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Princeton UP Ideas Podcast May 17, 2022

When Animals Dream

The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness

David M. Peña-Guzmán

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness (Princeton UP, 2022) …

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Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Asian Review of Books May 12, 2022

Troubling the Water

A Dying Lake and a Vanishing World in Cambodia

Abby Seiff

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Tonlé Sap is one of Southeast Asia’s, if not one of the world’s, natural wonders. Between the dry and wet seasons, the lake expands almost six times in size to …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast May 11, 2022

Covid and the Art of Science Communication

Pandemic Perspectives 10

John Tregoning

Hosted by Howard Burton
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to John Tregoning, Imperial College respiratory infections researcher and author of the acclaimed book Infectious: Pathogens and …
Business, Management, and Marketing May 11, 2022

Evolutionary Ideas

Unlocking Ancient Innovation to Solve Tomorrow's Challenges

Sam Tatam

Hosted by John Emrich
When faced with new challenges, it’s easy to feel our solutions need to be equally unprecedented. We think we need a revolution. But what if this is a big mistake …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast May 4, 2022

Covid, 'Scientism,' and the Betrayal of the Enlightenment

Pandemic Perspectives 9

Charles Foster

Hosted by Howard Burton
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to bestselling author and University of Oxford law professor Charles Foster on how the coronavirus pandemic reveals …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast April 27, 2022

Covid and the Embrace of the Biological World

Pandemic Perspectives 8

Patricia Churchland

Hosted by Howard Burton
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to renowned UC San Diego neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland about the importance of communicating science, the wonders of …
Medicine April 20, 2022

First Patients

The Incredible True Stories of Pioneer Patients

Rod Tanchanco

Hosted by Rachel Pagones
When Dr. Rod Tanchanco, a busy internist and clinical researcher, began digging into old journals looking for a deeper history of renowned medical innovations, he wasn’t planning to write a …
Scholarly Communication April 20, 2022

How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences

A Guide for the Uninitiated

John Measey

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of John Measey, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and author of How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences: A Guide for …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast April 20, 2022

Covid 19 Political Lessons from Portugal

Pandemic Perspectives 7

Alexandre Quintanilha

Hosted by Howard Burton
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to Portuguese Member of Parliament and internationally renowned biologist Alexandre Quintanilha about the many valuable lessons Portugal's …
Science, Technology, and Society April 18, 2022

Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves

Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes

Jeff Sebo

Hosted by Austin Clyde
In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics …
Scholarly Communication April 13, 2022

The Science of Science

Dashun Wang and Albert-László Barabási

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Dashun Wang, Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, and also with Albert-László Barabási, Robert Gray Dodge …
Neuroscience April 8, 2022

Changing Connectomes

Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience

Marcus Kaiser

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
The human brain undergoes massive changes during its development, from early childhood and the teenage years to adulthood and old age. Across a wide range of species, from C. elegans …
Scholarly Communication April 5, 2022

Daniel Bolnick, Editor in Chief of "The American Naturalist"

Episode 3 of "Focus on the Research Journal"

Daniel Bolnick

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Daniel Bolnick, Editor in Chief of The American Naturalist and Professor of evolution and ecology at the University of Connecticut. We talk about the role …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast April 1, 2022

All About Birds

A Series of Regional Field Guides

Jill Leichter and Hugh Powell

Hosted by Mark Klobas
The All About Birds Regional Field-Guide Series brings birding enthusiasts the best information from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s website, AllAboutBirds.org, used by more than 21 million people each …
Scholarly Communication March 31, 2022

Science Research Writing

For Native and Non-Native Speakers of English

Hilary Glasman-Deal

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Hilary Glasman-Deal, teacher of STEMM communication at the Centre for Academic English, Imperial College London, and author ofScience Research Writing For Native and Non-Native Speakers …
Science, Technology, and Society March 30, 2022

Vagina Obscura

An Anatomical Voyage

Rachel E. Gross

Hosted by Sine Yaganoglu
A camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction. As …
Science March 28, 2022

Bitch

On the Female of the Species

Lucy Cooke

Hosted by Sine Yaganoglu
Bitch: On the Female of the Species (Basic Books, 2022) is a fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like …
Animal Studies March 23, 2022

The Meat Paradox

Eating, Empathy, and the Future of Meat

Rob Percival

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies, by geopolitical tensions, and the evolution of cultural preferences, by shocks to the status …
Language March 23, 2022

Language Vs. Reality

Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists

N. J. Enfield

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
Nick Enfield’s book, Language vs. Reality: Why Language is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists (MIT Press, 2022), argues that language is primarily for social coordination, not precisely transferring …
Science March 23, 2022

Sentient

How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses

Jackie Higgins

Hosted by Ana Georgescu
Packed with beautiful imagery, but also hard scientific facts, Jackie Higgins's book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses (Atria Books, 2022) explores how we process the world …