Science Night

A Conversation with Ben Valentine

November 12th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  53 mins 3 secs

academics, archaeology, scicomm, science, stem

In the final episode of season 1, I sat down with Ben Valentine to talk about his path from archaeology to fundraising, and some of the limitations of academia.

The 2020 Science Night Halloween Spectacular

October 29th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  53 mins 13 secs

body snatching, buried alive, death, edgar allan poe, grave robbing, halloween, horror, scicomm, science, science fiction, scifi, victorian

For the spookiest of seasons, we put together a special episode talking about death, body snatching, and being buried alive. Listen to the end for a dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "Premature Burial"

A Conversation with Ellie McNutt

October 2nd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  55 mins 16 secs

anatomy, anthropology, biology, evolution, hominids, primates, scicomm, science, stem, usc, women in stem

Ellie is a biological anthropologist that studies bipedalism in humans and an anatomy instructor at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. She's also a good friend that I've been excited to introduce you all to!

Miasma and Masks, The Deadliest Stink

September 25th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 22 secs

ancient medicine, greek history, history, medical history, medicine, sanitation, scicomm, science, victorian history

Join us as we talk about miasma theory, the heroes of sanitation, and the development of medical masks. This is a clip from a live event that took place in the spring...when we were sure the pandemic would be over any minute.

Patrick Glauthier

September 4th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  54 mins 29 secs

ancient medicine, asclepius, classics, galen, greece, hippocrates, medical history, medicine, philosophy, rome, scicomm, science, scientific history

A conversation with Dr. Patrick Glauthier

Episode 6: Binocular Vision

August 28th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  18 mins 29 secs

scicomm, science, vision

Join me as I talk about vision in a medium in which you can see nothing...

Emily Cooper

July 31st, 2020  |  Season 1  |  55 mins 10 secs

ar, augmented reality, neuroscience, scicomm, science, virtual reality, vision, vr

My conversation with Emily Cooper

Angiosperm Coevolution Hypothesis

July 17th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 28 secs

anthropology, biology, evolution, flowers, plants, primates, scicomm, science

Jason Organ

July 3rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  55 mins 19 secs

anatomy, anthropology, evolution, scicomm, science

Jason is an anatomist at the Indiana University School of Medicine and an editor for the PLOS Scicomm Blog. In this episode we talk about his work, what brought him to it, and the importance of communicating science to the public.

The Life and Work of Mary Leakey

June 20th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  31 mins 52 secs

anthropology, archaeology, evolution, paleontology, science

Mary Leakey was an incredible paleoarchaeologist and made so many contributions to her field, but the average person knows so little about her. Join us as we take a deeper dive into her life and career in this followup episode.

Kathleen Muldoon

June 12th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  47 mins 33 secs

anatomy, anthropology, scicomm, science

I got to sit down with Dr. Kathleen Muldoon, a professor of anatomy at Midwestern University, a biological anthropologist who studies lemur evolution, and an awesome person. follow her twitter at @ProfMuldoon