The Socializing With Scientists
Podcast
The surprising secrets of curious people, delivered weekly.
Socializing with Scientists is a podcast for inquisitive people (science nerds?) who want to hear behind-the-scenes science buzz from people doing cutting-edge research. Do you yearn to learn how regular folks become scientists, and perhaps want to steal some of their tricks and habits? Then join us! Listen now to the Socializing with Scientists podcast.
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Jenna Alley finds the good in parents (she’s a developmental health psychologist)
Jenna was never really interested in school. She loved theater and the arts, but academically, she struggled. She had dyslexia, and "always felt like I was failing...never thought I was very smart," she said. It wasn't until her sophomore year of college that things started to turn around: she disco...
Shannon Curry is in charge of a spacecraft orbiting Mars (she’s a planetary scientist)
The first time she looked through a telescope, Shannon lost her breath. A self-proclaimed "science camp kid," she learned early that she wanted to do research, and that space would be her subject. Shannon Curry, Ph.D. is now the director of NASA's MAVEN mission, a spacecraft that has been orbiting M...
Cédric Girard-Buttoz learns the language of chimps (he's an evolutionary biologist)
When he was six years old, Cédric wanted to be Tarzan, following monkeys around the forest and studying their behavior. He has pretty much made his dream come true. Cédric Girard-Buttoz has researched lemurs in Madagascar, macaques in Indonesia, and chimpanzees at the Taï Chimpanzee Project in Taï N...
Louis Bont is trying to save ALL the children (he's a pediatrician)
Louis had an uneventful childhood: Born and raised in Amsterdam, he was a normal kid who liked playing with friends and reading books. But his mother had a strong social justice bent, and she inspired Louis to live a life dedicated to helping others. Dr. Louis Bont is now a world-renowned respirator...
Michela Mariani digs ancient wildfires (she's a paleoecologist)
As a child, Michela got lost in the mountains of Italy foraging for mushrooms. Adult Michela digs under deep Australian lakes searching for remnants of wildfire and ancient people, while raising her family in England. How does this feisty paleoecologist get it all done? Dr. Michela Mariani is an ass...
Rachael Moeller Gorman
I ask scientists who they think they are.
I interview scientists for my day job, but I've never been able to ask them the questions I actually want answered, like, what led you to science? Were you simply born curious about the world? Did your parents do something special to make you this way? Do you have a secret method for generating original ideas? Who gives you money to do your research? What happens when you fail (and how do you handle it)? Have you found the formula for being a good scientist while having a real life? Why does your work matter?Join me as I hang out with the smarties to learn their tricks and poach their habits, all in an attempt to become more successful. Actually, I want to find out if scientists are people, too. No jargon.
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Dylan Jervis spots methane emissions from low Earth orbit (he's a physicist)
Dylan was a kid who found comfort in math and fun in music, but ultimately he followed a path to science. He became a physicist and was inspired to study climate change by a speech that US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu gave, as well as his time working at a backcountry lodge in the Canadian Rockies...
Katie McMahon considers humidity's effect on babies' growth (she's a human environment geographer)
Katie was a curious, hard-working kid, but it wasn't until her freshman year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that she found her calling. That year, she happened to be placed in two geography classes, and her career trajectory started falling into place. Katie McMahon is now a PhD ...
Brian Walsh peers at Earth from the moon (he's a space physicist)
To prepare for the moment his telescope landed on the moon, Brian read sports psychology books. "You're not going to read Kepler or Isaac Newton [to learn] about how to deal with high pressure situations," he said. It turned out he didn't actually need much help. Brian Walsh is a space physicist and...
Sarah Kugel brings science to a small town (she's the director of a nature center)
Sarah Kugel grew up smashing pokeweed berries to make her own paint and assembling intricate habitats for garter snakes. She was a kid who loved nature, and, when she went to college, she majored in resource ecology. But Sarah always had an interest in business as well, and now she combines the two ...
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An interesting and human take on science!
This show has been great to listen to solo for my own curiosity, or with my teens who are giving more serious thought to what kind of work they might like to do as adults. Rachael Moeller Gorman’s selection of guests and interview questions make a variety of areas of science and the scientists who work there more per...
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