Lab Out Loud
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 84 - The Science of Good Cooking
22 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Guy Crosby about the recently released book "The Science of Good Cooking" - written by Crosby and the editors of America's Test...
Episode 83 - Sam Kean's Stories from the Human Genome
08 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
After the summer release of "The Violinist's Thumb and Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code," we got a chance to ...
Episode 82 - Science of the Summer Olympics
24 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Producer Mark Miano talks about NBC Learn’s Science of the Summer Olympics. Show notes at: http://laboutloud.com
Episode 81 – Bonus Episode! Stephen Hawking comes to town
13 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Dale and Brian talk with Kip Thorne (world renowned physicist and longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking) about the w...
Episode 80 - National Ocean Sciences Bowl
14 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
For our final episode of the season we talk with interview Paul Herder, coach of the Marshfield WI team that has won the National Ocean Sciences Bowl ...
Episode 79: Vernier's Game-Changer
23 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week listen as co-hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler talk toDavid Vernier, co-founder of Vernier Software & Technology. David talks to Lab Out Lo...
Episode 78 - "Hunting the Elements" and other resources from NOVA
02 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In anticipation of NOVA's upcoming "Hunting the Elements" special and app, Lab Out Loud hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler got in touch with Rachel Co...
Episode 77 - Gaming for Science
19 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Zoran Popović, professor at the University of Washington and Director of the Center for Game Science. He recently lead the tea...
Episode 76 - Not Another Lab Report
05 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Fred Ende. As a middle-school science teacher, Fred quickly became frustrated with cookie-cutter, partial inquiry and simple ...
Episode 75 - Superbowl of the Mind
20 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week listen as co-hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler talk to Jon Dudas, president of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Techno...
Episode 74 - There's a zombie in my classroom
06 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Dr. Steven Schlozman, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Lecturer in Education at the Harvard Grad...
Episode 73 – Special Announcement: NCSE Now Defending Climate Change Education
16 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As science educators are increasingly reporting attacks on climate change education, the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is announcing th...
Episode 72 - The Year in Review: 2011 Science
09 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We highlight some of the major science discoveries in 2011 with Pamela Hines, senior editor at Science Magazine.
Episode 71 - Hack Your Bio Class
19 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
For the last episode of 2011, hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler talk with journalist and author Marcus Wohlsen. Wohlsen is a science writer for the...
Episode 70 - Go back in time with Terra Tempo
05 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 70, hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler talk with David Shapiro about his graphic novel "Terra Tempo: Ice Age Cataclysm". Shapiro is the cre...
Episode 69 - Success with Science
21 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wanted your students to conduct scientific research? Our guest this week has some insights for you. Shownotes: http://laboutloud.com/
Episode 68 - Modeling Instruction in the Science Classroom
07 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 68, hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler talk with Mark Schober about using Modeling Instruction in the science classroom. As president of ...
Episode 67 - Take a Field Trip...In Your Classroom
24 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about zipTrip- an electronic, interactive field trip that connects students across the country to scientists at Purdue University. Shownotes at:...
Episode 66 - But Are They Really Learning?
10 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss teaching techniques with Frank Noschese. Frank is a high school physics teacher at John Jay High School in Cross River, N.Y. an...
Episode 65 - Framing a New Vision for Science Education
26 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Join us to kick off our 2011-2012 season by talking science standards with Jonathan Osborne from Stanford University. As a committee member who help...
Episode 64 - A Visit with Science Olympiad
09 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In our final show of the season, we talk with Dr. Gerard J. Putz (President of Science Olympiad) and Jennifer Kopach (Marketing Director) about the Sc...
Episode 63 – ThinkGeek and Re-purposing Electronics
25 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Shane Peterman, PR Manager at ThinkGeek.com. In March, ThinkGeek introduced “Take These Broken Things“, a program where t...
Episode 62 - The Sitcom Experiment
11 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Prady, Executive Producer and co-creator of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, joins us to talk about one of our favorite science shows. Show no...
Episode 61 - Google's Global Science Fair
21 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
For episode 61, we talk with Google's Cristin Frodella about the Google Global Science Fair 2011. In partnership with CERN, the LEGO Group, Nation...
