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Though we were many time zones apart, I had the honor of chatting with Laura about her research with carnivorous plants in Western Australia! That's right, Laura studies plants that eat BUGS! If you've ever wondered, "how weird can plants get?" than this is the episode for you. Suggested Reading: ABC News about Laura's research: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-25/researcher-scouring-remote-wa-to-document-insect-eating-plants/8471012 IUCN support page for carnivorous plant research & conservation: http://support.iucnredlist.org/carnivorousplants A message from David Attenborough, patron of the IUCN Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group: http://www.iucn-cpsg.org/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Laura Skates: @floraskates, http://lauraskates.com/current-project/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing Interested in more technical reading? Check out these links: Theory about carnivorous plants being r

This long awaited episode features Eric Earley, ComSciCon organizer & science communicator extraordinaire, joining me to talk about his work with robotic limbs and prosthetics. We talk about how the technology has advanced and whether a Luke Skywalker-esque robo-hand is in our future. Suggested Reading: Eric's Website: http://www.ericjearley.com/ sites.tufts.edu/asegrad/2016/10/2…whats-for-dinner/ Eric's Science Youtube Channel: https://twitter.com/SciInspiration A brief history of prosthetics: http://www.amputee-coalition.org/resources/a-brief-history-of-prosthetics/ The reality of 3D printed robo-hands: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-reality-of-3d-printed-robo-hands Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Eric Earley: @EricJEarley Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

If you live in the USA, you might've heard that our congress is trying to pass a new 'tax reform' bill. However, the current House of Representatives version (which passed) presents a direct threat to graduate students across the country. On this episode, guests Jessica Creery and Kristen Vogt Veggeberg join me to talk about it. If you are a US citizen, CALL YOUR REPS! Useful links: http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-the-House-GOP-Tax-Plan/241824 http://www.reclaimchicago.org/ http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1989 http://pfforphds.com/which-graduate-students-will-lose-tuition-benefits-under-the-proposed-house-tax-bill/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Jessica Creery: @finitejess Follow Kristen Vogt Veggeberg: @KrisVeeVee Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

My experience at ComSciCon-Chicago '16 was a major motivator for starting this podcast & diving into the science communication life. To celebrate one year of the podcast, I helped organize ComSciCon-Chicago '17 and got to interview attendees about their research. I hope you enjoy these 'pop talks' and please follow the amazing students on twitter or any other social platform! Andrew McAllister (Applied physics): @McAllisterSci Rachel Snyder (Organic & materials chemistry): @rachelsnyderrr Brittany Maule (Aquatic ecologist): @BrittanyMaule Chissa Rivaldi (Bioinformatics): @Powerofcheez Cristiano Alessandro (Neuroscience): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristiano_Alessandro Eric Earley (Prosthetic limbs): @EricJEarley Erika K Carlson (Binary & triple star systems): @erikakcarlson Gabriella Hirsch (Memory & psychology): @GVHirsch Gourav Khullar (Astrophysicist): @isskywalker Graham Smith (Computational neuroscience): grahams@uchicago.edu Heather LePage (Bird ecology): @kingbirdqueen Jon Henn (Snow's impac

This week I interviewed fellow science communicator Rachael about her work with bees and how she got interested in social insects and their diets. Considering how important bees are to keeping pollinating plants (like all your favorite fruit) growing, we got really excited about her research on bee nutrition and it's implications. Let me know what you think of the show! Questionnaire: goo.gl/forms/hg8ro78VexOdNkI52 Suggested Reading: General overview of Rachael's research: https://sites.tufts.edu/asegrad/2016/10/26/pollen-its-whats-for-dinner/ Rachael's blog: https://www.rachaelebonoan.com/blog Bee nutritional research: http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/nicole-garneau/the-genetics-lab/research-updates/honey-bees-drink-dirty-water-as-a-nutrient-supplement/ Rachael's TEDxTufts talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsA8V-yooFA Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Rachael Bonoan: @RachaelEBee Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

I chatted with masters student Scott about his work with tracking white sharks & how he got started on shark research to begin with! Bonus: we talk shark week with all its pros and cons. Let me know what you think of the show! Questionnaire: goo.gl/forms/hg8ro78VexOdNkI52 Suggested Reading: Blog about Scott's Research: https://dispatchesfromthefield1.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/itonlytookonerun/ About White Shark's mating & migration patterns: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=nAzbQ1jAimYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA133&dq=Sex-Specific+Migration+Patterns+and+Sexual+Segregation+of+Adult+White+Sharks,+Carcharodon+carcharias,+in+the+Northeastern+Pacific&ots=TY3v_4XQWF&sig=Tx16bQ_MST7IP2Ba9APawH9hsfs#v=onepage&q=Sex-Specific%20Migration%20Patterns%20and%20Sexual%20Segregation%20of%20Adult%20White%20Sharks%2C%20Carcharodon%20carcharias%2C%20in%20the%20Northeastern%20Pacific&f=false Scott's published undergrad research: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783616302661 Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com,

Erin studies babies and how they reason about the world. Erin would like to study Beyonce's babies. Does anyone know how we could get ahold of Beyonce and propose a research plan? Let me know what you think of the show! Questionnaire: https://goo.gl/forms/hg8ro78VexOdNkI52 Suggested Reading: General overview of what's going on with young infants: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/science/insights-in-human-knowledge-from-the-minds-of-babes.html?pagewanted=all On abstracting relations: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/05/babies-can-think-before-they-can-speak/ Updates on this with 3-month-olds: https://sites.northwestern.edu/infantcognitionlab/files/2015/07/CogSci2017_Anderson_5_13-177vk3o.pdf How to babies compare to ducklings: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/abstract-thought-in-adorable-ducklings/491294/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Erin Anderson: @thebabyelectric, http://sites.northwestern.edu/infantcognitionla

