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In this episode, Tom interviews Science communicator and journalist Ivy Shih. We talked a lot about science journalism, which is really great as it is a different perspective to what we normally hear on this podcast. A great episode where I feel like I learnt a lot about journalism and a different side of science communication. There was a lot in this interview about science writing and I really liked that. I hope you do too!

Ivy answered Rachel's question taking writing out of context and asked her own here:

If there was one thing that you could tell yourself in the beginning stages of your career, what would that be?

You can Find Ivy on twitter here @ivyhish, as well as on Lateral Magazine. Ivy wrote a wonderful piece about the Thylacine called Life after death. It's great.

Ivy and Tom.

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Rachel Rayner...and BUBBLES!

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In this episode, Christie and Tom interview Science communicator brilliant person Rachel Rayner. We talk about where science and science communication can take you and some amazing places that Rachel has gone and some excellent jobs that she has done.

You can Find Rachel on twitter here @raeray4

A great fun episode to chat with a talented and hard working person like Rachel...Also it's our 50th episode, Yay for milestones! To celebrate, this episode is 50m:50s long!

Rachel answered Kat's question about the three rules and and asked her own here:

What do you do if your research is taken out of context?

We talked about some of the things that Rachel has done, here are some links of those things:

Shell Questacon Science Circus

Australian Volunteers program (AVP)

Nautilus Live

Here is one of the papers that people are using to misrepresent findings.

High Energy Particle Physics - Start Here

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To support the podcast we've decided to sell some podcast merchandise...With a difference.

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Rachel Rayner...and BUBBLES!n=50 In this episode, Christie and Tom interview Science communicator brilliant person Rachel Rayner. We talk about where science and science communication can take you and some amazing places that Rachel has gone and some excellent jobs that she has done. You can Find Rachel on twitter here @raeray4 A great fun episode to chat with a talented and hard working person like Rachel...Also it's our 50th episode, Yay for milestones! To celebrate, this episode is 50m:50s long! Rachel answered Kat's question about the three rules and and asked her own here: What do you do if your research is taken out of context?We talked about some of the things that Rachel has done, here are some links of those things: Shell Questacon Science Circus Australian Volunteers program (AVP) Nautilus Live Here is one of the papers that people are using to misrepresent findings. Call to action: High Energy Particle Physics - Start Here If you want to dive right in, check out the Penguin Diagram STEMpunk Merchandise  STEMpunk MerchTo support the podcast we've decided to sell some podcast merchandise...With a difference. It takes 2,700 litres of water to make one t-shirt, so instead of making more things, we've re-used them. Our items are bought in an op-shop, then we write "STEMpunk" on it with a permanent marker. Due to the fact that these items are second hand, they will not be "perfect" but they certainly are unique! Head over to our STEMpunkPod Etsy store to get our merchandise. STEMpunk PodcastLook: Website Twitter Facebook Instagram AEON.Net.auListen: iTunes Stitcher PlayerFM Google Podcast OzPodcastsWatch: YouTubeMerch: RedBubble

Kat Ross with the little spidery looking MWA

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This is a fun episode with Astronomer Kat Ross. Kat has been working hard at astronomy, education, resources and Women in Physics and is doing really well getting the word out as far and wide as possible. It's a pleasure to work with Kat and great fun to interview her! Kat's research was on a Star called Mu Cephi, a fascinating object, worth looking at!

The conversation covered Astronomy, STEM, Women in Physics and much more, we really covered a lot but in predictable fashion did not even scratch the surface of what we could have covered! I even ran out of time to ask Kat about what she nerds out about...Next time!

Kat answered Pamela's question about respect in astronomy and asked her own here: :

What are your top three rules for your field?

Kat has her top three rules for astronomy and they are

For those, like Kat who have not seen

Mu Cephi, here it is

Equation 1, (also exciting, this is the first equation we've included in a STEMpunk post!

You can find Kat on twitter  and if you listen out on some radio station, you just might be able to catch her talking about Space and Science form time to time! 

We mentioned a few tings in the episode, here is the slowmo guys with their CD shattering footage.

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Dr Karl, Jasmine Fellows, Tom Gordon,

Dr Andy Stapleton, Professor Nancy Longnecker

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This special edition was another STEMpunk live episode. This time at The Australian Science Communicators conference in Sydney in mid November 2018.

With a huge collection of Science communicators and practitioners, we were able to gather a panel of experts to get a ver good discussion happening about STEM from the different perspectives.

It was great to  hear different perspectives of Academics, Innovators, Authors, Publishers and Dr Karl.

There was one huge Smash/Cut/Edit fail from me. A question from the audience was "What is the etymology of the acronym STEM." We couldn't here the question and I did not repeat the question for the audio (cos I'm a professional!!)

You can find these wonderful people here:

The Australian Science

Communicators Conference panel.

