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Conversations with groundbreaking researchers from Northeastern University. We connect what’s going on in their labs to what’s going on in your life.

Northeastern University

  • Aug 7, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 12m AVG DURATION
  • 34 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Litmus

Grow Out on a Limb

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 12:00


Litmus is produced and reported by Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written, hosted, and sound edited by Emily Arntsen with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: Curing disease with city design

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 15:03


In this episode, we talk to Sara Jensen Carr (assistant professor of architecture).Litmus is produced, reported and hosted by Emily Arntsen. Sound editing by Emily Arntsen and Anthony Pulido with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: The fate of the planet is up in the air

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 8:51


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci. Sound editing by Aria Bracci with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: Same ventilator. Different shortage.

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 13:07


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen. Sound editing, mixing, and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: Will contact-tracing apps slow the spread of disease?

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 19:44


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen. Sound editing by Emily Arntsen and Anthony Pulido with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: Why Africa was prepared for the pandemic

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 11:56


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci. Sound editing by Aria Bracci with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: The people left behind as life moves online

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 8:51


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci. Sound editing by Aria Bracci with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: The young college try

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 9:02


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci. Sound editing by Aria Bracci with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: No work, essential work, and what they have in common

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 9:51


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci. Sound editing by Aria Bracci and Anthony Pulido with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: How medicine can keep up

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 9:02


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeatern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with sound editing and mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov. 

COVID-19: A preview of worse diseases to come

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 7:55


In this episode, we talk to Kim Lewis (University Distinguished Professor of biology and director of the Antimicrobial Discovery Center).Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci. Sound editing by Aria Bracci and Anthony Pulido with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: Why are supply chains breaking down?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 18:47


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written, hosted and sound edited by Emily Arntsen with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: How disease grows when doctor-patient relationships shrink

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 9:18


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci. Sound editing by Aria Bracci and Anthony Pulido with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: The at-risk populations you might not have considered

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 9:17


Litmus is produced and reported by Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci. Sound editing by Aria Bracci and Anthony Pulido with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

COVID-19: All your ‘social distancing’ questions answered

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 17:55


In this episode, we talk to Sam Scarpino (assistant professor in the Network Science Institute). Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with sound editing and mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Invasion of the Bias Snatchers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 10:42


 Litmus is produced and reported by Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

The Perfect Fit(bit)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 8:47


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Fight, Flight, or Foresight

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 11:05


Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written, hosted, and sound edited by Emily Arntsen with mixing and mastering by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

(S)hopping Mad

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 8:42


In this episode, we talk to Alexander DePaoli (associate teaching professor of marketing).Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Size Up Your Genes

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 10:39


In this episode, we talk to Ke Zhang (associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology) and Dali Wang (postdoctoral fellow with the Zhang Group).Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

The Sum of Its Particles

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 12:40


In this episode, we talk to Toyoko Orimoto (associate professor of physics) and Emanuela Barberis (associate professor of physics).Litmus is produced and reported by Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

A Plague on Words

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 11:43


In this episode, we talk to Alessandro Vespignani (Sternberg Family Distinguished Professor of Physics, Computer Sciences, and Health Sciences and the director of the Network Science Institute) and Sari Altschuler (Assistant Professor of English, associate director of the Northeastern Humanities Center, and the founding director of the Health, Humanities, and Society minor).Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen and edited by David Filipov. Mixing by Anthony Pulido.

Fake Patients, Real Stress: The Actors

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 8:21


In this episode, we talk to Jamie Musler (director of Interprofessional Medical Simulation and the Arnold S. Goldstein Simulation Labs) and Northeastern patient actors Liz Hartley and Susan Leskin. Litmus is produced and reported by Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Aria Bracci and Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Fake Patients, Real Stress

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 16:20


In this episode, we talk to Jamie Musler (director of interprofessional medical simulation and the Arnold S. Goldstein Simulation Labs) and nursing students Nathalie Garcia and Julia Thompson.Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with mixing by Emily Arntsen, Aria Bracci, and Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

A Zero-Sun Game

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 14:21


In this episode, we talk to Rachel Hopman (postdoctoral research associate in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health) and Ruiming Wang (graduate student of Game Science and Design).Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Aria Bracci and Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Danger by Design

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 12:11


In this episode, we talk to Karen Giuliano (associate professor of nursing and executive director of Healthcare Innovation & EntreprenNURSEship) and Jack Dennerlein (professor of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences).Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Ships, Drugs, and Rocks ‘n’ Holes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 12:08


In this episode, we talk to Dan Distel (research professor at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center and the director of the Ocean Genome Legacy Center). Litmus is produced and reported by Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.Litmus is a production of News@Northeastern, Northeastern University’s official source of news and information.

Smash the Ratriarchy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 12:02


In this episode, we talk to Rebecca Shansky (associate professor of psychology and director of The Shansky Lab).Litmus is produced and reported by Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.Litmus is a production of News@Northeastern, Northeastern University’s official source of news and information.

The Body Electric

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 12:55


In this episode, we talk to Kaushik Chowdhury (associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and faculty fellow of the College of Engineering) and Stella Banou (Doctoral candidate in electrical and computer engineering).Litmus is produced by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Long Live the Worm

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 13:32


In this episode, we talk to Javier Apfeld (assistant professor of biology) and Sean Johnsen (lab technician in The Apfeld Lab).Litmus is produced by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Your Brain on Music

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 15:42


In this episode, we talk to Psyche Loui (assistant professor of music and director of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics Lab), Evan Bennett (music director of the Northeastern University Symphony Orchestra), and members of Northeastern’s jazz and classical ensembles.Litmus is produced by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Emily Arntsen, Aria Bracci, and Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Race to the Box Office

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 14:20


Litmus is produced by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with mixing by Emily Arntsen, Aria Bracci, and Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

Internet of Thieves

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 13:47


Litmus is produced by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Emily Arntsen, Aria Bracci, and Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

The State of the Art

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 21:02


Litmus is produced by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Emily Arntsen with mixing by Emily Arntsen, Aria Bracci, and Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.

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