Category: Podcasts
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Talking (More Than) Politics With Jeb Bush (Bonus Episode)
Hey Show About Science fans! I’ve been working hard on a new podcast and I want to share a few episodes with you. It’s called The Show About Politics and I know you’re going to love it. If you do, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Governor Jeb Bush is…
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks (Bonus Episode)
Hey Show About Science fans! I’ve been working hard on a new podcast and I want to share a few episodes with you. It’s called The Show About Politics and I know you’re going to love it. If you do, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Author Cynthia Levinson joins…
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069: A Field Trip to the California Academy of Sciences
It’s time for a field trip! On this episode, Nate heads out of the studio to visit three scientists who work at The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. First, Nate interviews Terry Gosliner, who studies sea slugs and the coral reefs they call home. Next, Nate chats with Lauren Esposito, a scorpion biologist…
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068: Do House-Elves Clean Your Brain While You Sleep with Ken Paller
“Do House-Elves Clean Your Brain While You Sleep?” That’s the title of an exciting new article featured in Frontiers for Young Minds by Ken Paller. Ken is a professor at Northwestern University where he designs experiments that can provide insights into memory and our conscious experiences. On this episode, he visits The Show About Science…
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067: Youth v. Climate Part 2 with Dr. Sylvia Earle (Live)
Nate returns to the Coal+Ice stage with his second guest, Sylvia Earle, for another live taping of The Show About Science. Dr. Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, and author working to protect the ocean and its wildlife. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Fort Mason in San Francisco on September…
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066: Youth v. Climate Part 1 with Captain Don Walsh (Live)
Captain Don Walsh is a retired U.S. Navy submarine captain, who in addition to his work as an oceanographer has made 40 expeditions to the Arctic. On January 23, 1960, he and Jacques Piccard descended to the deepest point in the world, the Mariana Trench. Nate was able to interview Walsh in front of a…
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065: Parasites and Viruses with Shannon Bennett (Live at the Apple Store 09/12/2018)
Shannon Bennett is the Chief of Science and the Harry W. and Diana V. Hind Dean of Science and Research Collections at the California Academy of Sciences. When Shannon Bennett traveled to Liberia in college, she never guessed the experience would launch her lifelong fascination with microbiology. She shares that story with Nate on the…
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064: Space Junk with John Crassidis
After graduating with his PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, John Crassidis went to work at the NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center. Now he’s a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he builds satellites and researches the massive amount of man-made space junk. He joins Nate on this episode to talk…
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063: Be Straw Free with Milo Cress
Milo Cress was 9 when he started the Be Straw Free project. Now 17, Milo’s research and activism have convinced organizations like Starbucks and the Shedd Aquarium to stop offering customers plastic straws. Milo joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to talk about his interests in the environment and conservation, and…
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062: Black Holes with Bob McNees
In outer space, there are objects so powerful that nothing can escape their gravitational pull. They’re called black holes. Bob McNees is a physicist at Loyola University who studies gravity, general relativity, and the physics of black holes. Bob joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to talk about quantum mechanics, the…
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