Jim Al-Khalili
Those of you who listen to #TheLifeScientific, either on BBC Radio4 or via podcast, may have heard the episode that went out in August with Kip Thorne. Unlike most eps, which I record at BBC’s Broadcasting House in London some are recorded in front of a live audience, as was the case with the Kip episode (in front of around 400 people at the Royal Institution). However, in this case, the entire unedited evening was also filmed as a University of Surrey event and is now available to watch...
Oct 28, 2024 at 10:17amWeb
Show threadJim Al-KhaliliOct 28, 2024

Usually, the 30 min radio broadcast editions of the progs (and sometimes a slightly longer podcast edition) are edited down by my producer from an hour or more's recording. Well, now you get to SEE the whole thing, warts and all.

Also, a heads-up that we will be recording a Christmas special edition of TLS at the
@royalsociety with astronaut Tim Peake. Anyway, here’s Kip Thorne:

From Wormholes and Gravitational Waves to Hollywood Movies: Jim Meets… K... https://youtu.be/5nCsvKiJmro?si=BPa0b-PueDE1UlnU via
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From Wormholes and Gravitational Waves to Hollywood Movies: Jim Meets… Kip Thorne

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Show threadCharlotte WilsonOct 29, 2024
@ianRobinson I was at the recording of this. It was fantastic - quite mind blowing.
Show threadIan RobinsonOct 29, 2024
@larleywilson Nice one 😊
Show threadJohn Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿Oct 28, 2024

@jimalkhalili Small gravitational wave link: For many years, our family doctor in Dalkeith was Ron Drever's brother John, and he became a good friend of my parents. There were some fascinating stories about Ron's early work - including old family pictures of this work, in their garden at Bishopton, which also utilised an old family wooden milking stool to avoid magnetic interference...

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