Naturally Curious

By Clayton Law

A show where I meet and pick the brains of interesting people. From conversations with artists and academics, to industry expert and individuals with unique life experiences, you sure would be enterta... more

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The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.

Naturally Curious episodes:

June 28, 2023 S2E5 - From Croatia, from Canada. With Cynthia Ashperger.
Having a foreign background is cool and people may want to ask what are you from, but when it's on the professional level, you sometimes can't help but wonder what is the motive behind the question, "Where are you from?". Actor, director, and writer Cynthia Ashperger understands that very well. Being from Croatia, she welcomes people asking her about her background in daily life, but on the professional level? Not so much.
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1h 10min
June 14, 2023 S2E4 - P-value, all of science hinges on that. With Kevin Peters.
Statistics plays a role in just about every field of science, and bad statistics will lead to bad science. In psychology and medicine in particular, we are now seeing the consequences to sloppy statistics in the form of the replication crisis. In this episode, psychology professor is here to talk about just that, solutions to the replication crisis, how to interpret and report results, and many more.
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59min
May 31, 2023 S2E3 - Wild Turkey is Far More Interesting Than You Think! With Jenn Baici.
Turkey went extinct in Ontario in the early 1900s and was reintroduced in 1984, so naturally, this makes a great research topic. Ecologist Jenn Baici studies exactly just that. In this episode, Jenn talks about the population of wild turkey, catching turkeys, social interactions between wild turkeys, and more.
Jenn Baici's website
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46min
May 17, 2023 S2E2 - So This is How It's Like to Have Lost Your Memories and Have to Relearn How to Walk and Talk, with Jenna Dakin
In a single minute, Jenna Dakin’s life disappeared. She suffered a stroke in December of 2021. The stroke left her half paralyzed, it caused her speech and cognitive deficits, and she lost most of her memories. Flash forward to today, Jenna is in grad school for psychology, and she is the author of her memoir, 21 Cups. Jenna is here today to chat with me about her journey, and her new outlook on life.
21 Cups Website

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54min
May 03, 2023 S2E1 - Theatre, Local History, and Life with Robert Winslow
"Professional Community Theatre", that might sound a little bit of an oxymoron, but that is exactly what Robert Winslow created with 4th Line Theatre. In this episode, Robert talks about why he thinks stories of local community is worth telling, his journey as an actor and playwright, and many more.

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1h 22min
March 07, 2020 Episode 11 - Computer Science with Professor Richard Hurley
Professor Hurley talks about how he got into computer science, different programming languages, why is C so influential, logic, and more.
Links for this episode:
Imitation Game
C Unix
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest
The Two Generals’ Problem

Intro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
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34min
November 30, 2019 Episode 10 - International Development with Professor Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Professor Akram-Lodhi talks about how he got into development studies, world hunger, food system, real food, the importance of education, how local development is global development, and more.
Links for this episode:
Haroon Akram-Lodhi (AHAkramLodhi) on Twitter
Professor Akram Lodhi's website
Oakland Ross
India's "Right to Food" Act
Community Food Centre Canada
Food Republic, "Why Do Canadian Eat So Much Mac 'N Cheese
The Lancet, "More than a diet"
La Via Campesina

Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
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1h 7min
October 18, 2019 Episode 9 - English Literature with Professor Stephen Brown
Professor Brown talks about how he was like when he was a kid, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, poetry, comedy, and more. Also, we went off on a lot of tangents.
Links for this episode:
Stephen Brown's Ted Talk "Why Shakespeare? Because it's 2016"
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Jane Austen
"I'll give thee a wind" Macbeth (Act I Scene III)
Edward Albee
Iambic Pentameter
Paul Muldoon
The Newsroom - Encyclopedia vs The Internet
Encyclopedia Britannica
Ian Brown's article on encyclopedia
Stephen Brown's talk about the Encyclopedia Britannica
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy by Laurence Stern
Derry Girls
Larry King reads the Bible
Moby Dick, or, the Whale
W.H. Auden

Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
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1h 48min
October 07, 2019 Episode 9 - A conversation with Hong Kong U19 Lacrosse Athlete Steffi Sze
Steffi Sze talks about her experience of competing in the U19 Lacrosse Championship, how she get into sports and lacrosse, sports and school, and more. Thanks to Hong Kong Lacrosse Association for coordination.
Links for this episode:
Hong Kong Lacrosse Association Website
Hong Kong Lacrosse Association (hklacrosse) on Twitter
Hong Kong Lacrosse Association (hklacrosse) on Instagram
U19 Women's Lacrosse Championship Website

Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
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42min
April 29, 2019 Episode 8 - Statistics with Professor Wesley Burr
Professor Burr talks about how he got into statistics, why is statistics a field of its own rather than a sub-field in Mathematics, natural science before the invention of statistics, p-value, statistics in education, and more.
Links for this episode:
Wesley Burr (wsburr) on Twitter
Wesley Burr | wesleyburr.com
Time Series | Wikipedia
Signal Processing | Wikipedia
Ronald Fisher | Wikipedia
Moving beyond P-value | American Statistical Association
Information Explosion | Wikipedia
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
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45min

FAQs about Naturally Curious:

How many episodes does Naturally Curious have?

The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.