Scientifically Sound: Hosted by Ralph White III

You know we had to bring some R&B into the mix this Valentine's Day! 

Rexxy Pendergrass and I decided to lay down some vocals in honor of the hormone, oxytocin. So lovely, don't you agree. 

Here's to more #neuroscience research on the role of this cool neuropeptide.

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Welcome to Scientifically Sound! Where I, Ralph from the South, along with my "roommate", Rex the Lab Tech, kick back and bring science into the creative spaces of music, storytelling, and art. Think of us as your fellow goofballs giving you science news and stories that are fun and informative.

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After a year of changes, Rex and I decide to have a talk and do something new.

Welcome to Scientifically Sound! Where I, Ralph from the South, along with my "roommate", Rex the Lab Tech, kick back and bring science into the creative spaces of music, storytelling, and art. Think of us as your fellow goofballs giving you science news and stories that are fun and informative.

This episode, we dive in to the hit "H.A.P.P.Y Radio" by Edwin Starr and how radio waves are transmitted and received in a radio broadcast.

News brought by Rex
A blast of radio waves hit Earth after travelling for 8 billion years
https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
A luminous fast radio burst that probes the Universe at redshift 1
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...

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Happy Holidays, fellow listeners! Lauren Girouard-Hallam joins me on the show as we discuss Santa's powers based on the holiday hit famously recorded by Gene Autry "Up on the Housetop" in the scope of psychology of children's belief in them. And of course, we have some fun as we tease out what kind of scientist(s) would Santa Claus would be! More information about Lauren below.

Lauren Girouard-Hallam, MA, MS, (she/her) is a fourth year doctoral candidate at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Furman University in 2017 and then moved to New York City to pursue her Master of Arts in Drama Therapy, an arts-based applied counseling degree, which she earned from NYU in 2019. She also earned a Master of Science in Experimental Psychology from U of L in 2021. Her current research investigates how 3-12 year old children think about and learn from novel technologies from Siri and Alexa to search engines and the internet at large. Lauren can also be found teaching labs for graduate level statistics courses, serving as chair for the American Psychological Association’s Science Student Council, and co-running Louisville Kentucky’s chapter of R-Ladies, a community initiative designed to bring coding skill-building opportunities to gender minority individuals inside and outside of the academy. Lauren is also this year’s ComSciCon National Flagship Conference Programming Committee & Logistics Committee liaison. When not engaging in scholarship, Lauren is most at home when curled up with her Belgian shepherd mix Molly, her wife Madison, and an excellent art-house horror film. 

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Be thankful. That's it. That's the tweet. For this holiday episode, we keep it short and sweet with talking about A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and the reaction we all need in cooking ANYTHING, especially turkey. The Maillard reaction!

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Sumeet Kulkarni is a 6th-yr. PhD student studying gravitational waves at the University of Mississippi.  Sumeet uses really smart code written by others to evolve binary black holes forward and backward in time, and apply it to whole populations of black holes to figure out if we can detect signatures of them precessing like a spinning top. He is also involved with education and outreach efforts with the LIGO collaboration, primarily to develop web apps that can use gravitational-wave research to teach simple physics concepts. He has written for Astrobites in the past couple of years, and recently completed the AAAS mass media fellowship with the LA Times.

Huei Sears is a fifth-year physics PhD candidate at Northwestern University.  She studies the properties of long-duration gamma-ray burst host-galaxies at high-redshift -- i.e. the oldest galaxies that host the brightest and most energetic explosions in our Universe.  Huei also is an active member of the Astrobites collaboration where she serves on the Administrative, DEI, and Hiring committees in-addition to co-managing their social media accounts.  A fun fact about Huei is that she is a massive Taylor Swift fan and loves to sing.

Corcovado:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YnyZG8fNU

Black Hole Picture from James Webb Telescope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tXhBLg3Wng

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Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back!

Daniela Mesa and Haley Stubbs come back to the Sound one mo' time! We catch up on what they've been up to since their last appearance, try and create a science awards show, and discuss the hit "September" by Earth Wind and Fire.  What we decided to do is look into what happened on September 21st from a scientific point of view! You'll laugh, you'll learn, you'll probably find out more stuff about us that you can laugh about.

