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Tom interviews international STEM superstar Scott Daniel. Thanks so much to Scott for chatting with us. Scott has been involved in Science communication and education for over a decade and has been doing it all over the world.  Scott has a regular science spot on ABC Gippsland, and has developed a huge range of resources and research into science education and communication.  Ever since starting this podcast, I've wanted to interview people like Scott. I hop you enjoy this as much as I did talking with Scott! In this interview we talked about Teaching, Outreach, Teachers, PhD's, STEM Communication, Science Circus, International science education, and more. Show notes: Questacon Science Circus Paper Gyrocopter Mobius Strip Musical coathanger Issues in STEM Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission

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From left: Doctor Karl (Taylor Swift) Tom Gordon , Shane Hengst & Chrsitie McmonigalWe're very excited about our interview with Doctor Karl Kruszelnicki. There were some classic Karl moments, and hopefully some nice take away messages and stories. We talked about STEM, Science, jobs, politics, Gravity, anti-gravity, and even compost. It was a pretty fun interview. With Dr Karl you really get your value for money with about 2.5 hours worth of interview in 45 minutes! Our huge thanks to Dr Karl for his time. You can find him all over the place. On line Twitter Instagram Sydney Uni ABC Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission.

This is Tom's interview with Bio-Hacker Meow-Ludo Meow-Meow. This is actually the second attempt at an interview with Meow and in this adventure we were on a quest to get some coffee. It got a bit windy in some places but I hope you'll agree, it's worth it to listen to what Meow has to say! Here is the Biofoundry on twitter: https://twitter.com/thebiofoundry & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biofoundry/ Here is the Bio foundry website: http://foundry.bio/ Here's a couple of photos of the Biofoundry in action: Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission. Contact Us

Artists impression of Marc West and Tom GordonIn this episode Tom talks with Science communicator and podcaster Marc West Marc & Mr Science Show Rutherford quote What is STEM CSIRO Scientists in school Shell Questacon Science Circus New Scientist Louis C.K. - Why? (language warning) Cloud seeding Exo-planets Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission. Contact Us

Nerd shirts, check. TARDIS check. QandA studios, check.We took the opportunity to have a discussion about other scientists  having a nationally broadcast discussion. After a brief intro where we did not know what we were talking about, we had a bit of a debrief about the STEM version of QandA. Because we didn't get to ask our questions, we talked about them in the car. Tom's questions is: There has been a lot of discussion recently, especially at the World Science fair in Brisbane, about story telling to communicate science. What story will you tell our decision makers to communicate important issues like science funding? Christie's questions is: Let's STEM the Sh*t outta this!A lot of science research has very clear impacts on society and our everyday lives such as medical research, green energy research, climate change research. However, other research like the recent gravitational waves discovery does not have a clear and obvious impact on the average person. So what is the point of this sort of research and how to you explain its value to the average layperson? We speculated, we discussed and we STEMed! You can join the conversation on facebook, or twitter Show notes: STEM QandA episode in iview Science-Who needs it Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science World Science Festival The twitter @DrEmmaLJohnston @ScienceChiefAu @scienceupulie @bgreene @tamarastro @realscientists @QandA @Gordeauz Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission.

STEMpunk talks about STEM in pop culture, but really just a chat about movies! And we'll probably do it some more from time to time. Show notes:1. The Martian 2. MythBusters 3. Big Bang Theory 4. Plan 9 from outer space 5. Bad Movies: Interstellar/Gravity 6. The Flash 7. Star Trek Love letter to science: Cement truck explosion Big Bang Theory research. Rashel Li The Science even Penny would understand. Vehicle maintenance for women Plan 9 from outer space Frank Borman claims overtime Stephen Hawking time travellers party Apollo 13 audio Absolute Hot How does the Heisenberg compensator work? Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission. Contact Us

STEMpunk talks STEMcom, or the communication of science. What is Science communication?How did you get into Science communicationScience communication wins Show Notes: Wordle Science Circus Contact Us

STEMpunks talk about jobs in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics This fits into three categories: Industry, Research and Public service. And it can go anywhere from there! Show notes: Shane's work Christie's work Tom's work Astronomers Without Borders Global Astronomy MonthSKA Square Kilometer Array Unreal Engine Particulars Physics with Portals Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission. Contact Us

Talk about STEM. This is our pilot. A nice start to talk about STEM. It was surprisingly hard to do. Show notes:What is STEM? What's a Physics? Square Kilometer array (SKA) Coding in Schools STEM or STEAM? Punishment or reward? Outro Music: STARSET -Let It Die. Used with permission. Contact Us