Let’s be real -- life can be stressful. For those facing early life stress, the consequences can even affect their very biology. Fortunately, Rebekah Rashford is a young Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University who is uncovering just how these stressors affect people. 

In this Young Scientist Spotlight (our 16th!), Rebekah Rashford shares how she began her journey in science, her sources of inspiration, and how she balances her hobbies with her academic pursuits. You’ll discover that her joy for scientific discoveries is exceptionally infectious!    

This episode was produced by Kanchi Mehta. Music used in this episode is Town Market by the Blue Dot Sessions. This interview was completed via Zoom in October 2020. You can find a transcript of this episode on our website at carrytheoneradio.com.

Young Scientist Spotlight 16: Rebekah Rashford

When you think about the future of medicine, do you picture cure-all pills? Instant diagnostics from a drop of blood? What about going back to the basics with plant-based treatments with a side of spiritual healing?

In this episode, we sat down with scientist and social entrepreneur Dr. Victoria Hale, co-founder of an ayahuasca tea company called Sacred Medicines. Listen to our conversation about how psychedelics are making a comeback (especially in the mental health space), what it takes to get FDA approval for new treatments, and the ethical and cultural debate surrounding the increased Western attention on traditional ayahuasca tea ceremonies.

Check out the episode page at carrytheoneradio.com for links to Sacred Medicines and more reading!

This episode was produced by Stella Belonwu, Cindy Liu, and Seesha Takagishi. Episode art by Stella Belonwu and Seesha Takagishi. All music by Blue Dot Sessions.

Psychedelics Down to a Tea

We, like many animals, live in groups. We need these groups to survive -- but why? What are the benefits of group living? What do we gain from each other? What quirks of evolution drove us to band together, form collectives, and solve problems together? 

In this episode, we’re joined by collective behavior researchers Iain Couzin and Naomi Leonard, who study networks, teamwork, and interactions between groups of everything from fish to robots to humans on social media. They discuss how we can get the most out of each other, what we can learn from creatures across all scales of life, and the beauty of our interconnected world. 

You can read more about our guests’ research on their lab websites. Iain Couzin work is on https://collectivebehaviour.com/research/ (and on Twitter @icouzin) and Naomi Leonard is https://naomi.princeton.edu/. 

This episode was written and produced by Celia Ford and Deanna Necula. Music from this episode was produced by Blue Dot Sessions.  Episode art by Celia Ford, with vector art from The Noun Project. A full transcript of the episode is linked in the show notes at  carrytheoneradio.com.

We're All In This Together

You might know that it takes a very, very, very long time to develop new drugs, but it seems like there are new treatments for COVID-19 all the time…how is that possible? It’s all thanks to the exciting field of drug repurposing! What is that, you ask? Well, it might sound self-explanatory, but, like most things in life, there’s more to it. Listen to our latest episode and learn from the experts, Dr Marina Sirota and Dr Brian Shoicet!

This episode was written and produced by Maggie Colton and Cindy Liu. Music  by Maggie Colton and from podcast.co. Episode art by Cindy Liu with vector art from vecteezy.com. You can learn more about Marina’s and Brian’s research at CarryTheOneRadio.com.

Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks

A neuroscientist studies timing in the brain

Guest: Dr. Michael Shadlen, University of Washington and HHMI
Host: Sama Ahmed (@ColumboAhmed)

More at: http://ctoradio.org/episode/2010-05-05
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"Our guest this week is Michael Shadlen, a professor at Washington University, HHMI investigator, and avid jazz guitarist.

Some neurons in our brain help us sense our environment while others help us move our body parts. Dr. Shadlen is interested in the neurons that link sensory information with behavior—the neurons that help us think and decide. He is also interested in how our brain can keep track of time. Learn how Michael and his lab record from the brains of monkeys to study these processes."

14: How Neurons Tell Time

A neuroscientist digs deep into the genetics of Huntington's Disease

Guest: Dr. Steve Finkbeiner, UCSF/Gladstone Institute for Neurlogic Disease
Host: Sama Ahmed (@ColumboAhmed)

More at: http://ctoradio.org/episode/2009-12-23
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"Dr. Steven Finkbeiner is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Physiology at the University of California – San Francisco and is also the Associate Director of the Gladstone Institute for Neurologic Diseases.

