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The Sunday 7 - Best of 2024 Part 2 - July to December

Ep. 1645

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week...


With over 17 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and the Sunday 7 won a Gold Award as “Best Conversation Starter” in the International Signal Podcast Awards 


If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...


Today's episode includes the following guests:

  • Dr Aziza Sesay - Vice-Chair of Black Female Doctors UK and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
  • Andrew Parfery - Programme Manager for the Venture Builder Incubator at the University of Edinburgh 
  • Jess Brunet - Clinical Team Manager at QbTest
  • Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru
  • Henry Shelford - CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK
  • Anthony Clarke - PhD student at Curtin University, Australia
  • Professor Chris Kirkland - Curtin University, Australia
  • Kenneth Bowersox - Former Astronaut and NASA’s Associate Administrator for Space Operations
  • Steve Sitch - Commercial Crew Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
  • Mark Strassman - CBS News Senior Correspondent 
  • Dr Gary Ruvkun - Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School
  • Geoffrey Hinton - Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto
  • Sir Demis Hassabis - Co-Founder & CEO of Google Deep Mind
  • Pedro Sanchez - Prime Minister of Spain
  • Seth Borentsein - Associated Press
  • Oksana Tarasova - Senior Scientific Officer at the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation
  • Dr Vicky Price - Vice-President at the Society for Acute Medicine
  • Dr Stephen Childs - University of Sunderland
  • Dr Kath McCollough - Royal College of Physicians
  • Karen Betts OBE - CEO of the Food and Drink Federation


Contact us over at X or visit www.thesmart7.com


Presented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson and Meg Turner, and produced by Daft Doris.



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