Podcasts about Lab Girl

How can you grow toward the light?In her compelling and illuminating memoir, Hope Jahren shines a light on her complicated life as a scientist, a woman, and a mother. My friend, Page, and I bond over our mutual admiration and appreciation for Hope and her vulnerability. Page discusses her own experience working as a geologist, shares an absolutely hilarious story about a misadventure in the field, and has her own moving moment of vulnerability about being a working mom. We also chat about our favorite “plant chapter” and Hope's amazing friendship with her co-worker (and twin flame?!) Bill!P.S. Make sure you listen for the secret question you can answer to be entered to win a money tree! Enter by DMing me @babesinbooklandpod !!!!Listener discretion advised: this episode includes adult languageSupport the show:On PatreonBuy us a bookBuy cute merchIf you have any comments or questions, please connect with me on Instagram or email babesinbooklandpodcast@gmail.com. I'd love to hear your suggestions and feedback! If you leave a kind review, I might read it at top of show!Link to this episode's book:Lab Girl by Hope JahrenTranscripts are available through apple's podcast app—they may not be perfect, but relying on them allows me to dedicate more time to the show! If you're interested in being a transcript angel, let me know. This episode is produced, recorded, and edited by me.Theme song by Devin KennedySpecial thanks to my dear friend, Page. So glad our roots are forever intertwined and it's an honor watching you grow and thrive!Xx, Alex

Hello, listeners! I've got a special surprise for you this week. I've been waiting to share this amazing conversation that I enjoyed earlier this summer with author Patrick Bringley, all about his fantastic book about his time as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His book, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, is out now. Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They're the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house. Caught up in his glamorous fledgling career at The New Yorker, Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be one of them. Then his older brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life. So he quit The New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew. In the tradition of classic workplace memoirs like Lab Girl and Working Stiff, All The Beauty in the World is a surprising, inspiring portrait of a great museum, its hidden treasures, and the people who make it tick, by one of its most intimate observers. About the author: Patrick Bringley worked for ten years as a guard in the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Prior to that, he worked in the editorial events office at The New Yorker magazine. He lives with his wife and children in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. All the Beauty in the World is his first book. Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on Apple Podcasts and FOLLOW on Spotify Instagram / Facebook / YouTube Buy All the Beauty in the World here! SPONSORS: Lume Deodorant: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get over 40% off your starter pack with promo code ARTCURIOUS at lumedeodorant.com/ARTCURIOUS! #lumepod Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/artcurious Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/ArtCuriousPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Full transcription available at http://heartsofgoldpodcast.com/ Mehaa created a computer lab for the village of Kampot in Cambodia. More about Mehaa: Mehaa Raja is a freshman at UC Berkeley, studying Mechanical Engineering. She started Girl Scouts in 4th grade as a junior, and graduated as a Senior Ambassador. Over the span of almost a decade in Girl Scouts Mehaa took part in various community service projects with her troop, to name a few; annual canned food drives, making blankets for animal shelters, and making goodie bags for the local Women's shelter. Girl Scouts also engulfed her with special memories such as the annual sleepover at the local baseball field, Twilight Camp, and the local Winter Parade. Aside from Girl Scouts, Mehaa enjoys dancing with her sister and trying out new recipes in the kitchen. Instagram @mehaa.raja Share this show with your friends on Twitter. Click to have an editable already written tweet! https://ctt.ac/33zKe Join our Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/sherylmrobinson/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sherylmrobinson/?hl=en Please subscribe to Hearts of Gold on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/sherylmrobinson or on your favorite podcast app. Support future Hearts of Gold episodes at https://www.patreon.com/heartsofgold Editing by https://www.offthewalter.com/ Walter's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt0wFZRVaOpUd_nXc_8-4yQ

California girl licensed to own a unicorn if she can find one. Parents filed a lawsuit against Fortnite. Scientists have designed a vagina chip. // Weird AF News is the only daily weird news podcast hosted by a comedian and recorded in a closet. Show your SUPPORT by joining the Weird AF News Patreon where you'll get bonus episodes and other weird af news stuff http://patreon.com/weirdafnews  - WATCH Weird AF News on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/weirdafnews - check out the official website https://WeirdAFnews.com and FOLLOW host Jonesy at http://instagram.com/funnyjones or http://twitter.com/funnyjones or http://facebook.com/comedianjonesy or http://Jonesy.com

The author of the wonderful memoir Lab Girl turns her turns her ability to be both clear and vivid to providing a path forward for a new generation tackling the climate crisis.

Ağaçların, tohumların, yaprakların, çiçeklerin, toprağın ya da tabiatın değil aslında bir bilim insanının tutkulu hikâyesi bu. “İnsanlar bitkilere benzer, ışığa doğru büyürler. Bilimi seçmemin nedeni, bana ihtiyaç duyduğum şeyi sunmasıydı. Bilim, bana kelimenin gerçek anlamıyla bir yuva sundu.” diyor kendini keşfetmeye adamış bir kadın Hope Jahren. Bitkilerin büyülü dünyasını anlatan kitap, araştırmacı Hope Jahren'ın hayatını adadığı çalışmalarını ve tüm çabasını anlamlı kılan sevgiye dair düşüncelerini içtenlikle paylaştığı, etkileyici bir otobiyografi. Yaşamını ağaçları, çiçekleri, tohumları ve toprağı inceleyerek geçiren bitki bilimci, gözlemlediği büyüleyici güzellikleri keşfe çıkarken bu keşiflerden edindiği deneyimleri hikâyeleştirirken sizi de bu yolculuğa dahil ediyor. Kitabın ismi; “Bir Bilim İnsanının Tutkulu Hikâyesi. Orijinal adı; Lab Girl. Yani Laboratuvar Kızı Türkçe çeviri için Can Evren Topaktaş'a, yayını için Epsilon'a teşekkür etmek lazım. Aşağıda yer vereceğim kitaptan seçtiğim alıntıları okuduğunuzda ağaçlara olan bakışınızın değişeceğine, hayatımızdaki önemine ve onları bir canlı varlık gibi görmeye başlayacağınıza eminim.

Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) My guest this week is Antonia Caraveteanu: You can follow her on Instagram here: Got Books? (@gotbookspodcast) You can find her podcast here: Got Books? Conversations with Booksellers & Bookmakers Antonia's book choices are: 1. Adam and Eve, by Liviu Rebreanu 2. Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren 3. It Runs in the Family: On being raised by radicals and growing into rebellious motherhood, by Frida Berrigan 4. The Spy and the Traitor, by Ben Macintyre 5. City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert

Theoretical physicist Dr. Steve Barr joins Sofia on the podcast for a conversation about faith and science. What is the unique vocation of the scientist? What can scientific work teach us about community, wonder, and tradition? What is the origin of the (false) narrative of conflict between science and religion--and what should we do about it? Our weekly challenge is to visit Astronomy Picture of the Day (apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) and pray in praise of God the Creator. And our media recommendation is the memoir Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. We're happy to pass a message on to Dr. Barr as well. Other resources we mention: - The Society of Catholic Scientists: www.catholicscientists.org - Dr. Barr's book Modern Science, Ancient Faith - Bernard Lonergan's book Insight: A Study of Human Understanding - A prayer of astronomer Johannes Kepler: www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/poetry-prayers-visual-arts/johannes-kepler-an-astronomers-prayer/ - Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem “God's Grandeur” - Max Weber's 1917 lecture, if you caught the reference ;) Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

This short episode covers five great memoirs: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, Educated by Tara Westover, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, and Not Fade Away by Peter Barton.

