Best Thiago Pedro Podcasts (2024)

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Love and Intimacy in the Digital Age w/ Dr. Thalia Gigerenzer 11:20

4M ago11:20

11:20

In this episode, Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sits down with Dr. Thalia Gigerenzer on the impact of technology and dating apps on modern interpretations of love. Dr. Gigerenzer's research as an anthropologist has focused on Muslim communities in India, including deep dives into the impacts of technology on relationships and courtship. Dr. Gigere…

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Understanding offshore wind energy w/ Avery Barnett 7:35

7M ago7:35

7:35

In this episode, Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sits down with Avery Barnett, a PhD student from Jamaica. She works closely with her advisors SPIA Professor Michael Oppenheimer and MAE Professor Jesse Jenkins focusing on renewable energy policies in the Caribbean. Barnett spoke about her work with the N.J. Wind Institute Fellowship Program through…

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6G Wireless: A new method to reduce food waste w/ Atsutse Kludze GS ’26 15:46

8M ago15:46

15:46

In this episode of B-Cubed, Senna Aldoubosh and Ria Tomar sat down with ECE graduate student Atsutse Kludze to discuss recent findings of how producers can use 6G wireless signaling as a non-invasive way to quantify and assess produce quality. The project was done at the SWAN lab, in collaboration with Microsoft, with the goal of finding ways to re…

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Learning, Sleep, and Spotify w/ Dr. Elizabeth McDevitt and Dr. Ken Norman 16:51

8M ago16:51

16:51

Sleep is an integral, yet often overlooked, part of a Princeton students daily schedule. But, what does our brain actually do when it’s asleep? This is a focus of Princeton Computational Memory Lab. Dr. Elizabeth McDevitt, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab, likes to picture sleep as the replaying of a playlist of memories and experiences that yo…

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STEM TA Spotlight w/ Rish Raghu, Jessica Jin, and Ben Zenker '24 27:08

9M ago27:08

27:08

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Senior Thesis Spotlight w/ Hannah Faughnan '23 and Imani Mulrain '23 38:59

1y ago38:59

38:59

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Simone Kirkevold sit down with Hannah Faughnan, a senior in the EEB department, and Imani Mulrain, a senior in the Chemistry department, to learn more about their senior theses. Hannah and Imani cover what got them interested in their topics, their results, and important advice…

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Material Design and Quantum Computing Applications w/ Grad Student Josh Leeman 8:32

1y ago8:32

8:32

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Noelle Kim sit down with Josh Leeman, a graduate student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. Josh discusses his interest in applying technologies from condensed matter theory to quantum computing applications, how doing research remotely during the pandemic g…

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Computer Vision w/ Dr. Ruth Fong 18:38

1+ y ago18:38

18:38

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh sits down with Dr. Ruth Fong, a researcher and professor at Princeton in the COS department. Dr. Fong discusses her interest in computer vision and explainable AI, gives us insight into her lab's (Looking Glass Lab) collaboration with the Visual AI Lab to learn more about AI biases…

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Theoretical Computer Science w/ Dr. Pedro Paredes 12:48

1+ y ago12:48

12:48

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim sit down with Dr. Pedro Paredes, a professor and researcher in the Computer Science Department to learn more about his research with theoretical computer science. Aside from discussing his work, Dr. Paredes delves into what sparked his interest in the topic, and even i…

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Immunology in Rewilded Lab Mice w/ Grad Student Alexander E. Downie 20:30

1+ y ago20:30

20:30

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Ketevan Shavdia sit down with Alexander E. Downie, a final year graduate student in the Graham lab, to learn more about his upcoming dissertation. Alec discusses his research with rewilded lab mice, a recent New Yorker article featuring the Graham lab, and advice for students p…

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Noncommunicable Diseases and Socioeconomic Status in Turkana, Kenya w/ Grad Student Benjamin Muhoya 40:55

1+ y ago40:55

40:55

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Thiago Tarraf Varella sit down with Benjamin Muhoya, a graduate student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department to learn more about his research. Benjamin discusses his research in hospitals prior to coming to Princeton, his research looking at the evolutionary perspective of the trends…

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The Mind of the Yellow Fever Mosquito w/ Grad Student Timothy W. Schwanitz 10:27