Here he explains some of his state-of-the-art techniques that he uses to understand the link between the mutation that causes Huntington’s disease and the deterioration of brain cells (called “neurodegeneration”). This is another example of the in-between steps on the road from scientific bench top research to a hopeful cure."

05: How Does the Mutation in Huntington's Disease cause Neurodegeneration

For the third episode of our Black Excellence in STEM mini-series, and our final faculty interview, we’re bringing you an interview with Dr. Catera Wilder. Dr. Wilder studies how lung cells communicate with the immune system and explains to us how she uses mathematical models to inform real-world experiments and vice-versa. She also answers the age-old question: does it ever get easier to explain to your family what you do for a living?

You can connect with Dr. Wilder on Twitter @Wilder_Lab. This episode was produced by Sydney Williams, Camila Benitez and Maggie Colton in collaboration with BE-STEM. Follow BE-STEM on Twitter @BESTEM_UCSF. Music for this episode by Lansman Duets.

Shock to the System(s): Dr. Catera Wilder

BE-STEM and Carry The One Radio teamed up this February to create a series dedicated to honoring Black scientists at UCSF! Follow Maggie Colton and Sydney Williams as they interview Black faculty and graduate students to shed light on their research, their motivations to pursue graduate school, and their personal journeys through higher education. Tune in to hear these insightful stories and open dialogue.

Music by Maggie Colton and Valentin Sosnitsky. Follow BE-STEM on Twitter @BESTEM_UCSF or follow them on their website  follow us on our website at ucsf.campusgroups.com/bestem.

Don’t Talk About It, Be About It: The Experience of Black Scientists in Higher Education

It’s springtime in California, which means wondering how early this year’s wildfire season will start. Should we be buying air purifiers and more masks? If you’re not in California, should you even pay attention to these stories? Immunologist Dr. Mary Prunicki says you absolutely should care, no matter where you live, and that air purifiers are, unfortunately, barely a band-aid solution to the smoky air. Learn about the surprising dangers of wildfire smoke to our health and environment, and what - if anything - you can do.  

Check the post on CarryTheOneRadio.com for a transcript and links to articles and sources used in this episode.

What You Can't See Can Hurt You

Climate change is here-- are we prepared? In this episode, three experts tackle the question of how best to armor ourselves against the changing tides of climate change. Should we genetically modify a species to make it more resistant to rising temperatures? Should we uproot plants threatened by soaring sea levels, or build a frozen zoo of coral sperm for future generations to resurrect? Join us and find out.

Thank you to Sarah Shapiro for the graphic design.

A Rising Tide

What can you learn from old bones? A lot more than you think! In this episode, we learn how ancient remains can tell new stories about the societies they come from. Bioarcheologists Ben Schaeffer, Trent Trombley and Jordi Rivera Prince explain how they use remains from all over the world to uncover the lives of people overlooked or misunderstood by history.

This episode was produced by Maggie Colton Cove, Cindy Liu, Camila Benitez and Deanna Necula. Head to carrytheradio.com for a pdf transcript and more information about our interviewee's research!

Dead Bones Do Tell Tales

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... diligent scientists on Earth dedicated their lives to making groundbreaking discoveries, aiming to forge a brighter future for humanity. However, amidst this noble pursuit, a sinister presence emerges. Some scientists succumbed to the temptations of scientific fraud and turned to the dark of data manipulation and fabrication. 

Join us in the first installment of our two-part series: SciFact vs SciFraud, as we explore why some researchers in the scientific community forsaken the noble oath of pursuing truth and knowledge, and commit the irredeemable sin of scientific fraud. This episode features three distinguished experts: Dr. Elizabeth Bik, an image forensics expert who cracks down on image manipulations/duplications; Dr. Leif Nelson, an expert statistician and a Professor at UC Berkeley; Dr. Leonid Schneider, a scientific journalist who does excellent and rigorous reporting of scientific misconduct.

This episode is produced by Isaac Chang, Marilyn Steyert, Camila Benitez, and Cindy Liu. Music is from Blue Dot sessions. Cover art is generated by DALL-E. You can find the pdf transcript of this episode on carrytheoneradio.com

SciFact vs SciFraud Part I: Assault on Scientific Integrity

Carry the One Radio alum and recent UCSF Neuroscience graduate Dr. Anna Lipkin is on the other side of the mic to talk about how overlooking tiny aspects of the neuron lead to surprising gaps in what we know about the cells that make up our body.

