S2E08: Menstruation and Health with Kirsten Karchmer
Release Date: 06/08/2021
S2E10: Arts and Science part 2 with Meredith Castles
Curiosity Cake podcast
This episode is the second of a two-part episode with award-winning technologist and online media personality Meredith Castles. In the first part we explored Meredith’s kinesthetic memory and her arts background. This time round we focus more on her work in Technology and how she combines arts with science to communicate science to the public.
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S2E09: Science and Arts with Meredith Castles
Curiosity Cake podcast
Meredith Castles is a lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania. We discuss her unique blending of the arts and sciences to communicate science to the masses. From movies and television acting to theatre, writing and currently livestreaming science entertainment content to thousands, Meredith’s arts background fuels her science research where she investigates how people can be more deeply involved in the technology designs of the future rather than removed from it.
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S2E08: Menstruation and Health with Kirsten Karchmer
Curiosity Cake podcast
On this episode I’m talking to health-tech pioneer, author Kirsten Karchmer. Kirsten is a world-renowned specialist in women’s health, menstruation and fertility.
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S2E07: I Am Juden A Story of Jewish Resistance
Curiosity Cake podcast
UK secondary school teacher, Stephen Uzzell, stumbled upon the name Haim Michael Klar, a Jewish man who impersonated a Nazi officer in order to help those trapped in the ghettos and concentration camps. Stephen has written the book I Am Juden as a historical novel based on the life of Klar and Jewish Resistance against the Nazis.
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S2E06: Biology Everywhere With Dr Melanie Peffer
Curiosity Cake podcast
On this episode i look at the biology around us in everyday life with Dr Melanie Peffer.
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S2E05 Coffin Club: Disrupting the funeral industry
Curiosity Cake podcast
On this episode I'm talking to Kate Tym and Kate Dyer of Coffin Club. The Kates are funeral celebrants. They set up Coffin Club to educate people about the importance of organising your own funeral and that there are many ways to have a funeral. They are distrupting the traditional funeral industry along the way.
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S2E04: What is the universe made of?
Curiosity Cake podcast
On this episode, particle physicist Dr Claire Lee gives us an accessible explanation of the building blocks of the universe. Dr Lee is currently working on the ProtoDUNE Single Phase Detector at CERN for Fermilab, where she makes particles smash into each other to see what happens.
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S2E03: Why do people enjoy fear and horror?
Curiosity Cake podcast
On this episode I'm joined by sociologist Dr Margee Kerr. Margee currently teaches and conducts research on fear, specifically how and why people engage in 'scary' experiences llike haunted attractions, horror movies, and paranormal investigations. She also works as a consultant for attractions and museums and is the author of 'SCREAM: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear'.
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S2E02: Zen Buddhism with Brad Warner
Curiosity Cake podcast
On this episode I’m talking to Brad Warner. Brad is a Zen Buddhist priest, blogger, author and punk rock bass player. We'll be discussing the philosophy and practice of Zen.
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S2E01: Global health, chronic disease and genetics with Dr Laura Lewandowski
Curiosity Cake podcast
On the latest episode of Curiosity Cake I'm joined by Dr Laura Lewandowski from National Institutes of Health to discuss her work in global health, chronic disease and genetics with a particular focus on the condition Lupus.
info_outlineOn this episode I’m talking to health-tech pioneer, author Kirsten Karchmer. Kirsten is a world-renowned specialist in women’s health, menstruation and fertility.
You can find out more about Kirsten's work here:
https://www.foreverbrazen.com/
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