Best Cell Ecology Podcasts (2024)

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REISSUE: The Healing Magic of St. John's Wort 1:08:20

2M ago1:08:20

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St. John’s Wort has evolved over millennia to capture sunlight and turn it into the molecule hypericin, which has numerous profound effects on our human bodies. Our St. John’s Wort Oil is HALF OFF until sold out (as of June 2024)! From deep nerve healing, relaxation, and pain relief when applied externally to its antidepressant, antiviral, and live…

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Nourishing Motherlines 35:16

2M ago35:16

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In which I read a few pieces from my new Substack. Bone, blood, milk, and marrow... Nourishing Motherlines is a collection of memoir-adjacent personal writings exploring my evolving understanding of nourishment (not nutrients), how my mitochondria and minerals were inherited from my motherline (and yours from yours), my hEaLiNg JoUrNeY as I navigat…

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111. Nourishing Motherlines

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Bone, blood, milk, and marrow... Nourishing Motherlines is a collection of memoir-adjacent personal writings exploring my evolving understanding of nourishment (not nutrients), how my mitochondria and minerals were inherited from my motherline (and yours from yours), my hEaLiNg JoUrNeY as I navigate hypothyroid and hypoadrenal exhaustion and a host…

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#10 – Barbara Herr Harthorn – Societal and ethical implications of synthetic cells 59:28

3M ago59:28

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Final GES Colloquium podcast of Spring 2024 Investigating the societal and ethical implications of synthetic cells Barbara Herr Harthorn, PhD, Research Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara Profile | DOWNLOAD SEMINAR POSTER This talk introduces 3 ongoing NSF-funded collaborative interdisciplinary projects investigating …

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#9 – Eric Hallerman – Gene Technology in Aquaculture 59:47

3M ago59:47

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Gene technology in aquaculture: Potential, constraints, and first products to commercialization Eric Hallerman, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech University While aquaculture biotechnology has the potential to improve the sustainability of aquaculture, its realization will depend upon enab…

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#8 – Steve Heine – Essentialism and Distortion in Eugenics and GMO Attitudes 59:08

3M ago59:08

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How essences distort our understanding of genes: Implications for eugenics and GMO attitudes Steven Heine, PhD, Professor of Cultural & Social Psychology, University of British Columbia Profile | @StevenHeine4How psychological biases of essentialism distort the ways people understand genetics, eugenics, and GMO products. Download semin…

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#7 – Anna Krome-Lukens – Eugenics and the Welfare State in North Carolina 59:04

4M ago59:04

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Eugenics and the Welfare State in North Carolina + Anna Krome-Lukens, PhD, Teaching Associate Professor, Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill Profile | Download seminar poster In North Carolina, social reformers and welfare officials relied on eugenics ideology as they built the welfare state before the New Deal, with lasting effects for our contempora…

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110. Women's Bodies are Metabolically Expensive (Why Things Break So Easily) - Dr. Suuzi Hazen 1:27:34

4M ago1:27:34

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Chinese Medicine holds that women’s bodies are 10x harder to heal than men’s, as our reproductive system is biologically much more precious and metabolically more intensive to maintain. In this conversation my good friend, third time guest, and Doctor of Chinese Medicine Suuzi and I catch up one year after we both underwent severe energy loss to sh…

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110. Women's Bodies are Metabolically Expensive (Why Things Break So Easily) - Dr. Suuzi Hazen

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Chinese Medicine holds that women’s bodies are 10x harder to heal than men’s, as our reproductive system is biologically much more precious and metabolically more intensive to maintain. In this conversation my good friend, third time guest, and Doctor of Chinese Medicine Suuzi and I catch up one year after we both underwent severe energy loss to sh…

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#6 – Luisa Reis-Castro – Caring for the Enemy, Killing the Ally: Transgenic Mosquitoes in Brazil 1:00:19

4M ago1:00:19

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Caring for the Enemy, Killing the Ally: The More-than-Human Politics of Transgenic Mosquitoes in Brazil Luisa Reis-Castro, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern California Profile | X | Bluesky | Download Seminar PosterThis talk, based on ethnographic research with scientists and technicians working with tr…

