Science Clear+Vivid Podcast

Science Podcasts

With support from The Kavli Foundation, Clear+Vivid presents this special series on the power of basic scientific research – from the pure to the practical. What is curiosity-driven research? Why does it matter? How does it play a role in transforming our lives? Where does basic research take place and by whom? Why is investing in basic research essential to society? Host Alan Alda leads conversations with 10 guests discussing these topics and more, each sharing their point of view and experience about basic science and their personal stories – what got them interested in or involved in science. Science Clear+Vivid runs concurrent with Clear+Vivid Season 10 (October - November) and will be released each Thursday.

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United States

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Science Podcasts

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With support from The Kavli Foundation, Clear+Vivid presents this special series on the power of basic scientific research – from the pure to the practical. What is curiosity-driven research? Why does it matter? How does it play a role in transforming our lives? Where does basic research take place and by whom? Why is investing in basic research essential to society? Host Alan Alda leads conversations with 10 guests discussing these topics and more, each sharing their point of view and experience about basic science and their personal stories – what got them interested in or involved in science. Science Clear+Vivid runs concurrent with Clear+Vivid Season 10 (October - November) and will be released each Thursday.

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@alanalda

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English

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https://alanalda.com/

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podcast@dzula.com

Episodes

Anna Ploszajski: When Science Meets Craft

9/1/2021

A scientist fluent in the atomic properties of materials like glass and steel and wood, Anna Ploszajski wanted the hands-on experience of how craftspeople use them. The result is her book, Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:42:05

Daphna Shohamy: Your Creative Memory

8/25/2021

You may not realize it, but you are subtly revising and updating your memories all the time – to keep them, as Daphna Shohamy puts it, “nimble,” and so better able to help you chart both the present and the future. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:39:20

Caterina Vernieri: Seeing What Can’t be Seen

8/19/2021

As a young Italian physics student, Caterina Vernieri was lucky enough to join the team hunting for the most elusive and highly-prized fundamental particle of all – the Higgs boson – just as it was found. She is now leading a team building the detector that may reveal the Higgs’ secrets. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:34:59

Marcelle Soares Santos: Capturing a Cosmic Explosion

8/11/2021

Having helped develop and install a camera to gaze the heavens with unprecedented resolution, Marcelle Soares Santos was part of the team that used the camera to capture an unprecedented record of a massive cosmic explosion. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:40:45

Lucy Aplin: Cockatoos have culture too

8/4/2021

An unknown but very clever cockatoo in Sydney Australia invented a novel way of raiding trash bins. Teaming with citizen scientists, Lucy Aplin and her team tracked how cockatoos throughout the city soon picked up the same trick. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:42:38

Kerri Cahoy: Hitchhiking to Space

7/28/2021

Tiny satellites, catching a ride to space, can improve weather forecasting and even help spot planets outside the solar system. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:40:44

Polina Anikeeva: Communing with the Brain

7/21/2021

With ultra-thin fibers and minute magnetic particles, Polina Anikeeva and her team are developing new ways to tap into the brain. Her ultimate goal is to understand and treat brain diseases like Parkinson’s. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:41:16

Abigail Vieregg: Seeking Cosmic Messengers

7/14/2021

Dangling from a balloon the size of a football stadium miles above the South Pole, a payload built by astrophysicist Abby Vieregg peers down at the ice looking for messenger particles from the most energetic places in the universe. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:41:41

Rae Wynn-Grant: Carnivore Champion

7/7/2021

She not only cares passionately about the large and ferocious animals she studies. Rae Wynn-Grant also has a passion and a talent for getting the rest of us to care about them too. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:43:27

Maya Fishbach: When Black Holes Chirp

6/30/2021

The mightiest events in the entire universe – when black holes collide – create ripples in space-time now being detected by the most sensitive instruments ever built – and are opening up a new era in astronomy. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:40:18

Beronda Montgomery: Lessons from Plants

6/23/2021

Beronda Montgomery suggests we humans have a lot to learn from the surprising ways plants connect, communicate and collaborate. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:42:04

Science Clear+Vivid - Season 3 Trailer

6/16/2021

Alan and Science Clear+Vivid’s executive producer Graham Chedd preview the new season. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:19:29

Alex Schnell: Do Cuttlefish Ponder?

6/9/2021

It’s not often that cuttlefish go viral, but that’s what happened when Alex Schnell published the results of her experiments showing that cuttlefish perform well in a version of the famous marshmallow test used to test self-control in children. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:35:48

Alysson Muotri: A Brain Begins – in a Dish

6/2/2021

By coaxing skin cells to become brain cells in a dish, Alysson Muotri hopes to learn how early brain development can go wrong in conditions like autism or epilepsy – and how our brains differ from those of our cousins, the Neanderthals. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:36:26

Edward Chang: A Brain Speaks

5/26/2021

During brain surgery, Dr. Edward Chang can record the brain’s electrical activity while the patient speaks – then reproduce the spoken words. His goal is to develop a device that will give a voice to people who have lost their ability to speak. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:39:46

Shriya Srinivasan: Making prosthetic limbs feel real

5/19/2021

While still working on her PhD Shriya Srinivasan invented a way that allows someone with a missing limb to move and feel their prosthesis as naturally as if it were part of them. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:37:45

How Your Mind Creates Language

5/12/2021

Ev Fedorenko is in awe of her 3 1/2 year old daughter’s ability to soak up language – and as a neuroscientist, Ev’s goal is to one day understand how her daughter’s brain is doing it. Meanwhile she is tackling questions like – can we think without language? And just where in the brain is language anyway? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:37:50

Researching Her Own Disease

5/5/2021

Audrey Winkelsas has a rare genetic disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. While it limits her physical abilities, it has helped ignite her passion for science as she works at the laboratory bench – aided by her mother – to find a novel medication to help SMA patients manage the disease Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:28:15

The Brothers Shenderov

4/29/2021

Brothers Eugene and Kevin Shenderov escaped with their parents from the Soviet Union shortly after being exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl explosion. They are now physician researchers whose personal experience shapes both their research and their relationship to their patients. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:39:07

There’s More to Everything than Meets the Eye

4/21/2021

As a Black female professor, Chanda Prescod Weinstein is a rarity in her field. And she relishes the fact that everything that we see and experience in our lives – including the stars in the sky – are themselves rarities in the cosmos. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:41:32