Episodes

  • Courtney Gibbons (Math), interviewed by Viva Horowitz
    Dec 8 2021

    Courtney Gibbons (Hamilton College) talks about her modern algebra research, including fields, rings, polynomials, and infinite series. She also reads excerpts about the mathematician Emmy Noether from The Trouble with Women. Aired December 6, 2021 on WHCL. 

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Ryan Martinie (Biochemistry), interviewed by Viva Horowitz
    Nov 22 2021

    Ryan Martinie studies the importance of iron in biology. Aired November 22 on WHCL.

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    49 mins
  • Rhea Datta (Biology), interviewed by Viva Horowitz
    Nov 15 2021

    Rhea Datta studies embryo development, including how an organism decides which side is the head and which side is the tail. Aired on WHCL, November 15, 2021.

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    58 mins
  • Heather Kropp (Environmental Studies), interviewed by Viva Horowitz
    Nov 8 2021

    Heather Kropp (Hamilton College) studies climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic. Aired on WHCL on November 8, 2021.

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    53 mins
  • Megan Smith (Physics: Cosmology), interviewed by Viva Horowitz
    Nov 1 2021

    Simulating black holes! Originally aired November 1, 2021.

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    57 mins
  • Aaron Strong (Environmental Studies), interviewed by Viva Horowitz
    Oct 5 2021

    Prof. Aaron Strong discusses climate change broadly and with an emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands. Originally aired on WHCL on October 4, 2021.

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    57 mins
  • Andrew Jones (Chemistry), interviewed by Viva Horowitz
    Sep 29 2021

    Andrew Jones modifies cells to produce chemicals, including the hallucinogen psilocybin.

    This episode is anticipated to air on WHCL on October 18, 2021.

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    56 mins
  • Natalie Nannas (Biology), interviewed by Viva Horowitz
    Sep 29 2021

    Natalie Nannas studies cell division using CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats).

    This episode aired on WHCL on October 11, 2021.

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    57 mins