Teaching Science Podcast

Naik Labs
  • 5.0 (4)
  • EDUCATION

We live in a world where science literacy is under seige - baseless conspiracy theories that masquerade as science and just provably false narratives are too prevelant. This podcast seeks to explore the need to build scientific literacy and seeks to interview 100 science educators over the next year to brainstorm solutions to this national problem.

Episodes

  1. E3. Stopping Climate Change Denial with High School Physics

    12/21/2020

    E3. Stopping Climate Change Denial with High School Physics

    Welcome to Episode 3 of Teaching Science, a podcast dedicated to exploring scientific literacy, and ways to improve it in the world we live in. My name is Anant, I’m a third-year medical student, and I’m your host. In today’s episode, Our guest is Mr. Eric Mayer, a science teacher at Nevada Union HS in Grass Valley CA who teaches physics and earth science. I’m so excited for you to listen to my conversation with him. This podcast is brought to you by Naik Labs, a creative venture in pursuit of universal science literacy. Don’t forget to follow @naik.labs on Instagram, and visit www.naiklabs.com/scienceliteracy to join the newsletter. If you enjoyed this podcast, please share with your family and friends!

    41 min
  2. E2. Physicians as science educators in the COVID era

    12/06/2020

    E2. Physicians as science educators in the COVID era

    Welcome to Episode 2 of Teaching Science, a podcast dedicated to exploring scientific literacy, and ways to improve it in the world we live in. My name is Anant, I’m a third-year medical student, and I’m your host. In today’s episode, we explore the role of physicians in educating patients, and what one particular physician’s experience is in combating misinformation in his community, about COVID, but also beyond. Our guest today is Dr. Brent Reifsteck, an in-patient pediatric physician and leader at Carle Foundation Hospital in the Urbana, Champaign community in central Illinois. Dr. Reifsteck has dedicated much of his time educating the local community of medical issues, and I’m so excited for you to listen to my conversation with him.  This podcast is brought to you by Naik Labs, a creative venture in pursuit of universal science literacy. Don’t forget to follow @naik.labs on Instagram, and visit www.naiklabs.com/scienceliteracy to join the newsletter. If you enjoyed this podcast, please share with your family and friends!

    43 min
  3. Citations: The Moderna Phase I Clinical Study

    12/02/2020 · BONUS

    Citations: The Moderna Phase I Clinical Study

    Citations is a sub-podcast of Teaching Science, with the objective of exposing listeners to a thorough analysis of primary science sources. In this episode, I break down a very important paper published on November 12, 2020, in the New England Journal of Medicine by the mRNA 1273 Research Group that investigates the mRNA vaccine by MODERNA against the SARS-C0V2 virus in a phase-1 clinical trial. Listen to me reading crucial components of the paper and explain what they did, why it's important and what's coming next in the vaccine world. Find the full paper here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2022483. Follow @naik.labs on Instagram, or visit www.naiklabs.com to join the Naik Labs newsletter.

    22 min
  4. E1. Why a podcast on scientific literacy? An Introduction

    11/29/2020

    E1. Why a podcast on scientific literacy? An Introduction

    In this episode, I discuss some fundamental neuroscience behind decision making, and the reason behind why I'm starting this podcast in addition to what I hope to achieve. Continue the discussion by following Naik Labs on Instagram: @naik.labs, and joining the Naik Labs newsletter at www.naiklabs.com.

    12 min
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We live in a world where science literacy is under seige - baseless conspiracy theories that masquerade as science and just provably false narratives are too prevelant. This podcast seeks to explore the need to build scientific literacy and seeks to interview 100 science educators over the next year to brainstorm solutions to this national problem.

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