In Greenville, South Carolina, environmental scientists are figuring out more advanced ways to study the health and biodiversity of our ecosystems. One way they are doing this is by simply listening. Birdsong has proven to be an effective method to study biodiversity. One researcher at Furman University sat down to talk with us about how he is applying this concept to judge whether land management practices are effective.

When our guest today first began working as a scientist, our understanding of atomic particles was only beginning. Now, from the University of Athens and CERN, she is part of an enormous operation of thousands of people and an engineering wonder in the 27 km radius particle accelerator known as the Large Had-Run Collider. We’ll talk about where she’s been, what she has seen throughout her remarkable career, and what is keeping her curious and excited about science to this day.

What makes a boss bad or good? It’s something everyone probably has an opinion about. At the University of Iowa, there is someone that has made this his life’s work. It’s one part business school, one part applied psychology, and a lot of really great insights into human nature. His most cited paper to date discusses Transformational Leadership, a subject which we sat down to discuss.