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Ikonokast
by Ikonokast
A Science Advocacy Podcast. We get great interviews with science writers, and scientists, on their specialties. Rather than focus on topicality, we talk to our guests on the implications of their research and writings with regards to larger issues. Dr. Greg Laden is an anthropologist with extensive research in Africa, as well as on climate change. With his expertise as a research and as a professor, he and Mike Haubrich, engage wtih our guests and audience to ensure meaningful content.
Episodes
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Episode 36 - BItch: Journey of a Word, with Karen Stollznow
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Karen Stollznow, a linguist, an author, and she shares podcast hosting duties on Monster Talk with Blake Smith. She’s published a new book, focusing on a single word, Bitch. Bitch is a highly contextual word, controversial in that sometimes it’s cool and other...
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Episode 35 - Is Nuclear Power Green?
There’s a push to remove the moratorium in Minnesota against developing nuclear power as s ource of energy. We are hearing claims that it is a renewable energy source, and that it doesn’t produce carbon emissions. When this podcast was actually being recorded (there was snow on the ground,) the...
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Episode 34 - Paleofantasy with Marlene Zuk
[caption id="attachment_464" align="alignnone" width="860"] Marlene Zuk presenting a TED Talk.[/caption] For this episode, Greg and Mike Zoomed with Marlene Zuk to ask her some pointed questions about her book Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live. We…
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Episode 33 - More Agro Ecology with Laurent Penet
It’s been a few months since our most recent podcast, but we are happy to see that our listeners are still tuning in. Greg Laden and Mike Haubrich welcome the return of Laurent Penet to the show. Listen in for some great info on his study of fruit trees, fungi and the spores from Ivory Coast, and...
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Episode 32- Electric Cars are Good
Yes, it's true, and our guests explain why.
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Episode 31 - The Range, the North Shore And More
This is an overlapping continuation of episode 31, including the part about Silver Bay. Greg Laden and Mike Haubrich spoke a bit more, about our travels and experiences along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. We also talked about the Iron Range in some greater detail, we talked about...
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Episode 30: Protecting the Watershed with Megan Bond
In this interview, Megan Bond talks extensively with Greg Laden about the importance of the watershed to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park as well as the Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario; but more importantly, the watershed flows out from a contintal “trivide” to Hudson’s...
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Episode 29: Agro Ecology and Smart Farmers with Laurent Penet
In this wide-ranging episode, we explored ideas in agriculture on how to make it both more productive and ecologically friendly. Our guest is Laurent Penet, PhD, a researcher with the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment. While we strayed from the initial question, we…
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Episode 28: Fourteen questions with Ethan Siegel
Ethan Siegel is a primo science communicator, with a blog at Starts With a Bang, a podcast of his own of the same name, and articles that he has published in a diverse array of magazines. He's an enthusiastic interpreter of science, and we assure you there is no math required to listen to this...
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Episode 27 - The Science Says I'm Right and You're Wrong
Especially since Covid-19, everyone you argue with either in person or on the internet about masks or vaccines, or climate change, or evolution, or whether the earth is flat or round, or whatever people fight about, there’s going to be a demand to produce the science to support your argument....
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Episode 26: Seven Simple Rules for Saving the Planet
In this episode, Mike and Greg are each other's guests, and we go over things you can do both at home and in talking to your local and national government representatives to help restore carbon balance to nature. https://ikonokast.com/2022/04/10/episode-26-seven-simple-rules-for-saving-the-planet/
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Episode 25 - Pump: A Natural History of the Heart, Part 2
The wait is over! Bill Schutt, auther of Pump: A Natural History of the Heart This is the second part of Greg Laden's interview with Bill Schutt, whose book Pump: A Natural History of the Heart, is available on Amazon in multiple formats. If you haven't listened to the first part of this…
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Episode 24 - Pump: A Natural History of the Heart, Part 1
We are back! [caption id="attachment_321" align="alignright" width="199"] Bill Schutt, auther of Pump: A Natural History of the Heart[/caption] Join us with part one of an interview with zoologist and author Bill Schutt, as we discuss his latest book, Pump: A Natural History of the Heart, a...
