Change, Technically
Episodes
Science deserves stories
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First of all, in this episode you'll learn why Ashley has shipped ONE THOUSAND COCKROACHES through the mail. Second of all, Ashley shares about g...
The Change, Technically anniversary special
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley, Cat, and Danilo reflect on the major themes after one year of Change, Technically.For more information on consulting with Cat, please visit ht...
Andor and the psychology of resistance
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES Dominic Packer’s Normative Conflict Model of Dissent is described in this paper as well as his other work: https://journals.sagepub.com/d...
You deserve better brain research
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES:For an example of a consideration of learning with information searching, a paper by Saskia Giebl and co-authors explored students learning...
Dire wolves and bullshitters
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More reading & sources:Fantastic article which echos many of our arguments here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/wildlife-extinction-dir...
Who's afraid of math?
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Cat wants you to know she read a *lot* of research for this episode. Major highlights we specifically drew from, and quote sources, were ...
Stepping out of the silo
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do human beings work together and learn to be, well, human? Stepping out of our comfortable and cozy silos and learning to communicate our value i...
The NIH pays off beyond our dreams
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of Change, Technically, Ashley and Cat get into the facts of the NIH: what it does, how it works, and the consequences of disrupt...
The magic of little boxes
04 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special 'Change, Technically: Holidays On The Couch' edition of the podcast, Ashley & Cat discuss their philosophies of measurem...
Open science: hope is other people
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Much like open source software, open science is a path to distributed collaboration. By sharing the data from experiments and investigations open and ...
What really matters in software?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can creativity mean more for software than productivity? Do we need to let go of “hardcore developer stuff”? Will getting more people to major in ...
What’s neuroscience got to do with it?
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Neuroscience is the hottest STEM field. Why? What does a neuroscientist actually do? Is the brain some mechanically deterministic box configured at bi...
Who's technical?
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What makes someone technical? What are our preconceptions about "technical" skills? How do those beliefs influence outcomes, and the success...
You can do it, too
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to make STEM work more accessible and effective? Ashley and Cat introduce their work and their values by answering this question.Cre...