Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 6: Michael Turner discusses LIGO & the detection of gravitational waves
Season 1 Episode 6
Michael Turner is best known for having coined the term “dark energy” in 1998. A theoretical cosmologist at the University of Chicago, Turner has ded…
10 years, 2 months ago
Episode 5: Margaret Leinen discusses health of the oceans
Season 1 Episode 5
Margaret Leinen is a big name in oceanography. She’s the director of the Scripps Oceanographic Institute and vice chancellor of marine sciences at Sc…
10 years, 2 months ago
Episode 4: Harrison Schmitt discusses being the first scientist on the moon
Season 1 Episode 4
In this episode, we talk with Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, the first and only scientist to land on the moon. Schmitt was part of the Apollo 17 Mission in…
10 years, 2 months ago
Episode 3: Rhonda Patrick discusses why your genes influence what you should eat
Season 1 Episode 3
Before Rhonda Perciavalle Patrick "stumbled into research"—at the renowned Salk Institute—the Southern California native was a biochemistry major and…
10 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2: Br. Guy Consolmagno: The Vatican Astronomer
Season 1 Episode 2
Guy Consolmagno is not your typical scientist. The director of Vatican Observatory is also a Jesuit Brother, astronomer extraordinaire, MIT graduate,…
10 years, 3 months ago
Episode 1: Peter Attia on how to live longer and better
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. Peter Attia, the guest for this episode of STEM-Talk, is a modern-day "Renaissance man," says IHMC CEO Ken Ford. That term gets tossed around a l…
10 years, 3 months ago