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BB100 - Read broadly and carry a big horn with Dr. Doug Emlen from 2016-02-29T16:52:51
In a very special episode #100, we talk to Dr. Doug Emlen, Professor of Biology at the University of Montana and author of the new book Animal Weapons, about animals that don't back down from a ...
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BB99 - Getting Down to Monkey Business with Dr. Alexander Georgiev from 2016-02-22T18:03:33
The birds and the bees may do it, but how about different monkeys and apes? Dr. Alexander Georgiev talks about his work on reproductive behaviours and costs in chimpanzees and Rhesus macaques, a...
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BB98 - Here Comes Caribou -bou with Jean Polfus from 2016-02-15T13:30
Jean Polfus is a PhD Candidate at the University of Manitoba, and joins us from the edge of the Arctic to talk about her research on caribou ecology and evolution. We also discuss the role of tr...
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BB97 - Changing the World With Your Video Camera with Rob Nelson from 2016-02-01T13:00
Rob Nelson, Director of Untamed Science, explains how he went from marine biology to science & nature filmography, and how he's trying to help more people come to love the natural world through ...
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BB96 - Shedding Light on Urban Biodiversity&Anti-science Politics with Dr. Travis Longcore from 2016-01-25T20:54
Dr. Travis Longcore, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Spatial Sciences, and Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California, speaks to us about his work with habitat conservatio...
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BB95 - It Takes A Manor to Raise a Meerkat with Dr. Kirsty MacLeod from 2016-01-18T20:58:32
Dr. Kirsty MacLeod is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge (and soon to be at Penn State), and shares why her research is largely possible because a colony of meerka...
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BB94 - Rallying for Rails with Auriel Fournier! from 2015-11-09T16:54:11
Auriel Fournier is a PhD candidate at the University of Arkansas studying rail ecology & migration. She tells us why she loves rails, how she learned to fix a flooded out ATV, and why unpaid int...
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BB 93 - Behind The Scenes at Elsevier with Dr. Sheba Agarwal-Jans #AltActober from 2015-11-02T13:34:59
Dr. Sheba Agarwal-Jans went from submitting & reviewing papers as a post-doctoral fellow to managing multiple journals as a publisher for Elsevier. She joins us for the last instalment of #AltAc...
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BB92 - Reaching out and Teaching with Dr. Stephanie Kadison #AltActober from 2015-10-26T12:00
Dr. Stephanie Kadison went from being a post-doctoral researcher to a specialist high school teacher without any prior teaching experience. Find out how she fell in love with teaching in this we...
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BB 91 - Putting Brains to Many Good Uses with Dr. Kelley Remole from 2015-10-19T12:00
Dr. Kelley Remole, Director of Neuroscience Outreach at Columbia University, talks about her #AltActober experience working as an educator & administrator after finishing her PhD.
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BB 90 - From Doctor to Documentary with Dr. Nate Dappen&Dr. Neil Losin #AltActober from 2015-10-13T20:35:47
With PhD's in evolutionary biology in their back pockets, Drs. Nate Dappen and Neil Losin set out to become wildlife filmmakers and science communicators. #AltActober continues with Nate and Nei...
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BB 89 - Public Radio&Education with Ariel Zych #AltActober from 2015-10-05T17:16
Ariel Zych, Education Manager of the Science Friday Initiative, helps us kick off #AltActober, our special month long look at careers outside academia and the people who made the jump. Ariel exp...
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BB 88 - Beetles and Battling Sexism with Beulah Garner from 2015-09-28T17:37:26
Beulah Garner, Senior Curator of Coleoptera at the Natural History Museum joins us to share her love for beetles, experiences from field work, and how women in the natural sciences are still fac...
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BB87 - Frogs, Fellowships, and Family with Dr. Lauren O'Connell from 2015-09-15T04:04:53
Dr. Lauren O'Connell, Bauer Fellow at Harvar...
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BB 86 - Getting Infested with Brooke Borel! from 2015-08-31T17:41:14
Brooke Borel, Contributing Editor at Popular Science Magazine and freelance science writer, joins us to discuss her new book Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated our Bedrooms and Took Over the ...
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BB 85 - Brain Food with Dr. Joe Schumacher from 2015-08-24T17:54:04
Dr. Joe Schumacher, Post-doc at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience joins us to talk about treeshrews and how complicated the brain truly is!
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BB 84 - Playing with snakes with Dr. David Steen from 2015-08-10T12:00
Dr. David Steen of Auburn University joins us to tal...