Young Scientist Spotlight 23: Dr. Anna Lipkin

In the epic battle against scientific fraud, a courageous assembly of researchers stood united and rebelled against the dark forces of data manipulation and fabrication. Armed with powerful forensic and statistical tools, these heroes sought to vanquish all that is deceitful and guide the scientific community back to the path of righteousness. 

In the second installment of our two-part series: SciFact vs SciFraud, we explored the forensic and mathematical tools we have at our arsenal to detect signs of scientific fraud. This episode again features our image forensics expert, Dr. Elizabeth Bik and our expert statistician, Dr. Leif Nelson.

This episode is produced by Isaac Chang, Marilyn Steyert, Camila Benitez, and Cindy Liu. Music is from Blue Dot sessions. Cover art is generated by DALL-E.

SciFact vs SciFraud Part II: Revenge of the Responsible Scholars

The fundamental task of our immune systems is to recognize foreign objects in our bodies and destroy them. But what happens when there’s an object inside you that’s half foreign and half you? What happens when you’re carrying a fetus?  We were all once fetuses and we all made it past our mother’s immune systems and into this world. How that all works has puzzled scientists for decades. So much so that it’s led to the formation of the field of pregnancy immunology. We chat with scientists Dr. Gabrielle Rizzuto and Dr. Susan Fisher to unpack this conundrum and many others. Join us on a journey back into the womb!  This episode was produced by Julianne Riggs, Maggie Colton Cove and Kie Shidara. You can find the pdf of this transcript on carrytheoneradio.com. 

Into the Womb: The Immunology of Pregnancy

Consciousness, ecstasy, tentacles…. Dr. David Scheel tells all in our new episode about octopuses! We take a dive into the scientific research on these fascinating creatures, and what they can tell us about the oceans and ourselves. This episode was produced by Julianne Riggs, Cindy Liu and Marilyn Steyert. You can find the pdf of this transcript on carrytheoneradio.com.

Let's Talk Cephalopods: A Conversation with Dr. David Scheel

On average, five pounds of our body weight is made up of bacteria.  But what are they doing there? Do they keep us healthy, make us sick, or are they just along for the ride? In this two-part episode, we will explore the mysterious and complex function of these microscopic critters that collectively make up our micro biome.  

In part 1, we talk with Katie Pollard, a UCSF professor who studies the microbiome. Katie explains the current state of microbiome research and how critical her work is to forming appropriate conclusions about the relationship between our microbial ecosystem and disease. 

In part 2, we take a plunge into a man's toilet bowl! (Not-so-average) Joe Hiatt shares an audio diary of his experiences with two extreme diets and the changes he sees in his microbiome.  Join him as he chronicles both his bathroom habits along with his microbial diversity. 

Image adapted from Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah, http://learn.genetics.utah.edu.

Me, Myself & My Microbiome

Our ability to diagnose and treat disorders of the mind lags far behind other medical disciplines. For our latest episode, we talked to Dr. Matthew State about why this is the case, and discussed how his research into the genetics of autism is revealing promising paths to future treatments.

Cracking The Autism Code With Matt State

Scientists usually study biology in animals such as lab rats, but their discoveries do not always translate between species. What if we could study human biology specifically? In this episode, we talk to Dr. Jurgen Knoblich and Dr. Zev Gartner about their efforts to create organoids, which are miniature, simplified versions of organs created from human cells. Using these organoids, Drs. Knoblich and Gartner can study how human organs develop and how they are affected by disease. How do they make these organoids, and what will organoids mean for our future health?

Building Breasts and Brains from the Bottom Up

In this episode, a team of researchers disprove a decades-old dogma. The result? The first ever FDA-approved drug for primary-progressive multiple sclerosis. In this inspiring story spanning decades of research, you’ll hear all the science, and all the dramatic twists, behind this radical new treatment.

Information about the music and image used in this episode can be found at http://www.carrytheoneradio.com/2017/04/clinical-trials-and-tribulations-steve.html

Clinical Trials and Tribulations: Steve Hauser's quest to cure MS

From the basic biology to public policy: in this episode we tackle sugar. Find out what happens in our bodies when we eat sugar, as well as the disturbing tactics corporations use to get people hooked on products like soda and junk food. We then talk about soda taxes and other strategies Dr. Laura Schmidt and her colleagues are using to battle against the sugar industry.

