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Episode 42:

In this episode, Tom and Shane celebrate a minor milestone with the 42nd STEMpunk episode. We celebrate by running through a couple of Hitchhikers guide tot he Galaxy quizzes and facts. Please enjoy.

We tried the BBC Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Easy Quiz and the Minor Characters quiz. Try them yourself and play along with us. What was your score, let us know on twitter @STEMpunk3

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

In late July, STEMpunk producer and host Tom Gordon will be at the Splendour in the Grass Science Tent. You'll here about this more very soon, but in short 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.

STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science week on Tuesday August 14, 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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Vanessa and her Cosmic Pudding

Episode 41:

In this episode, Tom talks with the Vanessa Moss, Astronomer extra-ordinaire. Vanessa knows her telescopes and was very informative to talk to. We chatted about STEM, Astronomy (lots of astronomy!), dancing Christmas puddings, Science communication and we said hello to our juice!

You might remember Vanessa from our June 2016 STEMpunk quiz show, and you can hear it here or over on iTunes etc. 

Vanessa follows the worldwide adventures of the Cosmic Pudding who you can find at the Cosmic Pudding's YouTube channel

Vanessa answered Ben Newsome's question of "What would you do with $10m?" and asked her own question: 

How do we increase the science literacy for EVERYBODY, not just the already engaged? 

Thanks so much to Vanessa for her time, that was great interview, lots of fun, good times.

In late July, STEMpunk producer and host Tom Gordon will be at the Splendour in the Grass Science Tent. You'll here about this more very soon, but in short 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.

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

You can Find Vanessa on Twitter here: @cosmic_pudding, and some of Vanessa's projects at ASTRON, LOFAR & APERTIF

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

Look: Website, Twitter, Facebook, AEON.net.au

Listen: iTunes, Stitcher, PlayerFM

Dustin Bates, frontman for Starset.Episode 37 In this Episode, Tom and Guest STEMpunk (Guestpunk??) Petr Lebedev talked with Dustin Bates. In Science week 2017, a friend of mine Dustin Bates from the cinematic rock band Starset came out for their first Australian tour. Dustin and I sat down in a pub and had a chat about being scientists and musicians. Between his sound check and their show, we talked about Music, What is Starset, STEM and tech.We covered a lot in the short time we had. We had to keep the interview short as Dustin had to go and play his show, and I had to go and be in the audience and soak up the rock-y science-y tech-y goodness of Starset. This episode was a very exciting one for me, and I'm very happy to share this episode with you and hope you enjoy it as much as I did talking with Dustin. Dustin answered a previous question about communicating climate change and asked his own question fro our next guest:What will be the positive impacts and negative ramifications of automation within the next decade All music in this episode (except the background music form the pub where we did the interview) is from Starset. Thanks Dustin for letting us use it! Intro: STARSET - Down with the fallenBreak STARSET - Intro to Astronomy Outro: STARSET - My Demons Used with permission. STEMpunk PodcastLook: Website, Twitter, FacebookListen: iTunes, Stitcher, PlayerFM

Ben Pope in his appearance on University Challenge.Episode 38: In this episode we talk to the very interesting Ben Pope. We talked about astronomy, Sagan, Hawking, University Challenge, STEM, Science in Society and a whole lot more. That sounds like we're trying to bait you to click through to our podcast, but we really did talk about a lot. Have a listen. Ben answered Dustin Bate's from Starset question about automation (You can check it out here) and asked his own glorious question. What is the most beautiful thing in your field that you wish everyone would knowJoey Goldman, Ben Pope, Jeremy Paxman, Professor Stephen Hawking, Freddy Potts and Jacob Lloyd.I thank Ben very much for his time, it was a great chat, very entertaining and interesting, Thanks Ben. You can catch Ben on twitter @fringetracker STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia Night "STEMtrivia" for you all on Tuesday November 5, 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 trackBoth used with permission. -->STEMpunk PodcastLook: Website, Twitter, FacebookListen: iTunes, Stitcher, PlayerFM

Episode 39: Dr Chloe Warren. Standing up, being funny, and Science-y In this episode, Tom talks with the very super cool Dr Chloe Warren. We talked about STEM, (and what that even is), writing, comedy, life, industry, research and how to (or how not to...) PhD. Chloe answered Ben Pope's question of what's the most beautiful thing in your field and asked her own question for our next guest: What is the best mistake you've ever made?Thanks so much to Chloe for her time, that was great talk, lots of fun! This was a great interview, good times. You can find Chloe at various places: Newie Ventures Overt analyser @sciencechloe letstrythisphdthingblog And some other cool stuff we mentioned: Wolf Comedy Thesis Whisperer STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia Night "STEMtrivia" on Tuesday November 5, 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. STEMpunk PodcastLook: Website, Twitter, Facebook, AEON.net.auListen: iTunes, Stitcher, PlayerFM

Episode 40:

In this episode, Tom talks with the founder of Fizzics Education, Ben Newsome. Ben is a pretty interesting guy, and after listening tot this interview you'll probably agree that he doesn't really like to sit still for very long. Always up on the go, trying out new projects.

