Best Maria Reich Podcasts (2024)

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Nicholas Johnson on Elsie Wright 13:52

5+ y ago13:52

13:52

Nicholas J. Johnson is an author, a magician and collector of scams. He exposes tricks and inspires audiences to think critically and never be swindled again. After two decades entertaining and educating audiences, He’s realised there is much we can learn about persuasion, deception and influence from the world of the professional swindler.Just don…

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Eli Mrkusich on Eugenics 12:27

5+ y ago12:27

12:27

Eli Mrkusich works for Illumina, the world’s leading genomics (DNA information) company. When Illumina entered the DNA sequencing market a genome (compete DNA sequence) cost $10 million dollars in 2014 Illumina launched the $1,000 genome. Illumina’s technology powers 23andMe and AncestryDNA. Illumina’s mission to unlock the power of the genome to i…

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Maria Roitman on Wilhelm Reich 11:26

5+ y ago11:26

11:26

With a background in stress neuroscience and shocking mice in the name of research, Maria is well-placed to speak at the Halloween edition of Laborastory. Although her latest scientific manuscript explores the mechanism of human pain (muahaha), Maria’s interest in psychiatry, crossed with her villainous mind and crass sense of humour, brings a spec…

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Dr. Gary Hime on Giovanni Aldini 13:29

5+ y ago13:29

13:29

Gary Hime completed his PhD at the University of Adelaide before working as a research scientist at Stanford University and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute. He is currently a professor and acting Head in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne where his work is focused on understanding the genetic regulation o…

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Richard MacEwan on The Nature Of Villainy 11:03

5+ y ago11:03

11:03

Richard is recently retired and is now enjoying a life of travel, music, gardening and wine making unfettered by daily obligations to office, government department machinations and fickle funding. His career encompassed estate management in Scotland, educating university aspirants in land rehabilitation and researching soils and land management for…

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Dr Pam Rana on Perfection 15:04

5+ y ago15:04

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Pam is from the eastern shores of icy Canada, is a medical doctor, a comedian and a passionate environmentalist. She's presented her solo show 'Kim Kardashian is bad for the environment' and her duo show 'Meat Bags' at Melbourne International Comedy Festival.By The Laborastory

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Ella Loeffler on Sylvia Earle 11:45

5+ y ago11:45

11:45

Ella Loeffler holds a Bachelors degree in zoology and literature, and is currently completing her honours in wildlife conservation. This means she spends more time than she would like to admit looking at bandicoot poo. She is a mediator at the Science Gallery Melbourne and loves scuba-diving, hiking and reading.…

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Dr. Ryan Jefferies on Leonardo Da Vinci 12:32

5+ y ago12:32

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Ryan is Head of Programs at Science Gallery Melbourne at The University of Melbourne and curator of the PERFECTION and BLOOD exhibitions. He is a passionate advocate of art and science in equal measures, a champion of creative science communication and is a sometimes taxidermist. Ryan has a PhD in infectious disease research and spent many years st…

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Connor McMahon on Clement Wragge 10:18

5+ y ago10:18

10:18

Connor is a second year science student at the University of Melbourne. As a Melbournian, Connor was a natural at having no idea what weather would come next. However, his curiosity got the better of him, and he decided to major in Climate and Weather to gain a better understanding of the world around him. A passionate science communicator, Connor …

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Dr Chris Lassig on Chien - Shiung Wu 13:55

5+ y ago13:55

13:55

Dr Chris Lassig is a particle physicist and broadcaster, who has recently acquired the delusion of being a comedian. His show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival told the story of his journey from obscurity in Bundaberg, Queensland, to obscurity as a former research physicist. But he eventually learnt to write, and now calls himself a sc…

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Associate Professor Megan Munsie on Sir John Gurdon 10:08

6y ago10:08

10:08

Over the course of her 20 year career in stem cell research Associate Professor Megan Munsie has combined her scientific expertise – gained through working in academia and industry – with a deep understanding of the issues associated stem cell research and its clinical translation. She has co-authored numerous educational resources for the public, …

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Rohan Long on Frederic Wood Jones 11:13

6y ago11:13

11:13

Rohan Long is the curator of the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology at the University of Melbourne. He is a writer, an obsessive birdwatcher, a composer of esoteric music and a paleontologist with many field seasons experience on the early Cretaceous rocks of the Victorian coast.By The Laborastory

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Mark Nikolic on Galileo Galilei 14:13

