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The Sunday 7 - Get up to speed on the Nobel Prize winners, find out why AI is starting to look like a bubble, plus Europe wants to ban Veggie Burgers
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The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week...
With over 19 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:
Guests
- Richard Robson - Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, from the University of Melbourne in Australia.
- Olof Ramstrom - Nobel Prize Committee Member for Chemistry
- Rickard Sandberg, a Professor of Medical Genetics and Member of the Medical Committee for the Nobel Prize
- Goran Johansson - Professor of applied and theoretical quantum physics and Member of the Physics Committee for the Nobel Prize
- Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru
- Soizic Larcher - EU Policy Manager for the Veg Pro International Lobby Group
- Pascal Bieri - CoFounder of the Vegan brand “Planted”
- Alex MacPhail - Deputy Safeguarding Lead and PE Teacher, Stanway School, Essex
- Ronan Lee - Member of lawsuit over pollution in River Wye, and Local Resident
- Lewis Moody - former England Rugby Player, and member of 2003 World Cup winning squad
- Professor Andrea Malaspina - Clinical Lead at the Queen’s Square Motor Neurone Disease Centre
- Adrian Thornton-Berry - Owner of the Home Farm in Swinithwaite in Yorkshire
- John Gordon - Technician from Scotland’s Rural College
- Michael Priestly - The National Sheep Association
Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com or find out more at www.metro.co.uk
Presented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris.
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