SciCurious

*tap tap* DOes this mic still work?   It's been a while, but I'm back with a long-awaited chat with Claire Davies! Claire and I have crossed paths a few times at the LGBTQSTEMinar, and I've always wanted to feature this gay lass on the pod. We chatted last summer, but I'm only now getting around to uploading it.  Find Claire online PRISM Exeter Twitter You can find SciCurious in a BUNCH of places online too: Check out the website Patreon Facebook Twitter Insta Science is a Drag Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Thanks to Peter Levens for the music for "something that makes me happy", and to Austin Weber for the intro and outro music (Mamma Mia by Austin Weber). Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.  

In the biggest crossover event in cinematic history... I get to interview Felix Berrios, producer of the LGBTQSTEMcast, and all-round delight! Truth be told, I didn't know about this podcast until about a month ago, but I knew we needed to a crossover! Felix' links: LGBTQSTEMcast Twitter LGBTQSTEMcast Insta Felix' twitter Find more about SciCurious and my other projects: Check out the website Patreon Facebook Twitter Insta Science is a Drag Knit the Universe Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Thanks to Peter Levens for the music (The Legend Of Michael) for "something that makes me happy", and to Austin Weber for the intro and outro music (Mamma Mia by Austin Weber). Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.

Back in June (JUNE!) I called up Clara Barker for a chinwag. We talked though everything including her community outreach, markers for real inclusion, and thin film deposition! I've been sitting on this/putting off for a while, because things. But in that time, some information has come out about the upcoming LGBTQSTEMinar in Jan 2021 that Clara and the team at Oxford university are organising, which you can read about here. Clara's links: Youtube Twitter Find more about SciCurious and my other projects: Check out the website Patreon Facebook Twitter Insta Science is a Drag Knit the Universe Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Thanks to Peter Levens for the music (The Legend Of Michael) for "something that makes me happy", and to Austin Weber for the intro and outro music (Mamma Mia by Austin Weber). Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.

Waaay back in July, I sat down for a chat with Mario AKA Sassy Science, shortly after they had submitted their Ph.D thesis, and while they were getting their drag face on. Come and get ready with! Find Sassy on Twitter Sassy's Youtube channel And Insta Watch Science is a Drag here!   You can find SciCurious in a BUNCH of places online too: Check out the website Patreon Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Thanks to Peter Levens for the music for "something that makes me happy", and to Austin Weber for the intro and outro music (Mamma Mia by Austin Weber). Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.

In the first episode of season 3, I had a chat with Leah, The talk happened following the murder of George Floyd, and during pride month. Leah does all kinds of research in the field of behavioural neurobiology. What's that? Listen and find out! Follow Leah on Twitter You can find SciCurious in a BUNCH of places online too: Check out the website Patreon Facebook Twitter Insta Science is a Drag Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Thanks to Peter Levens for the music for "something that makes me happy", and to Austin Weber for the intro and outro music (Mamma Mia by Austin Weber). Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.

My first introduction to Emily was at the LGBTSTEMinar this year, where she - how to put this politely - informed the audience that STEM includes more than just scientists, and caught my attention by making a clear case for the funding of nuclear fusion projects. Find Emily on Twitter And if you want to get in touch with me, try one of these methods: Check out the website Patreon Facebook Twitter Insta Social (Distance) Networking Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour!

It's been a while since I caught up with Sammie, so I checked in for another chat. Sammie's first episode Her second episode Find her on twitter Here's that paper about engaging politics that she mentioned If you want to get in touch, try one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour!

What if you spent 6 months in the junges of Malaysia, following paths cut by pygmy elephants and looking at the growth of saplings? Well, that's exactly what today's guest did. Apologies for the late upload - technical issues meant that our original recording had to be scrapped and it was hard finding another time to record. Robin's links: Web Insta Twitter Talk at the STEM Village seminar series And if you want to get in touch with me, try one of these methods: Check out the website Patreon Facebook Twitter Insta Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour! And of course a huge thank you to Royal Astronomical Society and Biochemical Society for their support. Check out what they have going on.  

