In this episode, Olly and Emma talk to science communicator, Louise Creely, about her journey as a communication professional and how it has shaped her life. Lou walks us through her experiences as a storyteller from writing her own magazines in her bedroom as a child, to communicating complex science at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, and shares a few tricks to becoming a successful communicator. 

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Co-Host: Emma Hamasaki (@emmahamasaki)

Production: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Media & Promotion: Emma Hamasaki (@emmahamasaki)

As animals of the land and sea, seabirds live a life of adventure in both worlds. Needing to find food draws them into the oceans, but raising chicks requires them to keep returning home.

Tune in this week to hear Dr Marcus Salton from the Australian Antarctic Division talk with Olly about his work understanding the behaviour of these incredible animals, and his stories of the chilly places his work has taken him down south. 

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Production: Hannah Moore (@HannahCMoore)

Media & Promotion: Ellie Clapham

We know that fish come in all shapes and sizes, but have you ever thought about how their size affects their behaviour? 

Dr Amy Coghlan from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies tells Olly this week all about her work in sized-based marine ecology, and the depths she’s (literally!) gone to for her research. 

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Production: Ryan Smith

Media & Promotion: Anna Abela 

Two and a half years after joining the TWICS family, it’s finally time for Olly Dove to tell us about her own work in STEMM!

As a PhD candidate at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Olly researches the diving behaviour of two seabirds living here in Tasmania: little penguins and short-tailed shearwaters. Join Kate as she asks Olly all about her adventures in zoology and scicomm!

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Kate Johnson (@KatePlantPhys)

Co-Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Production: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Media & Promotion: Anna Abela (@annoabela)

Inspired by her own experiences breaking into the field of coding and front-end development, Kah Men co-founded The Coding Sisterhood, a safe and inclusive group that encourages women to try coding. Starting with three female coders, the group has grown to over 300 members.   

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Co-Host: Anna Abela (@annaoabela)

Production: Ryan Smith 

Media & Promotion: Olivia Holloway (@LivHolloway_), Kate Johnson (@KatePlantPhys), Ellie Clapham (@EleanorClapham1) Anna Abela (@annoabela)

Join us this week for part two of our mini-series in celebration of the James Webb Space Telescope! This time around, we meet with Georgia Stewart, a PhD student at UTAS, studying Active Galactic Nuclei. These objects are used by Georgia and her colleagues to age and classify stellar and star-forming regions, as well as the black holes, central to these galaxies.

Listen in as Georgia discusses her pathway into astrophysics, as well as what it means to be a young woman in the field. 

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Niamh Chapman (@nchapmanTAS)

Co-Host: Ryan Smith

Production: Olly Dove (@littledove440) 

Media & Promotion: Kate Johnson (@KatePlantPhys)

Cade Kane is an American, but he’s spending 10 months living in Tasmania as part of his Fulbright fellowship. Listen for application info + tips and to get an idea of what a Fulbright experience can be like! He also drops some sweet tourist tips, including “the best museum [he’s] ever been to”!

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Ryan Smith 

Production: Ryan Smith 

Media & Promotion: Ellie Clapham (@EleanorClapham1)

9 months, 15 US states, 4 countries (including the US and AUS) and 3 homes, a brief summary of Kate’s wild 2022! Ryan Smith and Dr Kate Johnson chat, separated by 17000km, about Kate’s experience as a Fulbright postdoctoral researcher in the USA. Listen for application info + tips and to get an idea of what a (very fun) Fulbright experience can be like, from start to finish!

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Ryan Smith 

Production: Ryan Smith 

Media & Promotion: Kate Johnson (@KatePlantPhys) and Anna Abela

In this episode, Olly and Sarah talk to Young Professional Engineer of the Year for Tasmania in 2022 Samantha Chapman about transportation and connecting communities.  Sam walks us through the holistic aspects of her engineering job, how transport design involves the flow of unpredictable humans, and gives us lots of examples of how events and disruption to connections have shaped our state.

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Co-Host: Sarah Lyden

Production: Sarah Lyden

Media & Promotion:  Georgia Stewart (@ggstew25)

Local marine scientist, Dr Camille White, sits down with Olly Dove and Ellie Clapham to talk about the science behind fish farming. Camille explains how and why her team conducts their research on the salmon farms in Tasmania, and talks about the work that goes into connecting the food and science industries. Camille explains some of her team’s research findings by describing the effects that fish farms have on their local marine environment, and how to manage these effects.

Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod

Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Co-Host: Ellie Clapham (@EleanorClapham1)

Production: Olly Dove (@littledove440)

Media & Promotion: Ellie Clapham (@EleanorClapham1)