STEMpunkPodcast: Recent Episodes
Tom, Christie and Shane
STEMpunk podcast is many things from informal chats with the hosts on STEM based topics, to interviews with STEM professionals and live events, all trying to figure out what STEM is. If you want to find out also, come along for the audio journey with us!
STEMpunk is hosted by Tom Gordon, Christie McMonigal and Shane Hengst.
Significant Figures: Science week 2021Where speed dating meets science research Significant Figures is a high-energy game-show style event featuring a mystery guest scientist and three panelists whose job is to help the scientist reveal their specialty and amusing anecdotes from their personal lives. Be online for the Facebook live or YouTube live recording and recording during National Science Week, or listen later at STEMpunk podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. “Significant Figures is more like a game or variety show than a science panel, as we try to figure out what the mystery scientist does in and out of the lab,” says Tom Gordon, Significant Figures host and STEMpunk producer. Three panelists will use questions and challenges to elicit juicy details from the guest work and life. Each episode will showcase some local scientists from Sydney and regional NSW “From puns and jargon to hobbies and heroes, Significant Figures is a great event for young and young at heart who like a bit of science with their entertainment,” says Tom. Tickets fo the Significant Figures online events are available here: Significant Figures 1 - Sydney theme, 14 August, 2:30pm-3:30pm
Significant Figures 2 - Wagga Wagga theme, 17 August, 7:00pm-8pm
Significant Figures 3 - Wollongong theme, 19 August,
7:00pm-8pmSignificant Figures 4 - Newcastle theme, 20 August,
7:00pm-8pmFor further information please contact: Tom Gordon stempunkpodcast@gmail.com
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In this episode, Tom interviews Paul Looyen, Teacher, YouTube educator and trivia genius about Physics teaching, science education and photography.
You can find Paul most places as @physicshigh
YouTube
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Paul answered the question that Alice Gorman asked about artworks and asked his own here.
What is one biggest roadblock for student engaging in science at High School and what is the solution to that?
Call to action:
Photography.Get a good camera, and learn some cool tools.Here is The website that Paul runs stonemeadow.com.au
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STEMpunk was given an incredible opportunity, to run an event for the Vivid Ideas festival called Significant Figures, where we interviewed a wonderful scientist with a panel or more excellent scientists, or significant figures!
The panel of significant figures, Ivy Shih, Corey Tutt and Kirsten Banks, was to interview through games and questions, a mystery science guest, Associate Professor Tanya Latty from the University of Sydney,
BUT...
it was cancelled.
Boo!
But we ran it anyway!!
Huzzah!!
...and this episode is that panel show, but instead of live, we did it online. Same people, same concept, just no live audience. This worked incredibly well. So fun, so learn, and so....ewwwww!
Thanks to the amazing Ivy, Corey and Kirsten, andof course Tanya Latty. You are all wonderful.
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| | | Dr Space Junk |
In this episode, Tom interviews Alice Gorman about the usual things like how you got involved in STEM and Space Archeology. We talked about her beginnings, some actuall space archeology and most importantly, we left plenty unsaid for the next time we get Alice back on the podcast!
You can Find Alice most places as @drspacejunk
Alice Answered the question that Matthew asked about going to Mars, (which was a great answer!) and asked her own here.
What work of art made a difference to how you thought about your science?
Call to action:
Firstly, read the book that Alice wrote, really! Read it! It is called Dr Space Junk Vs The Universe
Alice recommends that you read the trilogy from C.S. Lewis called The Space trilogy.
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| | | Well, it is not exactly rocket sci....,Actually, it IS exactly rocket science |
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In this episode, Tom interview Matthew D'Souza about the usual things as well as his recent win at the SpacePort America Cup. This was a great episode with a young superstar of Science and engineering. This really is exactly rocket science!
The Universioty of Sydney Rocketry Team won first place at Spaceport America Cup for the 10,000 ft Commercial Off The shelf Category. The Silvereye flew to 10,027 ft with perfect flight events and recovery. This was a big part of the interview!
Matt answered the question that Zeeshan asked about books he has read, and asked his own here.
If you could go to Mars, would you?!
| | | Native Australian bird Silver EyeArtist: Nikita Ridgeway |
Find out about the University of Sydney Rocketry team and their winning mission Silver Eye here
Call to action:
Matt is essentially a nerd about being a nerd, he loves to nerd out about nerding out! So as their is no real link to that, here are some rocket links for you to learn about, or go and do!