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Language Myths, Mysteries, and Magic
Dr. Karen Stollznow is a linguist who earned her PhD at the University of New England, in Australia. She hosts the skeptical podcast Monster Talk with Blake Smith (subscribe, you'll thank us!) She is also a prolific author, having published academic works, non-fiction as well as fiction. Dr.…
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Episode 22 – Ethics, Conflict of Interest, and Science
Anastasia Bodnar, PhD, is our guest on this episode. This is her second stint on Ikonokast, and for a refresher or if you are new to the show, we welcome you to listen to Genetic Engineering and Food Security. At the White House Our topic for this show is the importance of disclosure of potential...
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Episode 21 – What messages go viral and reach millions?
Today, Ikonokast visits with Joe Romm, author of How To Go Viral and Reach Millions: Top Persuasion Secrets from Social Media Superstars, Jesus, Shakespeare, Oprah, and Even Donald Trump. Romm is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and the founder of the widely read and well...
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Episode 20 – When The Uncertainty Principle Goes To 11, with Philip Moriarty
Nigel Tufnel, lead guitarist of the band Spinal Tap, modified his amplifier for a higher energy state. Something that he could go to that was louder than the loudest, for when "10" wouldn't do. His amplifier goes up to "11." And he needs it for that special moment in the song "Hell Hole," I…
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Episode 19 – Science for Congress with Volcanologist Jess Phoenix
Jess Phoenix, a geologist, announces her candidacy for the 2018 congressional race for Steve Knight's 25th district seat at Vasquez Rocks in Agua Dulce on Monday, April 18, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal Jess Phoenix is running for California's 25th District Congressional seat. Our Congress…
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Episode 18 – Unprecedented Crimes with Dr. Peter Carter
Dr. Peter Carter is an expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dr. Peter Carter and Elizabeth Woodworth co-wrote Unprecedented Crime: Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival. Dr. Peter Carter is our guest for this episode. It is too late for the planet…
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Episode 17 – Strange Survivors with Dr. Oné Pagán
Dr. One Pagan Our podcast returns with a fun interview of the author of Strange Survivors: How Organisms Defend and Attack in the Game of Life. Oné Pagán is a researcher and professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania and he blogs at Bald Scientist. This is his second book and it is a...
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Episode 16 – Three things: Red Rocks, Science Blogs and a new Echo Skill
document.createElement('audio'); https://www.launchpadone.com/media/2017/episodes/11/Echo-Skills-Red-Rocks-and-ScienceBlogs.mp3 Mike and Greg converse on the subject of the geology and geography of Arizona and the red rocks of Sedona. The rocks tell the story of the ages of the earth, and this is…
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Episode 15 – Discovering the Mammoth with John McKay
https://www.launchpadone.com/media/2017/episodes/09/0015-John-McKay-Discovering-the-Mammoth.mp3 In the podcast, you may hear Mike refer to John as a "Vulcan Historian." What Mike meant to say is that John J. McKay is a historian with a specialty in the history of the Balkans, and that is an...
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Episode 14 – Cannibalism, what's it good for? Author Bill Schutt
https://www.launchpadone.com/media/2017/episodes/09/Bill-Schutt-Cannibalism-A-Very-Natural-History.mp3 We don't do too many shows on cuisine, but this week we asked scientist and author Bill Schutt to speak with us about his research in cannibalism. His new book, Cannibalism: A perfectly natural...
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A Science Advocacy Podcast. We get great interviews with science writers, and scientists, on their specialties. Rather than focus on topicality, we talk to our guests on the implications of their research and writings with regards to larger issues. Dr. Greg Laden is an anthropologist with extensive research in Africa, as well as on climate change. With his expertise as a research and as a professor, he and Mike Haubrich, engage wtih our guests and audience to ensure meaningful content.
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