Podcast
Thesis the Life
Hosted by David Maisson · ENGLISH
This show is a science communication podcast. Each season features interviews with current and/or recent graduate students, investigating subjects related to the given theme of the season. Graduate students are the life-blood of academic research. Before the pop-science, before the flashy headlines, before the high-profile interviews with laureates, there are always hours upon hours of pain staking "bench work". Data production, analysis, and description; project development and management. The nuts and bolts are all generated graduate students and post-docs.
In Thesis the Life, we get a picture of what science really looks like; what scientists really look like. We get science straight from the horse's mouth; straight from the bench. We hear stories and thoughts directly from the graduate students and post-docs.
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Thesis the Life: S1.E6
Feb 6, 202001:05:00Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Thesis the Life, we are talking with Kim Bonner and Bridget Griffith, who both study epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. Today they are talking to us about their research, investigating questions related to vaccination policy and decision making that ultimately affect the access and exposure to vital vaccinations. They offer insight into the necessity of vaccines for public health and how these factors have been shaping attitudes toward vaccination. My name is David Maisson. As always you can follow me on my website, on twitter @DMaisson, or on Instagram @d_maiss. If you like what you hear and want to become a supporting patron of the show, please subscribe here, on Patreon. Music credit: "Acoustic Breeze" was downloaded as Royalty Free Music from www.bensound.com.
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Thesis the Life: S1.E5
Jan 30, 202000:48:29Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Thesis the Life, we are talking with Brie Reid,who studies stress and nutrition physiology. Today she is talking to us about her research, investigating how environment and early childhood adversity affects the physiological regulation of hormones, the psychological regulation of stress, and nutrition. My name is David Maisson. As always you can follow me on my website, on twitter @DMaisson, or on Instagram @d_maiss. If you like what you hear and want to become a supporting patron of the show, please subscribe here, on Patreon. Music credit: "Acoustic Breeze" was downloaded as Royalty Free Music from www.bensound.com.
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Thesis the Life: S1.E4
Jan 23, 202000:48:02Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Thesis the Life, we are talking with Bharat Balyan, who recently defended his thesis at the University of Minnesota. Today he is talking to us about his research, investigating how climate change can be quantitatively linked with public health outcomes. We discuss how changes to the world people are growing up in ultimately affect the health and safety of the people growing up in it. My name is David Maisson. As always you can follow me on my website, on twitter @DMaisson, or on Instagram @d_maiss. If you like what you hear and want to become a supporting patron of the show, please subscribe here, on Patreon. Music credit: "Acoustic Breeze" was downloaded as Royalty Free Music from www.bensound.com.
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Thesis the Life: S1.E3
Jan 16, 202000:46:05Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Thesis the Life, we are talking with Yiting Li, a current doctoral student at the University of Minnesota. Today she is talking to us about her dissertation research, investigating how our family financial cultures influences our own perceptions and values about finance. Most interestingly, her research focuses on the ultimate effect these attitudes have on our romantic relationships, particularly relating to how we interact over financial matters. My name is David Maisson. As always you can follow me on my website, on twitter @DMaisson, or on Instagram @d_maiss. If you like what you hear and want to become a supporting patron of the show, please subscribe here, on Patreon. Music credit: "Acoustic Breeze" was downloaded as Royalty Free Music from www.bensound.com.
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Thesis the Life: S1.E2
Jan 9, 202000:47:04Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Thesis the Life, we are talking with Julie Schneider, who defended her thesis at the University of Texas at Dallas, within the past few years and has been working as a post-doc researcher at University of Delaware. Today she is talking to us about her graduate a post-doctoral research, investigating issues related to the developing neuronal activity patterns associated with language acquisition, as well as how language learning interacts with socioeconomic achievement gaps. My name is David Maisson. As always you can follow me on my website, on twitter @DMaisson, or on Instagram @d_maiss. If you like what you hear and want to become a supporting patron of the show, please subscribe here, on Patreon. Music credit: "Acoustic Breeze" was downloaded as Royalty Free Music from www.bensound.com.
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Thesis The Life: S1.E1
Jan 2, 202001:03:24Tap to summarizeIn this kick-off episode of the first season of Thesis the Life, we are talking with Patrese Robinson-Drummer, who defended her thesis at the University of Delaware within the past few years and has been working as a post-doc researcher at NYU. She will be starting a professorship in the coming year. Today she is talking to us about the "Ontogeny of Learning and Memory"; how the brain develops to support the gradual development of the ability to learn new things, form new associations, and draw on memory to guide behavior. My name is David Maisson. As always you can follow me on my website, on twitter @DMaisson, or on Instagram @d_maiss. If you like what you hear and want to become a supporting patron of the show, please subscribe here, on Patreon. Music credit: "Acoustic Breeze" was downloaded as Royalty Free Music from www.bensound.com.
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