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    • Grant Jerkins 

      Bennett, Charlie (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-03-11)
      Grant Jerkins is the author of A Very Simple Crime, At the End of the Road, and The Ninth Step.

    • Terry Tempest Williams 

      Bennett, Charlie (Georgia Institute of TechnologyWREK, 2013-02-25)
      Terry Tempest Williams is an author, an activist, and a South-westerner. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice is her most recent book.

    • John Wood 

      Bennett, Charlie (Georgia Institute of TechnologyWREK, 2013-02-11)
      John Wood left a career at Microsoft to start the charitable organization Room To Read. Eleven years later, he and the organization are going strong.

    • Putting the Science Back in Science Education 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Weintraub, Jory; Greco, Ed; Gaul, Jon; Moozhayil, Akash (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-10-09)
      Jory Weintraub joins to discuss the importance of educating scientists to communicate their work to society, and what they are doing about this at the Duke Initiative for Science & Society.

    • Listener Call In Show 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Greco, Ed; Leavey, Jennifer; Moozhayil, Akash; Gaul, Jon (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-10-02)
      Today we discuss recent health issues with vaping and take listener calls.

    • The Problem with Vaping 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Leavey, Jennifer; Gaul, Jon; Moozhayil, Akash (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-09-25)
      Today we discuss recent health issues with vaping and take listener calls.

    • Science for Georgia 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Sharma, Amy; Greco, Ed; Leavey, Jennifer; Gaul, Jon; Moozhayil, Akash (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-09-18)
      Amy Sharma, Vice President of Science for Georgia joins us to discuss this organization’s efforts to build a bridge between science and the public.

    • Making Cities Friendlier 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Andris, Clio; Leavey, Jennifer; Greco, Ed; Gaul, Jon (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-09-11)
      Clio Andris, who holds joint faculty appointments in the Georgia Tech Schools of City and Regional Planning and Interactive Computing joins us to discuss her research on using social distance, instead of geographic distance, ...

    • Returning to Learning 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; O'Brien, Katy; Leavey, Jennifer; Greco, Ed; Gaul, Jon (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-09-04)
      Katy O’Brien, from the Communication Sciences and Special Education faculty of the University of Georgia joins us to discuss her research on preparing students to return to learning after brain injury or concussions.

    • Science at the Con 2019 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Granade, Stephen; Leavey, Jennifer; Greco, Ed; Gaul, Jon (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-08-28)
      For most of its history Dragon Con has provided an excellent program in the Science Track. Stephen Granade, the Science Track Director, joins us to discuss this year’s exciting program.

    • The Academic Road Less Traveled 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Cheung, Lily; Leavey, Jennifer (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-06-12)
      Lily Cheung, of the Georgia Tech School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering joins us to discuss how your college degree and career path don’t always match. She will share her own unique academic path and how this impacts ...

    • Black Hole Snapshots 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Greco, Ed; Leavey, Jennifer; Gaul, Jonathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-10)
      Our very own Ed Greco guides us through the first image of a black hole from the Event Horizon Teleschope.

    • Ripping off Mother Nature Part II 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Weissburg, Marc; Gaul, Jonathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-03)
      Marc Weissburg, Co-Director for the Georgia Tech Center for Biologically-Inspired Design, joins us after several years to discuss recent designs inspired by nature.

    • Scientist Storytelling 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Ip, Alex; Greco, Ed; Leavey, Jennifer; Gaul, Jonathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-02-06)
      Alex Ip, Georgia Tech student in environmental engineering, joins us to discuss The Xylom, his media site that shares scientists’ personal stories with the public.

    • Policy Decisions in Our Data-Driven World 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Barke, Richard; Leavey, Jennifer; Gaul, Jonathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-01-30)
      Richard Barke , from the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, joins us to discuss our struggle to prioritize and interpret the ever-increasing amounts of data in order to make informed policy decisions. .

    • Shining a Light on Super Massive Black Holes 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Bogdonivic, Tamara; Leavey, Jennifer; Greco, Ed; Gaul, Jonathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-01-23)
      Tamara Bogdonivic, of the Georgia Tech School of Physics, joins us to talk Super Massive Black Holes and her theories to explain their behavior.

    • Protein Dancing 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Gumbart, G.C.; Greco, Ed; Gaul, Jon (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11-14)
      J.C. Gumbart, from the Georgia Tech School of Physics, joins us to talk about protein folding and morphology in the ribosome.

    • Math with Bad Drawings 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Orlin, Ben; Leavey, Jennifer; Greco, Ed; Gaul, Jon (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11-28)
      Ben Orlin joins us to talk is new book Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas that Shape our Reality.

    • Topology In Materials 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Rocklin, Zeb; Greco, Ed; Leavey, Jennifer; Gaul, Jonathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-10-03)
      Zeb Rocklin, from the Georgia Tech School of Physics joins us to discuss how the field of topology can help us understand and improve the mechanical properties of materials.

    • Punk Rock Science 

      Ludovice, Peter J.; Greco, Ed; Jennifer, Leavey; Gaul, Jon; Mike, Evans; Joe, Mendelson (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08-29)
      Georgia Tech’s own punk rock science band, Leucine Zipper and the Zinc Fingers, joins us to discuss the upcoming release of their new album of science-related songs Atomic Anarchy.