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Ana and Lucas speak today with Victoria Honsel and Reja Wyss, who co-wrote the report chapter on climate action. Both have also been young Europeans actively involved in politics.

Our polls found that 58% of Europeans want the EU to be carbon neutral by 2030, with an additional 20% aiming for 2040. What measures are acceptable for managing this transition—for example, should short haul flights be banned? How do democratic regimes fare in comparison with authoritarian governments in tackling climate change? Is there a ‘Generation Greta’ that cares more about climate than older Europeans?

This episode was hosted by Ana Martins and Lucas Tse, and edited by Billy Craigan. Huge thanks to the Europe’s Stories team. Show notes at: europeanmoments.com/podcast

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Date Added: 21/09/2021

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September 2021 update to the Cochrane living review of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation

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Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss the September 2021 update of their Cochrane living review of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation, their response to a paper by Pisinger et al 2020 and emerging evidence in e-cigarette research.

In this episode Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss the emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and two recent publications by the group: the September 2021 update to the Cochrane living review of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation; and a response to a paper by Pisinger et al 2020. This podcast is a companion to our Cochrane living systematic Review and shares the evidence from monthly searches and review findings.
Jamie and Nicola discuss the team's response to a paper by Pisinger and Vestbo 2020, and underline that the aim of the Cochrane process is to always focus on the evidence (DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02117-2021 or link).
They then outline the findings of the September update to the review which includes five new studies that have been added since the April 2021 version and includes search findings up to 1st May 2021. Overall the review includes 61 studies representing 16,759 participants. The main findings remain the same and some new comparisons have been included. There is still moderate certainty that nicotine containing e-cigarettes help more people to quit at 6 months or longer compared to e-cigarettes without nicotine or than NRT (nicotine replacement therapy). Uncertainty also still exists around nicotine containing e-cigarettes compared to no intervention (e.g. continued smoking). This reflects that the quality of the evidence is considered very low according to Cochrane standards. There is moderate certainty evidence that neither nicotine e-cigarettes nor non-nicotine e-cigarettes result in higher numbers of adverse or serious adverse effects.

Turning to new comparisons this update includes a study of a pod device (Russell et al), the findings were consistent with the other included studies that showed that more people quit at 6 months or longer using EC than with NRT. This update also includes a study comparing nicotine salt to free-base nicotine e-cigarettes; no clear differences were found between the two. We also included studies that provided 'dual users' (people who already use EC and tobacco cigarettes) with advice on how to use their EC to quit smoking; in one study there was no usable data in a second larger study (Martinez) there was a marginally better quit rate, however there was no clear evidence of benefit.

In response to feedback, for the first time in this update, data is included on the proportion of participants still using e-cigarettes or quitting aids) at six months or longer. Data from two studies comparing nicotine EC with NRT were notably different, with one finding no difference in the proportion of participants still using study product at longest follow-up, and the other finding significantly higher levels of EC use than NRT. There was no evidence for a difference in the proportion of people still using EC at longest follow-up in two studies comparing nicotine EC with non-nicotine EC. For all other studies the majority of participants that had been given nicotine EC at the start of the study were still using EC at 6 months or longer. Jamie and Nicola discuss the different ways that this result could be interpreted. It will be important to collect more information on this outcome.

For more information on the September Cochrane review see: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub6 or our webpage.

Jamie and Nicola also bring us up to date with the literature search conducted on August 1st and September 1st. The August search found one linked study by Rubenstein et al 2021 (doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107037) and two new ongoing studies (El-Khoury et al 2021 (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048859); and NCT04708106 2021). No new studies were found in the September 1st search. We will include the studies we've found in future updates of the Cochrane review.

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Date Added: 21/09/2021

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Episode 3: South West England

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In this episode, we discover what links Virgil to Devon, why Classics is relevant today, Justin’s love for languages, which transferable skills Classics gives you, and why, in Molly’s view, Classics and English is the best degree available in Oxford!

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Dr Rebecca Armstrong (https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/content/dr-rebecca-m-armstrong) grew up in North Devon and first came to Oxford to study Classics at Balliol College. She took up her current post at St Hilda’s in 2004. Her main research interests nowadays centre around ancient literary responses to the natural world, especially plants. Her students nobly tolerate her tendency to talk at length about beech trees.

Molly Gibson-Mee studied for a BA in Classics and English (Course II) and an MSt in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at Oriel College from 2015-20. Molly grew up in rural Devon and attended a state comprehensive school there before discovering Classics at an FE College. She is a successful YouTuber (https://www.youtube.com/user/readingismycupoftea) and currently works for Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge.