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109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBride 1:14:10

5M ago1:14:10

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The times are unprecedented and there is no template for the future. We all feel this, and we feel the overwhelm of information, influence, and opinions. Herbalism, as it always has, offers us sanctuary from everything vying to take hold of our attention and life force. Not so that we can check out in an endless fog of self care, but so that we can…

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109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBride

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The times are unprecedented and there is no template for the future. We all feel this, and we feel the overwhelm of information, influence, and opinions. Herbalism, as it always has, offers us sanctuary from everything vying to take hold of our attention and life force. Not so that we can check out in an endless fog of self care, but so that we can…

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#5 – Helen Anne Curry – Local seeds, global needs, and the history of agrobiodiversity conservation 54:46

5M ago54:46

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Local seeds and global needs: Ethnobotany, agroecology, and the history of in situ conservation of agrobiodiversity Helen Anne Curry, PhD, Melvin Kranzberg Professor in the History of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology Website | @TechHSOCThis talk will explore how insights from Indigenous agricultural practices, both past and pres…

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#4 – Kirsty Wissing on Indigenous Perspectives on Synthetic Biology 59:17

5M ago59:17

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Indigenous Perspectives on Synthetic Biology for Conservation Kirsty Wissing, PhD, Research Fellow, Australian National University | Profile A discussion of synthetic biology and Torres Strait Islanders, bringing their perspectives into conversation to explore cultural implications for future island-bound applications of genetic biocontrol…

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#3 – David Andow – Ecological perspectives on the history of genetic engineering 59:46

5M ago59:46

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Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on genetic engineering David Andow, PhD, Professor and Department Head, Applied Ecology, NC State University | Profile | @NCStateAEC Ecological and evolutionary perspectives have greatly influenced the development of genetic engineering as exemplified by significant events from history. Download…

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#2 – Grace Wiedrich – From Plants to People: Mendelian Eugenics in NC in the 20th Century 55:28

6M ago55:28

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From Plants to People: Mendelian Eugenics in NC in the 20th Century Grace Wiedrich, CRDM PhD Student, NC State UniversityThe Mendelian eugenics movement in NC provides a useful case study into the lasting impact of over-generalized genetic theory on governments, medical professionals, and activists. Download seminar poster Abstract The hi…

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#1 – Katie Barnhill – Public Engagement: Missing the Mark? 55:57

6M ago55:57

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Public Engagement: Missing the Mark? Katie Barnhill, PhD, Senior Research Scholar, GES Center, NC State | Profile | Google Scholar Scholars and funders alike have increasingly recognized engagement as an important dimension of innovation, but is engagement accomplishing what we think it is? Download seminar poster Abstract Emergi…

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108. The Mythic Hive & How Bees Heal Us - Ariella Daly 1:25:45

7M ago1:25:45

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Nothing exemplifies the magic of nature more than honeybees. They are insects yet their colonies are akin to a mammalian being, they produce numerous healing substances from their bodies and within their hives, and they have been revered and mythologized since time immemorial by countless cultures. Beekeepers live longer than folks in any other pro…

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108. The Mythic Hive & How Bees Heal Us - Ariella Daly

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Nothing exemplifies the magic of nature more than honeybees. They are insects yet their colonies are akin to a mammalian being, they produce numerous healing substances from their bodies and within their hives, and they have been revered and mythologized since time immemorial by countless cultures. Beekeepers live longer than folks in any other pro…

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107. Death is the Great Healing: Reclaiming Ancestral Relationship w/ the Dead - Perdita Finn 1:32:11

8M ago1:32:11

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“I pray to the dead to help me remember who I am while I’m still alive.” To be in relationship with those who’ve gone before us is a deeply human way of being. Our ancestors knew that the “departed” never left, and that they answer when called. The way modern Western people conceive of the dead is a deviation that discards millennia of human knowin…

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107. Death is the Great Healing: Reclaiming Ancestral Relationship w/ the Dead - Perdita Finn

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“I pray to the dead to help me remember who I am while I’m still alive.” To be in relationship with those who’ve gone before us is a deeply human way of being. Our ancestors knew that the “departed” never left, and that they answer when called. The way modern Western people conceive of the dead is a deviation that discards millennia of human knowin…