This week Michelle and Katherine angree over libraries, YouTube, flourishing vs. languishing vs. just drying up -and the distribution of media as well as the distribution of *treasure*! “There's a Name for the Blah You're Feeling: It's Called Languishing” by Adam Grant (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html “I'm not Languishing, I'm Dormant” by Austin Kleon https://austinkleon.com/2021/04/26/im-not-languishing-im-dormant/ “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/248239/lab-girl-by-hope-jahren/ A little wordy game https://www.explodingkittens.com/products/a-little-wordy The Gold Hunt by Terry Campbell (Part of “The Space(s) BETWEEN” Exhibition) https://www.thespacesbtw.org/gold-hunt

What the heck does it mean to be genetically modified? Should we be concerned about GMOs in our food? And how do GMOs relate to the climate crisis? Our resident plant scientist Niba teamed up with our resident social scientist Natalia to answer all these questions and more.   Follow and support our hosts: Niba: Twitter // Instagram // YouTube // website Natalia: Twitter // Instagram   Mentioned in this episode: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren   Thank you to our sponsor We Are Fluide.    Join Feminist Book Club for June! Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday   This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.  

The gal pals get really excited talk about their favorite childhood tree! Then Katie brings us up to speed on the amazing work of Geobiologist, Hope Jahren. Hope is the author of two books Lab Girl and our book club pick The Story of More. Learn about how this Minnesota gal and her superpower for the environment!   More info at: galsguide.org Patreon: patreon.com/galsguide Facebook: www.facebook.com/galsguidelibrary/ Twitter: twitter.com/GalsGuideLib

This month, Tegan, Joram, Ellen, and new friends Judith and Melissa read Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. This book was a lot. Trigger warnings: toxic academia, disastrous road trips, and peeing in bottles.

In this episode I tell the second part of Inanna's story, the courtship and marriage between Inanna and her honey man, the shepherd Dumuzi. I've always delighted in the description of their courtship and the way it captures the excitement and hesitation that is part of falling in love and discovering the power of your sexuality. At the same time, I bridled at the need for such a powerful goddess to marry and make her husband king. But is this merely a patriarchal degradation of a figure who rules heaven and earth? Or is their union, expressed in the language of a fertile and creative earth, a metaphor for the immanent divine? For the eternal spark in every life and material form that supports our own existence?If so, is there a way for their coupling to translate into a lived experience for us today, distant as we are from the image of a holy couple who seed each other to sustain the earth? I turn to the opening pages of Lab Girl by geobiologist Hope Jahren to aid in this reflection.Until next time, please take all precautions to protect your health and that of others. Every life is too valuable to lose.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mythmatterspodcast)

Hope Jahren is today’s guest, and she is here to discuss her book, The Story of More, and how the Earth feels about the mess that we’ve made. Hope shares her thoughts on consumption trends and the overuse of a lot of products. How can we fix this? Decisions about small things can work exponentially.  Key Takeaways: [1:00] Hope Jahren [2:00] What’s going on in Norway with the Coronavirus pandemic? [2:45] Using smog levels as an indicator of how active the economy is. [8:00] We overuse a lot of products, but are we using less of anything? [13:00] The little changes we can make as individuals that work for the greater good. [18:00] Our meat consumption is way over what’s needed. Websites: thestoryofmore.com JasonHartman.com Jason Hartman PropertyCast (Libsyn) Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes) 1-800-HARTMAN

Jason Hartman discusses the impact that the spike in unemployment will have on mortgage delinquencies and how one feels personally about job security. Real estate listings are at a staggering low, what does this mean? Hope Jahren is today's guest, and she is here to discuss her book, The Story of More, and how the Earth feels about the mess that we've made. Hope shares her thoughts on consumption trends and the overuse of a lot of products. How can we fix this? Decisions about small things can work exponentially.  Key Takeaways: [2:30] Expectations of losing a job or leaving voluntarily.  [5:00] Real estate listings have declined by 70%. [11:15] The spike in unemployment is signaling a potential increase in mortgage delinquencies.  [15:00] Hope Jahren [16:00] What's going on in Norway with the Coronavirus pandemic? [17:45] Using smog levels as an indicator of how active the economy is. [24:00] We overuse a lot of products, but are we using less of anything? [29:00] The little changes we can make as individuals that work for the greater good. [33:00] Our meat consumption is way over what's needed. Websites: thestoryofmore.com JasonHartman.com Jason Hartman PropertyCast (Libsyn) Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes) 1-800-HARTMAN

Jason Hartman discusses the impact that the spike in unemployment will have on mortgage delinquencies and how one feels personally about job security. Real estate listings are at a staggering low, what does this mean? Hope Jahren is today’s guest, and she is here to discuss her book, The Story of More, and how the Earth feels about the mess that we’ve made. Hope shares her thoughts on consumption trends and the overuse of a lot of products. How can we fix this? Decisions about small things can work exponentially.  Key Takeaways: [2:30] Expectations of losing a job or leaving voluntarily.  [5:00] Real estate listings have declined by 70%. [11:15] The spike in unemployment is signaling a potential increase in mortgage delinquencies.  [15:00] Hope Jahren [16:00] What’s going on in Norway with the Coronavirus pandemic? [17:45] Using smog levels as an indicator of how active the economy is. [24:00] We overuse a lot of products, but are we using less of anything? [29:00] The little changes we can make as individuals that work for the greater good. [33:00] Our meat consumption is way over what’s needed. Websites: thestoryofmore.com JasonHartman.com Jason Hartman PropertyCast (Libsyn) Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes) 1-800-HARTMAN

Welcome to our first Bugs&Stuff book club! We're reading a lot while in Coronavirus quarantine, so we want to share these books with you! Read along if you'd like, or suggests some books for us! Reach out so we know you're doing well, dear listener! You can find us on Twitter and Facebook @bugsandstuffpod or email us at bugsandstuffpodcast@gmail.com. Stay well everyone!

Leslie Durso is a vegan chef and wellness expert who refuses to compromise style for sustainability. She was once known as "Leslie the Lab Girl" on Bill Nye the Science Guy, and has taken her love for education and shifted her focus from science, to food. Ever since Leslie was 8 years old, she has cared about the animals and their welfare. Over the past few years, she has emerged as a public persona, hosting cooking segments on both television and online. Her show Accidentally Vegan can be seen on FABFITFUNTV and she regularly appears on The Doctors, Food Network, Discovery Channel, Hallmark Channel, and written for VegNews, CNN.com, Redbook, Glamour, and more, evangelizing the benefits of a mindful lifestyle, delivered with her trademark blend of sunshine-y sophistication and girl-next-door relatability. Leslie Durso: Website: https://lesliedurso.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesliedurso/  FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/LeslieDurso  Yoga Retreat: https://corcyoga.com/pages/retreat  References: The Humane League: https://thehumaneleague.org/  The Humane Society: https://www.humanesociety.org/  Mercy for Animals: https://mercyforanimals.org/  Prop 12: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_12,_Farm_Animal_Confinement_Initiative_(2018)  Animal Equality: https://animalequality.org/  Farm Sanctuary: https://www.farmsanctuary.org/ 

