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Episode 229: What is the Immune System’s Secret Weapon to Fight Disease?

November 28, 2024

Meet the Expert: Dr. Namita Gandhi, immunologist Dr. Namita Gandhi is an accomplished scientist, immunologist, and author with 20 years experience in biotech, notably contributing to therapies like Dupixent®. Passionate about inspiring the next generation, she wrote Immune Heroes, a children’s book making immunology accessible. She has studied over 100 diseases, making her an expert… Continue Reading Episode 229: What is the Immune System’s Secret Weapon to Fight Disease?

Episode 226: How Do Animals Cooperate with Each Other?

October 21, 2024

Meet the Expert: Dr. Lauren Robinson, psychologist and animal welfare scientist Currently, I am visiting assistant professor in psychology at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA USA. I teach courses on the principles of animal behavior, animal cognition, animal welfare in the psychological sciences, and human-animal interactions. I am an animal welfare scientist and… Continue Reading Episode 226: How Do Animals Cooperate with Each Other?

Episode 225: Why Should We Connect Science and Art?

October 12, 2024

Meet the Expert: Dr. Emily Rice, Associate Professor of Astrophysics at at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and owner of Startorialist, a space and science-themed product site Emily Rice is Associate Professor of Astrophysics at at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York (CUNY), faculty… Continue Reading Episode 225: Why Should We Connect Science and Art?

Episode 224: How Do Animals Change Over Time?

September 29, 2024

Meet the Expert: Alex Re, host of the On Wildlife podcast Alex Re is our host and animal connoisseur. His favorite animal is a whale. As a child, he dreamed of being a whale watcher until he learned that he is unable to stay on a boat for longer than 5 minutes without getting sick. So, he switched… Continue Reading Episode 224: How Do Animals Change Over Time?

Episode 223: How Do You Rehabilitate a Bald Eagle?

September 6, 2024

Meet the Expert: Marge Gibson, founder of Raptor Education Group Marge and Don Gibson founded Raptor Education Group, Inc (REGI) in 1990. Marge has worked with wildlife for over 30 years. She began her work with raptors as a field biologist. She has worked with many high profile field projects including the California Condor Recovery… Continue Reading Episode 223: How Do You Rehabilitate a Bald Eagle?

Episode 222: What Do You Do When a Tiger Has a Toothache?

September 5, 2024

Meet the Expert: Dr. Carrie Logsdon McCullough, Veterinarian In addition to being in private practice, Dr. McCullough was an adjunct associate professor of pediatric dentistry at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. She also treated patients at Columbus Children’s Hospital. She often used storytelling to distract her more anxious patients. The stories her patients… Continue Reading Episode 222: What Do You Do When a Tiger Has a Toothache?

Episode 219: The BEST of the Amazing Ocean

July 31, 2024

The Solve It! for Kids Podcast is on summer break! Enjoy our BEST of the AMAZING Ocean! You’ll hear clips from: Ep 194 How Do You Do Science at Sea? with Erin Winick Anthony Ep 200 How Much is there Still to Learn about the Ocean? with Dr. Brian Helmuth Ep 196 How Long Can… Continue Reading Episode 219: The BEST of the Amazing Ocean

Episode 214: How Does a Landscape Architect Shape the World?

June 25, 2024

Meet the Expert: Chris Flagg, Landscape Architect The majority of Chris Flagg’s 40-plus years of professional experience have been devoted to transforming his beliefs in design excellence into a higher quality of life through creativity and collaboration. His talents in master planning, community vision planning, large-scale mixed-use planning, transit-oriented and urban design, have led to… Continue Reading Episode 214: How Does a Landscape Architect Shape the World?

Episode 213: What Can You Learn from Living in Antarctica?

June 12, 2024

Meet the Expert: Greg Neri, explorer, children’s author G. Neri is the Michael L. Printz and Coretta Scott King award-winning author of such books as Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty and Ghetto Cowboy, which was made into the movie, Concrete Cowboy, starring Idris Elba. His books have been translated into multiple languages… Continue Reading Episode 213: What Can You Learn from Living in Antarctica?

Episode 212: How Do You Rescue Raptors?

June 5, 2024

Meet the Expert: Travis Wilcoxen, Biologist and President of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Raptor Center Travis Wilcoxen is a Professor of Biology. Travis is the Faculty Athletics Representative to the NCAA and CCIW for Millikin University. Travis is also President of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Raptor Center and Chair… Continue Reading Episode 212: How Do You Rescue Raptors?

Episode 211: What Can We Learn from an Incident Meteorologist?

May 30, 2024

Meet the Expert: Jon Fox, Incident Meteorologist for National Weather Service in Spokane, Washington I’m am Forecaster and Incident Meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Spokane Washington. I have been working for the National Weather Service since 1990, shortly after I graduated from the University of Wisconsin. I began my career in Rochester,… Continue Reading Episode 211: What Can We Learn from an Incident Meteorologist?

Episode 209: What Purpose do Museum Collections Serve?

May 19, 2024

Meet the Expert: Douglas Noble, retired museum director Doug retired after 38 years as a Museum Director/Administrator. He now paints wildlife and natural landscapes and is writing a memoir titled, “The Museum of Unnatural History”. His volunteer work includes serving on the Steering Committee for the Osher Life-Long Learning Institute (OLLI) for those 50 or… Continue Reading Episode 209: What Purpose do Museum Collections Serve?

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