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Episode 83 - Catching up with the Crew from 2015-07-20T15:49:21
Things have been happening in the lives & work of our faithful crew, but this episode will catch you up on what everyone's been up to. How do 4 early career biologists feel about academia at thi...
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BB 82 - Mysterious Thrips in the Outback with Dr. James Gilbert from 2015-07-13T14:39:46
We're back from our Spring Hiatus with a new show! This week, Dr. James Gilbert of the University of Hull stops by to tell us how to make new discoveries by accident, and the kinky world of bush...
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Ep 81 - Ends of the Earth for Bird Conservation with Dr. Alex Bond from 2015-04-20T17:19:38
Dr. Alex Bond, Senior Conservation Scientist at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, joins us again to talk about his work at opposite ends of the earth helping protect and raise aware...
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BB 80 - Seeing spots&sniffing poop with Anne Hilborn from 2015-04-06T19:02:59
Anne Hilborn, PhD student at Virginia Tech, talks about her work studying the cheetahs of the Serengeti, including the not-so-glamourous aspects of the job, and then explains why she doesn't shy...
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BB79 - Ant invaders and unlocking insects with Dr. Alex Wild from 2015-03-23T18:23:41
Dr. Alex Wild, curator of entomology at the University of Texas at Austin, talks with Morgan & Tom about tracking ant invasions with natural history collections, the rights & wrongs of copyright...
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Ep 78 - Fighting for Evolution Online with Trevor Valle&@TakeThatDarwin from 2015-02-09T07:32:40
Palaeontologist Trevor Valle and evolution vigilante @TakeThatDarwin talk to us about how they face off with evolution denialists, and why pop stars don't get carte blanche at Natural History Mu...
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Episode 77 - From Ants To Academics with Adrian Smith from 2015-01-26T21:49:54
Dr. Adrian Smith, a post-doc at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, chats with us about his work on ant behaviour and chemical ecology, why he thinks scientists should be at least part...
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New Anoles on the Block&Reinventing the Stickleback with Dr. Yoel Stuart from 2015-01-19T19:38:24
Dr. Yoel Stuart, a Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, joins us to discuss the evolutionary ramifications of invasive anoles on the islands of Florida. Turns out it's ...
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Parents of the Year with Dr. Dieter Lukas from 2015-01-12T16:24:16
Dr. Dieter Lukas, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, joins Heidi, Tom & Morgan to explain why a lot of mammals may not qualify for Parent of the Year.
Flamingo Fun with Chris Torres - Breaking Bio Ep. 74 from 2014-12-15T19:18:03
This week, we learn all about flamingos from molecular biologist/palaeontologist Chris Torres of the University of Texas at Austin. Chris also explains how he solved a 150 year old mystery in a ...
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Ep. 73 - Seeing red (and yellow, and blue) with Dr. Nate Morehouse! from 2014-11-23T18:00:19
This week we're joined by Dr. Nate Morehouse, an A...
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What Makes Science Bloggers Tick with Paige Brown Jarreau! from 2014-11-10T16:40:43
This week we're talking to Louisiana State University PhD student Paige Brown Jarreau about her work trying to understand what makes science bloggers tick, or at least why they do what they do. ...
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Breaking Bio Episode 71 - Columbia University Mammal Mashup! from 2014-11-05T20:06:27
This week we've put together 4 shorter interviews with Columbia University Conservation Biology Master's Students who are all starting their academic careers studying some aspect of Mammal Conse...
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BB Episode 70 - Mistaken sex and rapacious spiders with Dr Emily Burdfield-Steel! from 2014-10-27T22:59:39
This week, we talk to Dr. Emily Burfield-Steel of th...
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BB 69 - Getting semi-social with Dr. Sandra Rehan! from 2014-10-14T19:50:25
We talk to Dr. Sandra Rehan of the University of New Hampshire about her work on the evolution of sociality, the natural history of bees, and what it's like to be a new prof!
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BB 68 - #SAFE13 with Drs. Clancy, Nelson, Rutherford&Hinde from 2014-10-06T20:13:27
This week, we sit down and discuss the #SAFE13 project, which is bringing incidences of sexual harassment and assault in scientific field research to light, with the study's authors: Dr. Kate Cl...
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BB 67 - Autotrophs, roll out! with Dr. Hope Jahren from 2014-09-29T15:47:58
Tom talks to Dr. Hope Jahren from the University of Hawaii Manoa about her work on plants and how they deal with changing climates, both in recent years and long in the past.
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BB 66 - Fighting Bad Medicine with Dr. David Gorski! from 2014-09-22T20:53:03
We sit down to talk with Dr. David Gorski, oncologist and science blogger, about his long blogging career and his continuing crusade against crack-pot medical advice.