Today we celebrate a man who was an avid gardener and a friend of John Bartram's, and we learn about the founder of bacteriology and modern microbiology. We'll learn about The impact of Wardian Cases on plant exploration and the American playwright who designed her own garden on her estate. Today’s Unearthed Words feature winter poems from the author of Anne of Green Gables. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a memoir from a modern scientist whose unique commentary on the natural world challenges our thinking, our responsibilities, and our actions. I'll talk about new tech to help you listen to podcasts - no matter where you are, and then we’ll wrap things up with a moving editorial about Skunkweed. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Curated Articles Ruskin Elwood by Fieldwork | HomeAdore You guys - this is still quite the house. Aside from the seamlessness with nature - check out the hidden bar, the light fixtures, the bathroom - basically all of it! This original three-story residence designed in 2017 by Fieldwork is situated in Melbourne, Australia.   Feed birds in winter: best food to choose - The English Garden What should you feed birds in winter? Now is the time of year when gardeners can expect to see lots of visiting birds in their gardens. Great post from @tegmagazine Kate Bradbury: "Birds need fat, and plenty of it: peanuts, suet, and sunflower seeds are ideal, while grated cheese, chopped apples, and cake-crumbs help ground-feeding species such as the song thrush and wren."   Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There’s no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1735Today Peter Collinson wrote to John Bartram after receiving Skunk Weed (Symplocarpus foetidus). My good friend, John Bartram: I am very sensible of the great pains and many toilsome steps [you took] to collect so many rare plants scattered at a distance. I shall not soon forget it; ...in some measure to show my gratitude… I have sent thee a small token: a calico gown for thy wife and some odd little things that may be of use amongst the children and family. They come in a box of books… with …. waste paper which will serve to wrap up seeds, etc [You cannot believe] how well the little case of plants survived the [journey], being put under the captain's bed, and not [exposed to any] light [until I received them]. The warmth of the ship [caused] the Skunk-weed to put forth two fine blossoms - very beautiful - it is of the Arum genus. As I hope to make a present of part of the seeds, to a very curious person, Lord Petre, I hope to procure thee some present for thy trouble of collecting. I am thy very sincere friend, P. Collinson. Skunk Weed was one of Bartram’s favorite flowers. It is also known as Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), and it’s a low growing wetland or marsh plant from eastern North America. The bruised leaves of Skunk Weed release a fragrance reminiscent of Skunk. The botanist William Niering wrote about the odor of Skunk Cabbage in the National Audubon Society's Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: "It's strong, and fetid odor resembles decaying flesh." Skunk Cabbages are thermogenic, meaning they have the ability to generate temperatures up to 15–35 °C (27–63 °F) above the surrounding air temp so that it thaws the frozen ground and snow as it grows in the early spring. Thanks to its ability to thermoregulate, Skunk Cabbage emerges out of the earth and looks like a little teepee of leaves. Inside that teepee, the Skunk Cabbage is warm and working on sending up a bloom. Once it does - on a 42-degree day - you can reach under the hood of a Skunk Cabbage flower, and the spadix will feel warm to the touch. As Collinson mentioned in his letter, the Skunk Cabbage is a member of the Arum family, which makes it a cousin to Jack-in-the-pulpit. In the Pacific Northwest, Skunk Cabbage leaves are still called "Indian wax paper,"  because the leaves were used to line baskets. And, the leaves were used in steaming pits and in food preservation. In the great Japanese bogs of Hokkaido, 10,000 visitors a day stop to see the emerging Skunk Cabbage in bloom. The visit is a traditional celebration of spring.   1828  Today is the birthday of the Prussian biologist, botanist, and writer Ferdinand Cohn. Regarded as one of the founders of bacteriology and modern microbiology, Ferdinand recognized bacteria as plants. Thanks to Ferdinand, we understand the life cycles of bacteria as well as their metabolic limitations. And, we learned that microbes could be classified by their shape (round, short rods, threads, and spirals).   1842  Today the botanist John Smith wrote a letter to Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward. Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, January 24, 1842. Dear Sir, In reply to your inquiry [regarding] the ... results obtained by [using] close-glazed cases for the transfer of living plants from one country to another, I beg to say that the several cases which have arrived… have shown that although all [some of the] plants [did not make it], still, the deaths are … few in proportion to the number that we have witnessed in cases having open lattice or wire-work lids, covered with tarpaulin (“tar-PALL-in”) or some such covering. It is much to be regretted that close-glazed cases were not in use during the years ... botanical collectors were employed in New Holland and the Cape of Good Hope. For this garden: a very great number of the plants which they sent home were … dead on their arrival, [as a result of] the imperfect protection during the voyage to this country; therefore, from my experience, I have no hesitation in considering your [cases] the best for the purpose desired. I am, Sir, Your's truly, J. SMITH. For plant explorers, Wardian cases made all the difference.   1862 Today is the birthday of the American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer Edith Wharton. In 1904, Edith wrote Italian Villas and Their Gardens. Edith thought gardens should be a series of outdoor rooms and she wrote, “…In the blending of different elements, the subtle transition from the fixed and formal lines of art to the shifting and irregular lines of nature, and lastly, in the essential convenience and livableness of the garden, lies the fundamental secret of the old garden-magic…” Edith’s summer cottage estate in Western Massachusetts was called The Mount. From The Mount, Edith could look down over her property and see her flower gardens. She designed the gardens herself. There’s a sizeable French flower garden, a sunken Italien Garden, a Lime Walk with Linden trees, and even grass steps. Edith’s niece was the garden designer Beatrix Jones Farrand.   Unearthed Words

This week Holly and Julia discuss Hope Jahren's memoir Lab Girl!

Siblings are embedded in the human psyche as they are in life. Even if one lacks siblings, there is ready access to them through friends, fairy tales, myths, and scripture. All feature multiple experiences and examples of sibling solidarity and siblings as shadow carriers. Birth order, sex, temperament, and the quality of parental presence play a part in constellating the intense polarities of sibling relationships: competition and cooperation, admiration and envy, hierarchy and partnership, aggression and intimacy. We often carry the dynamics of early sibling relationships into adult life and project them onto individuals, work teams or social groups. Jung used the alchemical image of the soror mystica and the adept to represent a relational ideal, whether externally between self and other or internally between ego and unconscious. Each must have a respectful and equal say, from collaboration to confrontation.    Dream In my dream, I visited a pet shop to buy a snake. I had my dog with me. I looked around the store and couldn't find any reptiles, so I asked the staff and one of the employees told me they kept them in a separate room. He had no face and reminded me of a jailer as he carried a bunch of keys with him. The old wooden door we approached didn't match the rest of the store, which was very modern, friendly and light. As he unlocked the door, my dog tried to get in with us but I told her to wait outside. The room on the other side seemed to have no ceiling or visible end and was more like a dungeon or cave. On the right hand side from the door there was a wooden outdoor rabbit cage with six compartments. It was too dark to see the animals but I could hear some sizzling and strangely humming noises and saw that all of their skins had different patterns in black and white. The man asked me if I wanted to hold one and before I could say anything he opened one of the boxes and gave me a smaller snake. It felt warm and lively in my hands and I enjoyed holding it. I couldn't see its head, so I tried to get a closer look and as I held it closer to my face it started biting my hand a couple of times though it didn't really hurt and even if it did strike before every bite they felt more like it was just nibbling a bit. The man asked me if I was okay and I laughed and told him that I was not afraid of snakes. I handed it back to him and decided that I didn't really need a snake as a pet. As I opened the door to get back, my dog was excited to see me and I petted her for a while at the threshold. Through the open door some bright light fell on the cage and I looked back and finally got a closer look at the snakes. They were all sleeping and still making humming sounds, rolled up as snakes do but their heads looked like those of rabbits with no ears.   References (books available on Amazon)  Newton, Lara. Brothers and Sisters: Discovering the Psychology of Companionship. Fairy Tales: The Children of Lir, Six Swans. Conroy, Pat. The Prince of Tides. Jahren, Hope. Lab Girl.  Film: Winged Migration.   

This year's NEA Big Read book is Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, and you've probably heard about all the local celebrations of this botanist's memoir. The book drew me into Jahren's joy of uncovering secrets and finding connections with plants. As a musician, this is a subject dear to my heart — Lab Girl underscores how the music world relies on the diversity of tree species.

