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Science et al

Science et al, a podcast hosted by Daniel Barron, features him in conversation with scientists, science writers, academics, and thinkers. Together they examine ideas and questions that are of interest to the medical and broader scientific community.

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0:48:0

Paula Croxson: Scientists and storytellers

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2021/01/22

This episode of Science et al. was recorded at New Haven’s Baobab Tree Studios. Daniel sits down with Paula Croxson (@paulacroxson) to discuss storytelling, science, and how doctors and scientists can engage the public with their work. Paula is the senior manager for education programs at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute, the senior producer for The Story Collider, and an assistant professor of neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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0:59:30

Carl Zimmer: The limits of science writing

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2021/01/15

In this episode of Science et al., Daniel speaks with Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) about the intersection of science writing and communications, a subject that continues to be of local, national, and global importance. Carl writes the Matter column for the New York Times, and is the author of thirteen books about science. When we spoke, Carl was touring the world for his recent book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, which won the 2019 National Academies Communication Award. The Guardian named it the best

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0:54:56

Nicholas Christakis: Peer pressure—getting grants and...

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2021/01/08

Daniel talks with Nicholas Christakis (@NAChristakis), Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale, where he directs the Human Nature Lab and is Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. Nicholas had just published Blueprint: the Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society when the two spoke, and they discuss various aspects of the book including the phenomenon of “social suites” present in academic communities—how evolutionary pressures like grant funding have steered academic

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0:38:44

Justin Baker: Exploring the neuroscience for mental...

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2021/01/01

The co-founder of the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry and director of the Laboratory for Functional Neuroimaging and Bioinformatics at McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Justin Baker (@JustinBakerMD) joins Daniel on Science et al. to talk about how he came to be so passionate about and interested in the human brain, and the two discuss some of his more innovative work posing questions about conditions like schizophrenia.

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0:42:20

Neuroskeptic: How is…the Neuroskeptic?

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2020/12/23

A longstanding science blogger for Discover magazine and Twitter influencer, Neuroskeptic (@Neuro_Skeptic), sits down in a pub to chat with Daniel about the “generalizability crisis,” blogging, and social media in this episode of Science et al.

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0:49:45

Michael Lemonick: The future of science journalism

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2020/12/18

The inaugural episode of Science et al. features author, journalist, and chief opinion editor at Scientific American Michael (Mike) Lemonick (@MLemonick), in conversation with Daniel. The episode’s big question—whether Mike feels that science writing has had a substantial impact on society—gets a very interesting and in-depth answer. The two also discuss the tensions between science and journalism.

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1:5:15

Lisa Messeri: What the anthropologist sees

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2020/12/11

Daniel speaks with Lisa Messeri (@LMesseri) in this episode of Science et al. Lisa is an assistant professor of anthropology at Yale, where she studies how science, technology, and society interact. The two discuss her book, Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds, the intersection of science, technology, and society, and, ultimately, the many ways one can be a scientist or think about science from an anthropologist’s perspective.

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0:49:38

Eric Nestler: Medical Leadership 101

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2020/12/04

Daniel interviews Eric Nestler for this episode of Science et al. The Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of the Friedman Brain Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, Eric studies drug addiction and depression, and has co-authored 4 books, one of which Daniel used to learn pharmacology. The two discuss how neuroscience and psychotherapy interact, potentially.

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1:3:17

Robert Bazell: Bringing science to the masses

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2020/11/27

In this episode of Science et al., Daniel speaks with Robert Bazell (@RobertBazell), who worked as NBC's chief science correspondent for 38 years. In that capacity Robert earned many awards including five Emmys, the Peabody Award and the DuPont Award. The two discuss how science meshes with politics, social movements, and the scientific community itself.

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