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The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10-meter diameter telescope located in Antarctica that is taking pictures of our Universe. Sasha Rahlin is an observational cosmologist and part of the team at Fermilab collecting and analyzing data from SPT. On this episode, Nate visits Fermilab to talk with Sasha about what they're photographing down at the South Pole. Learn more about SPT and the Cosmic Microwave Background : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBJmY3bJdQ8 Music on this episode was written by Breakmaster Cyclinder and https://SoundsLikeAnEarful.com. Our theme song was written by Jeff, Dan and Theresa Brooks. Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org.

I've been helping to produce a new podcast called The Show About Titanic. It's hosted by my friend Edward who knows everything there is to know about the Titanic. This episode is called "Halomonas Titanicae with Bhavleen Kaur" and all of you science fans are going to love it! Bhavleen Kaur is a Senior Scientist at the Ontario Science Centre. Dr. Kaur’s doctoral research into microbial life on the wreck of the Titanic led to the discovery of a new bacterial species, Halomonas titanicae. On this episode of The Show About Titanic, she describes to Edward how she got interested in these metal-munching bacteria. Subscribe to The Show About Titanic where ever you listen to podcasts! Learn more about Halomonas titanicae here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halomonas_titanicae

Everything that's alive has a genome. On this episode of The Show About Science, we go behind the scenes at The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History where scientists are working to preserve and catalog the DNA of life on Earth. Our guest is Vanessa González, a computational genomic scientist at The Smithsonian's Global Genome Initiative (GGI). Learn more about Vanessa and the work GGI is doing here: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/global-genome-initiative/about-ggi Listen to the latest episode of The Show About Politics & History featuring an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg here: https://soundcloud.com/the-show-about-politics/the-supreme-court-with-nina-totenberg

What can we learn from studying poop? Who better to ask than Dr. Poop! Rachel Santymire, Ph.D., is director of Lincoln Park Zoo’s Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, and she's earned her Dr. Poop nickname by studying the physiology of animals using biomaterials like poop! On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate visits her lab at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago to learn more.

Our podcasting pals, Andrew & Polly, have some awesome news and I'm super excited to share it with you! Award-winning children’s music duo Andrew & Polly “go for the moon” with their most adventurous sonic endeavor yet. Their fifth album, Go for the Moon, is set for lift-off on September 27, 2019. To celebrate, I'm sharing an interview that I recorded with them about the periodic table, elements, DNA, and RNA. It was originally aired on Ear Snacks in an episode entitled Letters! (Part II). You can preorder Go for the Moon at http://andrewandpolly.com/shop And make sure to subscribe to Ear Snacks where ever you listen to podcasts! https://www.earsnacks.org/

Over on my other podcast, The Show About Politics & History, we've been visiting The Sixth Floor Museum to understand what happened when President John F. Kennedy visited Dallas in 1963. Before listening to this episode, I'd recommend listening to those episodes. Mike Haag is a forensic scientist for Forensic Science Consultants and a senior forensic scientist and supervisor at a crime laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mike started learning about forensic science at an early age from his father, Luke. On this episode of The Show About Science, Mike explains how modern science can debunk the many conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. You can listen to the episodes recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-show-about-politics-history/id1450732353 A quick note for parents. This episode talks about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy which may not be suitable for younger ears. Make sure to subscribe and leave a review where ever you listen to podcasts!

On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate visits the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago to talk about asian carp and the risks they pose to the Great Lakes. His guest, Eve Barrs, is an aquarist with the Shedd’s quarantine team. Eve uses her knowledge of freshwater fish husbandry to provide top-quality care for a range of native Great Lakes species that find homes at Shedd. Listen to more episodes of The Show About Science at https://theshowaboutscience.com.

Mark Hersam is a professor of Chemistry and Materials Science Engineering at Northwestern University. He joins Nate in The Show About Science studio to talk about nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes and how a pencil and some scotch tape led to the Nobel Prize winning discovery of graphene. This video on graphene from The Verge Science was really helpful when researching this episode: https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/10/17548362/graphene-material-breakthrough-science-technology-hype Learn more about Mark's work here: http://www.hersam-group.northwestern.edu/

On this episode of The Show About Science, we’re teaming up with Lindsay and Marshall, the hosts of Tumble, to listen back to some of their favorite moments from Season 4 of the show. This episode shares the stories behind the science and features clips from Rob Dunn (“Discover the Wildlife of Your Home”), Anne Hilborn (“The Secret to Cheetahs’ Super Speed”), Erika Rader (“What Would Earth Be Like If Volcanoes Didn’t Exist?”), and Robyn Grant (“The Science of Whiskers”). To hear the FULL episodes, listen in your favorite podcast app or check out the Tumble blog at https://sciencepodcastforkids.com! Tumble is a science podcast created to be enjoyed by the entire family. Hosted & produced by Lindsay Patterson (science journalist) & Marshall Escamilla (teacher).

Laura Prugh is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Sciences at the University of Washington. There, she studies the dynamics of wildlife populations and communities, with a particular interest in facilitation, trophic interactions, and indirect effects. She joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to talk about mesopredators, apex predators and what we can learn by studying complex food webs. Learn more about Laura's work at http://www.prughlab.com/ If you're a fan of The Show About Science, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts - it helps other science fans find the show (and they make me really happy)! And make sure to check out my other podcast, The Show About Politics! It's a little bit of history, a dash of civics, some current events and a whole lot of fun!!

Hey Show About Science fans! I've been working hard on a new podcast and I want to share a few episodes with you. It's called The Show About Politics and I know you're going to love it. If you do, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. On March 15, 2019, tens of thousands of students around the world skipped school to protest their governments inaction on climate change. On this episode, Nate meets up with Joe Hanson, the host of It's Okay To Be Smart and Hot Mess on YouTube to talk about why this issue has become so divisive. This episode is sponsored by MEL Science. Support The Show About Politics by signing up for a monthly subscription at: melscience.pxf.io/nate Watch episodes of It's Okay To Be Smart on YouTube: www.youtube.com/itsokaytobesmart Watch episodes of Hot Mess on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaEBhRsI6tmmz12fkSEYdw Call The Show About Politics Hotline at 1-872-215-1966 and leave us your feedback. And make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!

Hey Show About Science fans! I've been working hard on a new podcast and I want to share a few episodes with you. It's called The Show About Politics and I know you're going to love it. If you do, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Governor Jeb Bush is the son of former President George H. W. Bush and younger brother of former President George W. Bush. Jeb joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Politics to talk about family, service and what it was like to run for President of The United States. This episode is sponsored by Quirk Books. Find out more at: www.quirkbooks.com Call The Show About Politics Hotline at (872) 215-1966 and leave us your feedback. And make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!

Hey Show About Science fans! I've been working hard on a new podcast and I want to share a few episodes with you. It's called The Show About Politics and I know you're going to love it. If you do, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Author Cynthia Levinson joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Politics to tell the story of the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. Cynthia published this story in 2017 in a book entitled The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks and features illustrations by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Learn more about Cynthia and her books at cynthialevinson.com/ This episode is sponsored by MEL Science. Support The Show About Politics by signing up for a monthly subscription at: melscience.pxf.io/nate Call The Show About Politics Hotline at (872) 215-1966 and leave us your feedback. And make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!

Luoth Chou studies organic geochemistry, microbiology and astrobiology. ​On this episode of The Show About Science, she joins Nate to talk about her research and The March for Science, a series of rallies and marches set to be held in Washington, D.C. and over 400 cities across the world on April 22, 2017.

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