This year’s NEA Big Read book is Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, and you’ve probably heard about all the local celebrations of this botanist’s memoir. The book drew me into Jahren’s joy of uncovering secrets and finding connections with plants. As a musician, this is a subject dear to my heart — Lab Girl underscores how the music world relies on the diversity of tree species. I wouldn’t have a decent double bass if it weren’t for a bizarre array of woods and a history of people who discovered how to use them. The top of my instrument is of red spruce from the Fiemme Valley of the Italian Alps, a unique climate that produces timber that rings like a bell. The back, sides, and neck are made of Bosnian maple, prized for its strength-to-weight ratio and unique figuration. The wood for my fingerboard is Indian or African ebony, one of the only woods tough enough to withstand the constant abrasion of the metal strings. My bow is of Brazilian pernambuco, very strong and so dense that it would sink

The Lab Girl & CO surge a partir del amor entre amigas. Cuando tras un incidente de abuso sexual, una de sus actuales co-fundadoras, sufre de sintomas severos de perdida del cabello y deterioro de su apariencia fisica en general. Sin nada mas que los medicos pudieran ofrecerle para compensar el "estress" su mejor amiga graduada de quimica, justo en proceso de research para crear cosmeticos decide volcar todo su conocimientos y experiencia en crear un suplemento para ayudar a su amiga Issa. Asi nace un producto dulce creado con profundo amor. Las Gomitas de The Lab Girl & CO no son solo deliciosas sino poderosas. Issa volvio a tener su hermosa cabellera, ahora Issa y Tina son socias de la muy famosa periodista y presentadora de entretenimiento de gran trajectoria Monica Fonseca la cual lleva ya varios anos incursionando en el mundo de mujeres emprendedoras immigrantes en los EEUU. Monica o "Mon" como la llaman sus amigas es una emprendedora altruista y con una mision bien clara en su vida de dar y ayudar a los mas necesitados. Asi pues este episodio nos deja el buen sabor de unas gomitas dulces y de la esperanza de que incluso despues de una experiencia tan traumatica y negativa como lo es el abuso sexual se puede salir adelante y ser exitosa, no apesar del hecho, sino a raiz del mismo. No tenemos control de las malas experiencias y tragedias de la vida pero si de como las superamos y que hacemos con lo ocurrido. Este Podcast va dedicado a todas aquellas personas que pasaron por una experiencia similar y pensaron que no iban a poder seguir. Menciones en el episodio: Centros de Innovación & Desarrollo Sostenible (CIDS) para comunidades en paises en desarrollo: https://mambe.org The Lab Girl & Co donates $1 per unit sold to RAinn: https://www.rainn.org/about-national-sexual-assault-online-hotline. Call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area. https://www.thelabgirl.com https://www.facebook.com/thelabgirlco https://www.instagram.com/thelabgirlco  

Do you ever imagine what it's like to be a plant? Do they communicate? Hope Jahren, author of the bestselling book, Lab Girl, has been fascinated by plants her whole life. As a scientist and author, she has dived so deep into the lives of plants that they come alive in our imaginations. This while weaving her own personal story of a life in science that allows us to share in her own experience. Hope is a fascinating teacher and she's also a professor at the University of Oslo, so Alan Alda was especially delighted that during a recent trip to New York she had time before catching a Yankees game to join him for this episode of Clear+Vivid. Support the show.

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A brilliant, fierce writer makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along the Silk Road—an illuminating and thought-provoking fusion of The Places in Between, Lab Girl, and Wild that dares us to challenge the limits we place on ourselves and the natural world. Buy Lands of Lost Borders on Amazon today. The post Lands of Lost Borders – Ep 45 with Kate Harris appeared first on Read Learn Live Podcast.

Amanda and Jenn discuss romantic comedies, books about strong women, non-murdery true crime, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Sadie by Courtney Summers, Mirage by Somaiya Daud, and Chica Chocolate.   Feedback For Bess who wants full cast audiobooks: Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo both have great full cast recordings and I think they would work well for someone who liked His Dark Materials. --Insider Sibyl For the same person, anything by Tamora Pierce. At least one of her books was specifically written for audio and at least some were done by the company Full Cast Audio, who frankly has a lot of good middle grade fantasy stuff. --Insider Alanna   Questions   1. Hello! I’m a huge fan of your podcast! I was hoping you could help me find some books to get me through a sort of stressful time. For the next two months I’m going to be working three jobs in two states - with 7 hours of travel each way when I switch states every week! I’m hoping to find some lighthearted yet well-written romantic comedies to help me de-stress during the long bus rides. I am open to almost any genre, as long as it’s smartly written. I love Jane Austen (though not Austen retellings unless they involve zombies), Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Eleanor Oliphant, and This is Where I Leave You. Stardust is my favorite Neil Gaiman novel. I was less keen on Attachments and Eligible because they felt a bit heavy handed/cheesy. It’s been tough to find the right balance of lighthearted without being too sugary, so I would love any suggestions! Thanks! --Andrea   2. Hello, ladies! I'm looking for a book about strong women that has a specific flavor to it. I can't describe it exactly, but books that have that feeling that I've read are The Help and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe. I love books that focus on women's relationships with each other, bonus points if it's historical fiction. Thanks in advance! --Therese   3. Hi, My mother retired a couple of years ago, and has been using some of her newfound free time to read a lot more. I am one of her main sources of reading recommendations, and am wondering if there is some stuff out there that I am missing that she might love. My recommendations tend to mostly be SFF, historical fiction, and non-fiction, with some YA that usually overlaps with SFF or historical. She also reads mysteries, but I am not looking for recommendations in that genre at this time. One of my main goals in my recommendations has been writer and character diversity: there are enough recommendation lists out there of books by straight white guys. We are also both white women, so I feel that it is important for us to educate ourselves on the stories and perspectives of people different from ourselves. Now, I am going to give a lot of examples of books she has read, because I worry about getting a recommendation back of something she has read. Of the books I have recommended, she has loved The Night Circus, A Tale for the Time Being, The Queen of the Night, Bad Feminist/ Difficult Women, The Signature of All Things, Tears We Cannot Stop, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, and Homegoing. She has also really liked books by Nnedi Okorafor, Connie Willis, Donna Tartt, Ruta Sepetys, Elizabeth Wein, Kate Atkinson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Stacey Lee, Carlos Ruiz Zafron, and Ursula Le Guin, as well as You Can’t Touch My Hair, The Library at Mount Char, Never Let Me Go, Swing Time, Greenglass House, We Need New Names, Americanah, Lab Girl, Another Brooklyn, Garden of Evening Mists, and Kindred. Books she just liked: Station Eleven, An Unnecessary Woman, Rise of the Rocket Girls, Everything Leads to You, Ninefox Gambit, Bone Witch, and Boy, Snow, Bird. Books already on my suggestion list: Shrill, Radium Girls, I contain Multitudes, Behold The Dreamers, Pushout: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, The New Jim Crow, Men Explain things to me, Pachinko, Inferior: How Science got Women Wrong, The Cooking Gene, the Winged Histories, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, The Hate U Give, Infomocracy, Citizen by Claudia Rankine, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, Uprooted, Speak by Louisa Hall, The Fifth Season, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, George by Alex Gino, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, Too Like the Lightning, Electric Arches, Labyrinth Lost, N.K. Jemisin, Zen Cho, and Jesmyn Ward. I would prefer backlist recommendations I may have missed, as I am pretty good at keeping up with new releases and determining if they seem interesting to either one or both of us. Thanks! --Mary   4. Hi! I'm wanting to read more fantasy and sci fi books as they're two of my favorite genres even though I haven't read a ton of books from either. I grew up reading Harry Potter. I've recently read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, and mostly enjoyed them but I was very disappointed in the lack of female characters. I would love to read a fantasy or scifi book where several of the main characters are women, and that isn't graphically violent and doesn't include explicit sex scenes. I've read and enjoyed the first two books in the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer (reading 3 now) and Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series. Thanks!! --Valerie   5. Hi, I'm looking for an audiobook for the Dr. I work for. He and his family with children aging from 18 to 6 years of age travel by car often. I'm looking for an adventure even a true life adventure, that would capture the attention of the children as well as the adults without a lot of swearing as they are a religious family. I know it's last minute. Your help is much appreciated --Tiffany   6. I need a recommendation to fulfill the Read Harder Challenge #2, a book of true crime. So far a lot of what I'm finding is things about serial killers or school shootings and for various reasons, books about murders, shootings, extreme violence etc are too triggering for me to get into a this point in life. But surely there must be true crime books about other topics? If it were a movie, I'd think something like Oceans 11 or Catch Me if You Can. Books about abductions or kidnapping are okay as long as they aren't too grisly or graphic. Thanks in advance for your help! --Jessica   7. Greetings, Jenn and Amanda! This is perhaps oddly specific, but I have recently realized that a premise I always love, whether in movie, TV, or books, is “unlikely group stranded together somewhere due to inclement weather.” I have always loved huge snowstorms and the resulting inability to go anywhere or do anything but hang out at home and read. I love seeing or reading about characters in a similar situation. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a snowstorm that’s keeping the characters stranded, but that’s my favorite. I am open to any genre, but prefer romantic or other interesting interpersonal plot points to scary ones (i.e. group of people stranded by snowstorm deals with deranged killer on the loose). I love your show and I thank you! --Darcy   Books Discussed   For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig (out Sept 25) Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn The Color Purple by Alice Walker Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela Bone & Bread by Saleema Nawaz (TW: eating disorder) The Five Daughters of the Moon by Leena Likitalo Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis (rec’d by Jess) The Big Bang Symphony by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Heralded as the Jane Goodall of botany in Science magazine, Hope Jahren is the recipient of three Fulbright scholarships, was named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in 2016, and is the Wilson Professor at the University of Oslo's Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics. Her memoir Lab Girl – a National Book Critics Circle Award winner – is a visceral, funny tale of work and love, her relationship with her scientist father Bill, their adventurous global field trips, the complexities of the natural world, and sexism in and beyond the laboratory. She speaks with Siouxsie Wiles. Supported by Te Pūnaha Matatini.