Justin Vyvyan-Jones (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-vyvyan-jones-9079761b3/?originalSubdomain=uk) followed his love for language and story from village state schools through to studying BA Classics (IIA) and German at St Hugh's College. Firmly rooted in the West Country, and proud of his roots in village primaries, rural state-comp, and state sixth-form college, he's seen how valuable committed teaching and effective outreach are to transforming young people's prospects, and how easy it is for negative stereotypes to deter them from giving Oxford a shot. Having thrown himself into the rich student life at Oxford, he's now gearing up for a year abroad in Germany, where he's been offered a placement translating medieval texts into English. Justin firmly believes in being an ambassador for inclusivity and accessibility in Oxford and beyond.

Katrina Kelly (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-kelly-3925a216b/), the host of this podcast, studied Classics (Course IA) at Magdalen College from 2015-19 after being home-educated in Lytham St Annes on the Lancashire coast. Now a researcher at the Faculty, she hopes to help make Oxford Classics an ever more accessible, inclusive and exciting place to study and work. Katrina is also the Education Co-ordinator and Branches Officer for the Classical Association.

Things we mention

Classical Reception – the study of how the ancient world has been received since antiquity

APGRD (http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/) – Oxford’s Archive for the Performance of Greek and Roman Drama

Alice Oswald’s ‘Dart’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dart_(poetry_collection)

How can I get involved?

Oxford For South West (https://www.ox.ac.uk/oxfordforSW)

Bristol Classics For All hub (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/classics/hub/)

Find a Classical Association branch near you (https://classicalassociation.org/branches/)

Link colleges

Exeter College (https://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/applicants/undergraduates/visit/outreach/)

Lady Margaret Hall (https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/working-schools)

Merton College (https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/our-work-with-schools)

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Date Added: 20/09/2021

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Roots to Seeds: the evolution of plant science

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Join Professor Stephen Harris (Curator of Roots to Seeds at the Bodleian Library) and Dr Chris Thorogood, (Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum) as they discuss the past, present and future of botanical research and teaching.

Discover how the herbarium of Bobart the Elder, John Sibthorp's 'Flora Graeca' expedition and the Amazonian waterlily have contributed to four centuries of Oxford botany and current research.

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Date Added: 17/09/2021

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Peter Sleight

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Derek Hockaday interviews Peter Sleight, research cardiologist and consultant physician, 22 September 2013.

Topics discussed include: (00:00:09) time at St Georges Hospital, London and time in San Francisco, work on receptors for the Bezold reflex; (00:07:40) coming to Oxford Physiology lab in 1964; (00:09:14) return to Oxford for senior Medical Research Council 3 year fellowship based in physiology; (00:11:45) balancing fibre picking with clinical work at Oxford; (00:12:55) sabbatical in Sydney, Australia, interest in carotid baroreceptor; (00:16:16) British Heart Foundation supported Chair in Cardiology, Sleight's application; (00:20:12) work as an on-take physician alongside consultancy, time with Dr Buzzard; (00:23:26) introducing pacemaker service in Oxford; (00:26:26) the development of the coronary care unit; (00:28:35) working with Salim Yusuf, Richard Peto and beginning of ISIS-1 trial - International Study of Infarct Survival; (00:35:03) cardiac radiology and catheterisation; (00:36:40) thrombolysis; (00:39:55) firm C, move to the John Radcliffe; (00:44:29) national and international groups; (00:48:02) funding; (00:52:33) involvement with students; (00:55:08) Russia; (01:09:09) comparison of standards of Oxford Medical School (clinical and nursing) and other places; (01:10:59) effect of ultrasound on cardiology; (01:13:59) research papers, sabbatical to Pavia; (01:22:07) change in hypertension interest and chairing clinical trials; (01:24:44) Barbara Casadei; (01:27:54) Rashkind procedure in New Delhi 1966. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:39:37-00:39:54; 01:12:34-01:12:41; 01:13:38-01:13:47 and 01:25:28-01:26:16.

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Date Added: 15/09/2021

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Mark Davies on 'Medley Manor'

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Oxfordshire Local historian, Mark Davies, takes a look at the history of Medley Manor and its connections to empire as well as his own family history.

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Chris Redman

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Derek Hockaday interviews Chris Redman, obstetric consultant and clinical professor, 13 November 2016.

