Across the Cline

When we talk about science, we often are specifically referring to Western science. Yet, what are we losing in writing off other ways of knowing? Today, we talk with Michael Blackstock, an Indigenous artist, poet, and scholar from the Gitxsan Nation, and Jeff Ellis, a PhD student in the Statistics Department at UC Riverside, about how we can interweave Western science and Indigenous knowledge to better understand our world and address current crises. Are models just metaphors? To learn more about our guests, please connect with them at: Michael Blackstock: www.blueecology.org  Watershed Moments Blue Ecology The Salmon Prince The Knob Jeff Ellis:  Resisting the Cage To learn more about the IPCC report referred to in this episode, please visit https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ You can find a transcript of this episode here.

18 Okt 20232h 20min

We’ve previously talked about conservation in terms of biology and art, but what about the role of art in species conservation? Join us as we talk to Elijah Hall from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology at UCR and Michelle Wilson and Anne Beck, creators of the Rhinoceros Project, about how art can help preserve natural spaces and species. To learn more about our guests, please connect with them at: The Rhinoceros Project Michelle Wilson: Website Anne Beck: Website Elijah’s embroidery: 1 2 3 Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ You can find a transcript of this episode here.

29 Aug 20231h 17min

Communicating concepts and findings are important parts of being a scientist, but how do you do it well? Today, we talk with Dr. Bruce Kirchoff from the Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and Dr. Faith Kearns from the California Institute for Water Resources about their experiences in communicating science, tips for early scientists, and what the future holds for science communication. To learn more about our guests, please connect with them at: Dr. Bruce Kirchoff: Youtube, Presenting Science Concisely Dr. Faith Kearns: Website, Getting to the Heart of Science Communication To learn more about the Better Poster Design by Dr. Mike Morrison, see here. Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ You can find a transcript of this episode here.

25 Juli 20231h 37min

How do you bring something that no living human has ever seen to life? We join Marvel Studios animator, Kristina Mickahail-Giblin, and Director of Visitor Engagement and Education of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology and co-founder of Cosplay for Science, Gabriel Santos, to learn more about how incorporating science and art in visual storytelling make fantasy worlds and the prehistoric past feel real and why we need to keep the A in STEAM. Time to get your nerddom on! To learn more about our guests, please connect with them at: Kristina Mickahail-Giblin: @picturetincture on Instagram Gabriel Santos: @paleoparadox on Twitter and Instagram Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ You can find a transcript of this episode here.

22 Juni 20231h 43min

Our world is increasingly becoming one where we use computers and machines to help us make decisions. Surely, lines of code are better at handling bias than people, right? Or are they not so different from us at all? Today, we’re joined by two UCR students, Kayla Chaplin, a Social Psychology PhD Student, and Dimitris Chatziparaschis, an Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD Student, to learn about the back and forth between psychology and computer sciences in reducing the biases in ourselves and our creations. To learn more about implicit bias and test yourself, click on this link. To learn more about our guests, please connect with them at: Kayla Chaplin:@KaylaChaplin3 on Twitter Dimitris Chatziparaschis: https://gr.linkedin.com/in/dimitris-chatziparaschis-1280757b Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ You can find a transcript of this episode here.

17 Maj 20231h 44min

What can math and social insects tell us about what happens when concepts or individuals come together? Are we more than the sum of our parts? In this episode, Andrea Stine, a grad student in UCR’s Department of Mathematics, and Dr. Brian Whyte, who completed his PhD in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, join us to explore emergent properties, the ideas of scaling and relationship in their fields, and different systems to determine truth. If you enjoyed this episode and would like to learn more about our guests, please check them out at: Andrea Stine: https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/andreagstine/ Brian Whyte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b-a-whyte-phd?trk=people-guest_people_search-card&original_referer= Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ A transcript for this episode can be found here.

13 Apr 20231h 23min

What happens when we exclude half of the population? In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8th), we are joined by Paige Goodwin, a feminist playwright and lecturer at UCR, and Nora Wolcott, a PhD candidate in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at UC Santa Barbara, to discuss the history of sexism in both theater and neuroscience and its influences our perceptions of success and validity in these fields today. We’ll also learn how Nora and Paige each work to confront these biases. Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more about our guests, please check them out on: Nora: @norawolcott on Tiwtter Nora’s article in The Scientist: https://www.the-scientist.com/critic-at-large/opinion-neuroscientists-need-to-think-about-sex-bias-69228#.YVxo6abz25V.twitter EstrousNet

8 Mars 20231h 32min

How does storytelling as a fantasy writer and as an ecologist further our understanding of the world? We’re going to adventure across this cline with William Ota, a PhD candidate in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at UCR who studies freshwater ecology and Rachael McLaughlin, a fantasy novelist and UCR Creative Writing alum. Join us as we discuss crafting compelling narratives, defining “truth,” and… bearskin umbrellas? If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more about our guests, please check them out at: William Ota: @Willie_mota on Twitter Rachael McLaughlin: @504rumi on Instagram Learn more about the students producing this podcast and their science communication efforts by following us on Twitter and Instagram (@SciCommUCR) and visiting our website. Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/

1 Feb 20231h 40min