6y ago14:13

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Mark completed his honours degree last year with a project in zoology and evolutionary-developmental biology (or evo-devo as the cool kids call it). He now works as a specimen registration officer in the entomology and marine invertebrate departments at Museums Victoria; a role in which he has already learned many things, such as what anal forceps …

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Dr Lynette Plenderleith on Grace Olive Wiley 13:24

6y ago13:24

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Lynette is a wildlife biologist by training and has a Ph.D from Monash University, where she studied the ecology of native Australian frogs. She is now a science media specialist, working mostly in television. Lynette is current president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Science Communi-cators and spends her spare time snorkelling, hiking …

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Ben Mackenzie on Veronica Megler 15:26

6y ago15:26

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Ben Mackenzie is a performer, writer, game designer and nerd for all seasons. He’s written and performed stand-up, sketch comedy, theatre and late night museum tours. He’s part of the team behind the award-winning time travel comedy Night Terrace, and currently co-hosts the Terry Pratchett book club podcast Pratchat. His games include the hit live …

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Ben Francischelli on Mary Anning 14:11

6y ago14:11

14:11

Ben is a Vertebrate Paleontologist from Museums Victoria, where he has been exploring the southern coastline of prehistoric Australia for ancient marine organisms. His work has a focus on whales, but he’ll pretty much work on anything that has a backbone and exists within the marine environment. Ben has been on numerous paleontological digs and has…

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David Nuthall on Elizabeth Loftus 11:49

6y ago11:49

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Dave is a former and future provisional psychologist and a musician. One time a friend said that nothing is boring if you know enough about it and he clings to this for justifying his crippling wikipedia habit. Go see his band Hi New Low, and find them on instagram for kimchi pancakes that look like maps of Jurassic park.…

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Julian O'Shea on Arthur Eddington 10:17

6y ago10:17

10:17

Julian O’Shea is an engineer turned traveller and educator. He leads overseas study tours across Asia including Nepal, India, and Vietnam. As a Melbourne inner city type he sometimes finds the lack of lattes challenging. He has his own crazy projects in the works including a high altitude balloon launch for the upcoming National Science Week, and i…

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Kiri Beilby on Christopher Polge 11:08

6y ago11:08

11:08

Kiri is a lecturer and Course Coordinator for the Graduate Diploma of Reproductive Science at Monash University. She graduated from The University of Sydney with a Ph.D. in animal reproduction & genetics, followed by a science communication chaser at the ANU. Kiri accepts that you only get a noble prize by experimenting on yourself, and she works w…

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Idan Ben Barak on Max Von Pettenkoffer 10:27

6y ago10:27

10:27

Idan has degrees in microbiology, and the history and philosophy of science, a diploma in library studies, and a day job that has very little to do with any of the above. He’s written three books so far. He lives in a smallish rented apartment in Ivanhoe with his wife and their two boys. Sometimes, after they go to bed, he grabs his guitar and make…

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Jess Moir on Ruth Benedict 9:51

6y ago9:51

9:51

Jess Moir is a Melbourne comedian who regularly performs at the Brunswick Green. She has two kids and lets them mix bi-carb soda with vinegar whenever they want. Jess has lived overseas, including in Nigeria, where she learned more than she wanted to about Ebola.By The Laborastory

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Jacquie Milner on Frank Rowland And Mario Molina 23:39

6y ago23:39

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Jacquie Milner has spent a lot of time looking up at the sky. She has been an amateur astronomer for the past 30 years, and has been doing outreach for various organisations, including Perth Observatory and, more locally, Mount Burnett Observatory, for 22 years. She even did a short stint under the dome in the Scitech Planetarium in Perth. For Labo…

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Mitch Alexander on Rene Descartes 15:10

6y ago15:10

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Mitch Alexander is a socialist, atheist, utilitarian, unionist, reductionist metalhead, stand up comedian and philosopher who hates labels.By The Laborastory

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Ben Vezina on Dr Heng Li 11:15

6y ago11:15

11:15

Ben accepted and completed a PhD quest to vaccinate chickens against pathogens. His class is dual molecular and microbiology, and weapon specialisation is PCR. He is currently searching for NPCs to find and accept a Post-doctoral quest, so he can continue to take the long road to the hard life in biological research, in a climate that's underfunded…

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Arjun Chahal on Franklin, Watson and Crick 18:05