Dr Karl

Jasmine Fellows

Dr Andy Stapleton, Verbalize.Science, Publish, Perish or Podcast

Professor Nancy Longnecker

Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMpunk episodes. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes etc and tell your friends!

Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen.
Outro: Cameron Stiff's track
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@Starstryder

This is a really special episode with a bit of a STEM hero, Pamela Gay. I saw a tweet from Pamela that she was heading out to Sydney, so I jumped in and asked if she had the time.  She so wonderfully said yes. What a great connection. Thanks Pamela and Thanks twitter!

Tom and Christie interview Pamela Gay, Science communicator and astronomer of excellent calibre and awesomeness. The conversation covered work, communications, art. The most frustrating thing is that we didn't have more time. Pamela, next time you are in Sydney, let us know. and next time i'm in Illinois, I know who to tweet!

Pamela answered Michael's question about Scientists communicating their research and asked her own here:

What is the most respectful way that we can develop our world as we develop astronomy.

You can find Pamela just about everywhere, just look for Starstryder

Web

Twitter

Instagram

Facebook

Etsy

CosmoQuest

Astronomy Cast

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Acrylic art

The A in STEAM!

Inktober - 31 days, 31 drawings

Here's Pamela's tweet that I responded to!! So cool!

Big plane. Little leg room. Long flight. Tiny screen.

Next stop Sydney pic.twitter.com/irJ0Db5WKK

— Pamela L. Gay (@starstryder) October 4, 2018

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Associate Professor

Michael Kasumovic

How is a Sex Lab, the Theory of Evolution, and ‘Spinder’ connected?

Shane sits down with Associate Professor Michael Kasumovic to have chat about how everything revolves around sex, the positive influence of video games, the importance of critical thinking, and much more in this episode. Michael is an evolutionary biologist and is the founder of Arludo, which provides educational games.

Michael answered Kirstens question about Science engagement and asked his own here:

Is it actually important for all scientists to communicate their research to the public?

You can find Michael at his homepage and at UNSW. As well as at Arludo. Michael’s Profile on The Conversation

Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMpunk episodes. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes etc and tell your friends!

Anime

Video Games - Especially Arludo games!

Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen.

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It's good to get your herd on every now and then! Tom interviewed Kirsten Banks, amazing astrophysicist and big time nerd!

We chatted about Brian Cox, Music, Astronomy, space and all the things. I hope you enjoy this episode. Kirsten answered our work experience students' question about going to Mars and asked her own, here:

How can we improve Science engagement for those who dislike science

Go find Kirsten on twitter, facebook, instagram and all the places

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Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Yellowclaw

Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen.
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Mars, cos we talked a lot about Mars.

Should we go there?

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This was a great episode. In this episode, Tom Had 6 work experience students and 3rd year Nanotechnology student Alison in to have a big chat. This was so much fun. Thanks to all for being a part of it.

We chatted about Mars, Technology, Space, Robots and so much more. These work experience students were next level engaging, and I hope you enjoy this episode. I've been wanting to interview a bunch of school students for a while, so this was a real treat for me.

Our work experience team answered Anncy's question about science and humanities working together and asked their own, here:

Really special thanks to the Work experience students: Ella, Boris, Lily, Nick, Nelson and Jesse.

Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMpunk episodes. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes etc and tell your friends!

STEM Science week: STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science Week on Tuesday August 14 from 6:30-8pm, hosted by our friends at the wonderful Wayward Brewing Company. Details for tickets are on our Facebook page or Eventbrite.

Here are some of the links to the things that the team mentioned for you to go and look up. I'm slowly making way through the list!

Camping - Mt Solitary

Superheroes - White Canary

Pokemon

Gaming - Dark Souls Remastered

Acapella - Pentatonix, Flying Pickets,

Air crash investigations

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It is time...

to talk with Anncy

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The P Stands for Philosophy.

In this episode, Tom and Christie interviewed friend of the show Anncy Thresher about philosophy of Physics, and about time too! We chatted about Anncy's research into philosophy of time, and her interests. We covered STEM, engagement, spacetime, and got pretty deep into what time is. Very interesting. Thanks Very Much Anncy for your...time!

Anncy answered Vanessa Moss's question about science engagement and asked her own, here:

How do you get science and the humanities to work together?

Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed and listen to our STEMpunk episodes. If you like the show, please rate us on iTunes and tell your friends!

Between July 19-22, STEMpunk producer and host Tom Gordon will be at the Splendour in the Grass Science Tent. We'll be doing some interviews with some STEM, comedy and music people, as well as some voxpops and special events such as panels and debates. It's pretty exciting, stay tuned.

STEM Science week:STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science week on Tuesday August 14 from 6:30-8pm, hosted by our friends at the wonderful Wayward Brewing Company. Details for tickets are on our Facebook page or Eventbrite.

Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen.
Outro: Cameron Stiff's track
Both used with permission.

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