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Breaking Bio 65 - Sex Chromosomes&Math for Biologists with Dr. Melissa Wilson Sayres from 2014-09-15T14:39:45
We sit down to talk about the evolution of sex chromosomes and the diversity of ways organisms determine sex with Dr. Melissa Wilson Sayres of Arizona State University. Dr. Wilson Sayres also ex...
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BB Special - Miss Possible! from 2014-07-30T21:50:04
We're on hiatus for the summer, but filmed a speci...
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BB Blitz! Natalie Bray from 2014-07-02T23:16:51
Natalie Bray of Columbia University discusses her work studying soil biodiversity.
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BB64: Singing mice with Steve Phelps! from 2014-06-05T06:27:58
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BB Blitz! Erin Eastwood from 2014-05-16T21:37:23
Erin Eastwood, an MSc student at Columbia University, talks to us about her research on Marine Protected Areas and small scale fisheries in Fiji.
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BB 63: Movies, TV and Science Communication with Dr. Crystal Dilworth! from 2014-05-05T21:35:54
We talk to Dr. Crystal Dilworth, science correspondent with Al Jazeera America, about the many ways she's helped promote science on screen.
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BB Blitz: Oil Palms and Elephants with Cynthia Malone from 2014-05-02T15:48:25
In the very first Breaking Bio Blitz we talk to Cynthia Malone of Columbia University about her upcoming research on conflicts between wildlife and oil palm plantations in Cameroon.
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BB62: Aging Sexy Dance Party with Stuart Wigby! from 2014-04-29T03:24:27
Don't worry, we're not the ones dancing. Stuart Wigby from the University of Oxford sits down to talk to us about his work on fruit fly sex, how aging impacts reproduction, and why his PhD stude...
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BB61: Bird nerding with Alex Bond! from 2014-04-10T01:34:46
This week's guest is ecologist and a...
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BB60: Climate and coral with Emily Darling! from 2014-03-25T02:53:14
It’s coral reefs, it’s climate change, it’s us making connections for our...
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BB58: From farm to fork with Dan Gillis! from 2014-03-04T01:07:44
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BB57: Into the water with David Shiffman! from 2014-02-21T02:35:40
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BB56: Growing up with Katie Hinde! from 2014-02-11T23:05:57
I bet you didn’t know that ‘comparative lactation’ was a thing, did you? ...
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BB55: Come share a paleofantasy with Marlene Zuk! from 2014-01-31T07:03:39
In episode 55 we’re joined by a luminary of evolutionary biology and beha...
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BB53: Shake some lice with Jessica Light! from 2014-01-08T00:55:39
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BB52: Ants in the jungle with Magdalena Sorger! from 2013-12-12T05:02:27
Epsiode 52: ants and careers! We chat with Magdalena Sorger on cool trap...
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BB51: Try to keep up with Karen James! from 2013-12-01T14:14
In episode 51, we chat with the inspiring Karen James: geneticist, innov...
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BB50: The not-so-reluctant Mr. Quammen (pt2) from 2013-11-21T13:10:16
Episode 50! For this episode, we had the chance to chat with amazing aut...
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BB50: The not-so-reluctant Mr. Quammen (pt1)! from 2013-11-21T12:43
Episode 50! For this episode, we had the chance to chat with amazing aut...
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BB49: Mendeley with William Gunn! from 2013-11-21T12:22:31
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BB48: Let anarchy reign with Zen Faulkes! (October 23, 2013) from 2013-11-05T00:49
In episode 48, we talk with academic poster design guru (and all-around s...
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BB47: Cooperation and self-deception with Andrew Jackson (October 9, 2013) from 2013-10-28T01:43:09
In episode 47, we chat with Andrew Jackson of The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, or Trinity College Dublin, for short. This time, we're talking evolut...
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BB46: Tree of Life with Emily McTavish (September 17, 2013) from 2013-10-20T02:19:35
Episode 46 finds us chatting with Emily McTavish, postdoc at the Universi...
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BB45: Rap with Baba Brinkman! (September 10, 2013) from 2013-10-14T01:15:50
For episode 45, we're joined by the peer-reviewed rapper himself, Baba Brinkman (http://www.bababrinkman.com)! What else can I say? Sit back and listen to this interview filled with awesome sa...
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BB44: Mites and millipedes, oh my! (September 4, 2013) from 2013-10-09T00:32
Derek Hennen (@derekhennen) and Mike Skvarla (@MSkvarla36) join us to talk about the perils of Arkansas field work, their favourite mites and millipedes, and we end off with a fact about your ey...
