Science Night
A place for scientists to tell their story.
About the show
Science! What is it? Who does it? Why does it matter? At the Science Night Podcast, we highlight the people doing the work, and give them a place to tell their stories. We also cover science news and discoveries to keep you up on all the amazing things that are happening.
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Episodes
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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!
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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.
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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
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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...
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The Science of Science Fiction from Gen Con Online
August 5th, 2020 | 56 mins 5 secs
anatomy, bigfoot, biology, cryptids, d&d, dungeons and dragons, evolution, games, gaming, geek, gen con. gencon, nerd, nessie, sci fi, scicomm, science, star wars, wookie, yeti
Audio from the "Science of Science Fiction" from Gen Con Oline 2020 presented by Indiana Sciences.
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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
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Angiosperm Coevolution Hypothesis
July 17th, 2020 | Season 1 | 24 mins 28 secs
anthropology, biology, evolution, flowers, plants, primates, scicomm, science
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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.
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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.
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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
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