The Hidden Addiction

How does a three pound ball of flesh inside your skull lead to your thoughts, your hopes, your feelings...and your sweet dance moves? There are more cells in your brain than there are people on Earth. Billions of neurons making trillions of connections. Trying to figure out how your brain works would be like trying to understand every conversation that’s going on in the world, all at one time…ten times over! So how can we tackle this monumental task? Most scientists simplify the problem by focusing on a single part of the brain, but what if we took a different path? What if we could understand everything that’s going on in a brain, all at the same time? In this episode, Saul Kato explains how he’s doing just that.

Free Will! at the Disco

The world’s data are stored on millions of computers, or servers, that take up buildings’ worth of space and consume about as much electricity as France. How do we keep up with the increasing amount of data that we are generating? In this episode, we talk to bioinformatician Dina Zielinski about her unexpected solution: storing digital data on DNA.

Honey, I Shrunk the Data

Have you ever wondered what’s going on in a musician’s head while they improvise? In our latest episode, Dr. Charles Limb gives us a window to peer into the process of creativity as it happens: scanning the brains of jazz musicians and rappers as they improvise. Tune in to learn what brain processes allow creative thought, why creativity matters, and whether or not you might compose the next great rock ballad.

Jazz Bands and MRI Scans: How brains are creative

If you could swallow a pill that would give you twenty extra years of healthy life, would you do it? In this episode of CTOR, we talk to Dr. Dena Dubal, a neurologist and neuroscientist at UCSF. Her research on a protein discovered completely by accident may hold the key to living longer, healthier lives more resilient to heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia. 
How is that possible? Listen to this month’s CTOR episode to find out!

Extending the Thread of Life with Dena Dubal

Dr. David Gordon studies HIV. In Life/Science, a new mini-series produced in collaboration with the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute, we're giving you a peek behind the curtain. This isn't just a series about science, it's also about the process, about what it actually means to do this kind of research - including the confusion, failures, and triumphs David has faced along the way.

Life/Science will be updated monthly, so make sure to tune in next month for Episode 2: Methods! We'll take a deep dive into the experiments David used to figure out how HIV hijacks human cells for its own nefarious purposes.

If you like what you hear, give us a like or leave a comment! We'd love to hear from you. Music featured in this episode comes from Podington Bear. Other contributors to David's research include Ariane Watson, Stefanie Jager, and Assen Roguev.

Introduction: The Battle Against Viruses

Dr. Liz Wayne got her start as a cancer hunter, searching for rogue cells running loose through the bloodstream. But she started to notice something strange – everywhere she found cancer cells, she found immune cells, too. Today, a big issue with cancer therapy is that some cancer sites are really hard to reach, but immune cells have no problem getting there. Dr. Wayne thought, why not hitchhike cancer-fighting drugs onto immune cells to get them straight to the places they’re needed most? Listen to this month’s episode to find out how her research may pave the way for a cheaper, more accessible kind of cancer immunotherapy. Plus, stick around after the credits to hear the origin story of Dr. Wayne’s podcast, PhDivas.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Immunotherapy

Dalma Soto tells the story of finding out that her son was born with microcephaly due to Zika.

Zika Exhibit 1 - Finding Out English Translation

Dalma Soto’s son has made progress, but they still have a long road ahead.

Zika Exhibit 7 - Dalma Soto - Progress Made So Far

We’re proud to present the first episode in our brand new Young Scientist Spotlight Series, or “The Spotlight” for short. Each month, we’ll feature an informal, lightly-edited interview with a graduate student, postdoc, staff researcher, or other early-career scientist. Through these conversations, we’ll be bringing you a fun, down-to-earth look at not only even more of the awesome science content you love, but also the people behind the science. In our first Spotlight, we spoke with Witney Chen, a graduate student studying Parkinson’s Disease at the University of California, San Francisco. We chatted about her research on brain stimulation in human patients, life in graduate school, how she became a scientist, and… dog poop.

This episode was produced by Ben Mansky. Music is “Borough,” from Blue Dot Sessions.