1+ y ago10:27

10:27

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Oyshee Lahiry sit down with Timothy W. Schwanitz, a graduate student in the McBride lab to learn more about his experience working in the lab. Timothy discusses his interest in insects and etymology, the research the McBride lab does, and advice for students in STEM. This episo…

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Social Computing w/ Dr. Andrés Monroy-Hernández 16:11

1+ y ago16:11

16:11

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim sit down with Dr. Andrés Monroy-Hernández, a professor in the Computer Science department to learn more about Social Computing. Dr. Monroy-Hernández discusses his journey into CS, creative uses for AI, and addressing AI biases. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and …

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Pathogen Detection Using mCARMEN w/ Dr. Cameron A. Myhrvold 10:30

1+ y ago10:30

10:30

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Ketevan Shavdia sit with Dr. Cameron A. Myhrvold, an assistant professor in the Molecular Biology at Princeton, to discuss his research on using CRISPR to develop new technologies to detect pathogens. Dr. Myhrvold discusses his experience as a Princeton undergraduate, his devel…

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Jupiter's Auroras w/ Dr. Jamey R. Szalay 34:22

1+ y ago34:22

34:22

In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Thiago Tarraf Varella sits down with Princeton researcher Dr. Jamey R. Szalay to discuss the science behind Jupiter's auroras. Dr. Szalay also discusses exciting breakthroughs being madeby the Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE) in learning about Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. This epi…

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Social Impairment in Autism mouse models w/ Chino Eke 13:30

2y ago13:30

13:30

In this special episode of The Highlights, we interview Chino Eke, an undergraduate senior in the Neuroscience department. We discuss his senior thesis research, which was done with his advisor Professor Elizabeth Gould, a professor and researcher in the Princeton Neuroscience department focused on brain plasticity. Chino’s paper investigates two t…

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What can vocal marmosets tell us about human development? w/ Thiago Tarraf Varella 19:31

2+ y ago19:31

19:31

In this special episode of Princeton Insights: The Highlights, we interview show host Thiago Tarraf Varella, a third year graduate student in the Psychology department. We discuss his research, which was done with his advisor, Dr. Asif Ghazanfar, a professor and researcher in the Princeton Psychology Department focused on developmental and evolutio…

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Futuristic Nostalgia w/ Yeon Soon Shin and Rolando Masís-Obando 22:37

2+ y ago22:37

22:37

In this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Yeon Soon Shin, who completed her doctoral degree in neuroscience at Princeton in 2020 and Rolando Masís-Obando, a 5th-year graduate student in neuroscience. We discuss their paths to graduate work in psychology, their research on how environmental context affects memory, and the virtual reality en…

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Talking Toddlers w/ Mira Nencheva 31:27

2+ y ago31:27

31:27

In this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Mira Nencheva, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology. We discuss her path to graduate work in psychology, the day-to-day of working with toddlers at the Princeton Baby Lab, and how the vocal pitch of a caregiver can affect learning early in life. This episode of The Highlights was prod…

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A 'bird's-eye' view w/ Professor Cassie Stoddard 27:58

2+ y ago27:58

27:58

This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Cassie Stoddard is a professor in the Stoddard Lab of EEB. She can be reached at mstoddard@princeton.edu. To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode pl…

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‘Which side are you on?’ w/ Patricia Hoyos 18:32

3y ago18:32

18:32

This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Patricia Hoyos is a graduate student in the Kastner Lab of PNI. She can be reached at phoyos@princeton.edu. To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode …

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Decoding Mosquitoes w/ Zhilei Zhao 20:10

3y ago20:10

20:10

This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Zhilei Zhao is a post-doc in the Goldberg Lab at Cornell University. He can be reached at zz367@cornell.edu. RESOURCES: Princeton Insights coverage: Infectious mosquitoes decode the unique smell of humans to p…

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Automating Observations w/ Talmo Pereira 25:15

3y ago25:15

25:15

This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Talmo Pereira is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Neuroscience. He can be reached at talmo@princeton.edu. RESOURCES: Princeton Insights coverage: A computational model for automated tracking of socially-…

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Nematodes and Reproductive Aging w/ Nicole Templeman 18:47

3+ y ago18:47

18:47

This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of the Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Nicole Templeman is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Victoria and a Canada Research Chair in Cell Biology. She can be reached nmtempleman@uvic.ca. RESOURCES: Princeton Insights coverage: …