About this podcast
Inspiration Dissemination is an award-winning radio program that occurs Sunday nights at 7PM Pacific on KBVR Corvallis, 88.7FM. Each week on the program, we host a different graduate student worker from Oregon State University to talk about their lives and passion for research here at the university. By presenting these stories, we can present the diverse, human element of graduate research that is often hidden from the public view.
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This show was founded in 2012 by Joey Hulbert and Zhian Kamvar. It has been made possible by all the current and former hosts of the show, Orange Media Network, the KBVR-FM students and staff, and of course the amazing graduate students at Oregon State University.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 234 episodes
- A Cocktail of Shrimp Facts · 53 min · Episode 251West Coast pink shrimp are a staple in classic dishes such as shrimp scampi and shrimp fried rice. Roughly 56.8 million pounds (or 7,322,122,984 individuals) of West Coast pink…
- Clone Wars – Applying Selective Pressures to Evolve Clonal Multicellularity · 42 min · Episode 250As many of us learned in high school biology, there are uni-cellular organisms, like bacteria, and multi-cellular organisms, like us! Our guest this week is Brysyn Goodson, a…
- Holdfast! There's more to kelp than meets the eye. · 56 min · Episode 249Various species of kelp inhabit Oregon’s subtidal waters, providing food, nutrients, and shelter for an array of marine organisms. One such species, bull kelp, can be seen by…
- The Gamification of Music Education · 49 min · Episode 248In this episode of Inspiration Dissemination, we speak with Bonnie Kraxberger, a graduate student in the College of Education at Oregon State University, about her innovative use…
- Tiny Messengers, Big Impact: Exploring the Gut–Brain Axis · 46 min · Episode 247Your gastrointestinal tract is home to hundreds of bacterial species that play essential roles in digestion and metabolism. As this field of research expands it is becoming…
- Knock, knock! Black-backed Woodpeckers have arrived, and it’s not where you’d expect · 49 min · Episode 246Our guest this week is Mark Kerstens, a PhD student at OSU, who studies black-backed woodpeckers with the hope of improving forest management before and after wildfires…
- Wolves, Cougars and the Fight for Food in Yellowstone · 1 h 6 min · Episode 245Millions of people visit U.S. National Parks each year. The amazing flora, fauna, and natural ecosystems of these parks draw visitors from all over the world to the United…
- It’s a RNA’s World and We’re all Living in it · 54 min · Episode 244Molecular biology is often introduced through the central dogma: DNA makes RNA, and RNA makes protein. But biology is rarely that simple. In this episode, Sanjay discusses how…
- Understanding the Vole Picture · 1 h 15 min · Episode 243Many wildlife populations experience change over time. For some, this can be defined as “boom” and “bust” periods – cycles of change where population numbers rise and fall…
- A pear a day keeps the doctor…wishing for pear varieties with better rooting abilities · 51 min · Episode 242Imagine you are in the produce section of the grocery store picking out your fruit for the week, and you remember the apple marketing slogan “an apple a day keeps the doctor…
- From Space to the Sea: Oceanography Across Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales · 1 h 5 min · Episode 241Satellite imagery has transformed how scientists study the ocean, particularly true today with the recent launch of a new NASA satellite. However, understanding more of the…
- Scat, and wolves, and worms, oh my! · 48 min · Episode 240Alaskan wolf populations can have varied diets, likely shaped by the landscape and prey availability. But how can we study these mobile, remote animals and what is the extent of…
- When the Party’s Over: The Effects of Megafire on Oregon’s Forest Ecosystems · 58 min · Episode 239As the occurrence and intensity of wildfires in Oregon annually increase, there is an urgent need to understand how these events impact community ecology in affected areas. This…
- Entering Tsunami Hazard Zone · 59 min · Episode 238Everyone living on the U.S. west coast has likely heard of "The Big One". This earthquake is commonly said to be "due any day now" and will likely have devastating consequences…
- Farewell Interview: Esteban Hernandez · 52 min · Episode 237A farewell interview for one of the hosts here at I.D. Esteban Hernandez. Esteban will be finishing up his degree soon and off to New Mexico to start his post-doc. Listen to his…
- Mimicking the body to help mother earth · 47 min · Episode 236Climate change driven by global warming is a highly debated topic in today’s world. However, what we can be sure of is that certain gases cause changes to our environment and are…
- Oregon’s Next Top Model: Bull Kelp! · 52 min · Episode 235Kelp are an important foundation species in Oregon, however are experiencing multiple stressors that may directly influence their biomass, including rising ocean termperatures…
- Getting a Sense of the World Around You · 40 min · Episode 234
- An Expert on Experts! · 51 min · Episode 233How do you identify “an expert”? The answer to this question is more complex than you might think. Most of us might think of people with multiple degrees or extensive experience…
- Giants of Aotearoa: Predator-prey dynamics of blue whales in South Taranaki Bight, New Zealand · 57 min · Episode 230Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are the largest animals that have ever existed on Earth. Despite this, they feed exclusively on krill (Nyctiphanes australis) which are…
