Jun 30, 2020
Co-lead of the meteorology team on the
National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Extreme
Expedition and professor in the Department of Geography at
Appalachian State University, Baker Perry, joins the show to
discuss his fascinating and truly unique work.
Tune in to discover:
- How the recently-installed weather...
Jun 30, 2020
Author, screenwriter, and storyteller Edward Savio joins the
show to discuss his works and the perspectives that inspired
them.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- What led Savio to write Idiots in the Machine, an anti-screenplay novel (and what rules were broken in the creation of it)
- How Savio (or his characters)...
Jun 29, 2020
In her research, Dr. Caroline Ng
addresses how to effectively treat
malaria as scientists face possible drug resistance.
She explains for listeners
- The cycle and stages of malaria-causing parasites and what causes common malaria symptoms,
- Why the asexual blood stage of the parasite is especially important...
Jun 28, 2020
Professor Vythilingam started
working with parasitic diseases in the early 1980s and now studies
the recent upsurge in Plasmodium knowlesi in humans, which is a malaria originating in
monkey hosts.
In this podcast, she discusses
- How scientists traced the different Plasmodium species to discover that humans were...
Jun 27, 2020
Andrew Thompson is a Professor of Parasitology at Murdoch
University who joins the show to discuss the ins and outs of his
research on
parasites.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How parasites can change and/or be introduced as a result of human involvement
- How the recreational pursuit of fox hunting and...