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Mission Responsible - A podcast exploring how engineering can help solve some of the biggest problems facing humanity today. Put together by the engineering company DesignSpark, in each episode physicist Dr Simon Clark and mechanical engineer Dr Shini Somara explore the technologies helping to clear up our CO2 emissions and innovations helping to reduce noise pollution. 

The presenters are the draw here, able to explain and break down complex scientific issues in layman's terms, without sounding patronising either.

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