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#10 – Riley Taitingfong – An oceanic approach to gene drive governance 59:45

8M ago59:45

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Final seminar of the fall 2023 semester! Join us again in early January, 2024. From containment to connectivity: an oceanic approach to gene drive governance Riley Taitingfong, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona Profile | LinkedIn | @riley_ilyseAn exploration of the containment paradigm in gene drive…

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106. Chronic Illness: Telling Honest Stories, Navigating the Underworld, and Tending the Roots - Sarah Ramey 1:14:32

9M ago1:14:32

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It is estimated that half of all Americans have chronic health issues, and yet these conditions are new to the human species. What has happened? And how does an afflicted individual navigate a medical system that dismisses them and offers little help, embedded within a culture obsessed with self improvement and the hero’s journey of triumph? Sarah …

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106. Chronic Illness: Telling Honest Stories, Navigating the Underworld, and Tending the Roots - Sarah Ramey

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It is estimated that half of all Americans have chronic health issues, and yet these conditions are new to the human species. What has happened? And how does an afflicted individual navigate a medical system that dismisses them and offers little help, embedded within a culture obsessed with self improvement and the hero’s journey of triumph? Sarah …

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#9 – Andrew Ofstehage – Soy in the Brazilian Cerrado: A tale of two farming cultures 57:39

8M ago57:39

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American farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado: A comparative ethnography of the soy boom Andrew Ofstehage, Program Coordinator of CALS International Programs at NC State University Profile | WebsiteA look at the farming strategies of two communities of North American farmers in Brazil and how they make sense of thorny subjects such as farmland financia…

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#8 – Carolina Torres—Battling Invasive Aliens: SynBio and Island Conservation 57:39

9M ago57:39

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Exploring Synergies: Overlapping International Dialogue on Invasive Alien Species Removal on Islands with Synthetic Biology Carolina Torres Trueba, Lawyer at Island Conservation Profile | WebsiteSynthetic biology offers new hope for the eradication of invasive alien species from islands, a pressing need in the face of the climate crisis and biodive…

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#7 – Jennifer Kuzma - Are we ready for engineered microbiomes in built environments? 57:47

9M ago57:47

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PreMiEr ERC Societal, Ethical and Policy Implications of Microbiome Engineering Jennifer Kuzma, PhD, Co-Director of GES Center, & Associate Director of PreMiEr at NC State | Profile pageDownload seminar poster Abstract The engineering of microbiomes in the built environment is a new area of inquiry that comes with many uncertainties and under-explo…

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#6 – Xaq Frohlich—Labeling Food Risk and Lifestyle Politics: A Critical History 59:43

9M ago59:43

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Labeling Food Risk and Lifestyle Politics: A Critical History Xaq Frohlich, PhD, Associate Professor of History at Auburn University A history of U.S. food labeling policies and “informational turn” in food politics, and a critical look at debates in recent decades over labeling GMOs, “organic”, and other food risks and alternative food movements. …

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#5 – Amarish Yadav—CRISPR/Cas-9-Based Gene Drive To Suppress Agricultural Pests 58:16

10M ago58:16

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CRISPR/Cas-9-Based Gene Drive To Suppress Agricultural Pests Amarish Yadav, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (Max Scott Lab) at NC State | Profile | Google ScholarA discussion about the molecular genetics of homing gene drives disrupting doublesex gene, as well as its potential and challenges in the D. suzukii population control. Download seminar poste…

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#4 – Brian Donovan – Are high schools teaching an essentialist construal of gender? 56:46

10M ago56:46

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Does High School Genetics Education Communicate an Essentialist Construal of Gender? Brian Donovan, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, BSCS Science Learning Profile | Website | Related GGA SeminarEvidence suggests that high school biology textbooks in the US may reinforce an essentialist construal of gender. Download seminar poster Special t…

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#3 – Daniel Uribe—BioNFTs for Ethical AI Models in Life Sciences 59:02

