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We hear it all the time: "Listen to the science!” So why aren't more people paying attention — and what can we do about it? On Science+Story, we talk with leading scientists, researchers and communicators on how they get the world to listen to them — and how we can all better spread what science wants to us to know.

Bob Lalasz


    • Aug 20, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Stefan Byrd-Krueger: Measuring the Impact of Your Content

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 42:52


    The chief analytics officer of the firm ParsonsTKO talks about what content metrics he looks at closely, why research organizations need to promote their individual experts more, why he thinks the research sector is finally ready to level up the ways it measures content impact, and why a new project at ParsonsTKO aims to bring data innovation to the research world at large.

    Gemma Derrick: Grimpact -- When Research Goes Very Bad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 37:23


    Derrick, a senior lecturer in higher education at Lancaster University, talks with Bob about what research grimpact is, when and why it occurs, why it's so difficult for researchers to imagine, and why the drive for impact in research actually fuels grimpact.

    Faith Kearns: Getting to the Heart of Science Communications

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 50:35


    Faith on the limits of performative science communication, the risks of communicating science and her new Island Press book, "Getting to the Heart of Science Communications."

    Daniël Lakens: Red Teams for Research?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 38:25


    To improve on peer review, social psychologist Daniël Lakens is subjecting research to a "red team" approach from software, where developers pay independent teams bounties to find bugs in their code. He even thinks red teaming your research could make communicating it easier by certifying its credibility.

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    Amy Dickman on Lions, Celebrities, Hunting & Evidence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 48:37


    Lion conservation scientist Amy Dickman on the evidence & emotion around trophy hunting in Africa.

    Hugh Possingham: Culling Koalas, Dreary Conservationists & His SciComm Failures

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 50:49


    Queensland's chief scientist on arguing with science skeptics, being a scientist/advocate & how maps lie.

    Daniel Swain: The Climate Scientist-Communicator

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 45:34


    The UCLA climate scientist on why his position as a scientist-communicator is so rare.

    Todd Reubold on Journalism vs. Research Comms

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 46:33


    Ensia's publisher on how to cover climate change for people who don't want to hear about it and why Greta Thunberg is so much better at communicating science than most scientists.

    Samantha Montano: Being a Disasterologist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 34:49


    The disaster science and emergency management scholar on why she's so good at public engagement, what sucks about how the media cover disasters, and why she hid her age and gender when she first started on Twitter.

    Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on Public Scholarship & Owning Your Ideas

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 34:09


    The New School historian on when to turn down a media opportunity, why corporations need historians on staff, how she preps for a podcast and why female scholars need to own their ideas publicly ASAP.

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