Afleveringen
-
Amidst talk about the Paris climate accord and other multinational efforts to combat climate change, it's easy to lose sight of the extensive efforts occurring at the city and state levels to plan for and preempt the effects of environmental changes. To celebrate Earth Day 2018, we're taking a look at some of the strategies local communities are adopting to address the challenges climate change is creating for urban infrastructure.
Special thanks to our guests on this episode, John Bolduc, Environmental Planner for the City of Cambridge, and Kerry Emanuel, Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT.
Cheers,
The SIT'N Listen Team
Executive Producer: Amy Gilson
Assistant producer: Yang Tian
Correspondents: Sisi Hu, Illika Sahu, Tia Scarpelli, and Sam Wattrus
Editors: Amy Gilson, Teshika Jayewickreme, Stanely Gill, Yang Tian
Graphics by Rebecca Clements. -
The oceans cover 70% of our planet, but did you know that less than 5% of the ocean floor has been explored? In the face of rapid climate change, ocean scientists are racing to understand what makes a healthy ocean and how rapid changes in ocean temperature, currents and chemistry will affect biodiversity, fishing, tourism, land erosion and myriad of other aspects that will affect us on land.
Thanks to our wonderful collaborators at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments for sponsoring our live audience recording. Many thanks to our wonderful podcast guest scientists Christina Hernandez, Gabriela Farfan, and Hanny Rivera for sharing their insights.
Cheers,
The SIT'N Listen Team
Edited by Executive Producer Vinidhra Mani with valuable feedback from Executive Producers Elizabeth Jaensch and Amy Gilson
Image Credit: Gabriela Farfan, Hanny Rivera -
Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
-
We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen! This time we're delving into the world of sex, gender, and sports. Men and women have been competing in separate athletic events since at least the time of the ancient Greeks. But why? What biological differences affect the way men and women play sports? And what impact does all of this have on athletics, and on our broader culture? Tune in to find out!
Correspondents: Dana Boebinger, Rachel Hanebutt, Brittany Mayweather, and Michael Ruiz
Produced by Michelle Frank
Sound editing by Dana Boebinger
Special thanks to Kristen Osborne and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, which co-sponsored this podcast as part of their upcoming conference on sports, gender, and society. We're also grateful to Jean-Francois Gauvin and Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments for hosting the live recording of this podcast.
We will post show notes with references and script on our website: sitn.hms.harvard.edu. Feel free to send us any comments, questions, or topic suggestions at [email protected].
All the best,
The Sit’N Listen team: Michelle Frank, Amy Gilson, Elizabeth Jaensch, Vini Mani, and Angela She -
Many important scientific discoveries have been may by doing experiments on animals. However these experiments raise deep scientific and ethical questions. This is Part Two of a two-parter examining how animals are used to learn about human health and disease.
Correspondents: Michelle Frank, Alexandra Schnell, Mashaal Sohail, and Amy Gilson
Episode Graphic by Pierre Baduel
Producer and Audio Editor: Amy Gilson -
Many important scientific discoveries have been may by doing experiments on animals. However these experiments raise deep scientific and ethical questions. This is Part One of a two-parter examining how animals are used to learn about human health and disease.
Correspondents: Michelle Frank, Alexandra Schnell, Mashaal Sohail, and Amy Gilson
Episode Graphic by Pierre Baduel
Producer and Audio Editor: Amy Gilson -
Sit'N Listen is back with another edition of Science and Society, a collaboration across disciplines. Here, we discuss many issues surrounding how certain concepts of sex and gender have become norms in our society and how these are shaped by (in, in turn, shape) our scientific understanding of this subject.
Correspondents: Rachel Hanebutt, Michelle Frank, Jessica Cussins, Kellie Owens
Advised by: Amy Gilson, Prof. Sheila Jasanoff
Special thank you to Jean Francois Gauvin and the Center for Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard for making this wonderful live recording happen. If you happen to be in the Boston area, please do check out the exhibit!
Sit'N Listen (S&S) Producers: Amy Gilson and Vinidhra Mani -
We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen!, this time all about the world’s most deadly animal: MOSQUITOES. Tune in to learn about the history (and future!) of some of the infamous diseases mosquitoes spread, as well as new tools scientists are using in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases.