Topics discussed include: (00:00:18) BA at Cambridge and clinical studies at Oxford Medical school; (00:02:54) John Ledingham and Alec Cook; (00:04:37) clinical years and pathology; (00:05:46) service internship in the United States; (00:09:20) house jobs; (00:10:22) neonatal experience in Jessop Hospital, Sheffield; (00:12:17) accepting lectureship in general medicine at Oxford; (00:15:13) thesis on management of hypertension; (00:19:57) John Bonnar and reorganisation of department of obstretics, data collection, (00:20:49) developing technique to manage severe pre-eclampsia; (00:24:42) return to thesis; (00:27:36) NHS job leading to consultant job; (00:29:46) working with obstetricians and research midwives; (00:31:11) full time academic position in obstetric medicine; (00:33:48) maternal deaths; (00:37:04) Anne Anderson and menopause clinic; (00:39:38) original trial and publication; (00:41:02) development of approach to pre-eclampsia, medical help within the obstetric service; (00:44:39) lecturing nationally and internationally in the early 1980s, Marshall Lindheimer; (00:46:09) work in later part of career including 1991 paper on pre-eclampsia being a placental condition, pioneering contribution to factors connecting clinical features of pre-eclampsia; (00:54:38) leaving clinical work; (00:56:45) the NHS; (00:57:25) university work since retirement, work with Ian Sargeant including on trophoblast microvesicles; (01:04:37) teaching of medical students; (01:08:40) final thoughts including changing attitude to research throughout career and NHS compared with health care in other countries, nursing and midwives. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:12:00-00:12:15; 00:16:43-00:16:48; 00:19:02-00:19:34; 00:25:16-00:25:21; 00:38:10-00:38:35 and 00:58:55-00:58:59.

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Date Added: 14/09/2021

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Christopher Paine

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Peggy Frith interviews Sir Christopher Paine, consultant clinical oncologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 25 Jul 2012.

Topics discussed include: (00:01:30) time in Oxford as Director of Clinical studies; (00:04:17) first stepping into the role as DCS, number of student admissions; (00:08:57) Alastair Lang, reorganising clinical work around role; (00.12:40) colleagues in the medical school office; (00.13:48) balancing university, academic and pastoral duties in the medical school; (00:16:15) Peter Morris; (00:18:44) students electives, student questionnaire; (00:23:01) helpful colleagues with the medical curriculum during the role, Tim Till; (00:25:46) committee work; (00:27:59) leaving Director of Clinical Studies, role as district NHS General Manager; (00:36:13) change of medical school, and life in general, due to electronic communication and computers; importance of diplomatic skills in medicine; (00:38:59) continuing clinical practice and keeping up medicine whilst undertaking other roles; (00:43:09) Frank Ellis, development of radiotherapy; (00:58:02) Manny Lee and his caricatures; (01:02:27) summary of career, activities after resigning from Oxford consultant post; (01:06:13) changes in the NHS. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:00:00-00:00:05; 00:14:23-00:15:13; 00:16:57-00:17:50; 00:18:05-00:18:43; 00:30:13-00:31:19; 00:33:19-00:34:50 and 00:56:15-00:56:58.

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John Oxbury

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Derek Hockaday interviews John Oxbury, neurologist, 20 November 2013.

Topics discussed include: (00:00:29) reasons for coming Oxford neurology department; (00:04:19) the London system and clinical training in London; (00:07:50) comparing nursing between Oxford and London hospitals; (00:09:15) development of interest in epilepsy; (00:12:35) working with John Spalding and Alex Crampton Smith doing general neurology on the Respiratory Unit; (00:15:40) professors of neurology including William Ritchie Russell and Brian Matthews; (00:22:35) John Spalding; (00:25:15) the Oxford Respiration Unit Flying Squad; (00:28:42) patient based research papers in the late 1960s; (00:33:44) membership; (00:35:14) writing with Charles Witty; (00:36:59) work as Professor Brian Matthews' first assistant on stroke treatment; (00:43:15) organisation of neurology department and becoming honorary consultant; (00:46:35) differences between honorary consultant and NHS consultant on working practices; (00:49:00) epilepsy surgery, Chris Adams developing hemispherectomy and effect of improved medical imaging; (00:56:40) development of drug therapy on treating epilepsy; (00:58:39) petit mal and treatment; (01:00:20) national and international meetings on epilepsy and neuropsychology; (01:03:03) work load of medics past and present; (01:09:05) working with his wife Sue Oxbury, (01:13:13) clinical psychologists and treatment of epilepsy; (01:15:00) influences including Oliver Zangwill and Joe Pennybacker, Ritchie Russell, Charles Witty and John Spalding.

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Date Added: 14/09/2021

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2. Free Movement | The Europe’s Stories Podcast

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Ana and Lucas speak today with Luisa Melloh, who manages the project behind this series. Many things flow across borders - capital, goods, ideas - but young Europeans also assume that they themselves can move freely and with ease.

One of our polls found that nearly three-quarters of Europeans agree that the EU would not be worth having without freedom of movement. At the same time, Europeans do not all benefit from this freedom in the same way. Why has free movement emerged as such a formative experience? Is its formative impact unique to this generation? This episode was hosted by Ana Martins and Lucas Tse, and edited by Billy Craigan. Huge thanks to the Europe’s Stories team.

To view the show notes and to find more information about The Europe’s Stories Podcast, check out europeanmoments.com/podcast.