You know what? All this corona stuff is great, but so much of what we've talked about so far is pretty far removed from our everyday experience. Ever wandered what's happening on the frontlines of the NHS? Just as this pandemic is ramping up, what're the big concerns? Well, Tom's gonna tell us! If you want to get in touch, try one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour!

A little while back, Jamie and I got within 2 metres of each other to chat on the mic! We just talk shit for a bit - literally! Jamie's links: Twitter Follow Young STEM leader Move2Learn And if you want to get in touch, try one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour! And of course a huge thank you to Royal Astronomical Society and Biochemical Society for their support. Check out what they have going on.

I put out the call to talk to an expert on loneliness, and within a day, a friend had recommended someone - Rose [REDACTED]. Because she works in the community, she doesn't want her socials out there, so instead, she's provided links for resources on loneliness. Mind as I say links to lots of useful groups The government loneliness strategy from 2018 Campaign to end loneliness The Mental health foundation useful information on how to look after ourselves during this time And if you want to get in touch, try one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour!

I asked and the internet delivered - I asked to speak to a virologist and less than 24 hours later I was Zooming with Isabel Ott,  queer virologist extrordinaire! I asked bher a few listener questions too! Find her online: Grubaugh Lab (developing COVID tests)  Twitter And if you want to get in touch, try one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour!

A friend of mine, Joolzzenda, recommended I talk to an epidemiologist friend of hers. The next evening, I was speaking with  Anna-Meagan Fairley, an epidemiologist specialising in infectious diseases. Get in touch with Anna on Facebook: Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And if you want to chat for the podcast, get in touch by one of these methods: Patreon Twitter Facebook Insta Check out the website Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour

I wanted to talk to someone about coronavirus, and thought you might too. I've chatted to Sammie before about her work with mice and her endometriosis. Find Samantha online! Twitter Twitch LinkedIn Aberdeen University Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And if you want to chat for the podcast, geet in touch by one of these methods: Check out the redesigned website Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his youtube for his impossible social isolation world tour

Michelle stepped forward to come and chat with me for this week's pod. Proudly working class and vocal about her experience with mental health, her research looks at employment outcomes after mental health treatment. Find her on Twitter Visit her website Come along to the Science Late - Inside Your Mind at the Glasgow Science Centre, meet Ed and ask him your questions. And if you want to get in touch, try one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Check out his new single! And of course a huge thank you to Royal Astronomical Society and Biochemical Society for their support. Check out what they have going on.

March sees the return of the Science Lates series, in which I'm talking to experts around Glasgow on a theme, and this month, it's "Inside your Mind" Sarah asked me to do some stand up at a conference a few years back. I didn't know who she was then, but now I've had a chance to sit down and get to know her properly! Come along to the Science Late - Inside your Mind at the Glasgow Science Centre, meet Sarah and ask her your questions. Or find Sarah online Twitter LinkedIn And if you want to get in touch, try one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. And of course a huge thank you to Royal Astronomical Society and Biochemical Society for their support. Check out what they have going on.

The second guest this month is Laurence Datrier, a literal space ace, who looks for gravitational waves from kilonovae based on optical triggers (it all gets explained in the episode). We go back a bit, in fact, we were in the same research group during my Ph.D. Come along to the Science Late - Sound and Screen at the Glasgow Science Centre, meet Ed and ask him your questions. And if you want to get in touch, try one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. And of course a huge thank you to Royal Astronomical Society and Biochemical Society for their support. Check out what they have going on.

Ed and I sat down for a chat last month. We'd met once before in a cafe. He was delightful company, even after a long day, and talking, recording and showing me his VR experience for almost 3 hours! Ed's plugs: Twitter Visit his website  Try his relaxing VR experience Come along to the Science Late - Sound and Screen at the Glasgow Science Centre, meet Ed and ask him your questions.   And if you want to chat for the podcast, get in touch by one of these methods: Check out the website Facebook Twitter Insta Patreon Join Flick Chat Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village   Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.   And of course a huge thank you to Royal Astronomical Society and Biochemical Society for their support. Check out what they have going on.