Featuring: Fernanda Ferreira, Elizabeth Jaensch, and Tianli Xiao
Special thanks to Amy Gilson for audio production help.
We will post show notes with references and script on our website: sitn.hms.harvard.edu. Feel free to send us any comments, questions, or topic suggestions at [email protected].
All the best,
The Sit’N Listen team: Amy Gilson, Elizabeth Jaensch, Vini Mani, and Angela She -
SIT'N Listen! Presents its first episode in a recurring series of podcasts on Science and Society, where graduate students and other experts across various disciplines- science, public policy, design, history, you name it- discuss a wide range of topics- from gender to climate change. After all, these are topics scholars in many disciplines are contributing to. This series is largely a collaboration between Science in the News and the program in Science, Technology and Society at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Today's episode is a bit of navel gazing, analyzing our motivations in communicating science.
We will post show notes with references and script on our website: sitn.hms.harvard.edu. Please email [email protected] with any questions, comments or feedback!
Cheers,
Vini Mani, Matthew Sample, Warren Hagist, Amy Gilson, and Elizabeth Jaensch
Special thanks to Prof. Sheila Jasanoff of Harvard University for her insights and feedback through our process of creating this podcast.
Cheers,
Vini Mani, Elizabeth Jaensch, Amy Gilson, Angela She
SIT'N Listen Producers -
Following up on our GMO episode we sat down with Dr. Larry Gilbertson who's been a scientist at Monsanto for about 20 years, and Vance Crowe, Monsanto's Director of Millennial Engagement. Can you drink genetically modified beer in England? Do Amish farmers grow GM crops? Find out right here!
Stay tuned for our first episode of Sit'N Society, our new series made in collaboration with Harvard's Science, Technology, and Society program, which will explore the complex relationship between science, technology and society.
Thanks to Larry and Vance for joining us.
Watch Larry at Boston Skeptics in the Pub: https://vimeo.com/132447651
Read NPR's interview with Vance here: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/10/29/359836350/monsanto-hired-this-guy-to-help-it-win-over-millennials
Listen to Talking Biotech. Here's a link to the episode on citrus. greening.: http://www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/?p=137
Cheers,
Vini Mani, Elizabeth Jaensch, Amy Gilson, Angela She -
Allergies: the bane of people who can’t snack on peanut butter and banana sandwiches, who can’t cuddle up to our favorite furry companions on a bad day, and who want to love spring or autumn but are assaulted on all sides by annoying, invisible particles. Allergies plague people seemingly indiscriminately, and symptoms can vary from an itchy nose and watery eyes to hives or difficulty breathing.
So what are allergies and why do we get them? What are they doing to our bodies, and how do we treat that? Can we, maybe, prevent them?
Happy Listening and Happy 2016!
Vinidhra Mani, Amy Gilson, Angela She, Elizabeth Jaensch
SIT'N Listen Producers
We'd like to acknowledge Amy Gilson for her heroic editing efforts and Marie Siwicki for her contributions to research and script writing.
Voices on this podcast: Angela She, Vinidhra Mani, Amy Gilson, Andrew Marantan -
Science in the News at Harvard University has just launched our first podcast, titled "Sit'N Listen!"
Each episode of Sit'N Listen, we'll bring you scientists' perspectives on intriguing and newsworthy science. In this episode we discuss CRISPR, its origins and roles in genetic editing for therapeutics and research.
For a healthy yet tasty snack for the brain, we hope you'll join us here at the Sit'N Listen podcast!
Sincerely yours,
The Sit'N Listen team: Amy Gilson, Elizabeth Jaensch, Vinidhra Mani, Angela She -
Science in the News at Harvard University has just launched our first podcast, titled "Sit'N Listen!"
Each episode of Sit'N Listen, we'll bring you scientists' perspectives on intriguing and newsworthy science. In this episode we discuss how Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are developed in the lab and a new law that would change how GMOs are regulated.
For a healthy yet tasty snack for the brain, we hope you'll join us here at the Sit'N Listen podcast!
Sincerely yours,
The Sit'N Listen team: Amy Gilson, Elizabeth Jaensch, Vinidhra Mani, Angela She
Special thank you to the following individuals:
Angela She (editing)
Kelsey Sakimoto (theme music)
Mary Gearing
Heather Landry
SITN Signal to Noise Editorial Staff
Eric Hamilton