Motor Classification
Where to buy hobby rockets
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| | | Shane, a microphone and Zeeshan. |
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What does Genetics, Boston, and being president have in common? In this episode of STEMpunk, Shane sits down with Zeeshan Siddiqui in chatting about his passions from his research in bioinformatics to inspirations about being a science communicator. Zeeshan is an honours student in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences (BABS) at UNSW Sydney.
It has taken us a while to get this episode out, so you are in for a treat, it is a double episode! Wahoo! Moar Science!
Zeeshan answered the question Mitch had about his past, and asked his own here.
What were the latest three Science related books or articles that you read, and did you like them?“
ThanksZeeshan for the chat, and we look forward to seeing what you get up to in the future!
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| | | Dr Abigail Fraeman, Shane Hengst,Liz Landau, Tom Gordon,Dr Sarah Reeves. |
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On Tuesday 16 July 2019, STEMpunk went back to Wayward Brewery and were joined by special NASA guests for an evening of Planets and Parables. Dr Abigail Fraeman (Planetary Scientist) and Liz Landau (Science Story teller) and Dr Sarah Reeves (Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences) were the stars of a live recording of the STEMpunk podcast to mark 50 years since the Moon landing.
“We went to the Moon and we returned humans safely, we should celebrate that,” said Science Communicator and STEMpunk producer Tom Gordon. “The 50th anniversary of the Moon landing is an event well worth celebrating and an opportunity to remember the hard work that went into it and what happened as a result.”
“The significant anniversary of the Moon landing presents a great opportunity to talk about the future. And while we are at it, we talked about other space and Science related things.”
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| | | STEMpunk trivia hosted by Shane, Tom & Christie |
STEMpunk is back at the Sydney Science Festival, with another STEM trivia night.Fans of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) – come down to a live recording of the popular STEMpunk podcast at Wayward Brewery for a mix of science and trivia, a quiz and live experiments. It’s just like a regular trivia night, but with more science!There will be four rounds (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) where we ask STEM-type questions and test your STEM-type knowledge. We all know trivia is awesome, but there just aren’t enough STEM questions. STEMpunk trivia fixes that!To keep the variety alive, we’ll have some games and activities throughout the night, as well as live demonstrations and audience participation.Here are some STEM questions to warm you up.- What sport was played on the moon?- What song did D:Ream sing that Prof Brian Cox now think is wrong?- Which country would you find the Belle II experiment?- What song did REM write about Andy Kaufman?- What career did Apollo12 astronaut Alan Bean do after his time as an astronaut?Event details
Where: Wayward Brewery
Cost: FREE
When: 6pm, Tuesday 13 August 2019
Register to attendhttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/stempunk-trivia-tickets-65488400569STEMpunk MerchTo support the podcast we've decided to sell some podcast merchandise...With a difference.
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| | | Action shot of Mitch being interviewed |
In this episode, Tom interviews Mitch Gibbs from the University of Sydney's School of Life and Environmental Science. Mitch studies Oysters and climate change. In Mitch's words, in this case, "climate change is not good, but not as horrifying as you'd think." After a very quick intro,Mitch and I chatted about indigenous science and then we went on to other topics like Marvel and black holes.
This wasn't really an interview, more a great chat with a friend who has some fascinating and opinions and perspectives. We talked about Science, #PhDlyf, STEM and indigenous science.
What did you learn from this episode?
Mitch answered Annie's questions about diving into a black hole and asked his own here.
If you could relive any moment from your past, what would it be and why?
Call to action:
Mitch's call to action could be summarised by Comic books and indigenous science, a healthy combination.
