Carry the One Radio: The Science Podcast

Oct 18 2024 57 ep. 35 mins 1.8k
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Carry the One is a small team of young scientists at UCSF who are passionate about bringing science stories straight to the public's ear in an entertaining, digestible way. Tune in for stories ranging from current research to science history, from medical science to the natural and social sciences. -- Visit us at carrytheoneradio.com Twitter: @CTORadio Instagram: @carrytheoneradio To support the show: www.patreon.com/carrytheone

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Episode 179: Let's Talk Cephalopods: A Conversation with Dr. David Scheel

Oct 18 2024 35 mins  
Consciousness, ecstasy, tentacles…. Dr. David Scheel tells all in our new episode about octopuses! We take a dive into the scientific research on these fascinating creatures, and what they can tell us about the oceans and ourselves. This episode was produced by Julianne Riggs, Cindy Liu and Marilyn Steyert. You can find the pdf of this transcript on carrytheoneradio.com.

Episode 178: Into the Womb: The Immunology of Pregnancy

Sep 24 2024 37 mins  
The fundamental task of our immune systems is to recognize foreign objects in our bodies and destroy them. But what happens when there’s an object inside you that’s half foreign and half you? What happens when you’re carrying a fetus?We were all once fetuses and we all made it past our mother’s immune systems and into this world. How that all works has puzzled scientists fo

Episode 177: SciFact vs SciFraud Part II: Revenge of the Responsible Scholars

Mar 17 2024 29 mins  
In the epic battle against scientific fraud, a courageous assembly of researchers stood united and rebelled against the dark forces of data manipulation and fabrication. Armed with powerful forensic and statistical tools, these heroes sought to vanquish all that is deceitful and guide the scientific community back to the path of righteousness. In the second installment of our

Episode 176: Young Scientist Spotlight 23: Dr. Anna Lipkin

Feb 19 2024 39 mins  
Carry the One Radio alum and recent UCSF Neuroscience graduate Dr. Anna Lipkin is on the other side of the mic to talk about how overlooking tiny aspects of the neuron lead to surprising gaps in what we know about the cells that make up our body.

Episode 175: SciFact vs SciFraud Part I: Assault on Scientific Integrity

Feb 04 2024 27 mins  
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... diligent scientists on Earth dedicated their lives to making groundbreaking discoveries, aiming to forge a brighter future for humanity. However, amidst this noble pursuit, a sinister presence emerges. Some scientists succumbed to the temptations of scientific fraud and turned to the dark of data manipulation and fabrication.Join us in t

Episode 174: Dead Bones Do Tell Tales

Jan 02 2024 43 mins  
What can you learn from old bones? A lot more than you think! In this episode, we learn how ancient remains can tell new stories about the societies they come from. Bioarcheologists Ben Schaeffer, Trent Trombley and Jordi Rivera Prince explain how they use remains from all over the world to uncover the lives of people overlooked or misunderstood by history.This episode was produced

Episode 173: A Rising Tide

Aug 15 2023 40 mins  
Climate change is here-- are we prepared? In this episode, three experts tackle the question of how best to armor ourselves against the changing tides of climate change. Should we genetically modify a species to make it more resistant to rising temperatures? Should we uproot plants threatened by soaring sea levels, or build a frozen zoo of coral sperm for future generations to resu

Episode 172: What You Can't See Can Hurt You

May 01 2023 30 mins  
It’s springtime in California, which means wondering how early this year’s wildfire season will start. Should we be buying air purifiers and more masks? If you’re not in California, should you even pay attention to these stories? Immunologist Dr. Mary Prunicki says you absolutely should care, no matter where you live, and that air purifiers are, unfortunately, barely a band-a

Episode 171: Don’t Talk About It, Be About It: The Experience of Black Scientists in Higher Education

Feb 28 2023 44 mins  
BE-STEM and Carry The One Radio teamed up this February to create a series dedicated to honoring Black scientists at UCSF! Follow Maggie Colton and Sydney Williams as they interview Black faculty and graduate students to shed light on their research, their motivations to pursue graduate school, and their personal journeys through higher education. Tune in to hear these insightful s

Episode 170: Shock to the System(s): Dr. Catera Wilder

Feb 20 2023 37 mins  
For the third episode of our Black Excellence in STEM mini-series, and our final faculty interview, we’re bringing you an interview with Dr. Catera Wilder. Dr. Wilder studies how lung cells communicate with the immune system and explains to us how she uses mathematical models to inform real-world experiments and vice-versa. She also answers the age-old question: does it ever get