Episode 60 - Paleontology: Adventure with a Purpose
07 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
For episode 60, we talk about Paleontology with Dr. Paul Sereno. Dr. Sereno is a world-renowned paleontologist and Professor of Organismal Biology &...
Episode 59 - The Courage to Teach
21 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In the shadow of what is happening in Wisconsin, Brian and Dale discuss evolution education with Dr. Eric Plutzer, co-author of "Defeating Creationis...
Episode 58 - Exploring New Worlds with Kepler
07 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Dr. Natalie Batalha, co-investigator of NASA's Kepler Team. Dr. Batalha talks to us about her love of science (especially ph...
Episode 57 - Preventing Bad Science in the Classroom
24 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Finishing our UK tour, we talk with Dr. Ben Goldacre, author of "Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks and Big Pharma Flacks". Dr. Goldacre talks to us about i...
Episode 56 - More Chemistry Videos from PTOV
10 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Kick off the International Year of Chemistry with the Periodic Table of Videos. Martyn Poliakoff and Sam Tang join us to talk about how they'll be par...
Episode 55 - Science Comedian Brian Malow
20 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
From Star Wars to evolution, this week's guest will surely make you laugh about science. Science comedian Brian Malow joins us to discuss science come...
Episode 54 - Encyclopedia of Life
06 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Explore the Encyclopedia of Life. Show notes at: http://laboutloud.com/
Episode 53 - Science We Can Learn
15 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This week hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler talk to Daniel M Carchidi (Publication Director) and Dr. Natalie Kuldell (instructor) about MIT OpenCou...
Episode 52 - Science We Can Read About
01 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss our favorite science books and talk to author Sam Kean. Sam discusses the periodic table and storytelling in his new book "The D...
Episode 51 - Science We Can Blog About
18 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
New at Lab Out Loud: This week we discuss our favorite science blogs and talk to Rhett Allain - an Associate Professor of physics at Southeastern Loui...
Episode 50 - Science We Can Watch
04 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss our favorite new science shows and talk to Mythbuster Kari Byron about her new show on The Science Channel. Show notes at: http:/...
Episode 49 - Science We Can Listen To
20 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
What science do you listen to? We talk to one of the creators of some of our favorite science tunes. John Linnell from the band They Might Be Giants j...
Episode 48 - Don't Be Such a Scientist
10 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
For our 100th podcast interview (including 52 interviews with Periodicity), we talk with former marine biologist turned filmmaker and author Randy O...
Episode 47 - Evolution for the young reader
26 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Daniel Loxton, author of the kid's book titled, "Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be." Show notes at: http://labo...
Episode 46 - Dinosaur Train's Dr. Scott
12 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk to Dr. Scott Sampson - host of the PBS show Dinosaur Train. Dr. Scott is also a Canadian dinosaur paleontologist, evolutionary biolo...
Episode 45 - Science Fiction Writer Cory Doctorow
22 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://laboutloud.com/ Today we talk with Cory Doctorow - science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger.
Episode 44 - Car Crash Science
08 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about the science behind car crashes with our guest Dr. Griff Jones. While working with the Insurance Institute of Highway Sa...
Episode 43 -Mythbuster Adam Savage
22 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Savage, from The Mythbusters, joins us to talk about science education. Show notes at: http://laboutloud.com/
Episode 42 - Teachers take to the skies with SOFIA
08 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Dana Backman who is working on SOFIA, an airborne observatory that will study the universe in the infrared spectrum. Show Notes at: http...
Episode 41 - Science Writer Nicholas Wade
25 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We look back and forward at science in the news with writer Nicholas Wade.show notes at: http://laboutloud.com/
Episode 40 - Being Sean Carroll
11 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Carroll (physicist) and Sean B. Carroll (biologist) talk to us about their respective science fields, science education and being Sean Carroll....
