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Archive for June, 2013

Jun
19

Episode 7 : “Wild & Cute Baby Animals” edition (video)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on June 19, 2013

Streamed live on 19 June 2013

Today we talked to wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas about combining science and art in her series of books with stories and images about the life of animal families on the African Savanna, as well as her keen interest in conservation and lending her support to small conservation groups doing big jobs around the world. Plus the usual assortment of related and unrelated topics.

Learn more about Suzi’s projects and publications at her website: http://www.suzieszterhas.com/.

Jun
19

Episode 7 : “Wild & Cute Baby Animals” edition (audio)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on June 19, 2013

Streamed live on 19 June 2013

Today we talked to wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas about combining science and art in her series of books with stories and images about the life of animal families on the African Savanna, as well as her keen interest in conservation and lending her support to small conservation groups doing big jobs around the world. Plus the usual assortment of related and unrelated topics.

Learn more about Suzi’s projects and publications at her website: http://www.suzieszterhas.com/.

Jun
12

Episode 6 : “Mission to Mars” edition (video)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on June 12, 2013

Streamed live on 12 June 2013

In this RS! episode we talked with famed moon-walker and space visionary, Buzz Aldrin, about his book, “Mission to Mars”, and his vision for establishing a permanent human presence on Mars. Later in the episode we were joined by Leonard David, Buzz’s co-author on the book, to talk some about their experiences with spreading the idea and engaging the public with the excitement of space exploration.

Jun
12

Episode 6 : “Mission to Mars” edition (audio)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on June 12, 2013

Streamed live on 12 June 2013

In this RS! episode we talked with famed moon-walker and space visionary, Buzz Aldrin, about his book, “Mission to Mars”, and his vision for establishing a permanent human presence on Mars. Later in the episode we were joined by Leonard David, Buzz’s co-author on the book, to talk some about their experiences with spreading the idea and engaging the public with the excitement of space exploration.

Jun
06

Episode 5 : “Frogs & Sloths” edition (video)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on June 6, 2013

Streamed live on 6 June 2013

We teamed up with award-winning filmmaker — and secret evolutionary biologist — Lucy Cooke, for a high-energy discussion about sloths, and frogs, and many other down-trodden and unloved species of animals; making films that entertain and educate; and all sorts of other stuff, including some insider talk about Richard Dawkins & David Attenborough. We also were briefly reminded of the limits of technology and laptop battery lives.

To find out about Lucy’s larger documentaries that have been produced and broadcast in many venues, an online search should amply reward you. Smaller videos that she posts online can be found here: http://vimeo.com/user2714304/videos .

Jun
06

Episode 5 : “Frogs & Sloths” edition (audio)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on June 6, 2013

Streamed live on 6 June 2013

We teamed up with award-winning filmmaker — and secret evolutionary biologist — Lucy Cooke, for a high-energy discussion about sloths, and frogs, and many other down-trodden and unloved species of animals; making films that entertain and educate; and all sorts of other stuff, including some insider talk about Richard Dawkins & David Attenborough. We also were briefly reminded of the limits of technology and laptop battery lives.

To find out about Lucy’s larger documentaries that have been produced and broadcast in many venues, an online search should amply reward you. Smaller videos that she posts online can be found here: http://vimeo.com/user2714304/videos .

Jun
05

Episode 4 : “Scientists are Human” edition (video)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on June 5, 2013

Streamed live on 5 June 2013

They physicists gang up on Joanne, when we’re joined by Mario Livio, whose most recent book is “Brilliant Blunders : From Darwin to Einstein – Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe”, and Michael Brooks, whose most recent book is “Free Radicals : The Secret Anarchy of Science”. We discuss the audacious idea that scientists are actually people, too, and that science is a human enterprise and mistakes regularly happen.

Jun
05

Episode 4 : “Scientists are Human” edition (audio)

Posted by jnshaumeyer on June 5, 2013

Streamed live on 5 June 2013

They physicists gang up on Joanne, when we’re joined by Mario Livio, whose most recent book is “Brilliant Blunders : From Darwin to Einstein – Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe”, and Michael Brooks, whose most recent book is “Free Radicals : The Secret Anarchy of Science”. We discuss the audacious idea that scientists are actually people, too, and that science is a human enterprise and mistakes regularly happen.