For the love of weather

by Gemma Plumb & Aisling Creevey

Meet Gemma and Aisling. They have worked in the UK as meteorologists for over ten years. Gemma came up with the idea that maybe others might like to listen to the non stop conversations they still have all these years later about the weather. Over the years they have forecast for festivals, farming, road, rail, energy, media, aviation and even the humble ice cream demand forecast and so much more. They have gone through job ch... Read more

Podcast episodes

  • Season 5

  • S05 E07 - Victoria Beckham, the weather and philately - meet Alina Jenkins

    S05 E07 - Victoria Beckham, the weather and philately - meet Alina Jenkins

    Fun fact: Alina went to college with Victoria Beckham and lived with her for a year when she was 16.And if that didn’t grab your attention Alina was an actress and dancer. She went on to become an award-winning presenter and broad...

    49:05
  • S05 E06 - From weather satellites to graveyard orbits - it’s Jenny Rourke

    S05 E06 - From weather satellites to graveyard orbits - it’s Jenny Rourke

    Jenny is Head of the Real Time Service and System Operations Division at Eumetsat in Germany. She has a wealth of experience in weather and now weather satellites, previously working for ECMWF and the Met Office.Eumetsat is respon...

    40:13
  • S05 E05 - Meet Helen Roberts - The first Socio-Meteorologist with the Met Office

    S05 E05 - Meet Helen Roberts - The first Socio-Meteorologist with the Met Office

    Helen Roberts has a breadth of experience in weather forecasting and is the Met Office’s first socio-meteorologist.Helen’s fascination with ‘Big Science’ started as a little girl in the southwest of England, looking at sunsets and...

    48:22
  • S05 E04 - Dr. Emily Fairfax on nature’s rockstars the beavers.

    S05 E04 - Dr. Emily Fairfax on nature’s rockstars the beavers.

    Dr Emily Fairfax is an ecohydrologist. She is an expert in beavers and describes them as rockstars in climate mitigation.Beavers are nature’s wetland creators, providing natural solution to droughts, wildfire risk as well as well ...

    51:01
  • S05 E03 - Modern farming in a changing climate with Jonathan Lukies.

    S05 E03 - Modern farming in a changing climate with Jonathan Lukies.

    Jonathan Lukies says he is lucky as he has always known what he wanted to do. As a young boy he lived on a farm, absorbing everything his grandfather and father told him. Today he runs Cammas Hall Farm, always working to secure th...

    34:16