Amanda and Jenn discuss pioneer fiction, distraction reads, slashers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love and First Lessons by Lina J. Potter.   Questions   1. Hello! I am a literature and linguistics double major and am going to be taking 5 classes at an intensive this summer. I am looking for books that are easy to read and really draw you in. I love “The Vacationers,” “the Secret History,” and “the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,” and am also a huge fan of classics but want something a bit easier to read than that. I am also looking for fiction books that take place during the rise of Irish Nationalism in the 1910s. I am reading Yeats and Joyce and would like books that will fill in a bit of background information. Thanks so much! –Quinn Elle   2. Hi, I’m looking for a specific type of book that I’m at a loss of where to find. I love love love the Little House on the Prairie series and I have not been able to find any others like it! I enjoy reading about how people lived in the pioneer days. I recently read The Snowchild which was a story of survival as well and I enjoyed that too. Please find me some books similar to those! I like fiction, nonfiction, historical, YA is fine, but please no short stories, poems, or graphic novels. Thanks so much in advance, I look forward to hearing what you recommend! –Susan   3. Hi gals, I believe you have covered something like this before, but I am not sure how to really search for without going through every past episode. Hoping you can help me! My cousin/bestie’s mother-in-law is starting chemotherapy and radiation and they would like to read something light and easy together. My cousin loved the Twilight series and she and her MiL like Nicholas Sparks and Danielle Steele. Both of them, but especially her MiL are progressive and her MiL isn’t religious (my cousin believes in God but also isn’t overly religious). Do you have any uplifting books for them to read? I think they would prefer something that distracts them a bit from the cancer and the physical and emotional pain it causes, so I’d rather it not be about anyone dying or that focuses a large part of the plot on being ill. That said, if it is an uplifting story about someone overcoming a serious illness and you think it would be a good fit for them, I’d certainly consider it. Thank you very much, –Kristin   4. Hello Get Booked! I’m a longtime listener of all things Book Riot and am coming to you for a recommendation for my mother, whose birthday is right around the corner (along with Mother’s Day). To give you an idea, she’s an avid and curious reader who loves plants and gardening, food, historical fiction, cute/feel-good stories, and books with great writing. She also likes current books, books that are on the new releases/hot reads shelf at the library, that she hears about on NPR, etc. Some books that she’s really enjoyed have been Lab Girl, Stay With Me, The Sympathizer (loved the story/writing, didn’t like the ending), The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Goodbye Vitamin. What she doesn’t like are books that are heavy-handed with their message or that have an unrealistic/unrelatable plot (she didn’t like The Nightingale, The Family Fang, or Manhattan Beach). Hopefully that will help you/me out and I can nail her birthday gift this year!! Thanks so much, –Chloe   5. Hi! I have a book swap quickly approaching with a complete stranger. It’s a “slasher” themed swap (which I have understood to mean horror or dark psychological suspense). My partner has listed Stephen King, Grady Hendrix, Richard Laymon, Anne Rice, and James Newman as her favorite authors. She has read and enjoyed The Grip of It by Jac Jemc, Bird Box by Josh Malerman, Universal Harvester by John Darnielle, NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, and Little Heaven by Nick Cutter. She did not particularly enjoy Final Girls by Riley Sager or Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones. Could you recommend a book or two for this swap that would make her day? Thanks! –Tanya   6. My sister is trying to get into reading and she keeps coming to me for book requests, which is great, but I’ve run out of ideas on what to suggest to her. She likes reading Nicholas Sparks, Sarah Dessen and John Green, but I believe at this point she’s read them all. She also thoroughly enjoyed Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult, mostly because the plot line kept her interested and she loved the sections about the elephants. I got her Where’d You Go Bernedette for her birthday which she seemed excited for but she hasn’t read it yet. She loves the outdoors and animals and nature, she just needs a plot line that is going to keep her interested from beginning to end. Thank you! –Allyson   7. Hi Amanda and Jenn! I recently discovered this podcast and have been loving it. After binging several episodes, I was tempted to submit a request of my own. I’m in my late twenties and have never been in a relationship; the short way to put it is just that I make friends rather slowly, have never found the idea of romance that appealing, and haven’t yet met anyone to change my mind. I do want a partner though and have tentatively started dating, but I’m not finding the process much fun. I wonder if you could recommend a sweet-hearted story with an older, skeptical or inexperienced narrator with a similar mindset and a happy ending. (In the ballpark of The Rosie Project maybe? Have read Persuasion and Attachments.) I have seen contemporary stories about online dating mishaps, but even humorous takes on this aren’t that encouraging for me. Obviously a Romance would be fine, but it’s also okay for the relationship to be off to the side (enjoy general fiction, mysteries, SFF, and historical fiction). I’m fine with straight or LGBTQIA, steamy bits are welcome, and actually I’ve had some luck with fantasy settings where relationships are arranged/necessary for magical health, etc. No YA and please no trigger warnings. –KS   Books Discussed   The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt The Mothers by Brit Bennett Giveaway! bookriot.com/bookstore500 Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich Burial Rites by Hannah Kent A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (TW: harm to children and basically everyone else also) Security by Gina Wohlsdorf (rec’d by Liberty) When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean

