FLOPCAST: the podcasts series for 'FLOP: 13 Stories of Failure'

1. FLOPCAST: Thomas Kador, Introduction

FLOP Exhibition Curator Dr Thomas Kador introduces the series of podcasts linked to FLOP 13 Stories of Failure at UCL’s Octagon Gallery.

2. FLOPCAST: Joe Cain on vivisection and the brown dog affair

Joe Cain, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, tells the story of the brown dog affair.

3. FLOPCAST: Mandana Seyfeddinipur on language loss

Dr Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Director of the Endangered Language Archive (ELAR) at SOAS, tells the story of language loss.

4. FLOPCAST: Subhadra Das on the sword swallower’s heart and oesophagus

Subhadra Das, Curator of the Pathology and History of Science Collections at UCL tells the story of the sword swallower’s heart, oesophagus and sword.

5. FLOPCAST: Helen Chatterjee on biodiversity loss

Helen Chatterjee, Professor of Biology, tells the story of biodiversity loss and the sixth mass extinction event.

6. FLOPCAST: Sarah Wilkes on silly putty

Sarah Wilkes, Wellcome Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Making, discusses the failed invention of Silly Putty.

7. FLOPCAST: Zoe Laughlin on 3D print fails

Zoe Laughlin, co-founder and director of the Institute of Making, tells of the frustrations, but also the beauty and learning opportunities associated with 3D printing.

8. FLOPCAST: Andrea Fredericksen on the Augustus John scrapbook

Dr Andrea Fredericksen, Curator of the UCL Art Museum, tells the story of painter Augustus John’s scrapbook.

9. FLOPCAST: Silvia Schievano on why heart valves fail

Silvia Schievano, Professor of Biomedical Engineering discusses what happens when heart valves fail.

10. FLOPCAST: Hannah Cornish on medical misadventures

Hannah Cornish, Curator of the Pathology and History of Science Collections at UCL, tells two stories of medical misadventures, when medical treatment did more harm than good.

11. FLOPCAST: Tannis Davidson on the Pterosaur fossil

Tannis Davidson, Curator of the Grant Museum of Zoology, discusses the mystery of the Grant Museum’s Rhamphorhynchus Pterosaur fossil.

12. FLOPCAST: Delphine Mercier on fake Nasca pottery

Delphine Mercier, Curator of the UCL Ethnography collection, discusses a real and a fake (pre Columbian) Nasca pot.

13. FLOPCAST: Thomas Kador on vaccinations

Dr Thomas Kador, Senior Teaching Fellow in Arts and Sciences and FLOP Exhibition Curator, tells the story that medical wax models, from the Gordon Museum at King’s College London, can reveal about our failure to eradicate infectious diseases.

14. FLOPCAST: Suzy White on the Piltdown Man forgery

Dr Suzy White, Curator of the Biological Anthropology collection at UCL, tells the story of the Piltdown Man hoax.

15. FLOPCAST: Gillian Watson and Barry Hancock on Ariane 5

Drs Gillian Watson and Barry Hancock, From the UCL Space Science Centre, discuss the failed launch of Ariane 5 flight 501 in 1996.

16. FLOPCAST: Thomas Kador, Outro and Acknowledgements

FLOP Exhibition Curator, Dr Thomas Kador, presents a brief overview and gives the credits and acknowledgements.