Mini Episode: State of the Podcast

In this episode of Regret Labs, Dr. LaRue talks about being a science communicator and what kind of expectations people have when they think about a “scientist.” She talks about ecology, climate, ecosystems, penguins and the relationship between intelligence and play. The post Dr Michelle LaRue on Science Communication | Regret Labs Episode: 8 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Aric and Levi are super excited to welcome in the new co-host of Regret Labs, Maggie Ryan Sandford. Maggie writes about science and researches how humans learn about science. Also, she has produced work for TV and radio and writes fiction. She was also the first guest of this here podcast! In this mini ep, the gang get’s to know […] The post Our New Co-host | Regret Labs: Mini Episode appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Kenny Blumenfeld is a Senior Climatologist at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He also works for Hennepin County Emergency Management, gives public scientific storytelling performances and helped make the documentary “The Story of Winter.” With Kenny’s help, Aric and Levi get at the complex scientific question, what is weather? Kenny explains why severe weather […] The post Extreme Weather with Kenny Blumenfeld | Regret Labs: Episode 7 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Musician Adam Svec of the band Camp Dark joins Aric and Levi to teach them about pitch perception and hearing. They also get to the bottom of some deep truths about Ghostbusters 2 and learn what some medical cadavers are used for. The post Pitch Perception | Regret Labs: Episode 6 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Levi and Aric return after seven some months of absense! They take and discuss a short science quiz from the Mirror UK. The post Mirror MIR | Regret Labs: Mini Episode appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, otherwise known as Undercooked Turkey Day, Regret Labs and food scientist Lainey Black take you through the wonderful world of foodborne illness and food poisoning. Learn all about why you shouldn't eat sprouts, what kind of diarrhea E. coli 157 will give you, why everyone in on a cruise ship is getting the norovirus, how to summon the elder god of shiga toxin, and why none of the antics in Dumb and Dumber are considered food poisoning. The post Foodborne Illness | Regret Labs: Episode 5 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

With a few episodes under their belt, Levi and Aric take a look back at their podcast experiment and see how things are working so far. The post State of the Podcast | Regret Labs: Mini Episode appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Brad Hauser teaches us all about chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, and windowless white vans on this Regret Labs podcast episode. In fact, have you ever spent time wondering how black light posters work? Or glow in the dark stickers? Or why gold is such a good conductor of electricity? You can stop wondering! That, and how Grey Poupon is like electrons, are all discussed! The post Chemistry | Regret Labs: Episode 4 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Many scientific terms have very specific meanings, but are misused in everyday life. io9 put out a wonderful article titled 10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing last month. Aric and Levi though they should try their hand at defining the terms in the article before reading it. The post Misused Scientific Words | Regret Labs: Mini Episode appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Greg Laden stops by the Regret Labs podcast to teach Aric and Levi about climate change. The information is equal parts terrifying and enlightening, because (spoiler alert) things don’t look good. But also, we are not helpless in making change to improve the situation. The post Climate Change | Regret Labs: Episode 3 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.