This week I bring in a panel of grad students from across disciplines to talk about the replication crisis. Namely: what is it, how is it different across fields, how bad is the problem, & what can we do about it? Suggested Reading (by my wonderful guests!): Sam's Finance Suggestions: http://www.afajof.org/details/video/10334151/2017-Presidential-Address.html http://mitsloanexperts.mit.edu/does-academic-research-destroy-stock-return-predictability-david-mclean/ Kellie's Microbio Suggestions: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/fighting-cancers-crisis-confidence-one-study-time/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170411104516.htm Eric's Suggestion: http://neurotechzone.com/posts/1096 Cassie's Psych Suggestions: https://thenib.com/repeat-after-me http://andrewgelman.com/2016/09/21/what-has-happened-down-here-is-the-winds-have-changed/ A fun interactive way to play with how science works (And sometimes doesn't): https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/#part1 Follow me: PhDrinking@gmai

Suggested outside reading: Info on Clumped Isotopes: http://www.carbonateresearch.com/clumped_isotope Article about Paleoclimate Research: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027737911100268X Interactive Game about Paleoclimate: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/paleoclimate-history-change Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Ryan Venturelli: @Raventurelli Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading: French/Algerian Literature: http://www.npr.org/2015/08/21/432618805/novelist-kamel-daoud-finding-dignity-in-the-absurd Book talk on Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology from the Moroccan Journal of Culture and Politics: https://www.centerforthehumanities.org/programming/souffles-anfas Original (French) publication of Souffles: http://bnm.bnrm.ma:86/ListeVol.aspx?IDC=3 Original (Arabic) publication of Anfas: http://bnm.bnrm.ma:86/ListeVol.aspx?IDC=4 Interview of author Assia Djebar: http://www.pwf.cz/archivy/texts/articles/assia-djebar-the-tireless-walker-of-memory_2920.html Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Matt Brauer: @MTKBrauer Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading: Becky on noticing nature: http://my.chicagobotanic.org/science_conservation/banning-species-blindness-in-budding-botanists/ Becky on Prairie Restoration: http://www.nrpa.org/parks-recreation-magazine/2016/may/recipe-for-an-aster-prairie-restoration-in-chicago/ Other great blogs about the prairie- Cindy Crosby's Tuesdays in the Tallgrass - a blog with virtual prairie tours https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/ Chris Helzer's Prairie Ecologist blog - https://prairieecologist.com/about/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, https://www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Becky Barak: @BeckSamBar Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Welcome to the first ever crossover episode! The hosts of the EurekaNerd podcast graciously agreed to come on the show & chat a bit about science communication and the myriad of forms it can take. Please check out their show for a great rundown of the latest in science news. Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow EurekaNerd: @eurekanerdcast, eurekanerdcast@gmail.com, http://eurekanerd.com/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading: Overview of EEG: http://mikexcohen.com/data/Cohen2017_TINS.pdf History behind EEG: http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/historians-miscellaneous-biographies/hans-berger Nathan's Research: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/jocn_a_01114#.WRxsGxPyvOY Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow Nathan Petro: https://nathanpetro.wordpress.com/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading: Short video on Rey's research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFPNmpQbs3o&t=10s AAAS Science Communication Material: https://www.aaas.org/page/communicating-engage Science in Pop Culture: http://www.thescienceof.org/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow Rey Maktoufi: @thecosmicrey, reyhanehmaktoufi.com, rey.maktoufi@u.northwestern.edu Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading: The LISA webpage: https://www.elisascience.org/ The LIGO webpage: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/ The IPTA (International Pulsar Timing Array) webpage: http://www.ipta4gw.org/ Visualization of the known Kepler planets: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galleries/kepler-orrery-iii Cool videos from the CIERA webpages (the astrophysics center Katie works at): http://ciera.northwestern.edu/Research/visualizations.php Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow Katie Breivik: @spacetimekatie Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading: The Index Card: https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2016/01/04/new-book-presents-personal-finance-advice-10-simple-rules Rise of the ETFs: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-etf-files/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow Sam Hempel: @samhempel, https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Programs/PHD-Program/Current-Students?id=sjh296 Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing Disclosure: Sam Hempel wishes to disclose his holdings in Vanguard funds (VFTSX, VOO, VDC, VDE, BND, VNQ, VWO, VMBS) and a Lord Abbett fund (VFTSX). He also wishes to disclose a one-share holding of PepsiCo (PEP). The material discussed is provided for informational purposes only, and listeners are solely responsible for doing their own due diligence before engaging in any investing or trading activity.

Suggested outside reading: How Reward Processing Can Inform Our Understanding of Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4277233/ Kate's Published Research: https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/3002823/Elevated-Nucleus-Accumbens-Structural-Connectivity Video Series on Emotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prwsJp0w57s Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow Kate Damme: http://acnlnorthwestern.com/, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katherine_Damme2 Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Suggested outside reading: Jewett Lab: http://jewettlab.northwestern.edu/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow Do Soon: @kimds91 Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Suggested outside reading: General Info on IC: http://www.ichelp.org/ NIH Page: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/urologic-diseases/interstitial-cystitis-painful-bladder-syndrome MAPP active research: http://www.mappnetwork.org/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow Lizath Aguiniga (Lizzie): https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizathaguiniga/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Suggested outside reading: General Overview: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-belief/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology-social/ Carry's Research Paper: https://media.wix.com/ugd/bf79d1_6e2ef1668cf54609b9bd5df3526aa91c.pdf Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit Follow Carry: https://www.robertcarryosborne.com/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro