A series of human embryology and anatomy podcasts linked to the teaching at the Swansea University College of Medicine, but hopefully helpful to all students with an interest in how we are made.
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The 2020 US Presidential Campaign. In this weekly series, three academics from Swansea University (Drs. Matt Wall; Allaina Kilby and Richard Thomas) use political gambling odds and media analysis to make sense of the race to the White House. Looking at the campaign through this lens, they seek to identify the key trends, events, and stories that are 'moving the needle'. By listening to this podcast, you can get a better sense of how Donald Trump and Joe Biden are faring during the run-in to ...
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8. Campaign Reverberations and Biden's First 100 Days
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In this bonus episode, recorded live for CHERISH-Digital Economy Centre's Festival of Ideas at Swansea University, we take stock of US Politics on the week where Joe Biden will complete his first 100 days in office – reflecting on the reverberations of the contestation of the result of the 2020 election, analysing the performance and media coverage…
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7. End Game - Election night and its aftermath
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In this final episode, with the final result still in doubt, we take stock of what the results so far tell us about polling, betting markets, media coverage, and the use of satire and humour. We talk about John King's wall, the agony of filling air time with no news at hand, and the need to go 'beyond polls' in understanding campaign dynamics and o…
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6. Endgame - the final full week of the campaign
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In this last full week of the campaign, we review the latest stories and developments within and beyond the mainstream media, and review what the betting markets are making of it all. We then take a wider look at how this campaign, and the last four years that led up to it, have affected the American political landscape and ask whether there is any…
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This week, the candidates met for the final presidential debate of the campaign in Nashville. We discuss our reactions, those in the media and how the gambling markets saw things. Although this was the last major national campaign event for the candidates to set out their stall to the American electorate, there was little to chew over in terms of s…
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4. Alternative Truths: Bias and Bubbles in Campaign Coverage
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This week marked something of a re-set in the campaign, with Donald Trump returning to the campaign trail. We focus on the different worlds that are presented to citizens in the US through various media channels, unpacking the idea of media bias, and explaining how it has evolved as politics moves increasingly online. We look at the Lincoln project…
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3. Polling Matters - How Public Opinion Has Responded to Donald Trump's COVID-19 October Surprise
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This week, with the dust still settling around an almighty ‘October surprise’ given to us by Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, hospitalisation, and return to the White House, we focus on the polling – looking at how and why we use polls during campaigns, what the latest polls are telling us about the vote in November, and where gambling markets fi…
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2. A day is a long time in politics - our reaction to #TrumpHasCovid and the first presidential debate
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This week kicks off with our reaction to the revelation that Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. We describe how this has accelerated a dramatic downturn in the president's chances, at least as perceived by the betting markets, that was already in play following a tempestuous first Presidential debate on Tuesday. We discuss how debates c…
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Welcome to Horse Race Politics! In this first episode, we talk about how and why we study election campaigns, and how gambling odds and media analysis can combine to help us understand what's going on. We discuss the media environment in today's USA and how it differs from the UK, before delving into the odds - outlining the twists and turns that h…
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Reflex arcs, lower motor neurones, upper motor neurones, the cerebellum, basal ganglia, the frontal cortex and even decussations get a mention.
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We cover the neuroanatomy, and a little neuroscience, of how pain is perceived by the brain and how analgesics and the brain itself can modify this.
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Phil talks about the neuroscience of addiction and withdrawal.
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Phil and Sam talk about the anatomy of the autonomic nervous system, the neurotransmitters involved and pharmacological targets.
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Phil tries to teach Sam about neurotransmitters and how they work. We work through a list of the main neurotransmitters and give an overview of their functions.
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2. Neurobiology of appetite regulation
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Phil tells Sam why his weight is fairly stable, what happens in his brain when he gets hungry and what changes when he has eaten. We talk about the adipostat, leptin, ghrelin and obesity, why we choose particular foods and how dopamine, opioids and (probably) serotonin are involved.
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Phil describes the electrochemical nature of action potentials, the different phases and how a neuron transmits a signal along its length and from neuron to neuron.
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