CUNY TV's Science Goes to the Movies

Lisa Beth Kovetz & Emily Rice of CUNY’s Macaulay Honors College dig into black holes, brown dwarfs and Star Trek’s “Strange New Worlds!”

In the climate-change allegory, “Don’t Look Up” the media failed to report the reality of an oncoming comet. Are we doing the same with our ever wilder weather? CUNY’s Prof. Jimmy Booth; CUNY Alums Dr. Veeshan Narinesingh and Joe Rao weigh in.

Prof. and Chef, Mark D’Alessando, Dir. of Culinary Arts, at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College joins us to talk about Hulu’s “The Bear,” why the science of baking can become so obsessive, and why community colleges have the best culinary arts degree.

Dolphins are often as creative and personable in real life as they are on the screen. Author and Prof. Diana Reiss Director of the Animal Behavior and Conservation Program at CUNY’s own Hunter College joins us to explain why

HBO's "The Guided Age" details NYC's antique, ultra-rich, without giving much thought to the city that made it possible. Joining us to talk about what lies under our city, is triple CUNY alumna Alyssa Loorya of Chrysalis Archaeological Consultants.

Author and UConn Prof. Betsy McCoach joins us in a discussion about "Raising Dion" and gifted children.

Dr. Robin Rosenberg, The Clinical Psychologist Who Wrote Your College Text Book, “Abnormal Psychology,” And The Uber-Editor Of The Oxford University Press, “Superhero” Series Discusses Anakin Skywalker And Attachment Disorders.

How have attitudes and treatments for HIV changed over the decades? CUNY Prof. Denis Nash discusses past & current HIV treatment and cures and the circa 1980 attitudes of "It's A Sin" (BBC) versus the realities of Jared Frieder's 2022 film "Three Months"

Dr. Stuart Firestein, Columbia U. neuroscientist, author of “Ignorance” and “Failure” joins us to discuss to compare and contrast murder mysteries with the public perception of how science gets done!

Fans of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” know “The Litany Against Fear” by heart and repeat to themselves in times of strife. To talk about other things you might do in a stressful situation, we spoke to neuroscientist, Wendy Suzuki, author of “Good Anxiety.”