On episode 381, two NASA Artemis experts discuss how the agency is preparing future moonwalkers to use new tools to explore the unique science near the lunar South Pole. 

Houston We Have a Podcast: Commercial Lunar Tools and Science

A conversation with Janet Bishop, co-curator of the exhibition Ruth Asawa: Retrospective.

Ruth Asawa

In this episode, Dr. Blake Mergler, Dr. Reid Mergler, and Dr. Caoimhe Duffy examine the crucial role of anesthesiologists in recognizing and addressing trauma during labor.Their thorough narrative review highlights the importance of trauma-informed care, which shifts the focus from “what is wrong with the patient” to “what has happened to the patient.” The trio discusses how anesthesiologists can embrace this mindset, promoting empathy and understanding without judgment.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39231043/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39897428/

Anesthesiologist’s role in trauma-informed care

For their third annual Bulldog Days Live episode, Hannah and Mark interview three recently admitted students about how they chose to spend their time in high school. The students share their insights on balancing schoolwork, extracurricular activities,  social life, work, family, and everything else on their path to applying to college.  Admissions officers Skylar and John discuss how the admissions office produces an action-packed three-day campus preview program, including two world-class performance showcases. Hannah and Mark also share dozens of pearls of wisdom submitted by audience members about prioritizing commitments and finding balance.

Bulldog Days Live 2025

This week’s episode of YBJM Science News tackles two important parts of our bodies: skin and brain. From immune cells to lysosomes to brain networks and more, join co-hosts Majo and Hanna as they break down recent Yale-affiliated biological and biomedical research.
Papers featured in this episode:
Skin Injury May Bring on Food Allergies https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/skin-injury-may-bring-on-food-allergies/
Skin damage signals mediate allergic sensitization to spatially unlinked antigen https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.adn0688
Neutrophils in the Immune System Help Build Healthy Skin
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/neutrophils-in-the-immune-system-help-build-healthy-skin/?utm_source=YaleToday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YT_YaleToday-Students_4-7-2025
Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08741-5
Damaged Cell ‘Trash Cans’ May Contribute to Parkinson’s Disease https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/damaged-cell-trash-cans-may-contribute-to-parkinsons-disease/ 
The bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C/PARK23 mediates ER-lysosome contacts following lysosome damage 
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-025-01653-6 
Understanding the Transition from Early to Chronic Psychosis https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/understanding-the-transition-from-early-to-chronic-psychosis/
Connectome-based predictive modeling of early and chronic psychosis symptoms https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-025-02064-9


Secret Signals: How the Body Repairs, Reacts, and Reflects

On episode 382, an experienced commentator of more than 80 shuttle flights shares lessons of communications and leadership ahead of his retirement. 

Houston We Have a Podcast: This is Mission Control Houston

What can the auroras tell us about our planet’s relationship with the Sun? NASA’s EZIE mission looks into it.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Podcast Episode 152: EZIE Does It

On episode 383, four NASA flight controllers discuss specialized operations like spacewalks and spacecraft arrivals that keep the International Space Station running. 



Houston We Have a Podcast: MCC Special Operations

Why is a lower impact of COVID-19 seen in children compared to adults? In this episode of the YJBM podcast, co-hosts Delyar Khosroabadi and Amy Guan speak with Timothy Watkins, a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Ellen F. Foxman at the Yale School of Medicine. He shares what initially drew him to research and how his journey has evolved across disciplines. Tim also discusses the importance of understanding host-virus interactions, mechanisms underlying heightened nasal innate immunity in children, and some of the challenges he encounters in his work.

Host-Virus Interactions in the Human Airway: Interview with Tim Watkins

THE Father Lizzie is back on The Leader's Way podcast, talking about her new devotional God Didn't Make Us to Hate Us. We talk about the alternative to "billboard Christianity" and how an expansive, inclusive God affects individual spirituality and corporate worship in church. Finally, the Golden Retriever Games are back, baby. Stay 'till the end for "Holy or Horror?"

52: God Didn’t Make Us to Hate Us with Lizzie McManus-Dail

In this interview, Dr. Sara Ilnitsky talks about the latest evidence around how smoking marijuana affects fertility. She discusses the pharmacology and physiology behind it, how edibles are different, how the effect is different in men versus women and more.

Dr. Ilnitsky is a reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellow at Western University in London, Ontario. She will be starting her practice at the Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine in Edmonton, Alberta. 

She co-authored a practice article with Dr. Stan Van Uum published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.181577

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