Science Revealed

By World Science Festival BrisbaneScience

Science Revealed episodes

March 19, 2021 Discovering Gudya - Story 3 - Pathways Linking Gudya
Discover the song-lines that maintain the Land Laws running along Ancient Pathways that continue to travel all over Australia.
8 min
March 19, 2021 Discovering Gudya - Story 2 Gudya - A Special Mountain
Learn the significance of Gudya and the dark-honey bee of Mt Coot-tha and all the neighboring natural wonders of this mountain.
11 min
March 19, 2021 Discovering Gudya - Story 1 - Who I am!
The Traditional Owners of our land have been practicing science for over 60,000 years. Explore this self-guided audio trail at the Gudya (Mt Coot-tha) Botanical Gardens with Aunty Colleen Wall as she shares her ancient wisdom in the context of this beautiful natural setting. It's part meditation, part science lesson and 100% engaging.
Suitable for all ages and all fitness levels, this wandering path takes approximately 30 minutes through the Gudya gardens. Bring your hat, bottle of water and of course headphones.
If you are listening to all 6 stories the whole circuit will take you 30-40 minutes, each story is approximately 5-7 minutes.
Meet Aunty Col, (Colleen Wall nee Geiszler) senior Dauwa Kabi woman, as she begins this storytelling journey by exploring the relationship between the environment, culture and blood-way.
5 min
November 04, 2020 Ep 13: What does it take to be a palaeontologist with Dr Espen Knutsen
He's travelled from Norway, to the Arctic to the USA and Australia and a few million years into the past to discover ancient life. Dr Espen Knutsen returns to the present day (and the Museum Revealed podcast) to share more tales of life as a palaeontologist.
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CREDITS
Host: Dr Rob Bell
Producers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine Robertson
Advertisement voiced by Kylie Hay
'Stories and Mysteries' written and played by Darryl Potter and recorded by Kim Sewell.
16 min
October 29, 2020 Ep 12: Contemporary Collecting during COVID-19 with Judith Hickson
In 2020, we donned our KN-95 face masks, hand sanitised thoroughly for thirty seconds and headed out into the world (subject to travel restrictions, of course) to collect objects that will exemplify our lives during the global pandemic. Judith Hickson, Senior Curator of Social History is here to gives us an exclusive insight into contemporary collecting for the museum.
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CREDITS
Host: Dr Rob Bell
Producers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine Robertson
Advertisement voiced by Laura Cantrell
'Stories and Mysteries' written and played by Darryl Potter and recorded by Kim Sewell.
23 min
October 21, 2020 Ep 11: Snails, Squids and More Molluscs with Collection Manager Darryl Potter
Did you know molluscs are ancient creatures? They've been around for half a billion years! From snails to squids, Collection Manager of Molluscs, Darry Potter takes us through this enormously diverse group of animals.
20 min
October 13, 2020 Ep 10: Queensland Museum's Whale Collection with Heather Janetzki
Proceeds of crime. Bone boilers. Unicorns of the ocean. And poo. A conversation with Heather Janetzki, Collection Manager of Mammals and Birds at Queensland Museum Network, always reveals something interesting. Don't miss this one - you'll have a whale of a time! Pun intended.
Read the show notes here.
Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum.
CREDITS
Host: Dr Rob Bell
Producers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine Robertson
Advertisement voiced by Laura Cantrell
'Stories and Mysteries' written and played by Darryl Potter and recorded by Kim Sewell.
28 min
October 07, 2020 Ep 9: Cobb+Co Museum History with Jeff Powell
Museum Revealed takes you on a horse-drawn coach ride up into the Great Dividing Range to talk with Jeff Powell, Curator at Cobb+Co Museum in Toowoomba. Bring a well-padded cushion and keep an eye out for bush rangers!
Read the show notes here.
Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum.
CREDITS
Host: Dr Rob Bell
Producers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine Robertson
Advertisement voiced by Laura Cantrell
'Stories and Mysteries' written and played by Darryl Potter and recorded by Kim Sewell.
21 min
September 30, 2020 Ep 8: Spider Facts with Dr Robert Raven
Dr Robert Raven really knows spiders. You should launch into this faster than a Funnel-web onto a vegetarian millipede.
Read the show notes here.
Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum.
CREDITS
Host: Dr Rob Bell
Producers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine Robertson
Advertisement voiced by Kylie Hay
'Stories and Mysteries' written and played by Darryl Potter and recorded by Kim Sewell.
24 min
September 23, 2020 Ep 7: I Do! Wedding Stories from Queensland with Carmen Burton
Turn off Married at First Sight: we've got the best real-life wedding stories right here! Sweet and bittersweet tales from couples of all kinds and cultures told through the wedding garments they wore with Assistant Curator of Social History, Carmen Burton.
Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum.
CREDITS
Host: Dr Rob Bell
Producers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine Robertson
Advertisement voiced by Laura Cantrell
'Stories and Mysteries' written and played by Darryl Potter and recorded by Kim Sewell.
21 min