Chris Goulet
Co-Host of Science Night
Geek. Lover. Pal. Christopher still doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up. He suspects the answer lies somewhere between big hikes, long camping trips, rock-'n'-roll, videos games, dance parties, podcasting, and Linux system administration. He is completely unable to resist a good mystery and is always looking for the next adventure.
Chris Goulet has hosted four Episodes.
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Gen Con: The Science of SciFi
August 24th, 2022 | Season 3 | 41 mins 42 secs
ai, biology, epidemiology, evolution, fallout, fusion, games, gaming, mass effect, microbiology, parasites, physics, scicomm, science, scifi, ttrpg, video games
This week we have another special episode from our recent trip to Gen Con in Indianapolis, IN. This time, its some of the audio from both nights of the Science of SciFi panel presented by Indiana Sciences. First up, the Science Night crew talks about the science of the Mass Effect and Fallout series. In Night two, Dr. Bill Sullivan, Matt Sauers, and Rufus Cochran talk about parasites, physics-based traps, and AI. For the full audio and video from both nights make sure you head over to indianasciences.org.
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Constructed Languages with David J. Peterson
September 24th, 2021 | Season 3 | 59 mins 21 secs
anthropology, archaeology, art, conlang, constructed language, defiance, denisovan, disney, dune, evolution, game of thrones, geology, hominid, language, linguistics, marvel, neurology, reading, scicomm, science, screens
This week we're talking about all the ways humans express themselves including a stories about a recent find that may be the world's most ancient, and how the things we use to read affect our comprehension. The highlight is a conversation with David J. Peterson, and language creator that has helped build the languages that made the world your favorite shows and movies inhabit feel richer and more vibrant. The list of projects he's worked on is too long to list completely, but some of the highlights include the 2021 remake of Dune, Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones, Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem, SyFy's Defiance, and many many many more.
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Fusion: Some Like It Hot
September 10th, 2021 | Season 3 | 53 mins 32 secs
climate change, comparative anatomy, dog training, engineering, fish, fusion, fusion energy, grad school, green energy, nuclear engineering, pegasus iii, pegasus3, physics, renewable energy, robotics, scicomm, science, soft robotics
Science news has been hot over the last couple of weeks, with announcements of major advances in fusion energy, a green alternative to fossil fuel energy. In this episode we sit down with Dr. Steffi Diem, a plasma physicist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and director of the Pegasus III a fusion energy and plasma science experiment, to learn about the latest in fusion energy research and how she forged her own path in science. She’s also a dog agility trainer… you don’t want to miss this!
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The Relaunch
August 27th, 2021 | Season 3 | 1 hr 24 mins
alfred wallace, alpha fold, biology, computing, evolution, quantum computers, scicomm, science, scientists, technology, time crystal
Science Night, reimagined. Season 3 debuts a new format for your favorite podcast where we focus on the coolest science the stories behind it: past, present, and future! Episode 1 features the latest science developments from protein folding to time crystals, a brief history of 19th Century evolutionary theorist Alfred Russell Wallace, and an attempt to answer the question, “What is Science?” We hope you enjoy the new look and sound of Science Night!