Ben chats with Jo Handelsman, scientist extraordinaire, about her journey from viewing pond water underneath the microscope to full professorship, trying to save our soils, working for the Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama Administration, and now directing the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery. They dive into how science still needs to be improved to welcome and embrace more women and people in color, battling imposter syndrome, and what “luck” might actually be.
Jo’s “A World Without Soil”-
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300256406/world-without-soil
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Ben chats with fungal pathologist and professor Christina Hull about her insatiable curiosity for fungi, her passion for equity within science, her experience 3-D printing glow-in-the-dark fungal spores, and how a spore coat can almost deceive bouncers at the hottest clubs.
Wisconsin Science Festival
https://www.wisconsinsciencefest.org/
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Ben chats with comedian and writer Jason Alt about his journey from pursuring forensic chemistry, transitioning from pharmaceutical jobs to writing about games, successful management, and the consistent comedy through everything…. plus a stellar review of the made-up board game “Murdered by the femur of God” on the new hit hypothetical podcast Yikes! It’s Game Time.
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Ben chats with podcast teammate Lauren Schrader about how she became interested in communication health sciences, what she hopes to share with rural communities, her involvement in the Harry Potter Society at Indiana University, and how the Earth is filled with molten chocolate chip cookies.
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Ben chats with his good friend and fellow scientist Jevin Lortie about his journey pivoting from cooking to neuroscience, their friendship over the years, his childhood room, how his science connects to his diet and family, and creating fad diets on a whim.
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Scientist and fellow podcast teammate Julia Nepper chats with Ben about her journey, starting college at age 11, feeling in flow when doing science outreach, learning from failures, and trying to betray BEN! BEN OF ALL PEOPLE!!!
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Ben chats with two guest, Dannagal Young and Lauren Feldman, about their work assessing how comedy and political identities collide, the psychological profiles of the left and right, and debating if your work has impact on the world. Plus they answer some of life’s hardest questions like how do you teach a 17-legged dog to roll over and how can we prevent octopi from taking over the world.
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Ben chats with Judi about her journey, how losing an important person in your life shapes your perspective, barrel racing, how Judi is and isn’t a pressure cooker, effective ways of mentoring, and life as a lipid trying to return a magic eight ball before you are consumed by mitochondria.
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Ben chats with high school friend and entrepreneurial scientist Courtney Lawrence about her journey through STEM, starting a small business, and some interesting facts about soap (also they pitch improvised soaps like “Wet Dog Soap” and “Ex-boyfriend Soap”).
Courtney’s soap company-
www.minorobsession.co
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Just a little audio note to let you know we are switching to a Wednesday episode release day. We’ll be back with a new episode on 7-7!