6y ago18:05

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Arjun Chahal is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. His research utilizes fruit flys to understand the fundamentals of tissue growth and how disruptions to these processes can lead to diseases like cancer. When he isn’t looking for a lucrative modeling contract as the face of Vetolin, he enjoys coming up with creative answers to how his…

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James Hutson on Beatrix Potter 12:14

6y ago12:14

12:14

James is a visual science communicator using words, pictures & moving pictures to make complex information easier to understand. He's been making science and technology more engaging for 20 years, having started as a researcher with Beyond 2000 in 1996By The Laborastory

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Alanta Colley on Jane Goodall 14:34

6y ago14:34

14:34

Alanta has a Masters in International Public Health and has worked on health programs in Uganda, Kenya, Cambodia and East Timor, around HIV, Malaria, and nutrition. She now works for Engineers Without Borders, taking engineering students to India, Samoa and Cambodia to learn in partnership with rural communities about Human Centred Design. She is a…

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Edward Brelsford on Albert Einstein 10:44

6y ago10:44

10:44

Eddie is an engineer / teacher / mathematician who has a love for sci-fi, musicals, stargazing, na-val-gazing, and the human condition. He has worked as an engineer and a teacher, and he apolo-gises on behalf of his fiancé if he puts on his ‘teacher voice’ tonight. He gets overly excited when people talk about maths in normal conversations, and is …

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Aaron Wagen on George Robert Price 15:20

6y ago15:20

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Dr Aaron Wagen is a trainee in Neurology, and loves all things brains, arts, and sciences, but is particularly thrilled when those things combine in narrative form. Outside of working as a doctor, he has written and performed in comedic plays and live art pieces in the Melbourne Fringe Festival, burnt his eyeballs while blending human brain in the …

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Elizabeth Flux on William of Ockham 12:29

6y ago12:29

12:29

Elizabeth Flux if a freelance writer and editor who has a health science degree despite not studying health science, and a strangely American accent despite having never been to America.By The Laborastory

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Dr Freda Werdiger on Joseph B Keller 14:24

6y ago14:24

14:24

Dr. Freda Werdiger will never know enough about optics. She was awarded a Ph.D in 2016 for her work in Classical Field theory with the School of Physics at Monash University. Because no one will pay her to find exact solutions to irrelevant things, she is currently on loan to the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital and the Department of Mechan…

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Matthew Snelson on Henrik Dam 10:21

6y ago10:21

10:21

Matthew is in the final throes of a PhD investigating the effects of a processed diet on gut homeostasis and the impact this has on diabetic kidney disease. He has presented his findings at a number of international conferences, each in a location more exotic then the last: Tokyo, Lisbon, Perth. Earlier this year he was a Victorian Finalist in Fame…

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Dr Rowan Brookes on David Whyte 12:01

6y ago12:01

12:01

Dr Rowan Brookes is the Director of Education in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University. Rowan has over a decade of experience in teaching and leading educational change initiatives in higher education and the not-for-profit sector. Her absolute love is the creation of whole-hearted education programs for science students. She sits …

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Associate Professor Gretchen Benedix on Sally Ride 12:12

6+ y ago12:12

12:12

Gretchen is an astrogeologist who studies meteorites to reveal the secrets of the evolution of the solar system. She’s always been a fan of the stars and space from the time her mother pointed out that there was a person on the moon (the first moon landing) when she was just one year old.By The Laborastory

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Dr Sarah Marley on and David Attenborough and Gerald Durrell 17:55

6+ y ago17:55

17:55

Dr Sarah Marley recently completed her PhD in dolphin acoustics at Curtin University. Originally from Scotland, she grew up chasing squirrels and watching dolphins before embarking on her zoology career, and has now been studying marine mammals in Australia for seven years. Tonight she will be discussing two of the leading influences on her animal-…

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Josh Richards On Alexey Leonov 9:44

6+ y ago9:44

9:44

Josh Richards is a physicist, comedian, and former soldier. He’s trying to add astronaut to that list at the moment too, as one of a 100 people short-listed worldwide to colonise Mars in 2031 with the Mars One project.By The Laborastory

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Rocky McGellin on Arthur C Clarke 15:52

6+ y ago15:52

15:52

Rocky is a planetarium presenter and freelance science writer. He has a linguistics degree, which is exactly as useful as it sounds. He’s just finished a Masters thesis on whether or not astronauts should name their space plants, and he owns more novelty t-shirts than he knows what to do with.By The Laborastory

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Dr Aaron Cavosie on Eugene M Shoemaker 13:31

