Common Science Podcast

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Where do pets come from? What role do pets play? Is keeping pets moral? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Americans adopted millions of dogs during the pandemic | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/07/covid-dogs-return-to-work/ Freedom and Responsibility: Can you have one without the other? | Common Science Podcast Ep. 50 |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What do you do in nature? What benefits come from a walk in the woods? What have you learned from nature? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Ghandi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi Boredom Cast | https://spoti.fi/391DBzt | https://apple.co/3MvBpin Use Screen Time on Apple Products: https://apple.co/39fe468 Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s the relationship between freedom and responsibility? Can freedom exist without responsibility? Why do we struggle with freedom and responsibility? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Man’s Search for Meaning | Viktor Frankl | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Search_for_Meaning Free Will: Does it exist? | Common Science Podcast Ep. 49 |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s free will? Does it exist? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Unconscious brain activity shapes our decisions | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/unconscious-brain-activity-shapes-our-decisions William James | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James Compatibilism | https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/compatibilism/ Paul in the Biblefree will and the...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s donut economics? Where did it come from? How might thinking in donuts save us? What other policies may build a brighter future? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES About Donut Economics | https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics Kate Raworth | https://www.kateraworth.com/ Kate Raworth: Building a thriving economy for people within our planetary boundaries |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Do you like, love, or hate coffee, and why? Where did coffee come from? What has coffee done for human history? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Fuelling Democracy – Ben Franklin and Coffee Houses | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGdyttFB-Oc How coffee forever changed Britain | King Charles II’s cronies try to ban coffeehouses |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, How much water do you drink, and why? What makes water so critical to human life, and life in general? What does the future of water mean to us and the next generations? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Water: How much should you drink every day? | Mayo Clinic | https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256 Interstitial...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What are your favorite Disney movies and why? Why do their stories (and archetypes) attract us? Do stories (and archetypes) help us navigate uncertainty? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES The Walt Disney Company | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company Mulan (1998 Film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(1998_film) Annie Oakley |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask what do billionaires mean to the world? Where did they come from? What’s next? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Billionaire (Song) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aRor905cCw The World’s Billionaires | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires World’s Youngest Billionaire | https://www.forbes.com/profile/kevin-david-lehmann/?sh=2b7fa6b4143f AIDAN’S...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask in this more serious cast, What’s the 1st amendment, a law that prevents other laws? Where did it come from? Why’s it unique? How does it impact their lives today? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES First Amendment to the United States Constitution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Murder of George Floyd |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What is anime? Where did it come from? What makes anime unique? How has it influenced their own lives? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Anime | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime Otaku (Anime/Manga Fan) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku Manga | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga Pokémon: The Japanese game that went viral |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What is homeostasis? Where did the concept come from? What does it mean for the body? How might we apply homeostasis to everyday life? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Homeostasis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis Homeostasis: The Underappreciated and Far Too Often Ignored Central Organizing Principle of Physiology |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What are microexpressions? Where did they come from? Which controversies surround them? Why should you care? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Microexpressions | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microexpression Dr. Paul Eckman | https://www.paulekman.com/about/paul-ekman/ How to read faces | Test by Dr. Eckman | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbFwp36VN2M Charles Darwin's...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Who’s Ada Lovelace? How’d she become a brilliant artist and a successful scientist? What did she contribute to humanity? What controversies exist in her story and what are challenges women face in STEM? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Ada Lovelace | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Lord Byron | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron Don Juan |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What is language? What are the benefits and limitations of language? Why is nonverbal communication important? How does language shape the way we think and experience the world? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Language | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language Ludwig Wittgenstein | https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/ Temple Grandin |...

Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran, librarian at the University of Minnesota Rochester, sits down with Aidan to share her story, her path from music to history, opticianry to stock brokerage, and now librarianship, challenges search engines and social media pose to students and the public looking for meaningful information, resources land grant universities have to offer, innovations in higher education, and parallels between medicine and music. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Is veganism a philosophy or a diet? What’s vegan or not? Does eating vegan reduce unnecessary suffering? Is hunting or fishing important to conservation? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Veganism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism Vegan or Not (Game) | https://amzn.to/3iLHb33 Vegan Society’s Definition | https://www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/definition-veganism...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What is urbanization? Where did cities come from? What do current trends mean for individuals and society? How might we learn from the past to design cities that last? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Urbanization | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization Minnesota is becoming increasingly urban | https://minnesotago.org/trends/urbanization The Cities of the Future |...

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, How much have you thought about your shoes? Where did shoes come from? How has shoe use changed over time? How might we be more sustainable? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Ötzi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi History of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_basketball High-Tops vs. Low-Tops | https://www.insidescience.org/news/high-tops-low-tops...

Bryn Shank, Energy Auditor at St. Paul, Minnesota’s Center for Energy and Environment, shares his story, his decision to depart college, his learnings in environmental advocacy, building bridges between science and the public, and making more healthful homes with Aidan. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Bryn Shank | Twitter @BrynShank | https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryn-shank-869406a8/ Electric Cars Podcast |...