At my in-laws, I skyped with co-founder of LGBTSTEM Dr. Alex Bond, and we had a great chat about catastrophic malts, mercury in feathers, and building a community. I had another problem with sound this week - I hope to shake this before February's episodes! Alex's plugs: Twitter Instagram LGBTSTEM And if you want to chat for the podcast, get in touch by one of these methods: Check out the redesigned website Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Come to the STEM Village symposium Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. And of course a huge thank you to Royal Astronomical Society and Biochemical Society for their support. Check out what they have going on.

On a cold December day at the end of 2019, I got on the phone with Dr. Alfredo Carpineti, and was delighted to learn about dinosaurs from an astrophysicist! Alf's plugs Twitter Insta Pride in STEM OutThinkers IFLScience The Astroholic Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And if you want to chat for the podcast, get in touch by one of these methods: Check out the redesigned website Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. And of course a huge thank you to Royal Astronomical Society and Biochemical Society for their support. Check out what they have going on.

A while back, Kirsty slipped me a note that she wanted to talk on the podcast, so last month, I invited over for a coffee and a chat. We got into some quite personal stuff through the chat, and I'm delighted that she wanted to share it all with the podcast! Kirsty's plugs Twitter Insta Find ScotPEN on facebook and twitter Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And if you want to chat for the podcast, geet in touch by one of these methods: Check out the redesigned website Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Join the STEM Village Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.

I met Sammie on a group chat, to discuss another LGBTSTEM project we're working on together. I snatched her on day while she was in Glasgow, and had a delightful time talking to her! Left out of the pod are anecdotes about meeting band members' families abroad, the crutch of caffeine, and a rant about the industry. Find Samantha online! Twitter LinkedIn Aberdeen University Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And if you want to chat for the podcast, geet in touch by one of these methods: Check out the redesigned website Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.  

This month I was joined back in the closet with Dr. Justin Sperling, a biomedical engineer originally from Ohio, studied in Glasgow, and at the time of publishing, newly postdoc-ing in Barcelona. We gabbed for this hour about the music scene in Austin, TX, a synthetic tongue for discerning whiskies, and the importance of failure. Find Justin online! Twitter LinkedIn Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And find SciCurious on social media! Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Recommend to a friend! Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music.  

In this final episode of the 6 part series talking with LGBT physicists, I chat to the brand new, green-as-they-come Ph.D student, Alex Blanchard. I met Alex a years ago at a Glasgow Frontrunners social. He's a real delight - always smiling, talented musically, and a hard working physicist working in optics.  A few notes on this week's content from Alex: "A Quantum Cascade Laser works by having numerous quantum wells with an applied electric field, which tilts them energetically. The quantum wells have two energy levels of interest: the energy level before and after emitting the photon. The tilting effect makes the energy level of the electron in the first well after emitting the photon at the same energy as the energy level before emitting a photon in the next quantum well (see attached picture). So after emitting a photon, the electron tunnels into the next well, at the energy level before emitting another photon, where it emits another photon. With enough wells in sequence together, one electron emits numerous photons and it lases. When discussing how the SPADs work, I neglected to mention that the SPAD has a large electric field applied across it, above the breakdown field of the material. This means that when an electron is hit by a photon, it leaves its atom, is accelerated by the field, and hits other electrons, creating a current in a normally insulating material. The current can stop by either having no more electrons which can be knocked off the atoms, or the voltage (and therefore the electric field) is reduced to a point where the electric field can no longer accelerate the electrons to a high enough speed." Today I learned that you can use "to lase" as a verb. I guess lasers gonna lase! Check out the band he plays in, SambaYaBamba, maybe catch them this summer. Facebook Twitter Insta Upcoming gigs Check out the Glasgow Frontrunners, or find your local chapter. Find Alex online! Facebook Insta Want to hear from more LGBT people in STEM, then subscribe! And find SciCurious on social media! Facebook Twitter Insta Pokemon Go - 4904 6958 4974 Leave a review! Music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. Find his music on Spotify or Apple music. Thanks to IOPScotland for sponsoring this episode and the 5 other episodes in this season. Check out their website for more information on IOP events all around Scotland!