Amanda and Jenn discuss nature and magic, satire, the Scottish Highlands, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Rebel with a Cupcake by Anna Mainwaring from KCP Loft and The Romance Reader’s Guide to Life by Sharon Pywell.   Questions 1. Hi ladies, I love your podcast and was hoping you could help me to find a book for my holiday. I'm going to spend four days in a cabin in the North Yorkshire moors. And I would like to find an atmospheric book where nature and magic feature prominently. However most of the books that I immediately thought of, uprooted by Naomi Novik, the bear and the nightingale by Katherine Arden, and wintersong by S. Jae Jones, I have already read and I'd like to read something new. I love romance, magical realism, fantasy, and fairytale retellings, and I look forward to hearing what you might suggest. Thanks, --Emily   2. Hello ladies! I am writing to you in desperate need of new authors. I am a die hard fan of Chris Bohjalian and love thought provoking fiction novels. One of the things I love about Bohjalian is that he writes about a number of subjects and his endings are very unexpected. Do you know of any similar authors in style?? Thanks --Sandra   3. Hey Amanda and Jenn, I am heading to Scotland In April for my 30th birthday. I would like some suggestions on either Historical Fiction or Non-Fiction books about Scotland. I love the Outlander series so anything about the highlands would be great. I also love reading about the history of castles. Thanks --Brittney   4. My dad and I are going on a 13 hour road trip and I'm looking for an audiobook in the fantasy genre, which we both love, with social justice themes and/or characters who cope with loss without too much angst. He loves stories in all forms, but hasn't read in many years. He's a workaholic and a hermit, but a hopeless romantic and he leans toward well-known authors like Terry Brooks, Scott Card, and Tolkien. I lean more toward magical realism. My favorites recently have been Angel of Losses and The Golem and the Jinni. Thanks! --Courtney   5. My husband wasn't much of a reader until he found Kurt Vonnegut, and then he read everything the man ever wrote. Now he's at a loss on what to read next and none of my recommendations appeal to him. What can I suggest that will fill that place in his reading life? I know I don't even have to ask with y'all, but POC and women authors would be great! Thanks! --Emily   6. Hello! I'm going off to grad school in the fall in evolutionary biology. I am looking for books that explore science and laboratory life, fiction or nonfiction. I enjoy reading about realistic depictions of the scientific mentality, the interpersonal relationships involved in working and living in the lab and field, and uncovering scientific breakthroughs, even when it breaks bad. If it does go well, though, even better, particularly since I read a lot of science fiction and the science always seems to go wrong. I'm not concerned with scientific accuracy. Examples of books like this I've read and enjoyed are Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer, and The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanigahara. If I could get recommendations by this summer so I could have time before grad school to read them before I'm actually trapped in a lab, that would be great. Thank you! --Ellie   7. Hi Jenn and Amanda, I’ve been a fan of your show for awhile and you ladies have definitely made my TBR list grow! I am a high school English teacher in a small southern town where I do not fit in at all being the northern hippie teacher I am. I’m struggling to find novels of “literary merit” that will be approved by the small town southern school board that I will have to go through to obtain new novels. My student do not love the usual 10th grade literature such as Lord of the Flies or Shakespeare’s Caesar and I’d love something to add to my curriculum next year. Thank you in advance, --Amanda   Books Discussed Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Give Work by Leila Janah The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst Colson Whitehead Dara Horn Scotland: An Autobiography by Rosemary Goring Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho The Sellout by Paul Beatty The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Hope Jahren Hope Jahren, author of the best selling memoir, Lab Girl, joins us for an hour of discussion about mental illness, trees, and the life of a woman scientist. Shelley Berman, Josh Elwood, Sheela Gunn-Cushman, Adrienne Lauby and Mark Romoser talk to Ms Jahren, read from her book and entreat listeners to become members of KPFA. Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom's labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done “with both the heart and the hands”; about her bouts with mental illness, and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work. At the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. The post “Lab Girl” with Hope Jahren appeared first on KPFA.

I denne episoden forsøker vi oss på et kort forsøk på å forklare hva den russiske revolusjonen var for noe. Pål spør og graver, Lars svarer så godt han kan.    Som dere muligens vet så er den russiske revolusjon en temmelig kompleks hendelse, som man lenge ofte var enten for eller imot. Det er fortsatt uenigheter blant historikere og andre om hvordan mange av disse hendelsene skal forstås, og det er sikker noen som vil være uenige med noe av det som sies her. Men vi mener å ha fått de fleste fakta mer eller mindre korrekt, og korrigerer gjerne kommentarer som skulle vise seg å være riv ruskende gale.    NB NB: Pål har helt rett, det er selvfølgelig Jahn Teigen som har sangen Glasnost, som han deltok med i den norske Melodi Grand Prix i 1988 og kom på andre plass. Lars tenkte selvfølgelig på Kjetil Stokkans Brandenburger Tor, som vant norske grand prix-finalen i 1990, men kom på delt sisteplass sammen med Finland i den internasjonale konkurransen. Vi kan vel konkludere med at norsk popmusikk var en viktig pådriver for jernteppets fall, verden hadde antakeligvis sett helt annerledes ut, og vi venter fortsatt på at ledende internasjonale eksperter på den kalde krigen skal ta dette faktum inn over seg. Mens vi venter kan vi jo høre sangene en gang til: Jahn Teigen, Glasnost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQeKE1LDAxo Kjetil Stokkan, Brandenburger Tor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzP25eqwMKw    Lydutdrag brukt i episoden:  Lenins tale fra mars 1919: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzf3FRSbEUk Dimitri Sjostakovitsj 12.symfoni “1917”, fremført av Leningrad symfoniorkester, ledet av Evgenij Mravinskij, i Leningrad 30.april 1984 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_IGkwov3EM    Kilder: Catherine Merridale - Lenin on the train Orlando Figes - Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A history, og A people's tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924 Tony Brenton (red.) - Historically inevitable? Turning points of the Russian Revolution China Miéville - October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Lenin, Slavoj Zizek (red.) - Revolution at the gates. The 1917 writings Robert Service - The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century    Hans Wilhelm Steinfelds siste korrespondentbrev fra Russland, fra 2014. Her oversetter han blant annet Fjodor Tjutsjevs dikt fra 1866, som vi nevner på starten av episoden: https://www.nrk.no/urix/steinfelds-siste-korrespondentbrev-1.11795557    Et par gode podcaster om revolusjonen:  Erling Sandmo, Aslak Sira-Myre og Åsmund Egge snakker om hvordan revolusjonen ble mottatt i avisene her til lands: https://soundcloud.com/nasjonalbiblioteket/arkivert-russisk-revolusjon-aslak-sira-myhre-og-erling-sandmo?in=nasjonalbiblioteket/sets/arkivert Tor Bomann-Larsen om brevet fra tsar Nikolaj den 2. til kong Haakon i februar 1917: https://soundcloud.com/nasjonalbiblioteket/brevet-fra-tsaren-den-russiske-revolusjonen-og-kongehuset?in=nasjonalbiblioteket/sets/1917-og-den-russiske-revolusjonen Sheila Fitzpatrick om den russiske revolusjon, hennes og andres tolkninger av hendelsene: https://soundcloud.com/britishacademy/ending-the-russian-revolution-reflections-on-soviet-history-and-its-interpreters?in=history-hub/sets/the-russian-revolution Historiker Judith Devlin med en kort og fin gjennomgang av hendelsene dette året: https://soundcloud.com/history-hub/judith-devlin-on-the-russian-revolution?in=history-hub/sets/the-russian-revolution   Puh, det var mer enn nok. Takk så mye for at dere hører på. Vær så snill og legg igjen en liten beskjed eller noen stjerner på iTunes, det er faktisk veldig virkningsfullt med tanke på hvilke podcaster som dukker opp på listene der. Enda bedre, del podcasten med andre interesserte. Og til slutt, ingenting er hyggeligere enn å høre fra dere, på epost eller facebook, det gjør oss veldig lykkelige, og litt konstruktiv kritikk gjør hele prosjektet sakte men sikkert bedre.    Anbefalingene: Pål anbefaler podcastene In our time (særlig episoden om piterne) og Joe Rogans intervju med Chris Kresser (episode 1037).  Lars anbefaler boken Lab Girl av Hope Jahren (oversatt til norsk under tittelen Alt jeg vet om planter). Jahren er nylig blitt ansatt ved universitetet i Oslo, les feks intervju med henne her: https://titan.uio.no/node/1939    Takk: Takk igjen til Sveinung Sudbø som laget logoen vår, som for episoden har fått en liten kommunistisk vri. Dere finner Sveinungs arbeider på originalkopi.no, og mye mer på brenneriveien.net  Musikken er laget av Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen, som blant annet driver studioet Nygrenda Vev og Dur i Grimstad. Hadde det ikke vært så langt å reise hadde vi spilt inn alle episodene i Arnes koselige låvestudio. Se http://www.facebook.com/nygrendavevogdur for mer info.     Alt godt, hilsen Lars og Pål larsogpaal@gmail.com   

