Episode 50: Lyra Cronin on Quantum Physics and When to Become a Robot

Episode 6: DS9's "Rejoined" - Is it gay if it's in space, is it immortality if you're a computer?: For this episode, we watched Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4x06, "Rejoined," in which Jadzia Dax meets and contemplates rekindling a relationship with the new (female) host of one of her symbiont's previous host's wife's symbiont. We start talking about the... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

35 min listen

Episode 8: Bryan K Lynn on Math and Microbes: In this episode, Bryan K Lynn joins us to talk about his research using bacteria to study the evolution of cooperation, as well as being trans in science, fear of apocalypse, and the baffling decision to present Kelsey Grammer as a blue beefcake in X-Men... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

35 min listen

Episode 3: TNG's "The Chase," evolution, and extraterrestrial life: In this episode we use the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Chase" (Season 6, Episode 20) to talk about evolution, philosophy of science, whether life is governed by laws, and how extraterrestrial life might develop. by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

36 min listen

Episode 1: Tessa's Interests: In this ep Tessa describes some of the background of astrobiology as a field, and talks about her own research. by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

37 min listen

Episode 0: An Introduction: A basic introduction to the podcast and to its two hosts, Tessa (astrobiology) and Charles (entomology). Transcript available on our main website. by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

15 min listen

Episode 2: Talkin' Taxonomy (Charles's Interests): Charles talks about biological taxonomy, systematics, and nomenclature. If that sounds boring to you, it probably will be, there's no hidden twist it's just about taxonomy. A transcript is available on our website here: https://asabpodcast.com/2020/07... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

30 min listen

Episode 5: Erin Barbeau on Bug Dicks, Museums, and Science Fiction: Our guest this week is entomologist (specializing on caterpillars), illustrator, and science fiction reviewer Erin Barbeau. We talk about science fiction, museum collections, insect research, cool caterpillars, and the significance of genitalia. Trans... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

44 min listen

Episode 16: Emarose Ahmed on Chemistry and Honestly a Bunch of Other Stuff: On this episode we're joined by Emarose Ahmed, a synthetic organic chemist at UNLV. We learn about orbital hybridization, phosphorus, synthetic chemistry, chirality, lab protocol, and Charles takes a long detour to defend cockroaches. Links, readings, a... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

31 min listen

Episode 9: Phosphine on Venus with Dr. Ashley Nova, Whitney Powers, and Evan Sneed: In this episode, we brought on three different space scientists to discuss the recent announcement of phosphine found in Venus's atmosphere. We talk about why it's exciting, what it means, whether there are aliens, and which ones we'd date. A transcript... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

53 min listen

Episode 4: Melody Dickens on Hormones, Teaching, and Star Trek: Our first guest is comic writer Melody Dickens, who has a background in applied biomedical sciences and science education. We talk about her experiences with research, with teaching science, and, inevitably, a lot of Star Trek. Transcript and notes for... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

43 min listen

Episode 10: Vic Zamloot on Infiltrating Tumors with Bacteria and Ethics in Science: On today's episode we have immuno-oncology student Vic Zamloot on his research using Salmonella on cancerous tumors, as well as ethics in science and having never read Animorphs. Enough time has passed that when we recorded Vic was a mere PhD student and... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

43 min listen

Episode 12: Super Spooky Halloween Special (The Locked Tomb Trilogy by Tamsyn Muir): On this supersized super spooky Halloween special, we bring on returning guest Erin Barbeau to discuss the Locked Tomb Trilogy by Tamsyn Muir, which isn't especially trans but is very gay, and very spooky. A transcript of this episode is available on ou... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

73 min listen

Episode 7: Sophie Lee on Batteries, Chemical Energy, and the Future: On this week's episode we spoke to chemical engineer and self-described battery nerd Sophie Lee. They told us about their background in research and current research interests, indulged Charles in his request to have chemistry explained to him as if he w... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

32 min listen

Episode 26: Kaitlin Rasmussen on Exoplanets and How to Find 'Em: This week we have Kaitlin Rasmussen, "stellar astrophysicist and exoplaneteer," on to talk about their research in exoplanets, planets in general, spectrographs, and telescopes. We get a lengthy interlude about history of scientific methodology, which de... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

41 min listen

Episode 30: Fayth Tan on Regeneration and Queer Identity: For our first Pride Month episode, we're joined by biologist Fayth Tan, whose work focuses on regeneration. We talk about what the heck regeneration really is, why we see it in some organisms and not others, the lies told to us by pop culture, and our mo... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