10M ago59:02

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BioNFTs: Verifiable Biosamples & BioData for training Ethical AI Models in Life Sciences Daniel Uribe, MBA, Co-Founder & CEO at GenoBank.io | @duribebDiscover how BioNFTs are revolutionizing the Life Sciences by providing verifiable biosamples and biodata for training ethical AI models Download seminar poster Abstract In a rapidly evolvin…

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#2 – Amanda Pierce—Exploring Policy and Regulation of Emerging Biotechnologies For Use In Controlling Pest Populations 55:16

10M ago55:16

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Exploring Policy and Regulation of Emerging Biotechnologies For Use In Controlling Pest Populations Amanda Pierce, Senior Advisor at US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Abstract The U.S. Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology describes the comprehensive federal regulatory policy for ensuring the safety of biotechnology produ…

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#1 – Ross Basset—Moore’s Law, Genetic Engineering and Historical Analogies 59:33

11M ago59:33

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Should we expect Moore in Genetic Engineering? Moore’s Law, Genetic Engineering and Historical Analogies Ross Bassett, Professor of History at NC State Abstract In 1965 Gordon Moore published a paper with observations on progress in integrated circuits. In the nearly sixty years since, the continued applicability of those observations, now enshrine…

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105. Synchronicity Reveals Our Ecological Niche - Sophie Strand 1:17:33

1y ago1:17:33

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Healing is communal. Settle in softly for this wide-ranging conversation with my most requested guest. Sophie and I talk chronic illness and trauma, diagnosis as blessing and as hex, the theater of medicine, the aquatic nature of memory, and the entanglements of time. RESOURCES: Sophie on Instagram Sophie’s newsletter Make Me Good Soil Sophie’s boo…

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105. Synchronicity Reveals Our Ecological Niche - Sophie Strand

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Healing is communal. Settle in softly for this wide-ranging conversation with my most requested guest. Sophie and I talk chronic illness and trauma, diagnosis as blessing and as hex, the theater of medicine, the aquatic nature of memory, and the entanglements of time. RESOURCES: Sophie on Instagram Sophie’s newsletter Make Me Good Soil Sophie’s boo…

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104. Your Body is Not a Closed System: The Sun, Cell Signaling, & Metabolic Wellness - Sarah Kleiner 1:05:44

1y ago1:05:44

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The sun rules the rhythms and the well-being of all life on Earth, and humans are no exception to this rule. With the very recent (evolutionarily speaking) advent of indoor living and the even more recent advent of indoor lighting, we have inadvertently shut down the vital communication between sunlight and our cells. This is as upstream as it gets…

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104. Your Body is Not a Closed System: The Sun, Cell Signaling, & Metabolic Wellness - Sarah Kleiner

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The sun rules the rhythms and the well-being of all life on Earth, and humans are no exception to this rule. With the very recent (evolutionarily speaking) advent of indoor living and the even more recent advent of indoor lighting, we have inadvertently shut down the vital communication between sunlight and our cells. This is as upstream as it gets…

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#11 – Kiera O'Donnell - Understanding the Dynamics of Post-Hurricane Shoreline Protection Decisions 56:01

1+ y ago56:01

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Understanding the Dynamics of Post-Hurricane Shoreline Protection Decisions Dr. Kiera O'Donnell, Postdoctoral Associate, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University Googe Scholar | Twitter @ODonnellKiera93Insights into the complex factors that shape people's perceptions of their environment and their decisions around shoreline prot…

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103. Midlife Burnout for Women & Why Healing Work Can Make Us Worse - Dr. Suuzi Hazen 1:15:38

1+ y ago1:15:38

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Suuzi has been one of my best friends for 15 years, and our lives have taken parallel tracks recently- deeply interested in health & natural living for decades, we have nevertheless both found ourselves in total burnout at the edge of collapse in our early 40s. We share what got us here (and the irony that so much of it is doing things we truly bel…

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103. Midlife Burnout for Women & Why Healing Work Can Make Us Worse - Dr. Suuzi Hazen

1+ y ago

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Suuzi has been one of my best friends for 15 years, and our lives have taken parallel tracks recently- deeply interested in health & natural living for decades, we have nevertheless both found ourselves in total burnout at the edge of collapse in our early 40s. We share what got us here (and the irony that so much of it is doing things we truly bel…

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