Alien Places

Interview Episodes: Atul and Alien ask their guests which three places they would show the alien, to give it a sense of the key issues facing human society. World Tour Episodes: Atul performs each of the 12 chapters of the Alien Places book as a series of podcasts. Find out more at: www.atulsearth.co.uk/alien Email the alien at: alien@atulsearth.co.uk

World Tour 2: Cairo, Egypt

Audio version of Chapter 1 of the Alien Places book. Join Atul and Alien as they explore Cairo. Alien gets stuck on a camel, and Atul receives the alien's body weight in mucus.

04-11
56:15

World Tour 1: Arrival

Audio version of the introductory chapter of the Alien Places book. This sets out the case for thinking like an alien to solve environmental issues such as the climate crisis. The book was published in September 2019.

02-21
27:50

Alien Places 20: Sarah-Jane Walsh's Alien

Sarah-Jane Walsh from the BBC Natural History Unit, and Series Researcher for A Perfect Planet, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, tells me about the places, songs and films she would show her alien visiting Earth. 

03-21
42:58

Alien Places 19: Tim Lambert's Alien

Tim Lambert, executive producer of Alien Worlds, tells me about the three places he would show an alien visiting Earth.

01-24
37:55

Alien Places 18: Richard James MacCowan's Alien

Richard James MacCowan, founder of Biomimicry UK and Biomimicry Innovation Lab, tells me about his Alien Places, his Alien Playlist and his Alien Film Nights.

12-28
51:55

Alien Places 17: Ronnie Le Drew's Alien

Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer of Zippy from Rainbow, Labyrinth and Muppet's Christmas Carol, tells me about his Alien Places, his Alien Playlist and his Alien Film Nights. Features an AMAZING chat between Zippy and Alien!

10-28
01:05:14

Alien Places 16: Steve Allain's Alien

The 'Pop Punk Herpetologist', Steve Allain, also a PhD student, tells me about his three Alien Places, his Alien Playlist and his Alien Film Nights.

05-09
35:00

Alien Places 15: Bella Lack's Alien

Youth conservationist and biodiversity campaigner, Bella Lack, also the Youth Director of Reserva, tells me about her three Alien Places, her Alien Playlist and her Alien Film Nights.

04-14
32:42

Alien Places 14: Lucy Lapwing's Alien

Wildlife and nature communicator, Lucy Hodson, known on social media as Lucy Lapwing, tells me about her three Alien Places, her Alien Playlist and her Alien Film Nights.

04-13
39:05

Alien Places 13: Megan McCubbin's Alien

Zoologist, presenter and campaigner Megan McCubbin, co-founder of Wildlife Rebellion tells me about her three Alien Places, her Alien Playlist and her Alien Film Nights.

04-12
27:50

Alien Places 12: Nick Crane's Alien

Geographer, author and broadcaster Nicholas Crane, presenter of BBC television series such as Coast, Map Man and Town, tells me about his Alien Places.

02-10
36:29

Alien Places 11: Dan Sansom's Alien

Second year Wildlife, Education and Media student at Cornwall College, Dan Sansom, tells me about his Alien Places.

04-22
13:05

Alien Places 10: Patrick Kendrew's Alien

Second year Wildlife, Education and Media student at Cornwall College, Patrick Kendrew, tells me about his Alien Places.

04-21
11:25

Alien Places 9: Sammy Brisden and Lucy Tadman-Troup's Alien

Second year Wildlife, Education and Media students at Cornwall College, Sammy Brisden and Lucy Tadman-Troup, tell me about their Alien Places.

04-04
17:04

Alien Places 8: Jason Birt's Alien

Programme Manager of the Wildlife, Education and Media course at the Centre for Applied Zoology at Cornwall College, Jason Birt, tells me about his Alien Places.

04-03
18:36

Alien Places 7: Abigail Maiden's Alien

Final year Applied Zoology and Conservation student Abigail Maiden tells me about her Alien Places.

04-01
10:22

Alien Places 6: Nicola Morris' Alien

Co-ordinator of the Community Invasive Non-Native Group (CINNG) Nicola Morris tells me about her Alien Places.

03-31
19:18

Alien Places 5: Lizzie Daly's Alien

Wildlife biologist and broadcaster Lizzie Daly tells me about her Alien Places.

01-11
18:24

Alien Places 4: Adam Clark's Alien

Adam Clark from Clean Energy UK tells me about his Alien Places.

11-06
09:56

Alien Places 3: Abi Thommes' Alien

Abi Thommes from Arts2Educate tells me about her Alien Places.

10-31
13:54

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