Anthropology on Air is a podcast brought to you by the Social Anthropology department at the University of Bergen in Norway. Each season, we bring you conversations with inspiring thinkers from the anthropology world and beyond. The music in the podcast is made by Victor Lange, and the episodes are produced by Sadie Hale and Sidsel Marie Henriksen. You can follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthropologyonair. Or visit www.uib.no/antro, where you can find more information on the ...
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What is Radio Luftballet? Radio Luftballet—anchored at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)—is a place for imagining new worlds and sharing people’s stories about how we can contribute to the transition to a more sustainable society. Radio Luftballet hopes to open up connections and collaborations between the many sectors—cultural, commercial, social, political—working on transitions within their fields. In this project we wish to keep alive the historic ambitions of utopi ...
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My friends call me Amadeus. Others call me Ahmed. At the time of writing this, I am a chemistry student at the University of Bergen. I hope that my content is entertaining to you
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We discuss the daily grind of a researcher, the significance of their research, limitations, and challenges they face & overcome. We meet the best scientists in the field. Also, we discuss mental health issues and the need to talk about it. Monthly discussion about the major breakthroughs in science and technology. Contribute on Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/sciencewithshweta Follow on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithshweta Follow on Twitter- https://twitter.com/sciencewsh ...
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#18 Muskoxen, reindeer, and performing wilderness in Norway w/Karin Lillevold
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In this episode, we speak with Karin Lillevold, a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies, and Religion at the University of Bergen. As part of the research project Gardening the Globe, Karin traces relations between three species that are increasingly coming into contact with each another: musk…
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ssp 1 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden. Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.Fremti…
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ssp 2 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden. Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.Fremti…
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ssp 3 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden. Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.Fremti…
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ssp 4 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden. Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.Fremti…
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ssp 5 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden. Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.Fremti…
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ssp 1 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to …
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ssp 2 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to …
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ssp 3 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to …
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ssp 4 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to …
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ssp 5 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to …
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#17 Theopolitical patchworks: Evangelical gangs in Rio de Janeiro w/Martjin Oosterbaan
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In this episode we speak with Martjin Oosterbaan. Martjin is professor at the department of Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University, with a chair in the Anthropology of Religion and Security. He has done more than two decades of research in Brazil, focusing on topics such as urban and religious transformation, security and citizenship, and the …
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#16 Birdwatching and loss in the Anthropocene w/Andrew Whitehouse
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Welcome to season 4 of Anthropology on Air! With autumn on the way in Bergen, we kick off a new season with a resident of another North Sea city: dr. Andrew Whitehouse. Andrew is a multispecies, environmental anthropologist and a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Aberdeen with a lifelong interest in birdwatching, the main topic of our c…
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#15 Public affection, morality police & gendered violence in Mumbai w/Atreyee Sen
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In this episode, the finale to season 3, we speak with Atreyee Sen, Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. Our topic of discussion is a talk Atreyee gave at our department entitled, ‘No city for lovers: Urban poverty, public romance and violent moral policing of lower-class female youth in Mumbai’, wh…
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#14 Technoscience & the limits of life w/Martin Eggen Mogseth & Fartein Hauan Nilsen
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In this episode, we speak with Martin Eggen Mogseth and Fartein Hauan Nilsen about their first edited volume, Limits of Life: Reflections on Life, Death, and the Body in the Age of Technoscience (Berghahn Books, 2024). The book explores how fundamental concepts such as life, birth, selfhood, religion, death, and ancestry are being reshaped in an er…
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#13 Nuclear waste management & the anthropology of infrastructures w/Penny Harvey
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In this episode of Anthropology on Air, we speak with Penny Harvey, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester in the UK. Penny is a Fellow of the British Academy, of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and the Academia Europaea. Penny is a highly influential thinker on the topic of infrastructures. She is well known…
