Series 3, Episode 6: Running Up That Hill
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After a long and unexpected break, the podcast that keeps talking until stuff gets interesting returns with a new episode! This time, Steve tries to solve a long-running problem, Matt gets vexed about triangles and Helen introduces Hertha Ayrton and the First Cambridge All-Ladies Fire Brigade.
- 00:44 – Steve’s bit
- 15:08 – Matt’s bit
- 36:13 – Helen’s bit
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Corrections and clarifications:
- None, so far…
And here’s a load of extra Unnecessary Detail from this episode:
- Kate Bush, the original Professor of Running Up Hills.
- Steve’s latest and greatest science videos on YouTube.
- Heron’s Stupid Formula.
- Buy Matt’s new book, Love Triangle, from wherever you like to get your books, and enjoy your own “walk out the room” moment.
- One of the most glorious episodes of CBeebies “Colourblocks” in which Black joins Cyan, Magenta and Yellow in “Return of the Printing Crew“.
- See below for one of the oldest known pictures of the Girton College Fire Brigade, and a picture of Hertha Ayrton as displayed in the corridors of the IET today.
- Download “Put Out The Fire” as a pay-what-you-want track from Bandcamp.
- Helen made a programme about Hertha for BBC Radio 4. Listen to it here.
- And another one for Objectivity about Hertha’s candidacy for Fellowship of the Royal Society. Spoiler alert: it didn’t go well…
- If you happen to be in the Midlands on Saturday 23rd November you can see an extract of the show at Birmingham Hippodrome along with new zombie IT musical Chosen – tickets are over here.
Girton College Fire Brigade in 1878
Hertha Marks-Ayrton
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