Inspiration, innovation or insanity, you decide! (or a little bit of all three!!)

Ben answered Chloe Warren's question of what's the best mistake you've ever made and asked his own question. 

Thanks so much to Ben for his time, that was great talk, lots of fun! This was a great interview, good times.

STEMpunk will be running another STEM based Trivia and entertainment and variety Night "STEMquiz" on Tuesday in Science week on Tuesday August 14, 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.

Look: Website, Twitter, Facebook, AEON.net.au

Listen: iTunes, Stitcher, PlayerFM

Holiday ReSTEM: Tom interviews Margaret Wertheim, Author, Journalist, Science communicator, Artist...You name it! If you're looking for some holiday reading, I'd very much suggest Physics on the Fringe by Margaret Wertheim In this episode we talked about her Art/Science project Crochet Coral Reef from the Institute For Figuring, her book Physics on the Fringe and STEM. It was a great and enjoyable chat, and we thank Margaret many times for her time! Show notes: The Institute For Figuring Crochet Coral reef Margaret Wertheim Physics on the Fringe Outsider Science Margaret's TED Talk Natural Philosophy Society Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission.

reBroadcast of Episode 35: In this episode, Tom talks with Drama/English teacher, host and producer of the TER podcast, and NSW Teachers Federation Communications Manager Cameron Malcher. This was a great chat from a different perspective. I really enjoyed asking Cameron about different ideas, silos, jobs, STEM, podcasts etc. I hope you enjoy this interview.  Cameron answered our previous guests, Phil Dooley, question of "Can you think of two unique ways to communicate a science concept?" and let us know bout this wonderful short Sci-Fi story Second Person, Present Tense. and asked his own for our next guest: How do we get people engaged in science without risking simplifying it or introducing biases that are unhelpful? Cameron interviewed Tom for his podcast which was release a few weeks ago, have a listen to it here: http://terpodcast.com/2017/07/22/ter-096-the-michaela-school-uk-with-katharine-birbalsingh-23-july-2017/ You can Find Cameron at his podcast TER Podcast, at the Teachers Federation or on twitter @Capitan_Typo Send us an email at [email protected], or contact us on twitter: @STEMpunk3 Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen.Outro: Cameron Stiff's trackBoth used with permission. STEMpunk PodcastLook: Website Twitter FacebookListen: iTunes Stitcher PlayerFM

Episode 36: In this episode, the STEMpunk team interviews long time friend of the show, Chris Stewart. Chris has been around in Australian Science Communication for a few years now and it was a real great pleasure to chat with him.Chris was our guest STEMpunk for this episode where we chatted with Chris while he was running the Professor Harry Messel International Science School.  This interview went a fair few places, but that's what great about STEMpunk! We hope you enjoyed it. Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen. Outro: Cameron Stiff's track Both used with permission. STEMpunk PodcastLook: Website Twitter FacebookListen: iTunes Stitcher PlayerFM

Cameron Malcher Not a scientist...but that's ok!Episode 35: In this episode, Tom talks with Drama/English teacher, host and producer of the TER podcast, and NSW Teachers Federation Communications Manager Cameron Malcher. This was a great chat from a different perspective. I really enjoyed asking Cameron about different ideas, silos, jobs, STEM, podcasts etc. I hope you enjoy this interview.  Cameron answered our previous guests, Phil Dooley, question of "Can you think of two unique ways to communicate a science concept?" and let us know bout this wonderful short Sci-Fi story Second Person, Present Tense. and asked his own for our next guest: How do we get people engaged in science without risking simplifying it or introducing biases that are unhelpful? Cameron interviewed Tom for his podcast which was release a few weeks ago, have a listen to it here: http://terpodcast.com/2017/07/22/ter-096-the-michaela-school-uk-with-katharine-birbalsingh-23-july-2017/ You can Find Cameron at his podcast TER Podcast, at the Teachers Federation or on twitter @Capitan_Typo Send us an email at [email protected], or contact us on twitter: @STEMpunk3 Intro: STARSET -Down with the fallen.Outro: Cameron Stiff's trackBoth used with permission. STEMpunk PodcastLook: Website Twitter FacebookListen: iTunes Stitcher PlayerFM