Afraid To Ask

As you celebrate the Easter holidays with family this year, while you eat chocolate and tell stories about bunnies... do you ever stop and wonder... "Why are we doing this?"  Welcome to "Afraid to Ask", and this week we're talking to Associate Professor Lorna Piatti-Farnell about EASTER. Why do we eat chocolate? What does it have to do with Jesus? What does the word 'Easter' even mean? Let us know what you think, and don’t forget to submit your question at #askAUT Music: Go Cart - Loop Mix Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the not-so-distant future, where cars drive themselves, surely passing your restricted test will be the least of your concerns? Join us for the second episode of AUT's "Afraid to Ask", in this episode we talk to Professor Reinhard Klette, whose research into autonomous vehicles provides us with insight to not only the road rules and mechanics, but also the unsettling moral implications of the driverless car. Let us know what you think, and don’t forget to submit your question at #askAUT Music: Go Cart - Loop Mix Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will handwriting ever become extinct? This is our first episode in our new “Afraid to Ask” podcast- featuring questions you feel embarrassed to ask, answered by our experts. We're talking to Dr. Peter Gilderdale and Senior Lecturer Greg Treadwell about the history of writing, the best kind of pen, what your handwriting says about you, a calligraphy comeback and should we bother teaching children to write? All those topics and more feature in this week’s episode. Let us know what you think, and don’t forget to submit your question at #askAUT Music: Go Cart - Loop Mix Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.