Marvel
- World War Hulk
David Unaipon
Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
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Meet Nic, our Audience
| | | Nic, our Audience. Image Credit: Ivy Shih |
In our latest Episode, the STEMpunks, Tom, Christie and Shane, designed our audience member. This is a marketing exercise where companies will figure out who their audience is, even going to the lengths of given them a name. Radio hosts do it, they'll talk to a particular person, the good ones make you feel like you are that person! Companies do it to figure out what their brand is, therefore who'll buy their products.And now, we've done it. One of the most important rules of Science Communication is to know your audience, or at least understand who your audience is. That was the motivation for this episode. The design of our audience means there will now be some changes to how we do STEMpunk, but this is a good thing! What will be really interesting is to see how this changes our listenership. Our podcast will now be about 20-25 minutes long (enough for a commute from Glebe to the city) and will try to include something that the audience member didn't know about STEM, and/or Scicomm (for example, you might not have known that the marketing exercise of naming your audience is a done thing!). We'll still ask our questions about STEM (cos that's important to Nic) and our guest questions (in order to learn something new) but the extended chat about those things will have to be less in-depth. We'll also encourage Nic to go and do some scicomm through various channels. We hope you like the changes!Huge thanks to Ivy Shih for the image! Go and check her page (http://ivyshih.net) to see some of her other talents, or listen to episode 51 (STEMjourno), where we interviewed Ivy!
Name: Nic
Age: 33
Occupation: STEM professional.
Where do they live: Somewhere like Glebe.
Who do they live with: Housemates, most likely in STEM fields too.
Income: ~$75k.
Hobbies: Photography, Rock climbing, Music.
What does STEM mean to them? Excitement, Passion, Important, Job, Opinions (but not necessarily positive or negative).
Favourite Bands/podcasts: STEMpunk, Reply all, Science Vs, No Such thing as a fish, Stuff you should know, Infinite Monkey Cage, The Science Show, Andrew Huang.
Favourite social media apps: Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram.
Why do they listen to Podcasts? To learn new things.
Why do they listen to STEMpunk? To learn something new about science communication.
When do they listen to Podcasts? While commuting.
What does their life look like before and after they listen to STEMpunk? After listening they’ll be more informed and engaged to go and do some sci comm.
| | | Anatomy of a STEMpunk. Image credit: Ivy Shih |
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| | | We started STEMpunk a couple of years ago, perhaps we should have done this sooner! |
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This was a great episode, it was a chance for the STEMpunks (Tom, Christie and Shane) to talk about some really essential stuff like...
Who is our Audience?
Rule 1 of a podcast should be defining who your audience is, up till now it has been just...us! But we think we could do better than that! So in this episode, we had a great time designing a character who is a STEMpunk listener, so now when we record an episode, it'll be for that hypothetical person.
It's probably rare to have an insight into how some companies, people or organisations define who their audience is, or what their brand is, but this is a well known marketing technique for helping people figure out who to sell or pitch to. It is such an interesting exercise to literally come up with a character for a purpose.
So we'd like to introduce our audience. I'm sure Nic is pleased to meet you!
STEMpunk AudienceName: Nic
Age: 33
Occupation: STEM professional
Where do they live: Somewhere like Glebe
Who do they live with: Housemates, most likely in STEM fields too
Income: ~$75k
Hobbies: Photography, Rock climbing, Music
What does STEM mean to them? Excitement, Passion, Important, Job, Opinions (but not necessarily positive or negative).
Favourite Bands/podcasts: STEMpunk, Reply all, Science Vs, No Such thing as a fish, Stuff you should know, Infinite Monkey Cage, The Science Show, Andrew Huang.
Favourite social media apps: Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram.
Why do they listen to Podcasts? To learn new things.
Why do they listen to STEMpunk? To learn something new about science communication.
When do they listen to Podcasts? While commuting.
What does their life look like before and after they listen to STEMpunk? After listening they’ll be more informed and engaged to go and do some sci comm.
We also had a very special guest in this episode, see if you can hear them with their various interjections!STEMpunk MerchTo support the podcast we've decided to sell some podcast merchandise...With a difference.
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| | | Annie Handmer. Historian, Philosopher, Sociologist, Ethicist, Scientist. |
In this episode, Tom interviews Annie Handmer from the University of Sydney's School of History and Philosophy of Science. Annie studies things such as international science projects to figure out how people do science together. It's a fascinating topic. This is one of those episodes that really felt too short.
This wasn't really an interview, more a great chat with a friend who has some fascinating experiences and opinions. We talked about space junk, advertising and mining, What STEM is, and even what science is. We finished with a bit of a nerd out about metal music!
Annie answered Corey's questions about how you communicate science and asked her own here, it's a doozy!
If you could experience going into a black hole knowing that you'd never come back, would you? What if you could send data back about your experience?
