Socializing with Scientists
Socializing with Scientists presents the untold stories of immunologists, neuroscientists, environmental chemists, and more, recounting how their early life built their current life, and sharing what they do now to make the world a better place. And how do they define success, anyway? Listen to find out the surprising secrets of curious people.
https://socializingwithscientists.com/
Our music is called "Discussion," and was composed by Folk Acoustic.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2025
August Update!
We have several great episodes in the works! I can't wait to share them, starting in September.
Lidya Yurdum studies whether singing helps babies feel good (she's a social psychologist)
Raised in a bilingual household in Istanbul, Lidya had lots of questions. She was keenly interested in people, and, on top of that, wondered things like, does her personality change when she speaks a…
Katie Amato wonders what it means to be human (she's a biological anthropologist)
As a child, Katie thrived in her suburban Chicago backyard, reading The Boxcar Children and leading her little brother on adventures. A second grade unit on Jane Goodall cemented her curiosity about …
Jenna Alley finds the good in parents (she’s a developmental health psychologist)
Jenna was never really interested in school. She loved theater and the arts, but academically, she struggled. She had dyslexia, and "always felt like I was failing...never thought I was very smart,"…
Shannon Curry is in charge of a spacecraft orbiting Mars (she’s a planetary scientist)
The first time she looked through a telescope, Shannon lost her breath. A self-proclaimed "science camp kid," she learned early that she wanted to do research, and that space would be her subject.
Scott MacIvor wants people to enjoy green spaces in cities (he's an urban ecologist)
When he was a child in Kitchener, Ontario, Scott MacIvor would go on urban walks with his mom. He had a bucket, and was allowed to bring home one piece of nature each day: a snake, or a bumblebee, a …
Heather Mefford hunts down unruly genes (she’s a human geneticist)
When she was a kid in Iowa, Heather didn't know what she wanted to be when she grew up. She loved solving problems and adored science and math, and when she went to college, she majored in chemical e…
SUMMER 2025 UPDATE!
The first eight episodes of Socializing with Scientists Season 1 have been a blast! Next Wednesday we'll publish another interview, but this week we're taking a little breather. I wanted to talk abou…
Scott Krayenhoff helps hot cities cool off (he's an urban climatologist)
Scott has always been a deep thinker. Dinner table conversations on his family's homestead on Vancouver Island instilled in him a strong environmental ethic, and a love for math and science pushed hi…
Jan Gogarten is searching for the next deadly germ (he’s a wildlife disease ecologist)
Jan was born in Germany, but he grew up in the US: his parents moved after Chernobyl, because their lab Geiger counter showed high radiation levels despite being hundreds of miles from the reactor.
H…
Cédric Girard-Buttoz learns the language of chimps (he's an evolutionary biologist)
When he was six years old, Cédric wanted to be Tarzan, following monkeys around the forest and studying their behavior.
He has pretty much made his dream come true. Cédric Girard-Buttoz has researched…
Soumya Acharya conjures up clever new medical gadgets (he's a biomedical engineer)
Soumya has always been a tinkerer and inventor. He cobbled together a homemade radio as a 5th grader in northern India, and soon after that he started an electronics club in his dad's garage. He late…
Desirée Plata wants to keep bad chemicals out of your water (she's an environmental chemist)
When Desirée was little, she'd roam around her grandmother's neighborhood in Maine, "kind of eavesdropping on people," she said. She began to notice a troubling pattern: many of the neighbors, and so…
Lauren Osborne labors to soothe mothers' brains (she's a reproductive psychiatrist)
Lauren Osborne grew up in New York City and rural Vermont; she was born into a family of actors and artists. After college, she worked in book publishing.
But once she had kids, she started to develop…
Louis Bont is trying to save ALL the children (he's a pediatrician)
Louis had an uneventful childhood: Born and raised in Amsterdam, he was a normal kid who liked playing with friends and reading books. But his mother had a strong social justice bent, and she inspire…
Michela Mariani digs ancient wildfires (she's a paleoecologist)
As a child, Michela got lost in the mountains of Italy foraging for mushrooms. Adult Michela digs under deep Australian lakes searching for remnants of wildfire and ancient people, while raising her …