This year during the Glasgow Science Festival, we put on the very first SciCurious: Live! Listen to our panel discussion around visibility in STEM, and follow our panelists! Jon Orgill (Instagram) Emily Nordmann (Twitter) Martin Hendry (Twitter) Lawrence Chaney (Instagram, Twitter) Check out the Humans of LIGO blog here. During the discussion we mention the LGBT physical sciences climate survey. Read the report here. Follow SciCurious on: Twitter Instagram Facebook Add me on Pokemon Go Check out Austin Weber's music on spotify and itunes. I use his music for the show - thank you Austin Thanks also to Malcom the Sound Man, to Debbie and her team of helpers, to all the staff at Kelvin Hall, and to everybody who came along to SciCurious: Live! Without the lot of youse, this live show wouldn't have happened. And last, but not least, thanks to IOPScotand, for funding SciCurious, and SciCurious: Live, and making this show possible. Check out more of what IOPScotland does on their website

Last month, I took a very warm bus journey down to Manchester to have a chat with the brilliant Dr. Ben Shaw. We headed to the Jodcast recording studio, where he told me all about pulsars, glitches and living on a narrowboat part time! Huge congratulations to Ben and James, who today tied the knot after 14 years together! If you want more out of Ben you can: Follow Ben @radioquiet Listen to the Jodcast  Support the Yorkshire Swan Rescue Hospital You can get more from me, and from SciCurious: Get tickets for SciCurious: Live! I'm doing stand up! Get tickets! Follow the pod on Twitter @SciCurious_pod Find SciCurious on Facebook! Visit the SciCurious website Add me as a friend on Pokemon Go! Code: 4904 6958 4974 Send me an email scicurious.pod@gmail.com Follow the host @bpearlstone Our music, as ever, was "Mamma Mia" by Austin Weber. Check out his latest album, "Love Songs for No One" on iTunes and Spotify. And thanks as ever to IOPScotland for their support, and for making SciCurious possible.  

This month, I'm chatting with Dr. James Claverley! James is a "scientist at heart" based at the National Physical Laboratory. He now puts skills learned working in metrology (the study of measurements) to good use in the offices of NPL. James is also on the IOP's Diversity committee. He's been working on a report from last year's LGBT+ physical sciences climate survey. In this episode, we talk about the importance of redefining the kilogram, queer STEM heroes, and James teases some of the findings from the LGBT+ physical sciences climate survey. If you want more from James, you can find him, and plenty of pictures of his dog, River, on Twitter as @DrClaverley. BIG NEWS! SciCurious is recording a live show! To see what it's about, check out SciCurious.fm/live, and get tickets through the the Glasgow Science Festival event page. You can, of course, find more from the podcast of Twitter as @SciCurious_pod, and you can send emails to scicurious.pod@gmail.com Music, as ever, was by Austin Weber. Find his music on iTunes and Spotify. Keep an eye out for his new album, Love Songs for No One, dropping on May 11th. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to iTunes, and leave a 5-star review and say something nice about the show. iTunes weights ratings in their algorithms when deciding which podcasts to promote, so it really does matter. And thanks as ever to IOPScotland, for making SciCurious possible!  

I’m interrupting your podcast feed for a very special announcement! SciCurious is going LIVE! That’s right, in accordance with podcasting tradition, we’re making a live episode, in association with the Glasgow Science Festival! The live show will be a little different from the regularly scheduled programming. I’m putting together a light hearted panel discussion around the topic of “Visibility at work and in academia”. We’ve got four fantastic panellists lined up for you, first, two LGBT professionals in STEM academia: psychology lecturer and expert in lecture capture, Dr. Emily Nordmann, and Ph.D Student ad biomedical engineer Jonathan Orgill. Then we have an ally, the head of the School of Physics and Astronomy at Glasgow University and chair of the IOP Scotland Education committee Professor Martin Hendry, and last but far from the least, ingenue of the Glasgow drag scene, the myth, the legend, the icon, star of stage and screen, Lawrence Chaney! For more details, check out sci-curious.fm/live. You can get tickets either through the GSF site or directly from Eventbrite. Can’t make the show? Never fear! Our discussion will be coming to the feed! You’ll have all the joy of hearing my voice, with none of the joy of seeing my face! We won’t be able to get the Q&A portion to the feed, so if you have any burning questions, ask them on twitter, where you can find the show as @scicurious_pod, or send in an email to scicurious.pod@gmail.com. Don't forget to use #GlaSciFest when talking about SciCurious: Live!  