You can Find Annie on twitter here @AHandmer as well as on her own Podcast Space Junk Podcast. You can find out more about the School of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) here
Call to action:
Annie loves Metal music: Here are some band names:
Jinjer
Black Sabbath
Amon Amarth
Ex Japan
Krav Maga
Maths - This is numberphile, it comes under the heading of "recreational maths," and is a lot of fun!
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| | | Thumbs up Corey! |
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In this episode, Tom interviews rising star Corey Potter-Tutt. We talked a lot about indigenous Science, brain food, animals and their superpowers and Camelids!
A great episode where I feel like I learnt a lot from a different perspective on science communication. I was totally impressed at the work that Corey is doing, sending Science books to Indigenous schools. It's clear that Corey has many superpowers!
Corey answered Ivy's question about what you'd tell your past self and asked his own here:
How do you see yourself in the science world and how do you communicate what you do?
You can Find Corey on twitter here @Corey_Potter as well as on instagram @cdawg201826 and facebook here. Corey also spends a lot of time with AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) at the University of Sydney. It's worth a look.
Call to action:
Alpacas I've linked to the Wikipedia page. If you want to learn about them IRL, go to the Aplaca Barn in Berrima
A special mention also goes to the book about animals from Corey's Childhood, Australian Reptiles in Colour by Harold Cogger. This was a great story that he told in the episode
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| | | Artists impression of Ivy Artist: Ivy |
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In this episode, Tom interviews Science communicator and journalist Ivy Shih. We talked a lot about science journalism, which is really great as it is a different perspective to what we normally hear on this podcast. A great episode where I feel like I learnt a lot about journalism and a different side of science communication. There was a lot in this interview about science writing and I really liked that. I hope you do too!
Ivy answered Rachel's question taking writing out of context and asked her own here:
If there was one thing that you could tell yourself in the beginning stages of your career, what would that be?
You can Find Ivy on twitter here @ivyhish, as well as on Lateral Magazine. Ivy wrote a wonderful piece about the Thylacine called Life after death. It's great.
Call to action:
- Archives: There are a few like the NSW State library, Australian Museuym's DigiVol, Herbarium and the Powerhouse Museum. Also check out the YouTube channel Objectivity
- Animation: Space Brothers, Cells at work
| | | Ivy and Tom. Action shot of podcasting |
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| | | Rachel Rayner...and BUBBLES! |
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In this episode, Christie and Tom interview Science communicator brilliant person Rachel Rayner. We talk about where science and science communication can take you and some amazing places that Rachel has gone and some excellent jobs that she has done.
You can Find Rachel on twitter here @raeray4
A great fun episode to chat with a talented and hard working person like Rachel...Also it's our 50th episode, Yay for milestones! To celebrate, this episode is 50m:50s long!
Rachel answered Kat's question about the three rules and and asked her own here:
What do you do if your research is taken out of context?
We talked about some of the things that Rachel has done, here are some links of those things:
Shell Questacon Science Circus
Australian Volunteers program (AVP)
Nautilus Live
Here is one of the papers that people are using to misrepresent findings.
Call to action:
High Energy Particle Physics - Start Here
If you want to dive right in, check out the Penguin Diagram
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| | | Kat Ross with the little spidery looking MWA |
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This is a fun episode with Astronomer Kat Ross. Kat has been working hard at astronomy, education, resources and Women in Physics and is doing really well getting the word out as far and wide as possible. It's a pleasure to work with Kat and great fun to interview her! Kat's research was on a Star called Mu Cephi, a fascinating object, worth looking at!
The conversation covered Astronomy, STEM, Women in Physics and much more, we really covered a lot but in predictable fashion did not even scratch the surface of what we could have covered! I even ran out of time to ask Kat about what she nerds out about...Next time!
Kat answered Pamela's question about respect in astronomy and asked her own here: :
What are your top three rules for your field?
Kat has her top three rules for astronomy and they are
- Don't look at the sun
- Bigger telescope is generally better (See equation 1)
| | | For those, like Kat who have not seen Mu Cephi, here it is |
- When in doubt (even when not in doubt) take the Log of all your graphs
Equation 1, (also exciting, this is the first equation we've included in a STEMpunk post!
You can find Kat on twitter and if you listen out on some radio station, you just might be able to catch her talking about Space and Science form time to time!
We mentioned a few tings in the episode, here is the slowmo guys with their CD shattering footage.