6+ y ago13:31

13:31

Dr Aaron Cavosie is an illustrious scientist who has worked in astrobiology, geochemistry and a whole lot of other things that light up a resume as long as your arm. Currently he is a planetary scientist at Curtin University. He often says he would like to find intelligent life somewhere out there in space, but to be honest, he would also be quite …

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Lisa Stinson on Margaret Crane and the Home Pregnancy Test 12:52

6+ y ago12:52

12:52

Lisa is in the final year of her PhD in obstetrics & gynaecology at UWA. She loves nothing more than yammering on about science to her partner, her friends, her students, and, really, anyone else who will listen.By The Laborastory

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Arjun Chahal on John Romulus Brinkley 16:49

6+ y ago16:49

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Arjun Chahal is a PhD candidate/cancer geneticist (take your pick) at the University of Melbourne. His research utilizes the fruit fly to understand the fundamentals of tissue growth and how disruptions to these processes can lead to diseases like cancer. When he isn’t getting beaten up for his lunch money or looking for his inhaler, you can usuall…

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Nicholas J Johnson on James Randi and James Macdonell 14:51

6+ y ago14:51

14:51

Nicholas J. Johnson is an author, a magician and collector of scams. He exposes tricks and inspires audiences to think critically and never be swindled again. After two decades entertaining and educating audiences, He’s realised there is much we can learn about persuasion, deception and influence from the world of the professional swindler.Just don…

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Tomas Kalincik on Werner Forssmann 11:51

6+ y ago11:51

11:51

Tomas is neurologist and a biostatistician. He is based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne. His scientific passion is observational data, databases and statistics applied to clinically relevant problems. He has founded a Clinical Outcomes Research Unit, whose purpose is to bring neurology and statistics together. Tomas is a…

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Rangi De Silva On James Marion Sims 14:06

6+ y ago14:06

14:06

Rangi De Silva is Melbourne-based doctor who is currently training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Victoria. A self-confessed science and comic book-nerd, she started her university studies with a degree in Science and then finally decided she liked people even more so she went on to study graduate Medicine. Being passionate about global health, s…

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Associate Professor David Beattie on Alfred Nobel 11:44

6+ y ago11:44

11:44

Associate Professor David Beattie is a chemist, working at the newly established Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia. He spends his time trying to juggle the demands of curiosity-driven research and industry-engaged research.By The Laborastory

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Tim Young on Niels Bohr and the Disappearing Nobel Prize 14:16

6+ y ago14:16

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Tim Young is an astrophysicist, and passionate science communicator. In his spare time he runs podcasts focused on science and gaming respectively. He is also an adventurous rock climber.By The Laborastory

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Professor Lyn Beazley on Pat Kailis 15:04

6+ y ago15:04

15:04

Professor Lyn Beazley is one of Western Australia’s leading scientists and science communicators. She is the former Chief Scientist of Western Australia, who also has a history in founding Dolphin Watch.By The Laborastory

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Dr Mark Harvey On Joseph Chamberlin 10:23

6+ y ago10:23

10:23

At 10 years of age, Mark Harvey wrote to the Serengeti National Park to ask for a job, which says something about the career that was to follow. Dr Mark Harvey is the Senior Curator of Arachnology (or man who is in charge of creepy crawlies) at the WA Museum. His major passion is in the study of pseudoscorpions.…

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Hannah Etchells on Dr Max Day 9:09

6+ y ago9:09

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Hannah is a scientist with a not-so-secret past life in the fashion and arts industry. Now she's doing a PhD in ecology, researching how really severe fires affect our WA ecosystems - focusing on a small and threatened population of mainland quokkas.By The Laborastory

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Dr. Emma Moloney On Dr. Virginia Apgar 15:23

6+ y ago15:23

15:23

Dr Emma Moloney is a Consultant Anaesthetist based in Melbourne. She completed medical school in Brisbane and went on to specialise in Anaesthesia. She moved to Melbourne to complete a fellowship in Trauma Anaesthesia, and 4 years later is still here. A physiologist at heart, Emma loves doing all sorts of surgeries where she can use different drugs…

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Nathan Eizenberg On Lewis Fry Richardson 18:59

6+ y ago18:59

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Part time scientist, part time climate activis, Nathan is currently working in atmospheric modelling and data assimilation at The Bureau of Meteorology.Over the winter he was personally the third highest user of Australia's largest supercomputer at the the National Computational Infrastructure Centre in CanberraHe is also a volunteer facilitator at…

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