Podcasts by Science in the News
SIT'N Listen is a production of Science in the News - a graduate student run organization at Harvard University committed to (1) bridging the communication gap between scientists and the rest of the world and (2) catalyzing discussions between scientists, other experts and enthusiasts.
Here at SITN we bring scientists to you! Listen in.
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Episode 28: Calling Bullshit with Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West from 2022-02-04T12:59:45
Episode 28: We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen, this time with guests Dr. Carl Bergstrom and Dr. Jevin West to discuss their book "Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Drive...
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Sit'N Listen! Space and Earth: Part Two from 2021-09-20T18:51:39
Episode 27: We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen, this time with the second part of our two part series on Earth & Space.
This episode was written by: Samantha Tracy, Priya Veerar...
Sit'N Listen! Space and Earth: Oceanography and Astrobiology Ext Interview from 2021-06-27T16:11:44
In the first episode on our Earth and Space Series, we heard a little bit about how research on Earth’s oceans has had major implications for the search for life in the cosmos. Here, we’ve publishe...
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Sit'N Listen! Space and Earth: Part One from 2021-06-20T18:31:46
Episode 26: We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen, this time with the first part of our two part series on Earth & Space.
In this episode we will discuss:
How learning about our o...
Pint-Sized Science: How Our Bodies Respond to Viruses from 2021-05-11T15:01:22
Pint-Sized Science, Season 2 Episode 5
Title:
How Our Bodies Respond to Viruses and What Sets SARS-CoV-2 Apart
Interviewee: Dr. Sara Cherry, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory M...
Pint-Sized Science: A Gynecologist and a Clinical Psychologist Walk Into an Interview from 2021-04-15T16:36:32
Pint-Sized Science: Season 2, Episode 4
A Gynecologist and a Clinical Psychologist Walk Into an Interview: A Conversation about Painful Sex, Vulvodynia, and Inclusive Sexual Health
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Pint-Sized Science: When it comes to the neutrino, scientists must go big or go home from 2021-03-31T00:11:18
Pint-Sized Science: Season 2, Episode 3.
When it comes to the neutrino, scientists must go big or go home.
Interviewee: Lindley Winslow, Associate Professor of Physics, MIT.
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Sit’N Listen! Scientists at Home: New times, New start from 2021-03-17T15:49:03
Episode 25. This week, we talk with Suuba Demby, a junior at Harvard University majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a secondary in energy and environment. She joined Professor Doug Kwon...
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Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: Building a Scientific Community Online from 2021-03-09T02:25:03
Episode 24: This week, we hear from Benjamin Martin, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School working to understand how and why genes turn on and off. He shares how, in response to the COVID...
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Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: Perspective of a new post-doc from 2021-03-02T02:37:09
Episode 23: In this episode of Scientists at Home, we speak with Chelsea Powell, a post-doctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School. She discusses her experience of transitioning into a new job r...
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Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: COVIews of an Undergrad from 2021-02-22T15:18:05
Episode 22. Aaron Abai is a junior at Harvard University majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in African American Studies. He performs research in Professor Doug Kwon's lab. In t...
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Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: Postdocs in a Pandemic from 2021-02-16T02:38:17
Episode 21. This week we speak with Dr. Nicola Molinari, a senior postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). We discuss the transition to a work from ...
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Pint-Sized Science: How one becomes two: the proteins that help cells divide from 2021-02-15T15:10:49
Pint-Sized Science S2 E2
Interviewee: Iain Cheeseman, Professor of Biology at the Whitehead Institute and MIT.
Interviewer: Melis Tekant, PhD student in Physics, MIT.
Du...
Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: Little Bits of Happiness from 2021-02-08T11:40:26
Episode 20. Anushka Khasnobish is a doctoral researcher at Okayama University where she studies the oral microbiome. In this interview, Anushka discusses her life as an international student living...
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Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: COVID & International Students from 2021-02-01T19:16:57
Episode 19. In this episode of our Scientists at Home series, Christian Struck (Graduate Student in German Literature, with a Secondary in Critical Media Practice at Harvard University) discusses t...
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Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: CRISPR, COVID, and Kids from 2021-01-26T00:41:33
Episode 18. Emily Egan is a Research Associate in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School. Her research in Dr. Steve Blacklow’s lab focuses on th...
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Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: Series Intro from 2021-01-25T22:51:49
Episode 16. The global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 has changed the world and altered all of our lives. In this series of episodes titled “Scientists at Home” we present narr...
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Sit'N Listen! Scientists at Home: Social distancing without social isolation from 2021-01-20T06:56:49
Episode 17. In this episode of our Scientists at Home series, Professor Iain Cheeseman (Professor of Biology, MIT and Whitehead Institute) talks about how he adapted to the new normal and juggled h...
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Pint-Sized Science: How's it smelling? from 2021-01-17T02:18:26
Pint-Sized Science S2 E1
Professor Venki Murthy (Raymond Leo Erikson Life Sciences Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University) talks to Ana-Andreea Stoica (Ph.D. stu...