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| | | Dr Karl, Jasmine Fellows, Tom Gordon,Dr Andy Stapleton, Professor Nancy Longnecker |
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This special edition was another STEMpunk live episode. This time at The Australian Science Communicators conference in Sydney in mid November 2018.
With a huge collection of Science communicators and practitioners, we were able to gather a panel of experts to get a ver good discussion happening about STEM from the different perspectives.
It was great to hear different perspectives of Academics, Innovators, Authors, Publishers and Dr Karl.
There was one huge Smash/Cut/Edit fail from me. A question from the audience was "What is the etymology of the acronym STEM." We couldn't here the question and I did not repeat the question for the audio (cos I'm a professional!!)
You can find these wonderful people here:
| | | The Australian Science Communicators Conference panel. |
Dr Karl
Jasmine Fellows
Dr Andy Stapleton, Verbalize.Science, Publish, Perish or Podcast
Professor Nancy Longnecker
Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMpunk episodes. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes etc and tell your friends!
Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen.
Outro: Cameron Stiff's track
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| | | @Starstryder |
This is a really special episode with a bit of a STEM hero, Pamela Gay. I saw a tweet from Pamela that she was heading out to Sydney, so I jumped in and asked if she had the time. She so wonderfully said yes. What a great connection. Thanks Pamela and Thanks twitter!
Tom and Christie interview Pamela Gay, Science communicator and astronomer of excellent calibre and awesomeness. The conversation covered work, communications, art. The most frustrating thing is that we didn't have more time. Pamela, next time you are in Sydney, let us know. and next time i'm in Illinois, I know who to tweet!
Pamela answered Michael's question about Scientists communicating their research and asked her own here:
What is the most respectful way that we can develop our world as we develop astronomy.
You can find Pamela just about everywhere, just look for Starstryder
Web
Twitter
Instagram
Facebook
Etsy
CosmoQuest
Astronomy Cast
Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMpunk episodes. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes etc and tell your friends!
Call to action:
Acrylic art
The A in STEAM!
Inktober - 31 days, 31 drawings
Here's Pamela's tweet that I responded to!! So cool!
Big plane. Little leg room. Long flight. Tiny screen.
Next stop Sydney pic.twitter.com/irJ0Db5WKK— Pamela L. Gay (@starstryder) October 4, 2018
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| | | Associate Professor Michael Kasumovic |
How is a Sex Lab, the Theory of Evolution, and ‘Spinder’ connected?
Shane sits down with Associate Professor Michael Kasumovic to have chat about how everything revolves around sex, the positive influence of video games, the importance of critical thinking, and much more in this episode. Michael is an evolutionary biologist and is the founder of Arludo, which provides educational games.
Michael answered Kirstens question about Science engagement and asked his own here:
Is it actually important for all scientists to communicate their research to the public?
You can find Michael at his homepage and at UNSW. As well as at Arludo. Michael’s Profile on The Conversation
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It's good to get your herd on every now and then! Tom interviewed Kirsten Banks, amazing astrophysicist and big time nerd!
We chatted about Brian Cox, Music, Astronomy, space and all the things. I hope you enjoy this episode. Kirsten answered our work experience students' question about going to Mars and asked her own, here:
How can we improve Science engagement for those who dislike science
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Yellowclaw
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| | | Mars, cos we talked a lot about Mars. Should we go there? |
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This was a great episode. In this episode, Tom Had 6 work experience students and 3rd year Nanotechnology student Alison in to have a big chat. This was so much fun. Thanks to all for being a part of it.
We chatted about Mars, Technology, Space, Robots and so much more. These work experience students were next level engaging, and I hope you enjoy this episode. I've been wanting to interview a bunch of school students for a while, so this was a real treat for me.
Our work experience team answered Anncy's question about science and humanities working together and asked their own, here:
Should we send people to Mars? If so, which 4 people and what 1 technology would you send? If we decide not to go, what should we do with those people instead?
Really special thanks to the Work experience students: Ella, Boris, Lily, Nick, Nelson and Jesse.Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMpunk episodes. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes etc and tell your friends!STEMnews:STEM Science week: STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science Week on Tuesday August 14 from 6:30-8pm, hosted by our friends at the wonderful Wayward Brewing Company. Details for tickets are on our Facebook page or Eventbrite.
