Little Atoms

Short description: Science website, podcast, and magazine

Little Atoms

A Show about Ideas

Genre| Talk & Culture
Running time| 30 or 60 minutes
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Language(s)| English
Home station| Resonance FM
Hosted by| Neil Denny
Former:

* Padraig Reidy
* Richard Sanderson
* Becky Hogge
* Anthony Burn
* Stuart Clark
* Helen Keen
* Christine Ottery
* Adam Rutherford
* Dan Schreiber
* Rebecca Watson
* Richard Wilson

Created by|

* Neil Denny
* Richard Sanderson

Produced by| Neil Denny
Recording studio| Resonance FM Studios, Borough High Street, London Bridge
Original release| 2 September 2005 (2005-09-02) – present
Audio format| FM Radio and MP3 Podcast
Website| www.littleatoms.com
Podcast| Little Atoms Podcast

Little Atoms is a website, podcast and magazine dedicated to ideas and culture. The radio show broadcast weekly from London on Resonance FM 104.4. It is hosted by Neil Denny. The website is edited by Padraig Reidy. The first edition of Little Atoms magazine launched in November 2015.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Magazine
* 1.2 Awards
* 1.3 Reception
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## History

The radio show was conceived by Neil Denny and Richard Sanderson at a meeting in a pub beer garden in London Bridge on 7 July 2005. The first episode aired on 2 September 2005 and featured a panel of a scientist (Sid Rodrigues), physicist and ex-born again Christian (Norman Hansen) and a folklorist (Scott Wood), along with Neil Denny and Richard Sanderson as the show's hosts.[1][2] Richard Sanderson was also the producer of two previous incarnations radio shows on Resonance FM, "Sanderson's Alcove", which ran from February 2005 to July 2005 and "Baggage Reclaim" which ran from 2003 to 2005.[3] Little Atoms is regarded as the first "rationalist" radio show in the UK and one of the first podcasts; with only the JREF's "Internet Audio Show", Rick Wood's Audiomartini, Skepticality and The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe preceding it.[citation needed]

Little Atoms was the official podcast of The Skeptic magazine until 2011.[4][5]

### Magazine

### Awards

* Nominated by physics.org web awards in the Best podcast category 2010[6]

### Reception

Little Atoms is frequently cited as one of the UK's top podcasts. In July 2015, Miranda Sawyer, presenter of BBC Radio 4's In Pod We Trust, praised Little Atoms, writing "[Neil] Denny's modesty and well-informed interest enriches Little Atoms, and there are loads of shows to choose from (the As alone include Adam Curtis, Alex Cox and Aleks Krotoski). It has recently expanded into an online magazine, packed with quirky, funny, odd features."[7]

Esquire magazine's Andrew Harrison described the podcast as "engaging, irreverent and unashamedly intellectual", making "Radio 4's Front Row sound like the E! Channel".[8]

Fergal Keane described LittleAtoms.com as "a thoughtful site" with "Lots to provoke intelligent discussion"[citation needed]

## References

1. ↑ Wood, Scott. "South East London Folklore Society". http://members.lycos.co.uk/skitster/newpage4.html. Retrieved 25 October 2009
2. ↑ Sherine, Ariane (2009). The Atheist's Guide to Christmas. London: The Friday Project. pp. 293–299. ISBN 978-0-00-732261-9.
3. ↑ "Sanderson's Alcove Website". http://members.lycos.co.uk/rationalist/newpage14.html.
4. ↑ Redmond, Camilla (15 October 2009). "Radio catch-up: A Good Read, Resonance FM and Cerys Matthews". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2009/oct/15/radio-catch-up-resonance-good-read.
5. ↑ Marshall, Ben (27 February 2007). "Weekly web trawl: ephemera, anger and smut". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/feb/27/weeklywebtrawlpunkexplosio.
6. ↑ "Web awards shortlist – Best podcast". Institute of Physics. http://www.physics.org/toplistdetail.asp?id=15.
7. ↑ Sawyer, Miranda (31 July 2015). "The 10 best holiday podcasts" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jul/31/the-10-best-holiday-podcasts.
8. ↑ "21 Essential Podcasts To Download Today – Esquire". http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/article/5508/21-essential-podcasts/.

## External links

* An interview with Neil Denny on Notebook on Cities and Culture

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