University of Brighton

But it was an interesting meeting.

And I realised fairly early on in that session that actually the lady who was running it said, oh, I'm from Brighton University, which just happened to be one of the universities that I'd applied to.

And so after the meeting had finished, I thought I'm going to have a chat to her and explain my situation.

So I just said, you know, look, I've applied.

So how has that journey been?

I have to say, obviously, I'm at the University of Brighton, but I don't know about other universities.

I've had such a wonderful second year because we go straight into second year at second year.

Everyone's been really lovely.

It was kind of an accident.

I used to play rugby prior to that, and when I went to uni, I went to uni, University of Brighton, I went to join the rugby team, except I then realized I couldn't get to where they played or trained because it was too far from where I lived.

So the next best thing that I found was a group of guys who were next to them.

They had a big table.

So it was actually a book that was part of the outcome of a UK Research Council centre called the Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand.

And I co-edited it with a colleague, Kirsten Jenkins, who is down at the University of Brighton.

And it included a range of chapters that talked about energy demand in different ways and empirical research that had come from our projects.

And I think that now...

So today on the Erotic Life Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Liam Wignall.

And Liam is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Brighton, who focuses mainly on sexuality and gender.

He's also known for his research around kink and BDSM themes, specifically around the kink subculture of pub play, which is why I've invited him on the show today.

Hello, Liam.

They may be a slave, they may be a pup, and they withhold that because they just fear so much the potential stigma and judgment.

I'm wondering how easy was it for you, or difficult in you thinking, bringing your kink or erotic life and self into your everyday.

I recognize that I occupy a very weird space that I I often advise people sort of you know what I do who I am what I talk about what I disclose is is is very different because I am in a I'm in a position of power in the sense of I have a secure job I'm very very lucky that um at the University of Brighton they support my research and they recognize you know the importance of research in sexuality and kink so you know the idea of disclosing different aspects of my identity who i am etc you know it doesn't impact in the same way whereas for other people you know it might do because of the stigma associated with um different subcultural activities i also am a researcher so in attending these different events across the country and you know internationally as well i am I am always occupying those two roles that I'm here as a community member, but also I'm there as a researcher.

And it's not that I'm taking notes and conducting interviews, but I'm always kind of thinking in that mindset and recognize that when I interact with people, I don't know whether they're coming up and seeing Liam or Dr. Wignall.

And you're hearing now, every now and again, it goes silent here whilst they award the next person.

Taryn O'Neill from University of Brighton.

It's a scary moment.

It goes so quiet, isn't it? It's

Andy Jones is the professor of applied physiology at the University of Exeter, where he leads the bioenergetics and human performance research group in sports and health sciences.

Andy earned his undergraduate and PhD in human physiology from the University of Brighton, did postdoctoral work in respiratory physiology at UCLA, then held posts at Manchester Metropolitan University before moving to Exeter in 2005.

Dr. Jones' research spans four main areas, control of and limitations to skeletal muscle, oxidative metabolism, causes of exercise intolerance in health and disease, respiratory physiology, and sports performance physiology nutrition in endurance athletes.

Andy has had an incredibly productive career, having co-developed the critical power concept, performed the pioneering research on dietary nitrates, proposed physiological resilience as the fourth pillar of endurance performance alongside VO2 max, exercise economy, and fractional utilization of VO2.

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