Podcast
That Science and Nature Show
Hosted by Jeremy Howard · EN
That Science and Nature Show is a 1-hour talk show discussing the latest in science and nature! From the weird to the wacky to the wondrous, our show covers interesting news articles in the world of science and nature, and well as a topic of the week based around current events, evergreen subjects, and our personal experiences in the field. The show is brought to you by graduate students in the sciences at the University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL). We broadcast through the University of Missouri - St. Louis' radio station - UMSL Radio.
16episodes
Episodes
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The Social Hour
Sep 2901:00:25Tap to summarizeAired 9/22/2025. For the new season premiere, Jeremy is joined by brand new cohost Kiley Chernicky, along with guest Addy Yoder to kick things off. The three discuss tattoos and cancer risk, wildfire smoke and health risks, and prisoners helping with wildlife rehabilitation in the news. Topic of the covers social behavior, encompassing lots of subtopics, like the social groups we are a part of, animal behavior and sociality, taboos and cultural norms, famous social psychology experiments, social media, and social contagions.
Transcribe →Summer Special: Stories From the Field Part 3
Aug 4, 202501:24:02Tap to summarizeRecorded 7/25/2025. For the second summer special of 2025 and season finale, Jeremy is rejoined by Soren Johnson and Erik Johnson for another rendition of Stories from the Field, where they share funny and interesting tales of things that have happened to them while doing field research.
Transcribe →Summer Special: The Anxious Generation
Jun 22, 202501:35:26Tap to summarizeRecorded 6/20/2025. For the first summer special of 2025, Jeremy is joined by Webster Heffern and Ketra Oketcho for a discussion of Jonathan Haidt's book "The Anxious Generation". The book presents the problem of how kids are now having "phone-based childhoods" instead of "play-based childhoods", and this is causing a lot of problems in society because of this newer change in children's development. The three discuss their thoughts on the major points of the book, including the solutions that Haidt provides in tackling the problem.
Transcribe →Caving In
May 9, 202500:59:59Tap to summarizeAired 5/6/2025. For the final podcast episode of this Spring, Jeremy is rejoined by Soren Johnson, as well as UMSL staff member and campus photographer Derik Holtmann. The three cover lab grown teeth, chess player always using the same opening moves, and why mosquitoes bite some people more than others in the news. Topic of the show covers caving and cave biology, with Soren and Derik bringing their expertise on cave as ecosystems, their importance, and how to get into caving recreationally.
Transcribe →The Concrete Jungle
Apr 25, 202501:06:34Tap to summarizeRecorded 4/22/2025. This week on the podcast, Jeremy is joined by James Faupel from the Bellefontaine Cemetery, along with Jenn Voss and Ariel Alan from UMSL Sustainability. News this week covers possible life on a marine planet many light years away, how community nature programs can treat mental health, and pumping carbon out of the ocean as a tactic to fight climate change. In honor of Earth Day, topic of the show this week covers Urban Ecology. Our discussion talks about how cities are unique ecosystems, the good and bad urban areas can do for plants and animals, and how we can support wildlife in cities as we expand.
Transcribe →Wildlife Media Awards and Wildlife Photography
Mar 21, 2023Tap to summarizeAired 3/20/2023. This week on the podcast Jeremy, Becky, Andreia, and Sebastian discuss news on the Sargassum Belt, an upside down blob fossil, and the world's first octopus farm. Topic of the show this covers the British Wildlife Photography Awards, our own experiences with photographing and filming wildlife, and concerns that biologists have with the approaches to capturing organisms in the wild.
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