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BB 43: Cohosts and crowdfunding! (August something or other, 2013) from 2013-09-19T04:07
It's episode 43! Your three sparkling cohosts discuss crowdfunding and other alternative ways of funding science, pros and cons, in depth. We get a little more serious than our usual show, but...
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BB42: rugby with Josh Witten! from 2013-09-13T00:18:05
In episode 42 we were joined by Josh Witten, PhD in molecular biology and big cheese at the awesome blog / science communication powerhouse The Finch & Pea (http://thefinchandpea.com). Josh spe...
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BB40: Orchids with Michael Whitehead! (August 14, 2013) from 2013-09-04T02:32:37
Michael joins us to talk orchids, flies, the hardships (hah!) of doing field work in South Africa, and selling your science. Plus, look for yet another ignored request to cut stuff out of the e...
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BB40: Stephen Heap (August 7, 2013) from 2013-08-14T15:04:54
In episode 40, Stephen Heap (University of Jyväskylä in Finland) joins us...
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BB39: The Bug Chicks are back! from 2013-08-07T13:29:38
The Bug Chicks return (from way back in Episode 9!) to tal...
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BB38: Squid sex with Ben Wegener! from 2013-07-31T03:14:49
Some weeks it's zombie ants, some weeks it's kinky squid sex; this week, it's kinky squid sex with Ben Wegener. If you're looking for a conversation that veers wildly between technical aspects...
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BB37: Zombies, with David Hughes! from 2013-07-24T01:21:55
ZOMBIES! WANT YOUR BRAI…*ahem*. In this episode we chat with David Hughe...
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BB36: Christie Wilcox! (July 3, 2013) from 2013-07-10T01:28:10
Christie Wilcox (@NerdyChristie) comes on to school us on lionfish with liver damage and why scientists should use social media. Come for the invasive species, stay for the social media smackdo...
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BB35: Phil Torres! (June 25, 2013) from 2013-07-03T01:45:38
If you want to hear about cobra venom in your eye an...
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BB33: Brian Switek! (June 12, 2013) from 2013-06-18T01:58:11
My beloved Brontopodcast! Okay, the joke is lame (http://www.amazon.com/My-Beloved-Brontosaurus-Favorite-Dinosaurs/dp/0374135061), but the podcast isn't: it's the awesome Brian Switek of Laelap...
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BB32: Glendon Mellow! (May 31, 2013) from 2013-06-04T13:43:25
In Episode 32, we talk with Glendon Mellow (Listen
BB31: Stu Auld! (May 24, 2013) from 2013-05-27T23:35:32
In episode 31 we talk to Stu Auld about host-parasite coevolution in Daphnia. If you like tales about crustaceans with parasites and gender issues, then this is the podcast for you! If not, it...
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BB30: Us! (May 10, 2013) from 2013-05-20T23:34:09
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BB29: Beards! (May 2, 2013) from 2013-05-13T23:02
In episode 29 we talk with Mike Kasumovic about spiders and crickets and video games - and that's just the science! Plus, Mike's tips on getting ahead in science and how to have a great academi...
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BB28: Bats! (April 24, 2013) from 2013-05-08T00:54:11
Our guest Patty Jones from UT Austin joins us to talk about frog-eating b...
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BB27: Shark teeth! (April 17. 2013) from 2013-05-01T02:13:37
In Episode 27, we chat with the awesome Joshua Drew (@labroides) and even drop in on his graduate class to say 'hi'. If you're interested in awesome shark tooth weapons, communicating science, ...
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BB26: Bioluminescence! (April 11, 2013) from 2013-04-16T02:21:18
In Episode 26 we talked with the awesome Siouxsie Wiles of the University of Auckland about bioluminesence and communicating science. Seriously, I can't even describe how cool the squid are, an...
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BB25: Geckos! (April 4, 2013) from 2013-04-11T00:34:58
In Episode 25, we chat about all things gecko with Alyssa Stark (Ph.D. student at the University of Akron): gecko-inspired tape, swimming geckos, gecko harnesses, pet geckos, crapping geckos .....
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BB24: D20 is people! (March 28, 2013) from 2013-04-02T21:56:33
In episode 24, we chat with Anthony Salvagno (@thescienceofant), newly minted Ph.D in physics, about his thesis research on the effects of heavy water on living things (come, see the giant E. co...
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BB23: Academentia and administrivia! (March 21, 2013) from 2013-03-26T01:23:30
In episode 23, Tom, Morgan and I return to our roots of shooting the scientific breeze, ranging from de-extinction to the ... interesting things ... that people ask us when they find out what we...
