{"podcast":{"title":"People doing Physics","slug":"people-doing-physics-4852314","podcast_index_feed_id":4852314,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/people-doing-physics/","website_url":"https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e5480daf-2a6f-4ebf-9b5d-9a02d5faa32e/roqmM8Bs4Lyt1GpYR51AA0Ru.png","author":"Cavendish Laboratory","episode_count":46,"summary":"As fascinating as physics can be, it can also seem very abstract, but behind each experiment and discovery stands a real person trying to understand the universe. Join us at the Cavendish Laboratory on the first Thursday of every month as we get up close and personal with the researchers, technicians, students, teachers, and people that are the beating heart of Cambridge University’s Physics department. If you want to know what goes on behind the doors of a Physics department, are curious to know how people get into physics, or simply wonder what physicists think and dream about, listen in! Join us on Twitter @DeptofPhysics using the hashtag #PeopleDoingPhysics. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T14:21:08.688439+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-doing-physics-4852314"},"episode":{"title":"Curiosity Unbound: Robert Ssempijja and Harry Cliff","slug":"curiosity-unbound-robert-ssempijja-and-harry-cliff","published_at":"2024-09-05T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-doing-physics-4852314/curiosity-unbound-robert-ssempijja-and-harry-cliff","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-doing-physics-4852314","url":"https://people-doing-physics.captivate.fm/episode/curiosity-unbound-robert-ssempijja-and-harry-cliff","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/podcasts.captivate.fm/media/0791b7e1-11ed-4d21-a4cd-5f8b5d989563/EP-29-podcast-september-latest.mp3","summary":"Our guests today come from very different walks of life and have been following widely different paths, which have both led them here to Cambridge and the Cavendish. More than just location, it’s clear that our guests have a lot in common and a lot to share. Ugandan contemporary artist, dancer and researcher,  Robert Ssempijja , is the third Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, a programme that creates collective encounters between art and science, that explores the world, our humanity and our place in the world. His work explores things that spoken language cannot always explain, and that are too difficult to talk about out loud. Harry Cliff is a particle physicist working on the LHCb experiment, a huge particle detector buried 100 metres underground at CERN in Switzerland, to study the basic building blocks of our universe, in search of answers to some of the biggest questions in modern physics. He is also a recognised author of popular science books, and a former curator at the Science Museum in London. Ssempijja and Harry have met in Cambridge as part of Ssempijja’s fellowship, and have instantly recognised a common curiosity, and a desire to continuously question the world around them.  So it’s very logical that we are welcoming them both today to the podcast, to expand upon their journeys with us, and discuss their shared questions and approaches between art and physics. Useful links Explore Ssempijja's work: Robert Ssempijja – Dance, Life and Philosophy   Harry Cliff's website has details about his books, research and outreach works. The annual  Cavendish Arts Science  Fellowship is delivered in partnership with  Girton College , thanks to the vision and generous support of Una Ryan.  Cavendish Arts Science  wi…","meta_description":"Our guests today come from very different walks of life and have been following widely different paths, which have both led them here to Cambridge and the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2771,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/people-doing-physics-4852314/episodes/curiosity-unbound-robert-ssempijja-and-harry-cliff/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-doing-physics-4852314/curiosity-unbound-robert-ssempijja-and-harry-cliff.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}