anning Rocks here at The Cosmic Shed so when they invited us to the unveiling of the statue of Mary Anning in Lyme Regis we jumped at

Ilan Eshkeri - Space Station Earth

Mar 26 2022 37 mins  
Ilan Eshkeri's Space Station Earth with Tim Peake comes to the Royal Albert Hall on May 15th 2022. Ilan joins our Andrew to talk about this stunning new live event which promises to take audiences on a film and audio journey to see Earth and Space through the eyes of astronauts on the International Space Station. Tim Peake joins Ilan Eshkeri for Space Station Earth in May 2022 As w

Those BBC Winter Watch Hedgehogs

Jan 27 2022 54 mins  
The Cosmic Shed has hosted some fairly big names over the years from Tim Peake and Nichelle Nichols to Benedict Cumberbatch and Alice Roberts but right now, the shed is housing a litter of hedgehogs. Those hedgehogs have been filmed for BBC's Winter Watch by Dr. Jack Richardson and Jack joins Andrew to talk all about how he took that lovely footage of them. Dr Jack Richardson on se

Bristol Con with Adrian Tchaikovsky

Jan 24 2022 33 mins  
In this episode, recorded at Bristol Con 2021, our Hannah chats to a host of wonderful science fiction authors. We'll let you listen to find out exactly who. It feels more like a Bristol Con that way - you're never quite sure who you'll bump into. Hannah at Bristol Con 2021 One thing we will tell you though is that you'll hear from Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author Adrian Tchai