Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by California-based writer, performer, and trans-activist Julia Serano. Julia is the author of four books, including a new edition of “Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/” Follow Julia: @JuliaSerano https://twitter.com/JuliaSerano
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by roboticist https://danielarus.csail.mit.edu/index.php/about-daniela-2/research-2/ and the first female director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory https://danielarus.csail.mit.edu/, Daniela Rus. We talk about her new book, “THE HEART AND THE CHIP: Our Bright Future with Robots https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324050230/.” Follow Daniela’s work: @MIT_CSAIL https://twitter.com/MIT_CSAIL
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by sociologists Pamela Prickett https://www.pamelaprickett.com/about and Stefan Timmermans https://www.stefantimmermans.com/research to talk about their book, “THE UNCLAIMED: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669835/the-unclaimed-by-pamela-prickett-and-stefan-timmermans/The book sheds light on the 150,000 Americans that go unclaimed each year with a special focus on the lost citizens of Los Angeles County. Follow their work: @pamelajprickett https://twitter.com/pamelajprickett @StefanTimmerma6 https://twitter.com/StefanTimmerma6
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by science journalist and author https://rebeccaboyle.com/meet-author-rebecca-boyle/ Rebecca Boyle to talk about her debut book, "OUR MOON: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are https://rebeccaboyle.com/our-moon-how-earths-celestial-companion-transformed-the-planet-guided-evolution-and-made-us-who-we-are/”. Follow Rebecca: @rboyle31 https://twitter.com/rboyle31
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by historian and the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/people/barbara-d-savage-0, BARBARA D. SAVAGE. We talk about her new book, “Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar https://www.amazon.com/Merze-Tate-Global-Odyssey-Scholar/dp/0300270275.” Follow Barbara: @bdsavage1 https://twitter.com/bdsavage1
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Princeton University Professor and leading scholar in aging, Dr. Coleen T. Murphy. Coleen is the Director of the Lewis Sigler Institute of Genomics and professor of genomics and molecular biology at Princeton University https://lsi.princeton.edu/people/coleen-murphy. She is also director of Princeton’s Glenn Foundation for Research on Aging and the director of the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity in the Aging Brain https://www.simonsfoundation.org/people/coleen-t-murphy/. They discuss her new book, “How We Age: The Science of Longevity https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691182636/how-we-age.” Follow Coleen: @ctmurphy1 https://twitter.com/ctmurphy1
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California at Davis https://neuroengineering.ucdavis.edu/people/charan-ranganath, Dr. Charan Ranganath. We discuss his work studying the mechanisms in the brain that allow us to remember past events https://neuroengineering.ucdavis.edu/news/nuances-memory-charan-ranganath and his new book, “Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Remember-Unlocking-Memorys/dp/038554863X.” Follow Charan: @CharanRanganath https://twitter.com/CharanRanganath
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by the Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/f/ayelet-fishbach, Dr. Ayelet Fishbach. She is the author of, "GET IT DONE: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation https://www.ayeletfishbach.com/books/get-it-done." Follow Ayelet: @ayeletfishbach https://twitter.com/ayeletfishbach?lang=en
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by England based writer, producer, and science communicator https://www.tracyking.co.uk/about, Tracy King. We talk about her upcoming memoir, “Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631498732.” Publishing April 2024 by @PenguinUKBooks https://twitter.com/PenguinUKBooks
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by writer and editor https://www.manjulamartin.com/about Manjula Martin to talk about her new book, "The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History." https://amzn.to/3SoNgnV Follow Manjula: @manjulatm https://www.instagram.com/manjulatm/.