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BB 22: NOT just dinosaurs (March 15, 2013) from 2013-03-18T22:45:27
In episode 22 we talk with @JohnRHutchinson, who doe...
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BB21: Fire ants! (March 7, 2013) from 2013-03-11T23:03:47
In Episode 21, we talk with Heidi Smith from the University of Texas at Austin about her postdoc in behavioural ecology with Mike Ryan, the wonders of nature, bathing in fire ants, guns everywhe...
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BB20: Sexy dinosaurs! (February 28, 2013) from 2013-03-04T23:15:25
In episode 20, we talk to Jon Tennant (@protohedgehog), PhD student in paleontology at Imperial College, London about the ins-and-outs of the Jurassic-Cretaceous extinction, feathers and sexual ...
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BB19: Sasquatch! (And bot fly weightloss...) from 2013-02-24T22:25
In episode 19, we dissect the Sasquatch genome paper with David Winter (@TheAtavism). Spoiler alert: still not real. Also, looking for a radical ne...
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BB 18: Parasites FTW! (February 14, 2012) from 2013-02-18T22:49:57
In episode 18, Morgan and I are joined by Tommy Leung, evolutionary biologist and parasitologist extraordinaire, to talk about parasites of all kinds. And as a special bonus, MC Parasite appear...
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BB17: Scio! (February 8, 2013) from 2013-02-11T21:43:03
In this episode, Morgan, Rafael and I talk about the reasons we move where we do, why you don't want a blood transfusion in Akron, and Morgan reports on Science Online (#scio13).
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BB16: A chat with Chris Buddle! from 2013-02-04T21:44:01
In episode 16 we're joined by Chris Buddle (@cmbuddle) to talk about wolf spiders and their distinct lack of hunting in packs, field work in the Arctic, and how scientists can benefit from socia...
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BB15: Baby carrots! (January 25, 2013) from 2013-01-29T11:40:49
In episode 15, Lauren, Morgan, Rafael, Tom and I discuss the least-stressful job of 2013 (professor!) and scientific literacy. Then, the topic turns to baby carrots and things go completely...
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BB14: Jaden Walker and the bedroom of spiders! (January 18, 2013) from 2013-01-22T00:04
In Episode 14, Morgan and I chat with Jaden Walker (@theeternal, @myriap0da), who is an amateur entomologist, musician, autism advocate, and more. If you've ever wondered what it's like to hous...
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BB13(3): Jacquelyn Gill, Part 3 from 2013-01-13T12:52:33
In this episode, we talk with the fantastic Jacquelyn Gill (@jacquelyngill)! We had a great conversation but it was so meaty that I decided to break this one up into three parts. In this third...
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BB13(2): Jacquelyn Gill, Part 2 from 2013-01-13T12:05:53
In this episode, we talk with the fantastic Jacquelyn Gill (@jacquelyngill)! We had a great conversation but it was so meaty that I decided to break this one up into three parts. In this secon...
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BB13(1): Jacquelyn Gill, Part 1 from 2013-01-13T11:30:11
In this episode, we talk with the fan...
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BB12: The Strepsiptera are rubbish! (November 30, 2012) from 2012-12-13T21:34:16
In Episode 12, Bug, Crystal, Morgan, Tom and I talk about why the Strepsiptera are rubbish, censorship!, the public conversation about science and whether we can blog our science as it happens, ...
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BB11: Bedbugs and traumatic insemination with Mike Siva-Jothy (November 22, 2012) from 2012-12-02T01:50
In this episode I'm joined by Lauren, Tom, Morgan, Michael and Bug Girl as we talk with Professor Mike Siva-Jothy of the University of Sheffeild. We cover traumatic insemination in bedbugs, tin...
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BB10: ESA Clips (Special episode) from 2012-11-21T10:24:25
In this series of clips shot at the Entomological Society of America ...
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BB9: Bug Chicks! (November 7, 2012) from 2012-11-15T12:36:45
In episode 9 we're joined by the Bug Chicks (thebugchicks.com). Tom, Rafael, and I chat with Jessica and Kristie about everything from teaching about bugs to driving in East Africa with no brak...
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BB8: Goblins and goodies. (October 26, 2012) from 2012-10-31T22:11:24
I'm joined by Lauren, Morgan, Rafael, and guest Sam Evans to chat abo...
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BB7: An interview with Rob Brooks (October 17, 2012) from 2012-10-20T12:56:36
Professor Rob Brooks (@Brooks_Rob), a behavioural ecologist studying sexual reproduction at the University of New ...
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