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Matt Hartings: My Bacon Number
Chemist Matt Hartings is excited -- and a little frantic -- when he receives an unexpected invitation to talk about the science of bacon on The Today…
9 years, 4 months ago
Chiara Mariottini: Lost in Translation
Italian neuroscientist Chiara Mariottini struggles to fit in when she moves to New York City. Chiara Mariottini has a PhD in Neurophysiology from the…
9 years, 4 months ago
Wes Hazard: Everything Is Wrong
Standup comedian Wes Hazard's dangerous chronic illness rears its head while he's on stage one night. Wes Hazard is a Boston-based comic & storytelle…
9 years, 4 months ago
Amy Oestreicher: Life Without a Stomach
Amy Oestreicher is a normal teenage theater nerd... until the day her stomach explodes. Amy Oestreicher is a PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, au…
9 years, 5 months ago
Jana Watson-Capps: Shark-Infested Waters
Biologist Jana Watson-Capps struggles with feeling in over her head in her scientific career. Jana Watson-Capps is an Associate Director of the Unive…
9 years, 5 months ago
Herman Pontzer: Burning Calories
Anthropologist Herman Pontzer spends time living among a Hadza hunter-gatherer tribe in order to see if they burn more calories than a typical Wester…
9 years, 5 months ago
Layne Jackson Hubbard: Still Myself
Layne Jackson Hubbard wakes up in a hospital room with a head wound and no memory of how she got there. Layne Jackson Hubbard is a PhD student in Com…
9 years, 5 months ago
Aparna Nancherla: By Any Means Necessary
When comedian Aparna Nancherla's science fair project goes awry, she and her fellow students make some unethical choices. Aparna Nancherla is a stand…
9 years, 6 months ago
Patrick Freeman: Elephant Time
Patrick Freeman is studying elephants in Namibia when he receives terrible news. Patrick Freeman is a Research Assistant at the Carnegie Institution …
9 years, 6 months ago
Rachel Yehuda: Cause and Effect
To discover why some survivors of trauma experience PTSD and some don't, scientist Rachel Yehuda must convince a community of Holocaust survivors to …
9 years, 6 months ago