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#12 Masculinity, far-right ideology & militarised policing in Rio de Janeiro w/Tomas Salem
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In this special episode, we speak with Tomas Salem, a PhD fellow in our own department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. We do a deep dive on some of the themes covered in Tomas’s first book, Policing the Favelas in Rio de Janeiro: Cosmologies of War and the Far-Right (Palgrave Macmillian, 2024), which is released this week. Based…
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#11 Water justice, activism, and the Rights of Nature movement w/Andrea Muehlebach
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To kick off season three of Anthropology on Air, we speak with Andrea Muehlebach. Andrea is Professor of Maritime Anthropology and Cultures of Water at the University of Bremen in Germany, where she also leads the Bremen NatureCultureLab. She was visiting Bergen to deliver a talk entitled, “Do Waves Have Rights?” The Rights of Nature movement insis…
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#10 Sensing God, doing magic & kindling anomalous experience through transformative practice w/Tanya Luhrmann
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Tanya Luhrmann is Albert Ray Lang Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Psychology, and an elected member of the American Philosophical Society. Her work focuses on the edge of experience: on voices, visions, the world of the supernatural and the world of psychosis. She has conducted ethnographic work amon…
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#9 Rituals, social cohesion & the theory of modes of religiosity w/Harvey Whitehouse
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In this episode, you will meet professor at the University of Oxford, Harvey Whitehouse. Harvey is the director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, he is Statutory Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Fellow of Magdalen College. Harvey has worked extensively with rituals since his first long-term …
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#8 Contemporary hunter-gatherer communities, Ju/’hoansi, indigenous rights & knowledge systems w/Jennifer Hays
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In this episode you will meet Jennifer Hays, who is professor in social anthropology at the University of Tromsø (UiT) – the Arctic University of Norway. Jennifer has been working with hunter-gatherer San Populations in southern Africa for 25 years, as a researcher, and as a consultant for governmental bodies and local and international NGOs. She i…
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#6 Sudan & Norway Academic Collaboration: 60 years of Bonds and Beyond w/Munzoul Assal & Leif Manger
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This episode is the first of two podcasts focusing on the longstanding partnership between Bergen and Khartoum. The first episode provides a historical view into some of the main characteristics and effects of the academic collaborations between these two cities. The second episode features an interview with Sudanese professor of law, Abdullahi Ahm…
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#7 Human Rights, Islam, Secularism & Sudan w/Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im
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This episode is the second of two podcasts focusing on the longstanding partnership between Bergen and Khartoum. In the episode you will meet, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, who visited Bergen in October 2023 to give the keynote lecture at a 3-day symposium that marked the 60-year anniversary of this collaboration. An-Na’im is Charles Howard Candler Pro…
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#5 Queer objects & intimate citizenship in Kenya w/George Paul Meiu
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This episode’s guest, George Paul Meiu, is professor of anthropology and chair of the institute of social anthropology at the University of Basel and associate in the departments of anthropology and African and African American studies at Harvard University. George’s research and teaching focus on sexuality, gender, and kinship; ethnicity, belongin…
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#4 Water beings, human-nature relations, & the environmental crisis w/Veronica Strang
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In this episode you will meet Veronica Strang, who is a professor of anthropology currently affiliated with Oxford University. Her research focuses on human-environmental relations, and in particular, societies’ engagements with water, encompassing conflicts over ownership and governance; cultural beliefs and values; human and non-human rights; and…
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#3 Friendship, love, and grief in the Moroccan High Atlas w/Matthew Carey
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In this episode, you will meet Matthew Carey who is associate professor at the Department of Anthropology at Copenhagen University. Matthew’s main field site is in the Moroccan High Atlas where he has done recurring fieldwork since 2002. His work here has, among other things, focused on mistrust, complicity, egalitarianism, sincerity, subjectivity,…
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#2 Kinship & Gender in Iraqi Kurdistan w/Diane E. King
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In this episode you will meet associate professor at the University of Kentucky, Diane King. Diane’s research focuses on Kurdistan, which is the ethnic homeland of the Kurds encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. Since the mid 1990s, Diane has done extensive fieldwork in the Kurdish communities in Iraq, and her work explores themes su…
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#1 Ghost rivers and composite ethnography w/Kregg Hetherington
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In this very first episode of AoA, we speak with Kregg Hetherington about his project on “ghost rivers” in Montreal, Canada. Kregg is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University, where he specialises in environment, infrastructure and the bureaucratic state. He is the author of the multi-award-winning 2020 book, The Go…
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SwS : Studying Abroad? Why You Should Choose Netherlands ?!
