The Global Lab is a free podcast about cities, global connectivity and the impact of technology produced by CASA's Martin Zaltz Austwick and Steven Gray. Each episode features the latest news and perspectives from urban analysis, social complexity and innovation, as well as interviews with cutting-edge researchers from CASA and guests from further afield.

If there's any news you'd like to see covered or someone who you think we should interview for the show, or for any questions, email us at thegloballab@ucl.ac.uk or follow @thegloballab on twitter. Alternatively, you can visit http://thegloballab.com to find more about the stories featured. Thanks to The Beacon Bursary scheme at the UCL Public Engagement unit for equipment funding.

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Episode Guide

16: Special Episode:  TALKFEST

In this special episode we bring you from Talkfest and pick up the discussions about the the sounds of science. You can find out more about the event by visiting http://www.biochemistry.org/SciencePolicy/Events/TalkfestFebruary2012.aspx

15: Peter Williams, Twitter and Kinect Fusion

In this episode we discuss how addictive Twitter actually is, we look at the new application of the Xbox Kinect and our brand new presenter Claire Ross talks to Peter Williams about his research in Information Systems for people with learning difficulties.

14: Jon Reades, geeks, queues, social, business and transport networks

Martin debates the use of the word ‘geek’, Hannah discusses the theory behind supermarket queues and our guest Jon Reades explains how data can help us improve our social, business & transport networks, and why we should all start shredding our rubbish.

13: Emma McKay, Wikipedia and Toothpick Statues 

In this episode we talk to Emma McKay about the interface between science and policy. Martin explains why Wikipedia went offline and Hannah discusses toothpick statues and what it's like to work as a mathematician.

12: Jason Dittmer, Xmas cake, comic books and an end-of-year survey

In this (vaguely) festive episode, Jason Dittmer talks Nationalist Superheroes, Hannah guesses the weight of a cake and Martin reads a map-themed comic book.

11: Stephen Lorimer, Manuel Castells, and more hand-drawn maps

This episode we speak to Stephen Lorimer from the UCL Energy Institute about why your hangover is ruining the world, Hannah talks about WWII tweeters and JISC geodevelopers of the year, and Martin talks about Manuel Castells and hand-drawn maps.

10: Anders Johansson, The FututICT Town Meeting and the Londonist Mapping

Featuring an interview with Anders Johansson, as well as news about FuturICT, Londonist's mapping event, and a shout out to other academic podcasters - get in touch!

9:  Suzy Moat, Wearable Computers and Thermal Cameras

Find out how Occupy London is linked to NASA, wearable computing, and UCL's Suzy Moat talks about her work in FuturICT and analysing Google search volumes.

8:  Claire Ross, 3D printing and Science Question Time

News from Science Question Time, Siri and 3D printing, and UCL's Claire Ross talks about QRator and Jeremy Bentham.

7: Interviews with Nicolas Perony and Pauline Cotelle

This week features two interviews from ECCS 2011: Nicolas Perony on what animal behaviour can teach us about human society, and Pauline Cotelle talking about crime and security in Post - Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.

6: Interview with Erica Fille Legara

News on Vitruvian Man on Ice, visualising the Eurozone crisis, Faster than Light Neutrinos and the European Conference on Complex Systems, and we speak to Erica Fille Legara about Media Framing in the Phillipines.

5: Interview with Hannah Fry about Global Modelling

This week we talk about a recent citizen science project involving school children and get to grips with 'Necrogeography'. Our featured guest is Hannah Fry talking about her research in global modelling and modelling people's actions during riots.

4: Interview with James Cheshire about mapping surnames, and news from Green Man and the world of internet security

Martin reports back on Einstein's Garden at the Green Man festival and Steve talks AI and internet security. Our guest is James Cheshire, talking about mapping surnames in the UK.

3: Interview with Dan Lewis and news on mapping unrest and IBM Watson

This week we talk about mapping unrest in the wake of recent UK events, social media and mapping, Deep Blue and the potential of IBM's Watson project. Steve talks to Dan Lewis from UCL's Geography department about his work on access to healthcare in London.

2: Interview with Tom Brughmans and news from InterFace and State of The Map EU

This week we talk about the State of the Map EU conference, Richard Dawkins and Sexist Skeptics, InterFace and digital humanists and why we prefer the BBC to Fox News. Tom Brughmans explains what Network Science is and what it means to Archaeology.

1: Google I/O, Where Camp, and Tales of Things with Martin De Jode

This week we talk about two major conferences, Google I/O and Where Camp EU, and Martin De Jode talks about his work linking smartphone technology to the act of storytelling. You can find out more about Google I/O here: http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/index-live.html and info about Where Camp is here: http://wherecamp.eu/.  Martin de Jode works at UCL-CASA on The Tales of Things and Electronic Memory (ToTEM) project; you can participate in the project here: http://www.talesofthings.com/ .