Socializing with Scientists
Socializing with Scientists presents the untold stories of immunologists, neuroscientists, environmental chemists, and more, recounting how their early life built their current life, and sharing what they do now to make the world a better place. And how do they define success, anyway? Listen to find out the surprising secrets of curious people.
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Podcasting since 2025 • 5 episodes
Socializing with Scientists
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Soumya Acharya conjures up clever new medical gadgets (he is a biomedical engineer)
Soumya has always been a tinkerer and inventor. He cobbled together a homemade radio as a 5th grader in northern India, and soon after that he started an electronics club...
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Desirée Plata wants to keep bad chemicals out of your water (she's an environmental chemist)
When Desirée was little, she'd roam around her grandmother's neighborhood in Maine, "kind of eavesdropping on people," she said. She began to notice a troubling pattern: many of the neighbors, and some of her family members, were suffering from...
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Lauren Osborne labors to soothe mothers' brains (she's a reproductive psychiatrist)
Lauren Osborne grew up in New York City and rural Vermont; she was born into a family of actors and artists. After college, she worked in book publishing.But once ...
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Louis Bont is trying to save ALL the children (he's a pediatrician)
Louis had an uneventful childhood: Born and raised in Amsterdam, he was a normal kid who liked playing with friends and reading books. But his mother had a strong social justice bent, and she inspired Louis to live a life dedicated to helping o...
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Michela Mariani digs ancient wildfires (she's a paleoecologist)
As a child, Michela got lost in the mountains of Italy foraging for mushrooms. Adult Michela digs under deep Australian lakes searching for remnants of wildfire and ancient people, while raising her family in England. How does this feisty paleo...
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