48 min listen

Episode 14: Faelan Mourmourakis on Bee Cognition: In this episode, Australian entomologist Faelan Mourmourakis comes on to tell us about his research in the limitations of bee cognition. Tangents include the hell of academic funding, how people don't adequately appreciate insects' cuteness, and the emu ... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

34 min listen

Episode 19: Carolyn P. Hutchinson On Rodenticides and Their Effect On Rodents, Large Mammals, Wastewater, the Environment… and You: In this episode, analytical chemist Dr. Carolyn P Hutchison, professor at St. Bonaventure, talks to us about their research in anticoagulant rodenticides and wastewater. Topics include rodenticides, bioaccumulation, environmental chemistry, a brief tange... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

34 min listen

Episode 36: Aaron Fairweather on Myrmecology (Ants) and Being a Furry in Scicomm: This week we're joined by myrmecologist and all-around delight, Aaron Fairweather. Aaron joins us to talk ants, taxonomy hot-takes, and being a furry in science communication - our first furry guest, but certainly not our last. Find Aaron and their scic... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

50 min listen

Episode 17: Rae Lambert on Vaccines, Immunology, and the Horror of Organic Corporeality by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

38 min listen

Episode 11: Sam Long on Science Education, Biological Diversity, and the Desire to Go to Space: On this episode we're joined by science educator and aspiring astronaut Sam Long. Sam is a high school science teacher in Colorado who is one of the main minds behind the Gender Inclusive Biology project, a project to develop more inclusive biology curri... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

35 min listen

Episode 15: What even is an ice parasite? (Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3, Episodes 1-4): In this episode Tessa and Charles talk to each other about the first four episodes of Star Trek: Discovery Season 3. After a soft reboot, the Discovery crew ends up over 900 years into their future to find a universe without the Federation. Plus, trans p... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

54 min listen

Episode 28: Y'all Heard of the Picture-Winged Flies (Ulidiidae)?: This week's episode is an exploration of the modest but fascinating family Ulidiidae, the "picture-winged flies." Tangents include fly phylogenies (fly-logeny), sperm and the distribution thereof, and whether there's any truly correct way to pronounce sc... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

47 min listen

Episode 31: Theo Tiffney on the Two C's: Hepatitis, and Capitalism: In this episode, Theo Tiffney - recent PhD, crucial figure in ASAB history, and our friend - tells us about hepatitis C. We go through the disease itself, its treatment, and how drug companies once again screwed people over. A transcript of the episode ... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

50 min listen

Episode 34: Back to Space! with Teal: We chat with astrophysicist Teal about the James Webb Space Telescope, their research on space, what makes an atmosphere, and whether there's any controversy to what makes an atmosphere, among other topics. There's also another long rumination on death, ... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

49 min listen

Episode 35: Oh I Am What I Am, I‘ll Do What I Want (Watch Roswell), But I Can‘t Hide (That I Love Roswell): In this episode we watched and discuss the first two episodes of the classic alien teen romance drama, Roswell (not the CW show from 2019). Aliens! Mysteries! Teen love! A perfect show, except for everything wrong with it. A transcript is available at o... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

39 min listen

Episode 21: Caitlin Hobbs on Life and Death During a Pandemic: In this episode, we talk to recently graduated bioanthropology student Caitlin Hobbs on their thesis research investigating responses to death during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Tangents include what we want done with our bodies after death, how Victo... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

37 min listen

Episode 48: Lucianne Walkowicz on Space - Who Does It Belong To? How Gay Is It?: In this episode we're joined by science superstar (pun intended) Lucianne Walkowicz to talk about their research, who space belongs to (including whether it can "belong" to anyone), and how gay space is. Charles also defends leeches (they probably won't ... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

52 min listen

Episode 20: Bug Dicks Revisited (Valentine's Day Special): In this episode, we explore the four species of Neotrogla (Insecta: Psocodea: Prionoglarididae) and their unique genitalia. Females in these species have a penis-like organ which penetrates the male, retrieves sperm, and deposits it back in their own bod... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

39 min listen

Episode 25: Cel Welch on Diagnostic Technology and Trans Health: On this episode we have Cel Welch, founder of Queer Engineer, on to talk about Cel's research and background in medical diagnostics. We talk about what goes on in there and the process of developing new diagnostic tools. Cel is on Twitter @citizenSTEM a... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

36 min listen

Episode 18: It's Probably Not Aliens This Time But It's Gotta Be Aliens Sometime: On this episode we consider the implications of strange radio emissions from around Proxima Centauri. Tangents include Pluto, the meaning of planets, how to even detect radio signals, speculating about aliens, and why do we care about water so much anywa... by Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s

36 min listen

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Episode 50: Lyra Cronin on Quantum Physics and When to Become a Robot

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