Socializing with Scientists
by Rachael Moeller Gorman
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Barbara Sherwood Lollar rocks the world underground (she's an earth…
Barbara Sherwood Lollar rocks the world underground (she's an earth…
About this podcast
Socializing with Scientists presents the untold stories of immunologists, neuroscientists, environmental chemists, and more, recounting how their early life built their current life, and sharing what they do now to make the world a better place. And how do they define success, anyway? Listen to find out the surprising secrets of curious people.
https://socializingwithscientists.com/
Our music is called "Discussion," and was composed by Folk Acoustic.
Socializing with Scientists also helps people who like science, but don't know yet what they want to be when they grow up. Listen to learn more about careers in science, science jobs, how graduate school and postdocs work, what it takes to work in a laboratory, and what kind of training is necessary to be a variety of different types of scientists.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 34 episodes
- Barbara Sherwood Lollar rocks the world underground (she's an earth scientist) · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 1Barbara grew up playing outside, her pockets packed with rocks, chestnuts, and all sorts of other natural things. "I think it's part of the reason why [my mother] had me take…
- Sinéad Farrell marvels at the icy oceans (she's a geophysicist) · 1 h 13 min · Season 2 Episode 17Sinéad was born a scientist. As a child, she asked for extra math and physics lessons on the weekends, and she thrived at University College London upon finding fellow science…
- Logan James interprets animal song (he's a biologist) · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 16Logan grew up in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, bears ambling through his Colorado backyard and summers full of prairie dog census volunteer work. But it wasn't until an…
- Dianne Newman links antibiotic resistance to climate (she's a microbiologist) · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 15In college, Dianne didn't take any biology classes (she was a German studies major). But she was curious about almost everything, so in her first semester of graduate school, she…
- Dylan Jervis spots methane emissions from low Earth orbit (he's a physicist) · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 14Dylan 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…
- Katie McMahon considers humidity's effect on babies' growth (she's a human environment geographer) · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 13Katie 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…
- Brian Walsh peers at Earth from the moon (he's a space physicist) · 1 h 4 min · Season 2 Episode 12To 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…
- Sarah Kugel brings science to a small town (she's the director of a nature center) · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 11Sarah 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…
- Happy Thanksgiving! · 4 min · Season 2 Episode 10I'm thankful for all of you, and for the scientists who make this podcast possible! I hope you have a relaxing and peaceful Thanksgiving. If you'd like to email us with comments…
- Brad Nelson makes tiny robots that deliver medicine to the body (he's an engineer) · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 9Brad grew up in small town Illinois, playing outside all summer, building go-karts and tree houses in the woods. He went to the University of Illinois to study engineering and…
- Melissa Harrison explores the foundations of human life, in fruit flies (she's a biologist) · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 8Melissa was born into a family of scientists, but she always wanted to be a historian. As she grew up, however, she realized that science allowed her to satisfy her infinite…
- Case van Genuchten turns arsenic waste into a valuable raw material (he's an environmental engineer) · 1 h 12 min · Season 2 Episode 7Case was a regular California kid: he skateboarded, he surfed, and he also liked math. He tried a few different majors in college, but finally found his calling: environmental…
- Cassia Low Manting observes the brain on music (she's a neuroscientist) · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 6Ever since she was a little girl, Cassia has loved playing the piano. Her mother made sure she had music lessons, and Cassia felt like she was fulfilling her mother's dream…
- Charlotte Stagg reaches deep into the brain using ultrasound (she's a neuroscientist) · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 5Charlie grew up in England, surrounded by books. At age 11, she declared that she wanted to be a research scientist. When she was a teenager, however, she started gravitating…
- Bradley Smith watches dingos, and also Bluey (he's a comparative psychologist) · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 4Bradley grew up in suburban Australia, fascinated by the scientists in movies like Jurassic Park. He also eagerly read biographies and memoirs, and his love of animals and people…
- Samuel Dicken ponders ultraprocessed food (he's a clinical scientist) · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 3As a child, Samuel enjoyed eating "potato smileys" and "turkey dinosaurs," even though most of his meals were homemade. As he grew up, he played sports and became interested in…
- Fadi Lakkis is a kidney match-maker (he's a physician scientist) · 1 h 13 min · Season 2 Episode 2Fadi Lakkis grew up in Lebanon during a time of political unrest, which led him to perpetually question the world around him. Once he became a nephrologist with a speciality in…
- Allison Brager helps soldiers survive, and thrive (she's a U.S. Army neurobiologist and sleep scientist) · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 1Allison grew up during a tumultuous time in a city bruised by crime. Playing sports helped secure a kid's reputation, so she focused on athletics, eventually becoming the first…
- August Update! · 1 min · Season 1 Episode 16We have several great episodes in the works! I can't wait to share them, starting in September. Support the show
- Lidya Yurdum studies whether singing helps babies feel good (she's a social psychologist) · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 15Raised in a bilingual household in Istanbul, Lidya had lots of questions. She was keenly interested in people, and, on top of that, wondered things like, does her personality…