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Here are some of the links to the things that the team mentioned for you to go and look up. I'm slowly making way through the list!
Camping - Mt Solitary
Superheroes - White Canary
Pokemon
Gaming - Dark Souls Remastered
Acapella - Pentatonix, Flying Pickets,
Air crash investigations
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| | | It is time...to talk with Anncy |
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The P Stands for Philosophy.
In this episode, Tom and Christie interviewed friend of the show Anncy Thresher about philosophy of Physics, and about time too! We chatted about Anncy's research into philosophy of time, and her interests. We covered STEM, engagement, spacetime, and got pretty deep into what time is. Very interesting. Thanks Very Much Anncy for your...time!
Anncy answered Vanessa Moss's question about science engagement and asked her own, here:
How do you get science and the humanities to work together?
Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMpunk episodes. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes and tell your friends!STEMnews:Between July 19-22, STEMpunk producer and host Tom Gordon will be at the Splendour in the Grass Science Tent. We'll be doing some interviews with some STEM, comedy and music people, as well as some voxpops and special events such as panels and debates. It's pretty exciting, stay tuned.STEM Science week:STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science week on Tuesday August 14 from 6:30-8pm, hosted by our friends at the wonderful Wayward Brewing Company. Details for tickets are on our Facebook page or Eventbrite.
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Episode 42:
In this episode, Tom and Shane celebrate a minor milestone with the 42nd STEMpunk episode. We celebrate by running through a couple of Hitchhikers guide tot he Galaxy quizzes and facts. Please enjoy.
We tried the BBC Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Easy Quiz and the Minor Characters quiz. Try them yourself and play along with us. What was your score, let us know on twitter @STEMpunk3
Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMchats. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes and tell your friends!In late July, STEMpunk producer and host Tom Gordon will be at the Splendour in the Grass Science Tent. You'll here about this more very soon, but in short we'll be doing some interviews with some STEM, comedy and music people, as well as some voxpops and special events such as panels and debates. It's pretty exciting, stay tuned.
STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science week on Tuesday August 14, hosted by our friends at the wonderful Wayward Brewing Company. Details for tickets are on our Facebook page or Eventbrite.
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Episode 41:
In this episode, Tom talks with the Vanessa Moss, Astronomer extra-ordinaire. Vanessa knows her telescopes and was very informative to talk to. We chatted about STEM, Astronomy (lots of astronomy!), dancing Christmas puddings, Science communication and we said hello to our juice!
You might remember Vanessa from our June 2016 STEMpunk quiz show, and you can hear it here or over on iTunes etc.
Vanessa follows the worldwide adventures of the Cosmic Pudding who you can find at the Cosmic Pudding's YouTube channel
Vanessa answered Ben Newsome's question of "What would you do with $10m?" and asked her own question:
How do we increase the science literacy for EVERYBODY, not just the already engaged?
Thanks so much to Vanessa for her time, that was great interview, lots of fun, good times.
In late July, STEMpunk producer and host Tom Gordon will be at the Splendour in the Grass Science Tent. You'll here about this more very soon, but in short we'll be doing some interviews with some STEM, comedy and music people, as well as some voxpops and special events such as panels and debates. It's pretty exciting, stay tuned.
STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science week on Tuesday August 14, hosted by our friends at the wonderful Wayward Brewing Company. Details for tickets are on our Facebook page or Eventbrite.
You can Find Vanessa on Twitter here: @cosmic_pudding, and some of Vanessa's projects at ASTRON, LOFAR & APERTIF
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Episode 40:
In this episode, Tom talks with the founder of Fizzics Education, Ben Newsome. Ben is a pretty interesting guy, and after listening tot this interview you'll probably agree that he doesn't really like to sit still for very long. Always up on the go, trying out new projects.
Inspiration, innovation or insanity, you decide! (or a little bit of all three!!)
Ben answered Chloe Warren's question of what's the best mistake you've ever made and asked his own question.
Ignoring funding, if someone gave you 10 million now what would you do with it?
Thanks so much to Ben for his time, that was great talk, lots of fun! This was a great interview, good times.
STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science week on Tuesday August 14, hosted by our friends at the wonderful Wayward Brewing Company. Details for tickets are on our Facebook page or Eventbrite.
Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen.
Outro: Cameron Stiff's track
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