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Hi I am Shweta studying & living in Netherlands at Radboud University/Radboud University Medical Center. In this episode I have discussed about few reasons which helped me to make the decision of coming here in Netherlands for my studies. I have tried to cover all the points and questions which arise whenever we think of studying in Netherlands or …
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SwS : Best Of CES 2020 | Medical/Health Tech & Gadgets
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CES is the Consumer electronics show, sort of a global platform where next generation innovations are introduced in the market and to the consumers. Companies like Samsung, Amazon, Panasonic, ASUS, LG, Uber, Lenovo, Sony, etc – displayed their inventions at the Las Vegas consumer technology expo this week. CES 2020 saw everything from high tech foo…
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SwS : Neha Rana | Phd Student | University Of Bergen | @science.fanatics
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In this episode of ‘Science With Shweta’ podcast I speak with Neha Rana @science.fanatics (Instagram) Neha is second year PhD candidate at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her area of research is Tissue Engineering. Listen to this episode as Neha shares her journey. She talks how she started as business administrator in a company after graduation …
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SwS : Apoorva Sinha | Medical Student | Zhejiang University | @Appystudiesmed
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In this episode of "Science with Shweta" podcast, I speak with Apoorva Sinha, you may know her as @appystudiesmed on Instagram. Apoorva is a third year Medical student at Zhejiang University, China. She talks about her love for studying medicine, shares why she chose to study MBBS/Medical in China and also bursts some myths about education in China…
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SwS : #MICROtalks - How To Read A Research Paper ?
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hello everyone !! In this episode i share few tips about How To Read A Resesrch Paper?Reading and understanding research/scientific papers or articles is a skill that every single scientist & doctor has had to learn during graduate school. This skill takes patience and practice.Reading a scientific/research paper is a completely different process f…
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SwS : Sarah Miller | Biomedical Science | Researcher | Science Communicator
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In this episode of "Science With Shweta" podcast, I speak with Sarah Miller, you may know her as @t.cell.sarah on Instagram. Sarah has completed her Bachelor's in Biomedical Science at Victoria University. She is currently a research assistant in the single molecule science lab at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Her research focuses…
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Here, AA and I talk about how to keep the journal of his alive and how he started watching the HBO crime series True Detective
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SwS : Sambit Praharaj | Computer Science | Youtuber-SambitPhD
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In this episode of "Science With Shweta" podcast, I speak with Sambit Praharaj ( @sambitphd )Sambit has completed his Masters in Computer Science at TU Delft. He is currently a PhD student at Welten Institute in Open University of Netherlands. His research focuses on the use of Multimodal Learning Analytics (MMLA) in a Co-located Collaboration scen…
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SwS : Guneet Kaur Bindra | Medical Science - PhD | Biochemistry | Science Communicator
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In this episode of "Science With Shweta" podcast, I speak with Guneet Kaur Bindra, and you may know her as @thesmallscientist on Instagram. Guneet has completed her Bachelor's in Biomedical Sciences, and honors research year in Medical science. She is currently in second year of PhD at La Trobe University, Australia. Her project focuses on using im…
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SwS : Katelyn Cook | Molecular Biologist | Science Communicator | Photographer
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In this episode of "Science With Shweta" podcast, I speak with Katelyn Cook, and you may know her as @cookate on Instagram. Katelyn is a fourth year PhD student in Molecular Biology at Princeton University, USA. Her research is focused on investigating how human viruses manipulate our cells during infection.Katelyn shares her journey from intending…
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SwS : Connie | Physiologist | Science Communicator
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In this episode of "Science With Shweta" podcast, I speak with Connie, and you may know her as @life_of_learning on Instagram. Connie is currently in the last year of her PhD studying obesity and diabetes, and is putting final touches on her thesis. She is an instructor and teaches Physiology.Connie talks about what drove her to study obesity, and …
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SwS : Dr. Chinmaya Sadangi | Neuroscientist | The Addictive Brain |