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by KNAU (Arizona Public Radio) science journalist https://www.knau.org/people/melissa-sevigny Melissa L. Sevigny. They talk about her new book, winner of the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award http://www.noba-web.org/books23.htm for History/Biography, "Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon." https://amzn.to/3Rihqrf Follow Melissa: @MelissaSevigny https://twitter.com/MelissaSevigny. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Dr. Sabine Stanley https://sabinestanley.com/, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University https://eps.jhu.edu/directory/sabine-stanley/ in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Space Exploration Sector of the Applied Physics Lab https://space.jhuapl.edu/. They talk about her newest book, "What's Hidden Inside Planets?" https://amzn.to/3TcfdAk with a special emphasis on planetary magnetism https://sabinestanley.com/research/. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
Recorded live from the QED Conference in Manchester, UK https://qedcon.org/, this episode of Talk Nerdy features community engagement advocate and menopause activist https://shows.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond Anita Powell. She tells Cara about her work in diversity, equity, and inclusion, especially for women of color experiencing menopause https://www.itv.com/news/2023-09-05/menopause-51-of-black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-women-do-not-feel-represented. Follow Anita: @IamAnitaPowell https://twitter.com/IamAnitaPowell. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Oxford professor and medeival literature researcher https://stylisticienne.com/ Dr. Jenni Nuttall to talk about her new book, "Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words." https://amzn.to/3PX6crB They discuss the history of feminist language https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-are-we-so-squeamish-about-describing-womens-everyday-experiences/ from the Middle Ages https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-much-do-words-matter to the present https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/08/31/the-english-language-has-a-lot-to-say-about-womens-badassery/. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by bioethicist Dr. Jessica Pierce https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/contributors/jessica-pierce-phd to talk about her new book, "Who's a Good Dog?: And How to Be a Better Human." https://amzn.to/3QkctyU They discuss the complex ethics of dog-human relationships https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/all-dogs-go-to-heaven/202306/the-ethics-of-canine-care, including topics like animal welfare https://aeon.co/essays/breeding-dogs-to-be-cute-and-anthropomorphic-is-animal-cruelty, canine enrichment https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-dogs-go-to-heaven/202307/providing-your-dog-with-daily-microadventures, and end-of-life care https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/animal-emotions/202304/compassionate-care-for-companion-animals-at-the-end-of-life. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Dr. Lena Andrews, foreign policy expert https://www.lenaandrews.com/and military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency https://www.cia.gov/. They talk about her new book https://lithub.com/how-a-group-of-high-flying-women-helped-win-world-war-ii/, "Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II." https://amzn.to/46kaLmw This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by materials scientist https://www.annaploszajski.com/about Dr. Anna Ploszajski to talk about her new book, "Handmade: A Scientist's Search for Meaning Through Making." https://amzn.to/3PHxzqF They discuss the science and culture of handmade objects https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/can-you-play-chocolate-trumpet, with an emphasis on the craftspeople who make them https://bigthink.com/the-past/china-porcelain-europe/. Follow Anna: @AnnaPloszajski https://twitter.com/AnnaPloszajski. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Dr. Michèle Lamont, Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University https://www.michelelamont.org/about. They talk about her new book, "Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How It Can Heal a Divided World." https://amzn.to/3reJ1km This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Jennifer Banks https://wwnorton.com/author/22941/jenniferbanks, senior executive editor at Yale University Press https://yalebooks.yale.edu/. They talk about her new book, "Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birth." https://amzn.to/45znqBL Follow Jennifer: @jenniferabanks https://twitter.com/jenniferabanks. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by the Director of Strategic Litigation https://innocenceproject.org/team/m-chris-fabricant/ for the Innocence Project https://innocenceproject.org/, M. Chris Fabricant. They talk about his new book, "Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System https://amzn.to/3PqUzdz," including how forensic pseudoscience https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/nathan-robinson-forensic-pseudoscience-criminal-justice/ perpetuates a racist system https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/eddie-lee-howard-freed.html resulting in wrongful convictions. https://crimereads.com/on-junk-science-and-poverty/ This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by mathematician https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/books/review/eugenia-cheng-by-the-book-interview.html Dr. Eugenia Cheng to talk about her new book, "Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths." https://amzn.to/3DYrZJV They discuss the power of curiosity https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/29/what-if-nobody-is-bad-at-maths in grappling with abstract concepts in math https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-there-math-beyond-the-equal-sign-20230322/, as well as the power of representation https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/books/review/x-y-mathematicians-manifesto-gender-eugenia-cheng.html. Follow Eugenia: @DrEugeniaCheng https://twitter.com/DrEugeniaCheng. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by the University of Adelaide's Head of the School of Psychology, Dr. Elaine Fox https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/elaine.fox, to talk about her new book "Switch Craft: The Hidden Power of Mental Agility." https://amzn.to/45w2bke They discuss the importance of cognitive flexibility https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/lifestyle-trends/8-takeaways-from-psychologist-elaine-foxs-switchcraft-8704341.html in navigating the uncertainties of life https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-nature-human-emotions/202209/getting-through-any-obstacle-in-life. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4530061/advertisement
