Category: TBFY In Conversation
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TBFY In Conversation 23 – Anthropomania with Jay Ingram
Science broadcaster extraordinaire Jay Ingram is back! As always our chat covers many topics. Can people benefit from watching science unfold in real time? The importance of context when delivering and receiving science based info. The real reasons people decide on “scientific debates”. We also talk at length about humanities relationships with animals and Jay’s…
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TBFY In Conversation 22 – The Weight of Air with David Poses
My guest author David Poses has an incredibly important message, our entire system of drug prevention, policy and treatment needs to be blown up and rebuilt. David brings us this message in his upcoming book The Weight of Air which details his double life struggling with mental illness and heroin addiction. Through his experience and…
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TBFY In Conversation 21 – Sharing Genomes and More with Stephen Doyle
Stephen Doyle is a molecular and computational biologist who uses whole genome sequencing to study how parasites evolve resistance to drugs. He was also able to explain how genome sequencing works and just how powerful that technology and data can be, especially in the context of the ongoing coronavirus situation. You’ve heard of corona variants,…
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TBFY In Conversation 20 – Covering the Psychedelic Beat with Shayla Love
Senior staff writer at VICE Shayla Love was kind enough to join the show to discuss her work covering the psychedelics beat. Shayla writes feature articles on many topics that fall under the umbrellas of science, psychology, health and the mind and she is consistently finding unique and important angles of the psychedelic movement that…
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TBFY In Conversation 19 – Communicating from The Ivory Tower with Martin Nielsen
It was a pleasure to host veterinary parasitologist and friend of the show Martin Nielsen for a discussion on science communication from an academic perspective. Lessons learned, challenges, issues with pre-print publishing, restoring faith in expertise and much more. Follow Martin on Twitter, @MartinKNielsen and Youtube, Martin K Nielsen Equine Parasitology. As always please rate…
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TBFY In Conversation 18 – The Science of Why with Jay Ingram
The great Jay Ingram returns to the show to talk about his latest book The Science of Why 5 and for a discussion on science communication in a pandemic. Jay is a long-time science communicator, broadcaster, author and host of two iconic, Canadian science programs, Quirks and Quarks on CBC Radio and Daily Planet on…
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TBFY In Conversation 17- Deep Glass Sponge Diving with Hamish Tweed
Hamish Tweed, technical diving instructor and team lead for the Deep Glass Sponge Research Team (@deepglasssponge on Instagram) joined to talk about their efforts to document the rare glass sponge reefs off the coast of British Colombia. Hamish was the subject of the documentary Moonless Oasis (check out TBFY In Conversation 15) and continued the…
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TBFY In Conversation 16-Connecting the Dots with Noemi Weis
Noemi Weis, an award-winning filmmaker joins us to talk about her latest documentary Connecting The Dots, a film about the global youth mental health crisis. It was a great chat and it’s an important topic. Please check out their website connectingthedotsfilm.com to join the global screening and roundtable on Nov 19th or to host your…
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TBFY In Conversation 15-Moonless Oasis with Nate Slaco and Bryce Zimmerman
Filmmakers Nate Slaco and Bryce Zimmerman join the show to talk about their new documentary Moonless Oasis. The film follows a group of citizen scientists as they attempt to document the habitat of the rare glass sponge. These sea creatures were once thought extinct but have been discovered off the West Coast of Canada. Nate…
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TBFY In Conversation 14-Anthropology in a Pandemic with Sarah Bell
An anthropologists view of an Ebola epidemic. Sarah Bell, PhD candidate at Oxford Brookes University joined to chat about her work researching how messaging around the consumption of “bush meat” affected people’s behavior and perceptions of the epidemic. Her work is very relevant to the conspiracy theories and misinformation we are seeing with COVID and…
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