I host a science radio show called The Inoculated Mind, which runs for an hour and a half, and my show recently had its first birthday. Since August, however, I have been mindcasting my show, and if anyone here is interested in checking it out, you can subscribe to it by entering http://www.inoculatedmind.com/audio/mindcast.xml into your aggregators. It is also listed in itunes and ipodder under Science.
A bit about the show: I focus on what I find to be the most interesting and news stories about science from the past week, with emphasis on controversial topics such as genetic engineering, evolution, global warming, etc. Each show, I also choose a general topic for the last half hour to talk about more in-depth. Currently, I'm doing a series on the court case in Harrisburg Pennsylvania over the teaching of Intelligent Design in high school biology classes, called "Exorcising the Devil out of Dover."
Guests are mostly professors from UC Davis, talking about west nile virus to evolution to agriculture, but I've had a few interesting non-UCD guests such as anti-GMO activist Deborah Koons Garcia, Anti-evolutionist Michael Behe, and most notably, composer Terry Riley.
Also, I'm adding a nutrition segment to every show starting this week, focusing on dispelling nutritional myths and promoting moderation as a sensible diet principle.
And each show is set to theme music from a science fiction movie or series... how can it go wrong? So that concludes my shameless plug.
Myself, I also like to listen to TWIS, a funny radio show which is also produced in Davis, CA, but they are having technical difficulties and their podcast has not been updated in a month. One of my listeners considers their and my show to be like Star Wars and Star Trek, focusing on two different sides of science news.
Skepticality is also cool, very popular, but I don't consider them much of a science podcast so much as a skeptical thought podcast, although they mention some science news.
I've listened to a few professional podcasts, but I think I agree with Cliff that they don't quite satisfy. Quirks and Quarks is nice but spotty in its show topics, Dr. Karl got kind of boring for me, and The Science Show focuses on scientific issues more relevant to Australia than up here in the Americas.
Does anyone notice a general problem with the fact that the professional science shows come from Canada, Australia, and the UK, as in, not the United States? That's why I got interested in science journalism - this country is slipping into scientific ignorance and there's something that needs be done about it.
Karl J. Mogel
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I host a science radio show called The Inoculated Mind, which runs for an hour and a half, and my show recently had its first birthday. Since August, however, I have been mindcasting my show, and if anyone here is interested in checking it out, you can subscribe to it by entering http://www.inoculatedmind.com/audio/mindcast.xml into your aggregators. It is also listed in itunes and ipodder under Science. A bit about the show: I focus on what I find to be the most interesting and news stories about science from the past week, with emphasis on controversial topics such as genetic engineering, evolution, global warming, etc. Each show, I also choose a general topic for the last half hour to talk about more in-depth. Currently, I'm doing a series on the court case in Harrisburg Pennsylvania over the teaching of Intelligent Design in high school biology classes, called "Exorcising the Devil out of Dover." Guests are mostly professors from UC Davis, talking about west nile virus to evolution to agriculture, but I've had a few interesting non-UCD guests such as anti-GMO activist Deborah Koons Garcia, Anti-evolutionist Michael Behe, and most notably, composer Terry Riley. Also, I'm adding a nutrition segment to every show starting this week, focusing on dispelling nutritional myths and promoting moderation as a sensible diet principle. And each show is set to theme music from a science fiction movie or series... how can it go wrong? So that concludes my shameless plug. Myself, I also like to listen to TWIS, a funny radio show which is also produced in Davis, CA, but they are having technical difficulties and their podcast has not been updated in a month. One of my listeners considers their and my show to be like Star Wars and Star Trek, focusing on two different sides of science news. Skepticality is also cool, very popular, but I don't consider them much of a science podcast so much as a skeptical thought podcast, although they mention some science news. I've listened to a few professional podcasts, but I think I agree with Cliff that they don't quite satisfy. Quirks and Quarks is nice but spotty in its show topics, Dr. Karl got kind of boring for me, and The Science Show focuses on scientific issues more relevant to Australia than up here in the Americas. Does anyone notice a general problem with the fact that the professional science shows come from Canada, Australia, and the UK, as in, not the United States? That's why I got interested in science journalism - this country is slipping into scientific ignorance and there's something that needs be done about it. Karl J. Mogel