Samara Linton

For decades, UK medical research has overlooked sex and gender. The MESSAGE project is changing that, setting the gold standard for rigorous, inclusive science that benefits everyone.

A former National Health Service doctor and multidisciplinary scholar explores how Black women in the U.K. manage reproductive risks and anxieties.

A podcast by two tech founders talking about all things tech, pop culture, and life.

Presenters: Michael Berhane and Abadesi Osunsade

Producer: Samara Linton

How RCPsych’s forthcoming disability guidance, informed by lived experience, sets a blueprint for inclusive mental health workplaces where all sta can reach their potential.

Nail biting, hair pulling, skin picking – if you think these are just bad habits, think again. Here, one writer explains how it feels when your body becomes your battleground.

More and more prominent tech figures are voicing concerns about superintelligent AI and risks to the future of humanity. But as leading AI ethicist Timnit Gebru and researcher Émile P Torres point out, these ideologies have deeply racist foundations.

Times Literary Supplement book review

A Georgia man spent almost a week in jail after Louisiana police wrongly identified him as a fugitive using facial recognition software.

BBC World Service. 10 January 2022.

Presented by Marnie Chesterton
Produced by Samara Linton

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld the decision to restrict public access to information about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) lie detectors at EU borders. This ruling has sparked concerns among civil rights groups, shedding light on the limitations of the EU’s AI Act in safeguarding the rights of migrants and refugees. The Act is set to become the world’s first comprehensive AI law.

Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse has reignited debates about whether the US government is doing enough to regulate financial institutions – but another debate is brewing.

Dr Geoffrey Hinton, dubbed the ‘godfather of AI’, recently resigned from Google, echoing ethical concerns raised by AI experts like Timnit Gebru.

New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body’s immune defence. Also, large rifts in Arctic ice, tuskless elephants, and remembering a great climate scientist.

Science in Action. BBC World Service. 24 Oct 2021. Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Samara Linton

The 1987 election campaign was the first time the Labour party had fielded so many black and Asian candidates. Yet Diane Abbott got the impression that “the national party thought we were an embarrassment”. Certainly, “they offered no support of any kind” and Labour’s party political broadcasts featured practically no black people.

Science in Action. BBC World Service. 30 Sept 2021.
Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Samara Linton