Best Gillian Walters Podcasts (2024)

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The STEM Read Podcast: Fighting Mental Parasites with Dr. Andy Norman 37:35

3y ago37:35

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Host Gillian King-Cargile talks to Dr. Andy Norman, author of Mental Immunity, about how bad ideas spread like viruses and how we can inoculate our minds against them.By Gillian King-Cargile

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STEM Read Podcast: The Sky Isn’t the Limit 42:49

3y ago42:49

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Aerospace Engineer Mishaal Ashemimry, the first Saudi woman to work for NASA, and children's author Suzanne Slade discuss their love of STEM and all things space.By Gillian King-Cargile

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The STEM Read Podcast: Springboards For Wonder With John Green And Melanie Koss 27:35

3y ago27:35

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Author John Green has chronicled love, loss, and mental illness in his award-winning young adult novels like The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, and Turtles All the Way Down. He weaves wonderful stories in his novels and his YouTube series’ like Mental Floss, Crash Course, and the Vlogbrothers videos he exchanges with his brother Hank Green…

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The STEM Read Podcast: Math And Physics Are My Superpowers 42:19

3+ y ago42:19

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In this episode of the STEM Read Podcast, host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) gives you an encore excerpt from one of NIU’s Future Telling Webinars. These free events bring together great minds from the worlds of writing and STEM to explore bleeding-edge research and its impact on our society and our sci-fi. Our guests are author S.L. Huang a…

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The STEM Read Podcast: CRISPR, COVID, and Pure Curiosity with Walter Isaacson and Mike Jones 40:15

3+ y ago40:15

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On this episode, host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) explores the gene editing tool CRISPR, used to create the breakthrough mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. First, she talks with biographer Walter Isaacson (@WalterIsaacson), author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs, about his new book The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Futu…

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The STEM Read Podcast - Batman Is A Maker 53:20

3+ y ago53:20

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From clever costumed superheroes to persistent little girls, makers come in all shapes and sizes. Host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) will highlight new stories that focus on thinking, tinkering, and making. First, she’ll interview Ruth Spiro (@RuthSpiro), author of Made By Maxine and the Baby Loves Science series, about her latest book Maxin…

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The STEM Read Podcast - Fake Ghosts and Meddling Kids 54:46

3+ y ago54:46

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It’s a Halloween Bonus! On this episode of the STEM Read Podcast, we’ll explore America’s deep-seated literary tradition of rationalism as it has played out in more than 150 years of pop culture, from the Dime Novels of the 1870s to Scooby-Doo to the horror novels of today. STEM Read Director Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) talks with authors …

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The STEM Read Podcast - Past, Present, And Futurism 1:05:52

4y ago1:05:52

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In this episode of The STEM Read Podcast, we’re bringing you an excerpt from the Future Telling Webinar series, STEM Read’s collaboration with NIU’s University Libraries.By Gillian King-Cargile

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The STEM Read Podcast - It Was Supposed To Be Zombies! With Daniel Kraus And Carolyn Ciesla 41:10

4y ago41:10

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Some people are complaining that COVID-19 is not the pandemic they signed up for. It was supposed to be Zombies!By Gillian King-Cargile

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The STEM Read Podcast - The Space Station Mom And The Stunt Woman 35:55

4y ago35:55

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On May 30, 2020, The United States launched a manned spacecraft into low-earth orbit for the first time in nine years. SpaceX is now the first private company to launch NASA astronauts into space from US soil. The astronauts are heading to the International Space Station. And how did this happen? With a whole lot of math. As we celebrate this histo…

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The STEM Read Podcast - Fostering E-Empathy 54:20

4y ago54:20

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On this episode of the STEM Read Podcast, we’ve got three perspectives on technology, empathy and e-sports. Host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) and Kristin Brynteson (@kbrynteson) interview George Couros, author of The Innovator’s Mindset about creating a positive atmosphere for students by using technology to bring people together. Next, Gil…

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The STEM Read Podcast - Devs, Determinism, and Maybe-Dead Cats 28:38

4+ y ago28:38

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In this episode of the STEM Read Podcast, host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) interviews author and filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) about his latest project, a mind-bending, tech-centric television series, Devs, and how he creates stories to satisfy his own curiosity about science and technology.…

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The STEM Read Podcast - LARPing and Learning 52:08

4+ y ago52:08

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In this episode of the STEM Read Podcast Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile), Kristin Brynteson (@kbrynteson), and Melanie Koss (@melaniekoss) sit down with author Kate Hannigan (@katechicago) and game-based-learning expert Andrew Peterson.By Gillian King-Cargile