Scientifically Sound: Hosted by Ralph White III

Ralph White III

Welcome to the Scientifically Sound! I'm Ralph from the South. It's the host that does the most and I don't mean to boast. This is my scientific journey coming to the creative forefront. You may find that a scientific discovery could be inspired by a hit song of an amazing musician. Or maybe a musician was reading up on some academic journals to find their new melody. Whatever the case may be, we have science, we have music, put them together and let's use it. Follow us on Instagram @scientificallysound 

  1. 12/22/2022

    Episode 12: Santa Claus is coming to Sound! feat. Lauren Girouard-Hallam

    Happy Holidays, fellow listeners! Lauren Girouard-Hallam joins me on the show as we discuss Santa's powers based on the holiday hit famously recorded by Gene Autry "Up on the Housetop" in the scope of psychology of children's belief in them. And of course, we have some fun as we tease out what kind of scientist(s) would Santa Claus would be! More information about Lauren below. Lauren Girouard-Hallam, MA, MS, (she/her) is a fourth year doctoral candidate at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Furman University in 2017 and then moved to New York City to pursue her Master of Arts in Drama Therapy, an arts-based applied counseling degree, which she earned from NYU in 2019. She also earned a Master of Science in Experimental Psychology from U of L in 2021. Her current research investigates how 3-12 year old children think about and learn from novel technologies from Siri and Alexa to search engines and the internet at large. Lauren can also be found teaching labs for graduate level statistics courses, serving as chair for the American Psychological Association’s Science Student Council, and co-running Louisville Kentucky’s chapter of R-Ladies, a community initiative designed to bring coding skill-building opportunities to gender minority individuals inside and outside of the academy. Lauren is also this year’s ComSciCon National Flagship Conference Programming Committee & Logistics Committee liaison. When not engaging in scholarship, Lauren is most at home when curled up with her Belgian shepherd mix Molly, her wife Madison, and an excellent art-house horror film.  --- Follow Us and visit scientificallysound.net Instagram: @scientificallysound Twitter: @4theSci_Sound email: 4thescientificallysound@gmail.com

    55 min
  2. 10/31/2022

    Episode 10: Stellar and Scary feat. Sumeet Kulkarni and Huei Sears

    Sumeet Kulkarni is a 6th-yr. PhD student studying gravitational waves at the University of Mississippi.  Sumeet uses really smart code written by others to evolve binary black holes forward and backward in time, and apply it to whole populations of black holes to figure out if we can detect signatures of them precessing like a spinning top. He is also involved with education and outreach efforts with the LIGO collaboration, primarily to develop web apps that can use gravitational-wave research to teach simple physics concepts. He has written for Astrobites in the past couple of years, and recently completed the AAAS mass media fellowship with the LA Times. Huei Sears is a fifth-year physics PhD candidate at Northwestern University.  She studies the properties of long-duration gamma-ray burst host-galaxies at high-redshift -- i.e. the oldest galaxies that host the brightest and most energetic explosions in our Universe.  Huei also is an active member of the Astrobites collaboration where she serves on the Administrative, DEI, and Hiring committees in-addition to co-managing their social media accounts.  A fun fact about Huei is that she is a massive Taylor Swift fan and loves to sing. Corcovado:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YnyZG8fNU Black Hole Picture from James Webb Telescope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tXhBLg3Wng Link to Scientifically Sound Sweater:https://www.scientificallysound.net/shop/p/scientifically-sound-crew-neck-sweatshirt Follow Sumeet Kulkarni Twitter @sumeet_kul Instagram @the.sumeetsonian Follow Huei Sears Twitter @Huei_Sears Follow Scientifically Sound Twitter @4theSci_Sound Instagram @scientificallysound Tiktok @scientificallysound email: 4thescientificallysound@gmail.com and visit our website scientificallysound.net for more!

    52 min
  3. 08/30/2022

    Episode 8: Day 'N' Nite feat. Jazmine Benjamin

    It's the most wonderful time of the school year! First day/week back to school! So of course we do an episode focused on going to bed on time and its importance! I'm hanging out with Jazmine Benjamin as we discuss grad student life this past summer as it comes to an end and dive into the Kid Cudi classic " Day 'N' Nite" as we learn about circadian misalignment. Maybe we won't "toss and turn" after this. For more information about Jazmine Benjamin, read below. Jazmine I. Benjamin is a Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. candidate in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in Birmingham, Alabama. Her research is focused on the relationship between circadian misalignment and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Her ultimate career goal is a position that allows her to utilize her technical knowledge and penchant for advocacy in order to benefit under-served communities.  Jazmine recently finished her second term as the President of the graduate student body at UAB. She was also a committee member on a variety of task forces dedicated to keeping the population at UAB safe and operational during the COVID-19 outbreak. In 2019, Jazmine co-founded the Science Policy and Advocacy Initiative, the first comprehensive science policy group in the state of Alabama. In addition to her work on campus, Jazmine is also a graduate fellow for the Alabama chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network and a member of the National Science Policy Network.   Outside of the lab, Jazmine loves to cook, read, run, listen to music and podcasts, and play video games. She also has an adopted sprollie (spaniel/border collie mix) named Cersei who keeps her laughing and active. Jazmine is a staunch advocate for representation in STEM and often uses her platform to share her experiences and mentor younger students and graduate student colleagues. Follow Jazmine Benjamin Twitter @J_I_Benjamin Instagram @jibenjamin ---- Follow Scientifically Sound Twitter @4theSci_Sound Instagram @scientificallysound Tiktok @scientificallysound email: 4thescientificallysound and visit our website scientificallysound.net

    54 min

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Welcome to the Scientifically Sound! I'm Ralph from the South. It's the host that does the most and I don't mean to boast. This is my scientific journey coming to the creative forefront. You may find that a scientific discovery could be inspired by a hit song of an amazing musician. Or maybe a musician was reading up on some academic journals to find their new melody. Whatever the case may be, we have science, we have music, put them together and let's use it. Follow us on Instagram @scientificallysound