Sit'N Listen! Episode 15: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines from 2020-12-28T03:44:01
Here we discuss the science behind the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, their development, and mechanisms of action.
Featuring: Melis Tekant, Chad Stein, and Samantha Tracy
Produced by: Melis T...
Sit'N Listen! Episode 14: Science at Home - Fermentation from 2020-12-13T01:27:53
Science is part of our daily lives, it's even in our kitchens! Here, we discuss the science of fermentation - from sour dough to sauerkraut. Listen in!
Featuring: A. Delphine Tripp and Sha...
Sit'N Listen! Episode 13: CRISPR Update - The Nobel Edition from 2020-11-12T22:08:34
The 2020 Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to Doudna and Charpentier for CRISPR! We discuss the technology, its history, and the patent war over it.
Featuring: Melis Tekant, Chad Stein, Wei Li, A...
Pint-Sized Science: What happens when the rain dissolves potentially dangerous materials? from 2020-10-30T02:34:44
Pint-Sized Science S1 E5
Interviewee: Dr. Jessica Ray, Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
Interviewer: Emily Kerr, PhD Candidate in...
Pint-Sized Science: A neuroscientist who empowers young brains outside of the lab from 2020-10-13T01:25:25
Pint-Sized Science S1 E3
Interviewee: Dr. Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis
Interviewer: Valentina Lagomars...
Pint-Sized Science: How do cells decide what to be when they grow up? from 2020-10-13T01:21:38
Pint-Sized Science S1 E4
Interviewee: Hernan Garcia, Assistant Professor of Physics and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Interviewer: Jonathan Jackson,...
Pint-Sized Science: The mysterious mitochondria from 2020-10-13T01:18:45
Pint-Sized Science S1 E2
The Mysterious Mitochondria: More Than Just A Power Source?
Interviewee: Dr. Katja Hansen, PhD (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Stirling Church...
Pint-Sized Science: How do songbirds learn their songs? from 2020-10-13T01:14:34
Pint-Sized Science S1 E1
Interviewee: Dr. Marc Schmidt, Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Interviewer: Hope Merens, PhD Student in the Biological Sciences, Harvard ...
Sit'N Listen! Episode 12: Urban Planning for a Changing Climate from 2018-04-23T15:19:18
Amidst talk about the Paris climate accord and other multinational efforts to combat climate change, it's easy to lose sight of the extensive efforts occurring at the city and state levels to plan ...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 11: The cross-talk between marine life and climate change from 2017-04-22T06:30:16
The oceans cover 70% of our planet, but did you know that less than 5% of the ocean floor has been explored? In the face of rapid climate change, ocean scientists are racing to understand what mak...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 10: Sports, Sex, and Gender from 2017-01-16T14:56:24
We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen! This time we're delving into the world of sex, gender, and sports. Men and women have been competing in separate athletic events since at least the ti...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 9: When is an animal not a human: aka an episode on animal models (Part 2) from 2016-12-03T18:59:52
Many important scientific discoveries have been may by doing experiments on animals. However these experiments raise deep scientific and ethical questions. This is Part Two of a two-parter examinin...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 9: When is an animal not a human: aka an episode on animal models (Part 1) from 2016-10-19T22:36:41
Many important scientific discoveries have been may by doing experiments on animals. However these experiments raise deep scientific and ethical questions. This is Part One of a two-parter examini...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 8: Discovering Sex and Gender? from 2016-07-05T05:06:24
Sit'N Listen is back with another edition of Science and Society, a collaboration across disciplines. Here, we discuss many issues surrounding how certain concepts of sex and gender have become nor...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 7: Mosquitoes And Maladies from 2016-06-07T12:40:18
We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen!, this time all about the world’s most deadly animal: MOSQUITOES. Tune in to learn about the history (and future!) of some of the infamous diseases mos...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 6: (S&S Edition 1) Communicating Science from 2016-05-05T21:13:51
SIT'N Listen! Presents its first episode in a recurring series of podcasts on Science and Society, where graduate students and other experts across various disciplines- science, public policy, desi...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 5: Monsanto in Conversation from 2016-04-10T18:20:34
Following up on our GMO episode we sat down with Dr. Larry Gilbertson who's been a scientist at Monsanto for about 20 years, and Vance Crowe, Monsanto's Director of Millennial Engagement. Can you d...
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Sit'N Listen Episode 3: Allergies from 2015-12-30T16:34:13
Allergies: the bane of people who can’t snack on peanut butter and banana sandwiches, who can’t cuddle up to our favorite furry companions on a bad day, and who want to love spring or autumn but ar...
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Sit'N Listen! Episode 2: CRISPR Genetic Editing from 2015-10-17T04:03:55
Science in the News at Harvard University has just launched our first podcast, titled "Sit'N Listen!"
Each episode of Sit'N Listen, we'll bring you scientists' perspectives on intriguing ...
Sit'N Listen! Episode 1: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) from 2015-09-08T04:35:16
Science in the News at Harvard University has just launched our first podcast, titled "Sit'N Listen!"
Each episode of Sit'N Listen, we'll bring you scientists' perspectives on intriguing ...