Welcome back to SciCurious! Back in February, I called up Ashley Spindler for a chat. Ashley is a very busy person, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Besides working on machine learning for galaxy identification, she's using generalised methods, meaning that her work can find all sorts of anomalies in all kinds of data! Besides that, she's a twitch streamer, aspiring novelist, and amateur model! A note from Ashley: I made a slight mistake in described the timescales that different methods of star formation are related to. H alpha, the main method discussed, is related to timescales of 10^8 years, which is the lifetime of high-UV producing stars. Other methods instead look at timescales of 10^9 years, as they rely on the lifetimes of different stellar populations. (See Kennicutt 1998 for an in depth review.) You can find more of Ashley on twitter, where she's @DrAshleyNova, on twitch at twitch.tv/ashleynova, or check out her Patreon for her novel and modelling work!  Special thanks to IOP Scotland, for funding this short series about LGBT physicists. You can find out more about IOP scotland at their website. You can find the podcast at our website, or on twitter as @SciCurious_pod. Want to say something in confidence? Send an email to scicurious.pod@gmail.com. Like what you heard? Find us on Apple Podcasts, and leave a review, and rate 5-stars. Something you didn't like? Let me know, and I might try something different. But remember to say something nice about me too. If you can't think of anything nice, think harder! The music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. You can find Austin's music on iTunes and Spotify. He's got a new album called Love Songs For No One coming out on May 11th, so keep an eye out for that. Things that made me happy this week: Cupboards and wardrobes  The trainline outside my window You'll hear from me again soon, and until them, have good weeks!

Welcome to the very first episode of SciCurious! In February, I popped into the University of Glasgow to sit down and chat with Aidan Robson. Aidan has lots going on, he's Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Glasgow, the spokesperson for the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) at CERN, and much more! In this episode, we talk about Aidan's career so far, his roles in CERN, and what CLIC can do for particle physics! We also touch on being an out gay man in academia, and being a part of inclusive sports clubs. If you want to find out more about CLIC, visit their website.  You can get in touch with Aidan, and find out more about the work he does, and who he is, on twitter, where you'll find him as @AidanRobson Special thanks to IOP Scotland, for funding this short series about LGBT physicists. You can find out more about IOP scotland at their website. You can find the podcast at our website, or on twitter as @SciCurious_pod. Want to say something in confidence? Send an email to scicurious.pod@gmail.com. Like what you heard? Find us on Apple Podcasts, and leave a review, and rate 5-stars. Something you didn't like? Let me know, and I might try something different. But remember to say something nice about me too. If you can't think of anything nice, think harder! The music for this episode was Mamma Mia by Austin Weber. You can find Austin's music on iTunes and Spotify. He's got a new album called Love Songs For No One coming out on May 11th, so keep an eye out for that. Things that made me happy this week: Marie Kondo (book, Netflix series) Healthy public discource (story, twitter thread) [This one might come back to bite me, but I'm an optimist, sue me.] You'll hear from me again soon, and until them, have good weeks!

Introducing to you: SciCurious! Scientists have a bit of a reputation of being a "straight man", dry humour, poor interpersonal skills, and not so fun at parties. But that isn't always true, by which I mean that not every scientist is a straight man! SciCurious is a series of interviews with the sharpest queerest minds in STEM. I'm your host, Dr. Brynley Pearsltone, and I'm a triple threat; I'm a gay man, I have a Ph.D in astrophysics, and now, I'm a podcaster! Join me each month for a different conversation with an LGBTQ+ scientist, as I get to know the queer side of science. We begin this year with a series of interviews with queer physicists, sponsored by IOPScotland. Twitter: @SciCurious_pod Email: scicurious.pod@gmail.com Music: Weber, Mamma Mia Brought to you by IOP Scotland. Click here to find out more about IOP Scotland