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Summary: In this month’s podcast we hear from the chairs of two of the Royal Society’s recent science policy reports; on Shale Gas Extraction and Science as an Open Enterprise. We also discover the fine scientific illustrations of the poet Edward Lear, featured in our current exhibition. Robert Mair: Chair of the Shale Gas Extraction Report (00:40) Geoffrey Boulton: Chair of the Science as an Open Enterprise Report (04:27) Jonathan Ashmore: Chair of the Library Committee (08:57)