Borough

Young Scientist Spotlight 1: Witney Chen

Welcome to Women in Science, a special series in honor of Women’s History Month. Join us each Monday in March (and April - thanks, COVID-19) as we hear from women making great strides in their fields, from reproductive health justice to animal evolution. We’ll learn about the challenges they’ve faced in their journeys, explore the importance of representation, and see how women on the forefront of science and medicine lift up others and build toward a better tomorrow. In the fourth episode of this series, we’re featuring Dr. Flora Rutaganira, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Nicole King’s lab at UC Berkeley. In our conversation, we talk about the beauty (and cuteness!) of choanoflagellates, finding community and direction as an early-career researcher, and how universities can support marginalized scientists.

Women in Science: Dr. Flora Rutaganira

Welcome to Women in Science, a special series in honor of Women’s History Month. Join us each Monday in March as we hear from women making great strides in their fields, from reproductive health justice to animal evolution. We’ll learn about the challenges they’ve faced in their journeys, explore the importance of representation, and see how women on the forefront of science and medicine lift up others and build toward a better tomorrow.

In the fifth and final episode of this series, we’re featuring Dr. Marina Sirota, an assistant professor at the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute at UCSF. We talk about how one can use troves of data to make important medical discoveries–  but also about the challenges of leveraging so much information. Among other things, we also discuss the rewards of introducing young girls to the beauty of data science, and what it’s like to transition between industry and academia.

Women in Science: Dr. Marina Sirota

For this fourth installment of “The Spotlight” we interviewed Jhia Jackson, who is a sociology PhD candidate at UCSF. We discussed her educational journey, current research on pediatric palliative and hospice care, her career as a professional dancer, being black at UCSF, cats, and ways to stay sane in grad school.

This episode was written and produced by Stella Belonwu. Music from this episode was acquired from www.freesound.org. 

Music included in this episode: Dinglebells by evanjones4, Game background Music loop short by yummie, Invisible world - electronic music loop by frankum, more Jazz guitar.wav by Sub-d, and "Chorus music - Techno loop" by frankum.

Young Scientist Spotlight 4: Jhia Jackson

Global Health in the Time of COVID is a miniseries from the Institute for Global Health Sciences at UCSF produced by Carry the One Radio. Each week, we speak to health experts at UCSF to learn more about them, their work, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed their practice and research.

Our first episode features Dr. Kim Baltzell, a professor of nursing at UCSF and director of Global Action in Nursing (GAIN), a project that promotes clinical training in sub-saharan Africa.

This episode was written and produced by Kanchi Mehta and Devika Nair with editing help from the rest of the CTOR team. Music used in this episode includes: Slow Lane Lover, San Diego Sunday, Dance of Felt, Dusting, and Hundred Mile by Blue Dot Sessions. News clips used in the introduction are courtesy of Cleveland Clinic via the CDC.

Global Health in the Time of COVID ft. Dr. Kimberly Baltzell

These days, homeopathy and some forms of alternative medicine fall soundly in the realm of pseudoscience. Not only that, but the wellness industry has capitalized on the popularity of these practices in predatory ways, selling promises of improved health with no evidence to back them up. In the United States, the marketing of these alternative ‘wellness’ products primarily targets women – evidenced by yoni eggs, vaginal steamers, and more. If we turn back the clock about 150 years, however, homeopathic medicine didn’t look so different from the techniques being practiced in the medical mainstream. There was one important distinction, though – homeopathic medical colleges were more welcoming to women. Join us as we trace the complicated relationship between feminism, healing, and alternative medicine from its origins to the present day.

This episode was written and produced by Deanna Necula and Ben Mansky. The poem was read by Stella Belonwu. Music and sound effects used in this episode include Old Ralley by Lobo Loco, I Feel Sad by Scanglobe, and Discovery Harbor by Blue Dot Sessions on Free Music Archive and Chopping Vegetables from ancorapazzo on Freesound. For more information on sources referenced in this episode, visit carrytheoneradio.com/episodes/homeopathy.

Your Doctor Hates This One Weird Trick: A Feminist History of Homeopathy

How do our brains know who’s boss? In this Young Scientist Spotlight, neuroscientist Dr. Nancy Padilla tells us how she studies social dominance in mice. In the process, she walks us through her journey from college in Puerto Rico to postdoctoral research in California, sharing lessons learned along the way. We can’t wait for you to meet this rising neuroscience star! 
 
This episode was produced by Celia Ford. Music used in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions on Free Music Archive. Episode art by Ben Mansky. A full transcript is available at https://tinyurl.com/nancy-padilla-ep. 

