BioAudio
Welcome to BioAudio: The Teaching Podcast. After many years teaching biology in universities in the UK and in Canada I've come to the conclusion that we can do better than text books. I always want something more flexible, that can be updated with new topics and new discoveries. After years avoiding textbooks… I've created BioAudio a collection of discussions to accompany lectures in university biology courses . So let's ditch the textbook and just listen.
Podcasting since 2023 • 31 episodes
BioAudio
Latest Episodes
Beaver, Otters and Wolves: Ecosystem Engineers and Trophic Cascades
Today on the BioAudio podcast Prof Alex Mills returns to talk about how we recognize and describe an "ecological community" and the unique roll of keystone species, ecosystem engineers and apex predators. We will also talk about three famous tr...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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24:17
Disease Ecology: Parasites in Community Ecology
This week on the BioAudio podcast we are talking about disease ecology with Prof Dan Becker. It's a field that combines mathematical modeling, ecology, evolution, medicine, veterinary science... and he actually got into this as a cultural anthr...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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34:21
Natural vs Sexual Selection: Darwin's two great ideas
In this episode of the BioAudio podcast we revisit Natural Selection and Sexual Selection. I am joined by Professor Alex Mills and we are going to compare and contrast these two ideas. We talk about what kept Darwin up at night and how he solve...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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24:28
The Tangled Bank: Evolution and Species Interactions
In this episode Prof. Gordon Fitch explains the ways that individuals from two different species can interact in the wild, and the evolutionary consequences of this for species evolution and the stability of ecosystems. We cover competition, pr...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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27:19
How to read a scientific paper
In this episode Prof. Erin Fraser joins me for part two of our introduction to primary scientific literature. This time... did you know most of us don't read these "papers" from start to finish? in this episode we try to demystify the process a...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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18:45
