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Owner at RUNIC COMMUNICATIONS & Radio Presenter at Coast FM & Source FM Former freelance Medical Communications Consultant Former Pirate FM DAB presenter

Falmouth, England
Joined May 2016
Tonight @BBCDerby will present a short series made in association with @UniofExeter called "Life: What on Earth is it?" Exeter's Dr Sasha Dall, Prof David Hosken & Dr Raphaëlle Haywood, & Prof Michael Sweet from @DerbyUni, will delve into some of the biggest questions in science
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#Microplastic pollution reduces energy production in a microscopic creature found in freshwater worldwide, new research shows @UniofExeter @UniofExeterESI @UniExeCornwall Full study 👉 bit.ly/3K1gm8H Press release 👉 bit.ly/42xBQ4r
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[CHANGED DATE] NOW ON AIR WED 16th: @profbobstone, director of @unibirmingham's Human Interface Technologies team, discusses using VR and AR techniques to make the historically invisible visible once again – and a remarkable discovery at the bottom of a lake....@YourCoastFM 18.00
Something SPOOOOOKY is coming to @BBCCornwall this evening, at around 8:10... The fantastic @TiffyTrus will be airing my spooky update of terror; so tune in if you'd like to hear a short Halloween feature starring horror movie celebs. Mwa ha ha ha!
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UPDATE: Airing 19.00 @yourcoastfm! @UniofOxford's @ProfEspie joins us to talk about sleep troubles during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the EVERY MIND MATTERS public health England and NHS-backed campaign. Mobile phone Follow Prof Espie on twitter: @ProfEspie
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🚨 TONIGHT from 18.00 on Coast FM: ⭐️ Radzi Chinyanganya, Blue Peter star, TV personality and, of course, Dancing on Ice 2020 contestant! 🐾 Luke Gamble, vet, CEO of Worldwide Veterinary Service and Mission Rabies and star of Sky One’s 'Vet Adventures'! @YourCoastFM
🚨 TONIGHT 18.00 on @YourCoastFM: 🔬 @UniExeCornwall's Prof Hosken and Prof Dall take us on a tour spanning from genes to lineages in an epic scientific dialogue about 'group selection'. ⭐️ The fantastic Springwatch presenter, Michaela Strachan, returns 🔬 @UniofExeter
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🚨 ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW: 🦋 GARDENING with Mark Lane, presenter of BBC Gardeners World 🚂 RAILWAYS with Tim Dunn, on his new series on UKTV called "THE ARCHITECTURE THE RAILWAYS BUILT" + SCIENCE archive interview 📻 @YourCoastFM from 18.00 FM & Online coastfm.co.uk/player
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Past show upload alert: This one features Physicist/Astronomer & The Sky at Night presenter, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock alongside the director of "21 Miles": youtube.com/watch?v=de_JuqsZ…
Astronauts on board the International Space Station ran a rather unique culinary experiment: they baked cookies in zero gravity! Physicist and BBC The Sky at Night presenter, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, joins me on @YourCoastFM TONIGHT to chat about the epic cosmic bake off
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NOT EVEN A CHEEKY CHOCOLATE BAR IN THE 'I'M A CELEB' JUNGLE!? 📺🐸🕷 Ferne reflects on being a past participant on 'I'm a Celeb' and chats about last night's antics in the jungle! Stay tuned for the FULL interview youtube.com/watch?v=-vQekWzl…
18.00 THIS EVENING ON @YourCoastFM ❄️The director and producer of FROZEN II ❄️TOWIE stars, Jess Wright and Carol Wright ❄️Comedian, Dominic Holland (father of Tom Holland, AKA Spider-Man) 🎤 With LIVE music from pro-musician Jonny Tristram 📻 6pm
🐝🚨 SCIENCE ALERT! 🚨🐝 Tomorrow morning, from 8.30, ecologist Dr Bethany Roberts (@Beth_Roberts13) will be joining us on air to talk about her PhD research which looked into what plants bumblebees like to forage on and where they like to nest 🐝@thesourcefm @UniExeCornwall
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👻 Get yourself SPOOKED with horror stars and win Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (PG-13) stash! Ft: 🎃 Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees, Friday the 13th franchise) 🎃 Tony Todd (Candyman) 🎃 Ray Santiago (Ash vs Evil Dead) Tonight @YourCoastFM 18.00 Tomorrow @thesourcefm 7.30
📻 Just had a fantastic chat with former 'The Gadget Show' dude and long time Tech Wizard @JasonBradbury; catch the interview on @YourCoastFM and @thesourcefm! @JasonBradbury, you're returning for a full-length tech discussion soon - you MUST! 🎚️🎛️
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📻 TONIGHT on @YourCoastFM from 18.00 📻 Interviews also featuring on @thesourcefm tomorrow from 07.30
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Catch the full interview with the fantastic @AldoKane on @YourCoastFM Wednesday 18.00; he chats about his incredible adventures (which include exploring an active volcano with his pal, superman, AKA Henry Cavill) and his brand-new series on Dave!
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📻ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW: 🌟Springwatch presenter, Michaela Strachan 🌟Head of Climate Change at @WWF 🌟Explorer & former marine, Aldo Kane 🌟@SchoolOfRockUK star, Craig Gallivan 🌟'Two Pints of Lager' star, Will Mellor Wed 6pm @YourCoastFM | Thurs 7am @thesourcefm @UniExeCornwall
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📻 Catch up with THE STIG; a celebrity GP; and PhD researcher, Jared Wilson-Aggarwal (@JaredKWA), who joined us to talk about social networks, rabies and Guinea-worm disease! More on Jared's work: wildlifescience.org/ @UniExeCornwall @YourCoastFM youtube.com/watch?v=HoobOT8j…
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📻TONIGHT on @YourCoastFM and tomorrow morning on @thesourcefm: 🔬 A classic scientific debate in biology - 'nature vs. nurture' - will be LAID TO REST! Profs Dave Hosken and Sasha Dall discuss their new book, "Genes and Behaviour: Beyond Nature-Nurture" ⭐️@UniExeCornwall