Episode 39 - Looking at Science Standards
21 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://laboutloud.com/
Episode 38 - National Lab Day
07 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
show notes at: http://laboutloud.com/
Episode 37 - Science Because We Can
16 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://laboutloud.com/
Episode 36 - The scientific method starts with curiosity
02 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com/
Episode 35 - The Quantum Frontier
19 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com/
Episode 34 - Gene Therapy for Colorblind Monkeys
05 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 33 - Dr. Francis Eberle
21 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show note at: http://www.laboutloud.com/
Episode 32 - Neil deGrasse Tyson
11 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 31 - The AMS Education Program
27 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com
Episode 30 - Lights, Camera, Sea Turtles!
13 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com/episodes
Episode 29 - We're All Stellar Corpses
30 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 28 - Who watches the Watchmen? Scientists Do!
09 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com/
Episode 27 - Questions with Skeptoid
23 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com
Episode 26 - Stories of Evolution
09 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com/episodes/
Episode 25 - Science in its Rightful Place
26 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 24 - IYA, JREF and the Bad Astronomer
12 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 23 - The Periodic Table of Videos
15 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
show notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com
Episode 22 - When Good Chemicals Go Bad
01 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 21 - Dr. Kiki, Never too cool for science
17 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 20 - Ed Begley, Jr.
03 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 19 - Bioethics with Jeffrey Kahn
20 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 18 - Science in the 2008 Elections
06 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 17 - Sir Harold Kroto on Science Education
22 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 16 - Building Connections in Science Education
19 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, we chatted with Dr. Karen Harpp, Associate Professor in Geology at Colgate University in New York. Dr. Harpp talked with us about...
Episode 15 - Expelled Exposed
05 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In response to the movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, we decided to talk with someone who has invested her life defending evolution. Dr. E...
Episode 14 - Bill Nye Talks About Energy and More
21 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
For our contribution to Earth Day, we had the opportunity to chat with Bill Nye about his new show on the new Planet Green channel called Stuf...
Episode 13 - Who and What of the WhyFiles
07 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk to Terry Devitt from WhyFiles.org.Preview from the Show: Our primary mission is to look at what is going on in the world every wee...
Episode 12 - Skepticism and The Bad Astronomer
17 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest calls himself the Bad Astronomer. Phil Plait is an astronomer, an author, and a well-known blogger at www.badastronomy.com. Phil tal...
Episode 11 - Death of the Chemistry Sets
03 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Steve Silberman, contributing editor for Wired Magazine. Steve talks to us about the demise of the chemistry set (as related ...
Episode 10 - Boston Here We Come
18 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Get a preview of what's in store for you at the 2008 National Conference on Science Education, as we chat with conference chair Joyce Croce. New ...
Episode 9 - Blogging with PZ Myers
04 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with PZ Myers - lead author of the blog Pharyngula (Pharyngula is hosted at Science Blogs - a project from Seed Magazine). My...
Episode 8 - The Future of Particle Physics
21 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dale talks with physicist Don Lincoln of the DZero detector experiment at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratories. Don talks abou...
Episode 7 - Cloning Monkey Embryos
07 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, we talk with Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov. Dr. Mitalipov is an Assistant Scientist and a Co-Director of the Assisted Reproducti...
Episode 6 - Adam Rogers from WIRED Science
17 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Rogers discusses the new PBS show titled WIRED Science. Links WIRED Science WIRED Magazine Twitter Dale's acc...
Episode 5 - Sir Alec Jeffries and DNA fingerprinting
03 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Sir Alec Jeffries talks to us about the discovery of DNA fingerprinting, its uses/abuses and its impact on society. Preview from the Sh...
Episode 4 - Science Education Myth?
19 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Vivek Wadhwa, columnist for Business Week, Wertheim Fellow at the Harvard Law School and executive in residence at Duke...
Episode 3 - Steve Squyres & Roving Mars
05 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the science payload on the Mars Exploration Rover Project, & Professor of Astronomy...
Episode 2 - Biologist Sean B. Carroll
22 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sean B. Carroll (Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of W...
Episode 1 - Introductions and Gerry Wheeler
09 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the hosts of NSTA's Lab Out Loud podcast - Dale Basler and Brian Bartel. Later, we chat with NSTA Executive Director Gerry Wheeler, as he r...