Read Science!
Summary: Your hosts, Joanne Manaster & Jeff Shaumeyer, discuss science, science writing, and science communication with people who write about science.
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Streamed live on 4 August 2021. Joanne and Jeff talked with historian Lucy Jane Santos about her new book, Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/.
Joanne and Jeff talked with returning “Read Science!” guest, Cynthia Barnett about her book, The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/.
Recorded on 1 July for release on 6 July 2021. Joanne and Jeff talked with marine biologist & author Helen Scales about her new book, The Brilliant Abyss : Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean and the Looming Threat that Imperils It. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, […]
Streamed live on 18 June 2021. Joanne and Jeff welcomed back Liz Lee Heinecke as guest to talk about her new experiment and learning book for kids, Biology for Kids : Science Experiments and Science Activities Inspired by Awesome Biologists, Past and Present. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links […]
Streamed live on 28 May 2021. Joanne and Jeff talked with Dr. David Robert Grimes about his book, Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! […]
Streamed live on 28 April 2021. Joanne and Jeff spoke with physicist, author, and ailurophile extraordinaire, Greg Gbur about his book, Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics: A Headlong Dive into the Science of How Cats Land on Their Feet. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and […]
Streamed live on 13 July 2020. Joanne and Jeff talked with Marta Zaraska, author of Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/.
Streamed live on 29 June 2020. Joanne and Jeff talked with returning guest, Emily Anthes about her new book, The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health and Happiness. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/.
Streamed live on 7 May 2020. Joanne and Jeff spoke with author Mario Livio about his latest book, Galileo and the Science Deniers. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/.
Streamed live on 9 April 2020. Joanne and Jeff spoke with Dr. Ainissa Ramirez about her new book, The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/.
Streamed live on 12 March 2020. Joanne and Jeff spoke with Mara Hvistendahl, author of The Scientist and the Spy : A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/.
Streamed live on 30 July 2019. Since forever, it seems, people have been trying to decide what unique characteristic separates mammals from all other animals–and what unique characteristic separates humans from all other mammals. And yet, no one seems to have a definitive answer. Liam Drew, in his book I, Mammal: The Story of What […]
Streamed live on 11 July 2019. From Egyptology to satellites in space, from archaeological sites in Peru to remote sensing, we found an abundance of fascinating and exciting topics of discussion with our guest, archaeologist Sarah Parcak, author of Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past. While she writes about projects that she […]
Streamed live on 18 June 2019. Our guest today takes on some big ideas in his book, but the biggest may be the conundrum that has confounded physicists ever since Newton wrote down his Law of Universal Gravitation: why does mathematics seem to work so well at describing the universe that physicists try to explain? […]
Streamed live on 20 March 2019. Sports recovery–making the most of your workouts with less pain and/or more gain–was the topic in this episode of “Read Science!” when our guest was Christie Aschwanden, a science journalist and elite athlete herself, and author of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn […]