Excuse the thunderstorms and technical difficulties in this week's episode. Just keepin' it real for y'all.00:32 Doggie Diagnosis: Think good thoughts for Nicole's pooch, who is going in for cancer surgery soon (but she's going to be fine!).08:10 It's Good, Except When It's Bad: It’s supposed to be a positive thing when kids get more independent. But we're both happy and thrown into existential crisis.21:22 Friday Speed Round: Parental Martyrdom: On a scale of sharing Ketchup Chips to watching The Emoji Movie, we gauge our willingness to play the martyr.35:09 Roundabout Roundup: Catherine enjoyed the book Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, Nicole is cooking thanks to the Tasty app, and Terri would like every retailer to follow Home Depot's lead and text customers the exact location of products they're interested in.40:26 Shameless Self-Promotion: Teach Your Kid to Walk, Bike, and Cross Streets Safely; Top 10 Things the Classroom Teacher Needs to Know About Your Child with Special Needs; Special Needs in the News, July 2017Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff *finally* get around to talk about Hope Jahren's book "Lab Girl" and what it meant to them as ecologists and early career scientists.

Geo-biologist and research scientist Hope Jahren has spent her scientific career studying plants. Her new memoir Lab Girl chronicles her journey of scientific discovery from playing in her father's lab as a child to her ground breaking research on trees and plants. It's an honest and frank look at the life of a research scientist. WSIU's Jeff Williams recently talked with Jahren about her work, the book, and trees.

Hope Jahren's LAB GIRL is now out in paperback. In it she discusses her work as a scientist and the intrigue and importance of plants.

Dr. Hope Jahren is a geobiologist who studies fossil organisms and the global environment, and is also the New York Times-bestelling author of the memoir Lab Girl. In this episode of the podcast, we interview Dr. Jahren about communicating science with the public, the joys and challenges of writing academic articles, and her thoughts on sexism in science. (images by Andrea Kamphuis & Gadini) Want more podcast episodes? You can find them all on our podcast page, or you can subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. ABOUT THIS EPISODE Related links: Dr. Jahren's lab page and Twitter NPR interview - 'Lab Girl': An Homage To The Wonders Of All Things Green New York Times review - ‘Lab Girl,’ Hope Jahren’s Road Map to the Secret Life of Plants Time interview - Hope Jahren on Plants, Mud Manicures and Science's Woman Problem Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology Interviewee: Prof. Hope Jahren Interviewer: Natalie Hudson-Smith Producer/Host: Miriam Krause Music: Ketsa, Kai Engel, & Evgeny Grinko

Another episode of our graduate student series and this week, we are featuring Audrey Girard, who is doing her PhD at Texas A and M. Audrey does an amazing job talking about her prior experiences and she had three different internships before deciding to go to graduate school. Also, she gives awesome book recommendations like Lab Girl and The Man Who Fed the World. These are definenelty on my ever growing book list. Enjoy another graduate student’s perspective. Do you see a trend so far? Just let me know. The next four episodes will take you around the world and back again. We are interviewing someone in Europe on Wednesday, someone who traveled from the US to the Netherlands and two people who left their home countries to come to the United States to study what they love. You don’t want to miss these. If you enjoyed this episode, please, sign up on our email list at myfoodjobrocks.com, like us on facebook,  rate and review on itunes, and share with your friends. If you show interest in being interviewed, know someone who would be a great interviewer, or would like to join our team of volunteers, make sure to email us at podcast@myfoodjobrocks.com. About Audrey Audrey is a 4th year PhD student in Food Science & Technology at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on the chemistry of cereal grains; specifically, she is working to alter cereal proteins using tannins to enhance and increase the applications for said proteins. Audrey graduated from Kansas State University in 2013 with her BS in Bakery Science & Management. During her undergraduate, Audrey completed three internships in food science and worked part-time in research labs on campus, which helped inform her decision to pursue her PhD. Audrey is a member of AACCI (American Association of Cereal Chemists International) and IFT. Audrey can be found semi-regularly Instagramming (@abiteofscience) and infrequently blogging (abiteofscience.wordpress.com). Key Takeaways - How Audrey’s three internships influenced her graduate school studies - Audrey’s unusual unofficial lab job - Audrey’s and Mine’s discussion of Holistic Health Summary of Questions Best thing about Texas A and M: The tradition Why did you want to go into graduate school: I liked research and I liked to go further in product development. Why did you want to get your PhD?: I really liked teaching Research: how Tannins interact with Gluten In layman’s term: How we can use gluten in other applications using an antioxidant called tannins Best hint about the application process: Make sure you have connections Food Trends and Technology: Holistic Health Approach Biggest Challenge the food industry has to face: Consumer trust Favorite Book: The Man Who Fed the World - Norman Borlaug Who inspired you to go into food?: My mom Advice for Graduate School: Get experience any way you can Something inspiring: Don’t just go to graduate school because you don’t have a plan: It’s a lot of work Favorite Quote: Everyone you meet knows something you don’t –Bill Nye, If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it enough - Albert Einstein Favorite Food: Steak and Potatoes, Medium-Rare, Mashed potatoes, I like Steak Fries What We Talk About Slaughterhouse Story Kellogg’s Internship Dansico internship Flowers Foods internship Grain Science Emailing professors Texas A and M Kansas State Purdue Rutgers Bakery Science Edible films Modified Starch Tortilla Ovens HPLC Wheat Mill Lab Girl-Hope Jarren – Important book Teaching Assistantships Research Assistantships Science Communication Perceptions of fat Cowboy beans and rice

In this episode, we’re talking about things we wish someone had told us before we started homeschooling, adventures in the Twitterverse, library chicken victories, starting a liberal arts high school, and Lab Girl by Hope Jahrens.