Haley Stubbs is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Quantitative and Chemical Biology Program at Vanderbilt University under the direction of Tina Iverson. Her interests lie in using X-Ray Crystallography to study GPCR interactions. Daniela Mesa Sanchez is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University under the direction of Julia Laskin.  Her interests lie in mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry and the applications of nano-DESI MS imaging.

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It's the most wonderful time of the school year! First day/week back to school! So of course we do an episode focused on going to bed on time and its importance! I'm hanging out with Jazmine Benjamin as we discuss grad student life this past summer as it comes to an end and dive into the Kid Cudi classic " Day 'N' Nite" as we learn about circadian misalignment. Maybe we won't "toss and turn" after this. For more information about Jazmine Benjamin, read below.

Jazmine I. Benjamin is a Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. candidate in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in Birmingham, Alabama. Her research is focused on the relationship between circadian misalignment and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Her ultimate career goal is a position that allows her to utilize her technical knowledge and penchant for advocacy in order to benefit under-served communities. 

Jazmine recently finished her second term as the President of the graduate student body at UAB. She was also a committee member on a variety of task forces dedicated to keeping the population at UAB safe and operational during the COVID-19 outbreak. In 2019, Jazmine co-founded the Science Policy and Advocacy Initiative, the first comprehensive science policy group in the state of Alabama. In addition to her work on campus, Jazmine is also a graduate fellow for the Alabama chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network and a member of the National Science Policy Network.  

Outside of the lab, Jazmine loves to cook, read, run, listen to music and podcasts, and play video games. She also has an adopted sprollie (spaniel/border collie mix) named Cersei who keeps her laughing and active. Jazmine is a staunch advocate for representation in STEM and often uses her platform to share her experiences and mentor younger students and graduate student colleagues.

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We are halfway through the summer! Ralph from Da South coming in hot like this heatwave coming across all our nations. I give updates on my PhD career and ComSciCon preparations for next week.  Then, we cool off and chill as we learn about records in skydiving, some physics, and highlight the outstanding scientist in honor of Disability Pride Month, Dr. Wanda Diaz Merced. 

Song for the Episode: Sky Dive by Freddie Hubbard

Other Noises and Songs

First Light by Freddie Hubbard
Sun Sonification by NASA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Izdmg_Dno
X-Ray Hydra Original Sequence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L04ZeJKG_Iw
X-Ray Hydra Bossa 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R_ENl714Ec

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We Outsiiiiiiiiide! For this month's episode, I am taking a different approach. 4 short stories. 4 fun facts. And they all revolve around my memories of summer. We first wake up "Early in the Morning" and learn about circadian rhythms. We then go grab some "Hot Cheetos" and understand why it is so spicy "insert tiktok". Can't forget about "Sweet Love" with your crush as we take some tips from our avian friends. And lastly, we "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" out to the funny story about the invention of the rollerskates.

Songs Discussed
1) "Early in the Morning" by The Gap Band
2) "Hot Cheetos" by Momo Neon
3) "Sweet Love" by Anita Baker
4) "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" by Vaughn, Mason, and Crew

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Hey. How are you? How's your mental health? Yes, really.

In this month's episode, I invited my mental health neighbor and forever dance partner in science, Krystle Osby. We talk about our mental health journeys so far as it pertains to our graduate school career. So for you academics out there, maybe there is something that we say that you relate to. I then introduce her Johnny Mathis' "When Sunny Gives Blue" as we discuss how doctors would identify and diagnose depression in the 1950s and onward as protocols were updated. More info on Krystle below

Krystle Osby is a PhD graduate student studying mutations in endometrial cancer at Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah. She has a B.S. in Biotechnology from Cal State San Marcos, and experience working as a biochemist post-bacc. She is passionate about science communication and increasing patient access to knowledge and health resources, with an emphasis on historically minoritized and at-risk communities.

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Song of the Sound: Present by Khalid

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