Dr. Padilla also produces her own podcast! Check out Stories of Women in Neuroscience (https://www.storiesofwin.org) to hear more interviews with brilliant women doing outstanding science.

Image Description: An Erlenmeyer flask filled with red liquid sits in a pool of light in front of an orange background.

Young Scientist Spotlight 6: Nancy Padilla

Science doesn't happen in a vacuum, and racism both in science and society contributes to disparities in the health outcomes of Black Americans. In this episode of The Spotlight, we talked to Dr. Debora Kamin Mukaz about her work studying how social factors and biology converge to affect risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Hear about her journey into epidemiology, and what doing this research means to her.

For more info about the two examples of mistreatment of Black people by the scientific establishment referenced in this episode, visit carrytheoneradio.com/episodes/yss-7

Young Scientist Spotlight 7: Dr. Debora Kamin Mukaz

What do bumblebees and octopuses have in common? They’re both invertebrates - or as Dr. Yan Wang says, “the shiny and squishy things.” And what makes them different? Well, beyond the obvious, octopuses are extremely anti-social, while  bumblebees depend on their societies to survive. In this episode, you’ll hear about Dr. Wang’s research on bees and how they get their roles in bee society plus a little about octopus cannibals. In the second half of the episode, Dr. Wang shares her perspective on the complex ways race and white supremacy interact in the university setting and beyond.

This episode was produced by Ben Mansky, with help from the rest of the CTOR team.

Young Scientist Spotlight 9: Dr. Yan Wang

Did you know you could scuba dive for science? Well, that’s exactly what Gaby Keeler-May does in the waters of New Zealand! In our latest Young Scientist Spotlight episode (#15!), learn about how Gaby’s scuba diving class in Santa Cruz, California, led her to investigating invasive seaweeds in New Zealand!

We discuss how she conducts each dive (safety first!) and what they do with the tons of seaweed they pull from the waters (spoiler alert: it may become your next meal!). Gaby also shares her experience applying to graduate school internationally and being a PhD student who has had over 5 years of work experience. By the end of this episode, you’ll want to be swimming with the seaweeds of New Zealand, too!

Young Scientist Spotlight 15: Gaby Keeler-May

We don’t usually hear the words science and art together, but we’ve been misled -- science and art exist together on multiple planes, constantly informing each other in beautiful and unexpected ways. 

This is the second episode in our two-part mini-series on science and art. Here, we’re joined by visual artists and science communicators Kelly Montgomery and Sophie Wang. They both discuss how they’ve used art to communicate big ideas, and how scientists can approach making knowledge more accessible. 

We’d like to share some comic excerpts from JKX’s latest project "Gaining STEAM!". They are done by each of the co-founders. The excerpt titled "Squirrel Comic..." is by Jaye Gardiner. The design titled "Khoa" is by Khoa Tran. Lastly, the work titled "Kelly" is by Kelly.  To see more of their work, check out jkxcomics.com, or @JKXcomics on Instagram or Twitter. 

Sophie’s activist collective, Free Radicals, posts on freerads.org, and are on Instagram and Twitter @freeradsorg. 

This episode was written and produced by Stella Belonwu, Celia Ford, and Devika Nair. Music from this episode was produced by Blue Dot Sessions.  Episode art by Stella Belonwu.

Art is Science is Art (Part 2): The Impact

Science is one of the most powerful influences in our lives. The medicines we use, the foods we eat, the technologies we have – they are all products of the scientific process. But many people are disconnected from that process. They see science as something foreign, done in secret labs by strange people. And that’s wrong! Science is an open discussion, and scientists are regular folk who happen to be curious about how things work. But how can scientists show that to the public? 

That’s where Carry the One Radio comes in.

CTOR is a podcast designed to bridge the gap between scientists and the general public. We give scientists a platform to talk about their work, their motivations for being scientists, and what gets them out of bed in the morning. We try to find researchers who are passionate about their work, and who are operating at the edge of their field. That way, listeners get to hear about cool discoveries directly from the researchers (sometimes even before the discoveries are made public). We post 1-2 news episodes each month, along with information about the scientists we interviewed. And because we let the scientists speak directly to the public, listeners get more than sound bites and pretty pictures; they get the whole story. 

We bring science straight to your ears.

http://www.ctoradio.org

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