You're Up Next Bright Club Ireland

In our final episode of Season 2, Jessamyn speaks to Susan Messing, a improvisational theatre performer, teacher and author, about the value of humour in our darkest moments.

In this week's episode, Jessamyn speaks to Shane Jensen, a professor of statistics at the University of Pennsylvania, about making maths more engaging by connecting it to real world situations.

This week on You're Up Next, Jessamyn speaks with science writer and stand-up comedian, Kasha Patel, about making science funny, using humour to improve research, and challenging bias with comedy.

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This week on You're Up Next, we meet Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle. Sunny and Peter were both sentenced to death for crimes they didn't commit, and they share their experiences of prison, of death row, and of adjusting to life after exoneration.

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This week on You're Up Next we're talking about the relationship between science and art. Our guests are Natasha T. Miller, a performance poet and Community Engagement Manager at Science Gallery Detroit, and Kate Murray, theatre practitioner and National Coordinator for Bright Club Ireland.

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This week on You're Up Next we're going there and talking about Covid 19. Our guest this week is Prof. Stephanie McCalla, a professor of bioengineering and an RNA diagnostics expert at Montana State University.

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In this week’s episode we mention the work of Dr. Katalin Karikó. Dr. Karikó laid the groundwork for the mRNA vaccines, turning the tide of the pandemic. Please read more about Dr. Karikó and her fascinating work here:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/health/coronavirus-mrna-kariko.html