Radio

I am a regular guest on several programmes on BBC Radio 4 as well as numerous other stations. My appearances include:

Mamma Mia!
Harry is interviewed on BBC Radio Ulster about the music of Abba.

BBC Radio Ulster: Arts Extra
11 July 2008.
I explain the science of Abba's music to Marie Muir.
Listen... 1 MB mp3 File (3 minutes).

BBC Radio 4 - "Ha Ha Science".

7 December 2006.
I explain the science of laughter to Nick Baker by wiring up his rectus abdominus muscle and his orbicularis oculi muscle and telling his a bad joke.
Listen... 5.24MB mp3 File (5 minutes 43 seconds).

BBC Radio 2 - "Chris Evans drivetime".

31 Aungust 2006.
"Why does your tummy rumble and other physiological facts".
Listen... 6.19MB mp3 File (6 minutes 46 seconds).

BBC Southern Counties - "Gordon Brown's Body Language".

28 September 2006.
Listen... 5.03 MB mp3 File (5 minutes 30 seconds).

BBC World Service - "Communications Revolution".

5 September 2006.
Interviewed by Mike Williams on how the communications revolution will cope with body language.
Contact: Dave Edmonds, Producer.
Listen... 1.01MB mp3 File (2 minutes 13 seconds).

BBC Radio London - "TV People".

1 June 2006.
Listen... 447KB mp3 File (57 seconds).

BBC Bristol - "Interview with Phillipa Forrester".

25 March 2006.
A live demonstration in the studio making physiological measurements on Philipa's sidekick Andy, whose electrodermal response was quite arousing. The intrview lasted fifty minutes, fo which you can listen to a six minute clip.
Listen... 5.67MB mp3 File (6 minutes 11 seconds).

BBC Radio Scotland - "MacAuley and Co".

24 May 2006.
Interviewed by Fred MacAuley and Rhona MacLeod on "Schedule Stress" concerning the physiological effects of missing a favourite television show.
Contact: David Flynn, Producer.
Listen... 4.25MB mp3 File (9 minutes 18 seconds).

Good Evening Wales - "Looking For Love".

14 February 2006.
Listen... 3MB mp3 File (3 minutes 17 seconds).

BBC Radio Five Live - "Morning Reports".

14 February 2006.
An interview on speed dating.
Listen... 2.48MB mp3 File (2 minutes 43 seconds).

BBC Radio 4 - "PM with Eddie Mair".

7 December 2005.
3 minute interview, commenting on Body Language of David Cameron versus Tony Blair on the occasion of their first meeting during Prime Minister's Questions.
Contact: Andrew Bomford, Producer.
Listen... 2.94MB mp3 File (3 minutes 12 seconds).

BBC Radio 3 - "The Agony and the Ecstacy".

Recorded on 28 Oct 2005.
Lengthy interview on the science of pleasure.
Contact: Sarah Dunant and Mohit Bakaya.

BBC World Service - "Outlook with Heather Paton".

17 August 2005. 12:32 PM.
Short interview on the hedonics of scent, bromhidrosis, and sexual selection.

BBC Radio 4 (Home Service) - "PM with Eddie Mair".

20 May 2005.
Short interview: Music and Science: Commentary on a formula for Eurovision by Music Choice.
Contact: Jasper Corbett.

Classic FM.

7 April 2005.
Short interview on Music, Pleasure and the Brain.

BBC Radio 4 (Home Service) - "Material World with Quentin Cooper".

10 March 2005. 4:30 PM.
30 minute discussion interview with each guest interviewed for 12.5 minutes. I spoke about "Laughter and the brain", and I was joined by Eduardo Jauregui, a "Corporate Humour Consultant" and a Professor of Psychology at Saint Louis University in Madrid.
Contact: Michelle Martin, BBC Radio 4, London.
Listen... 10.5 mp3 File (11 minutes 31 seconds).

BBC Radio 4 (Home Service) - "Midweek with Libby Purves".

27 Oct 2004. 9:00 AM.
30 minute discussion interview with each guest interviewed for 9 minutes. I spoke about Laughter and the brain. Other guests were Lord Charles Brockett, Mandy Shepherd (painter), and Joseph Shabalala (founder of music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo).
Contact: Louise Corley, BBC Radio 4, London.
Listen... 10.5 MB mp3 File (11 minutes 33 seconds).

BBC Radio Bristol - "Chemicals of Pleasure".

19 September 2004.
An interview with Warmington about the biochemistry of pleasure.
Listen... 7.68 mp3 WAV File (8 minutes 23 seconds).