Cornell Chronicle

About Cornell Chronicle

The Research Matters podcast features candid conversations with Cornell University researchers who are tackling some of society’s most urgent challenges and finding solutions that make a difference. Hear from experts who are not just studying the world, but changing it, turning data into discoveries, and ideas into impact. Produced by Cornell University Relations. Read more at news.cornell.edu.

Publisher

Cornell University

Category

education · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jun 2024

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026

   How does that manure get in our water? - Research Matters S2E5

   That green scum on the lake in August? There's a real chance it started on a farm. Kirsten Workman, Cornell's Nutrient Management and Environmental Sustainability Specialist, joins Research Matters to explain how manure — a valuable nutrient package when it stays put — becomes a public health hazard when it doesn't. From phosphorus indexes to injection versus spraying to the runoff forecast tool she built, this is a close look at the unglamorous, high-stakes science of keeping farm nutrients ...

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Who will take care of us when we're old? - Research Matters S2E4

   America is aging faster than its systems are prepared for. In this two-guest conversation, Jenna Wells and Adriana Reyes bring their research to bear on the realities of eldercare today: who provides it, who pays for it, and what happens when both run short. It's a grounded, research-backed look at one of the biggest quiet crises facing families right now.

3. 

   8 Sept 2026

   What if buildings were made to be remade? - Research Matters S2E3

   What if the building coming down next door could become the one going up down the street? Felix Heisel joins Research Matters to explain circular construction — the practice of designing buildings to be disassembled, reused and reborn instead of landfilled. It's a rethink of how we build, one that could turn the construction industry's waste problem into its next resource.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 9 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

18

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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