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In this episode of "Science With Shweta" podcast, I speak with Dr. Chinmaya Sadangi, the founder of @theaddictivebrain. Chinmaya is a Neuroscientist at the University if Toronto. He is a very engaged sci commer & community leader for Society of Neuroscience & ASAP bio ambassador. He shares his science journey so far, and talks about the need & impo…
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SwS : #MICROtalks - Nutrition & Cultivation of Microorganisms
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Hi, Welcome to our series called “ #MICROtalks”, where we will have brief conversations about Microbiology. In today’s episode, "Nutrition & Cultivation of Microorganisms". I will be talking about the nutritional requirements of microbes & the microbiological media...You can also check our website www.sciencewithshweta.com , for notes on Microbiolo…
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SwS : Kruti Dalal & Bhavik Dalal |PhD Student | Transfusion Transmitted Disease Dept. | National Institute of Immunohaematology(ICMR)
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In our second Valentine Month Special episode I talk with a Wonderful Science couple - Kruti and Bhavik. Kruti is a PhD student at NIIH & is working on early detection of liver cancer in HBV infection. Bhavik is PhD student at NIIH & is working towards individualization of antiretroviral treatment. They share about their love for Science and for ea…
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SwS : Ewelina Kamińska & Marcin Uram | Genetics | Osteopath-Physiotherapist | Science Communicators
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In this Valentine Month Special episode I talk with a powerful Science couple - Ewelina and Marcin. Ewelina is a Ph.D candidate (Human Genetics) and Marcin is a student of Osteopathy(D.O.). They share about their love for Science and for each other also their science journey so far. Ewelina & Marcin talk about how they manage long distance relation…
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SwS : Megan Sieg | Neuroscientist |
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Listen to this episode of "Science With Shweta" , I speak with Megan Seig, who is PhD student in Neuroscience at University of Illinois. Megan talks about what is neuroscience and neurotoxicity & shares her journey so far. She talks about the beauty behind science & how one can make educated choice about cosmetic products. She also talks about ment…
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Hi! Welcome to a new segment of our #Podcast- where we will talk about the breakthroughs in Science & Technology. In today's episode, I will talk about the 'Best of CES 2019'. I'll talk about devices and products from LG, Samsung, Dell all of which shared a common theme (incorporating AI ) Google Assistant & Amazon Alexa. A quick glance through inn…
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SwS : Dr. Parshati Patel | Astrophysicist(Ph.D) | Science Communicator & Educator
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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Parshati Patel who is an Astrophysicist and Space Scientist. Parshati talks about what is Astrophysics and why research in space science is important. She also shares her journey so far and talks about the need & importance of Science Communication. She also answers some intresting questions related to space. If yo…
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SwS : Srishty Dua | NanoEngineer | Electronics & Telecommunication Engineer
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In this episode, I speak with Srishty Dua who is pursuing her Masters in NanoEngineering from UCSD. Srishty talks about what is NanoEngineering and its importance. She also shares journey of her Bachelors (ENTC) Degree and her internship at IISC Bangalore and how she prepared for Masters in USA. If you wish to connect to Srishty Dua for any science…
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SwS : #MICROtalks - Histroy Of Microbiology
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Hi, Welcome to our new series called “ #Microtalks”, where we will have brief conversations about Microbiology. In today’s episode, I will tell you a quick History Of Microbiology. I will discuss history is microbiology, discovery of microscope and controversy over spontaneous generation. You can also check our website www.sciencewithshweta.com , f…
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SwS : #MICROtalks - Introduction To Microbiology
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Hi, Welcome to our new series called “ #Microtalks”, where we will have brief conversations about Microbiology. In today’s episode, I will give you a quick Introduction Of Microbiology. We will discuss what is microbiology, what do you exactly study and how these microbes affect our lives.You can also check our website www.sciencewithshweta.com , f…
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SwS : Sonal Bhadane Radiation Therapist | Medical Physicist
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In this episode, Shweta speaks with Sonal Bhadane who is a radiation therapist, medical physicist, and a super talented mom. Sonal talks about what is radiation therapy and how it is playing a major role to fight cancer. Also, she shares her Science journey so far and Her experience of giving the TEDx Talk. Sonal is not just a Science Communicator …
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