Name: Curious kittens episode .07 by Frenchy Rene
Duration: 42 min 26 s
Description: An interview with Brittain Ashford and Caitlin Steitzer about their music and comedy. And live music from Brittain Ashford and her band Prairie Empire.

An interview with Brittain Ashford and Caitlin Steitzer about their music and comedy. And live music from Brittain Ashford and her band Prairie Empire.

Curious kittens episode .07

Silence is an endangered species, says Gordon Hempton. He defines real quiet as presence — not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth, as he knows it, is a "solar-powered jukebox." Quiet is a "think tank of the soul." We take in the world through his ears.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/last-quiet-places/4557

Gordon Hempton — The Last Quiet Places: Silence and the Presence Of Everything

Fiona Calvert is a crier — but when she starts her PhD, she promises herself she’ll never cry in front of her colleagues.

Fiona Calvert is a third-year PhD student at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute where she focusses on the role of the immune system in Alzheimer’s disease. She uses stem cells to understand how genetic mutations can affect the functions of microglia, a vital immune cell in the brain. As well as being fascinated and constantly amazed by the biology of the brain, Fiona is also passionate about science communication and loves any opportunity to talk about the wonderful world of microglia!   

This story originally aired on The Story Collider's podcast on September 28, 2018, in an episode titled "Overwhelmed: Stories about being in over our heads." Find the transcript and other information here: https://www.storycollider.org/stories/2018/8/24/overwhelmed-stories-about-being-in-over-our-heads

Curious kittens episode .07

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