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Sep 2023
18m 22s

Business and Science: Communicating scie...

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Science is all around us but a lot of it can be difficult to understand.

Gareth Mitchell speaks to people building careers around helping make science understandable to the general public.

We speak to a YouTuber making music about science, a science festival organiser and a science communication consultant who works with different businesses to make science more engaging and easy to access.

Producer: Hannah Mullane Presenter: Gareth Mitchell

(Image: Ellie Mackay at work. Credit: Ellie Mackay)

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