The first episode of Female of the Species, a podcast for the sisterhood of science. For our kick-off, we're joined by the amazing, multitalented Dr. Christy Visaggi. We discuss work life balance, Hope Jahren's book Lab Girl, accidentally eating cheeseburgers, and more. Music used: Jason Leonard, "Ritual Twelve" Michael Howard, "The Tallest Man in Idaho" Bluegrass bumpers care of The Joy Drops

Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Susan Matthews discuss Hope Jahren's budding debut memoir, Lab Girl. Join us next month to discuss Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. Slate's Audio Book Club is brought to you by Audible.com, with more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken-word audio products. Get a free 30-day trial and a free audiobook at AudiblePodcast.com/ABC. And by Texture, the mobile app that gives you full access to more than 150 of the world's most popular magazines, anytime, using your phone or tablet. Read Vogue, People, Esquire, Time—and hundreds more—from back issues to the one currently on the newsstand. Right now, try Texture for free at Texture.com/ABC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Susan Matthews discuss Hope Jahren's budding debut memoir, Lab Girl. Join us next month to discuss Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. Slate's Audio Book Club is brought to you by Audible.com, with more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken-word audio products. Get a free 30-day trial and a free audiobook at AudiblePodcast.com/ABC. And by Texture, the mobile app that gives you full access to more than 150 of the world's most popular magazines, anytime, using your phone or tablet. Read Vogue, People, Esquire, Time—and hundreds more—from back issues to the one currently on the newsstand. Right now, try Texture for free at Texture.com/ABC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk to geobiologist Hope Jahren about her recent book Lab Girl.

It’s episode 8 of Drunk Booksellers, and we’re here with Pete Mulvihill, co-owner of Green Apple Books in San Francisco, CA. Get psyched, y’all.  You can also stream the episode on iTunes and Stitcher. Follow us on Twitter at @drunkbookseller for updates, book recs, and general bookish shenanigans. Check out our show notes, after the jump! Epigraph Bitches in Bookshops Our theme music, Bitches in Bookshops, comes to us with permission from Annabelle Quezada. It’s amaze-balls, and Kim just discovered Annabelle’s other literary Kanye parody, Hardcover Bound 2 AND IT’S ALSO AMAZE-BALLS (and, uh, you should stick around at the end of the episode for a nice lil hidden track). Check it:      Introduction   [0:30] In Which, If You’re Interested in Reading Anything Where a Story Ends with a Boy Jumping on Top His Parents Bed Right After They’ve Finished Having Sex, Dumping Out the Ashes of Their Dead Cat onto Them, Then You’ll Probably like Ramona Ausubel. Currently drinking: Boulevardier (don’t forget the orange peel...)   Pete’s reading: The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me about Survival, Success, Surfing... and Love by Jaimal Yogis & Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (pubs 7 June 2016)   Emma’s reading: Uprooted by Naomi Novik (again) & Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter by Nina Maclaughlin   Kim’s reading too many books rn, incl: Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith (pubs 7 June 2016; also mentioned: Glaciers), A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold (also mentioned: Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon), Klickitat by Peter Rock, Paper Girls Vol 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff K. Chiang, and Matt Wilson   Everyone’s REALLY EXCITED about Black Panther #1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates (of Between the World and Me fame). Available at your local indie bookstore soonish? Maybe? Or go to your local indie comic shop, ‘cause those places are great too. New/forthcoming books we’re excited about: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach (pubs 6 June 2016) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (pubs 7 June 2016) Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger (pubs 24 May 2016) Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra by Kevin Panetta & illustrated by Paulina Ganucheau (pubs 31 May 2016) I’m Just a Person by Tig Notaro (pubs 14 June 2016) Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel (pubs 14 June 2016; also mentioned: A Guide to Being Born) The Assistants by Camille Perri (pubs 3 May 2016) Everything is Teeth by Evie Wyld & illustrated by Joe Sumner (pubs 10 May 2016; also mentioned: All The Birds, Singing) The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes (pubs 10 May 2016) The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee (pubs 17 May 2016) The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman (pubs 31 May) Chapter I   [16:25] In Which Bookstores Can’t Count to 25, Pete is a Closeted Straight Man, and We Learn About Bitcoin   Read more about Green Apple’s history here.   But seriously, y’all. Those masks, amirite?   And, in case anyone other than Kim is interested in WTF Bitcoin is, here’s Wikipedia. Unfortunately, a bit of Pete’s audio was cut out, during which time he regaled us with the story of Dread Pirate Roberts (no, not that one). Interested now? WIRED has a pretty great read for you. Originally posted by meeshmatched   Chapter II   [31:40] In Which We Discuss California Bookstore Day, the Rise of INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY, and Get to Hang Out with Samantha Independent Bookstore Day started as California Bookstore Day, which was initially inspired by Record Store Day.   April 30, 2016 (Kim’s Birthday!!) will be the second official Independent Bookstore Day.    Lauren Groff is the author ambassador. You might have heard of her. She wrote Obama’s favorite book of 2015: Fates & Furies. Green Apple is doing a shit ton of events, including an appearance from Green Apple’s mascot, Mergatroid; Kate Schatz, the author/illustator of Rad American Women A - Z; a local poet, Sylvie, writing custom poems; prize wheels; KEGS; and a free-throw shooting contest.   Mergatroid welcomes you to Independent Bookstore Day. Chapter III   [45:05] In Which Pete is Not THAT Old, But He’s Totally On the Sleep Game Pete’s Station Eleven, Wild, & desert island book: The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor (or maybe Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) Go-to Handsell: The Tenth of December by George Saunders, Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler, The Plover by Brian Doyle Impossible Handsell: Native Son by Richard Wright Also mentioned: The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington   Originally posted by heartsnmagic   Readerly Confession: Pete doesn’t read nearly as much as he wished he did. Neither do we. #BooksellerLife Epilogue   [49:50] In Which Pete Gives a Shoutout and You Should Look Up Green Apple On YouTube Immediately Pete wants everyone to visit Omnivore Bookstore in SF. It looks fucking awesome.   Pete can be found on the internets via Green Apple’s Facebook & Twitter Go watch all of Green Apple’s videos on YouTube, particularly: Goooooogly Books (2011), The Book vs The Kindle (2009), and The New Hire (2013).   In other news, if you’re not following us on Twitter by now, it’s probably because you don’t have Twitter. But here’s where you can find us, in case you decide to join the Twitter-sphere: @drunkbookseller. Emma tweets @thebibliot and writes nerdy bookish things for Book Riot. Like, seriously nerdy, as evidenced by a recent post titled What the Cats of Neko Atsume are Reading.  Originally posted by popnographic   Kim tweets every few months or so at @finaleofseem, but mostly uses her Twitter account for off-the-clock communication with coworkers, who tend to send group messages on Twitter rather than just texting each other like normal people. Anyway, you can follow her there if you feel like it. Make sure you don’t miss an episode by subscribing to Drunk Booksellers from your podcatcher of choice. Also, if you read this far in the show notes, you are awesome and we love you and you should totes rate/review us on iTunes. Emma and Kim both have birthdays at the end of April, so a nice review would be the best of birthday presents. Other than copies of The Lesbian Sex Haiku Book (with Cats!) by Anna Pulley, which we’d both happily accept as well. Please send to WORD and/or The Elliott Bay Book Company, ATTN Drunk Booksellers. Thanks, and happy birthday to us. 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  New York Times best-selling author Hope Jahren, writer of "Lab Girl," changes how we experience the plants of the world. She also tackles the difficulties of being a female scientist and why us laymen feel intimidated by people who study the natural world.  NEVER HEARD THE SHOW? Don't be afraid to start with Episode 1:OUTSET SPONSOR: Reach thousands of expats and travelers all over the world by sponsoring The Bittersweet Life. Write the at bittersweetlife@mail.com to get the conversation going. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or write us @ bittersweetlife@mail.com. ©Web and show content can only be used with written permission.

This week, Louisa Thomas talks about “Louisa”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Hope Jahren discusses “Lab Girl”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

"While recording I learned that I write a lot of words that I don't know how to pronounce, and I learned how to pronounce them during the course of the audiobook."