It Starts With...
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<p>It Starts With… curiosity, ideas, discoveries, accidents, problems, or a passion. And it leads to everything from fossils to AI, and the microscopic to the galactic.</p><br><p>Join David Boldeman as he explores the journey behind the science with those living the stories.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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June 23, 2026
What happens when you bury underpants in your backyard?
<p>Soil health has big implications for farms and land management. In this podcast episode, David Bolderman talks with soil scientists <a href="https://www.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/ers/llobryde" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lisa Lobry de Bruyn</a> and <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uf-LPRMAAAAJ&hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oliver Knox</a> about communication between science and key stakeholders in agriculture and land use.</p><br><p>They discuss how soil health depends not just on the microorganisms within them, but also on how people understand soil and make decisions about it. This, Lisa and Oliver argue, is an example of science and real-world applications needing to work together to build better understanding of what’s needed.</p><br><p>Talking Soil is a new book by Lisa Lobry de Bruyn and Oliver Knox published by CSIRO Publishing and will be available in print or eBook in early 2027.</p><p><a href="https://connectsci.au/news/pages/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It Starts With...</a> is a ConnectSci podcast. <a href="https://connectsci.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ConnectSci</a> delivers trusted, fact-based content, including peer-reviewed journal articles, eBooks and science news articles. It is operated by <a href="https://www.publishing.csiro.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CSIRO Publishing</a>, a not-for-profit, editorially independent publisher based in Australia.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 16, 2026
What does the universe sound like?
<p><a href="https://connectsci.au/news/news-parent/9540/Dark-energy-still-behaving-unexpectedly-as" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dark energy</a>. Physicists believe it makes up 70% of the universe, but we don’t know what it is or how it works. Yet this mysterious force is responsible for pushing everything in our universe apart. This elusive phenomenon has had cosmologists scratching their heads for decades.</p><p>What if it could be interpreted through music?</p><p>In this episode, David Boldeman is joined by Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist <a href="https://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~brian/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brian Schmidt</a>, composer <a href="https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/koukias-constantine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Constantine Koukias</a>, as well as ConnectSci News journalist Evrim Yazgin to talk about the universe and music. They cover literally light-years of listening revelry from Pink Floyd and The Beatles to whether or not it’s true that in space no one can hear you scream. The discussion led to a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/03zuuZzwRfHSuD5bLie7MV?si=IXxXgi_aS7iLoeRKfzPe7A&nd=1&dlsi=abeefc6e14d54654" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify playlist</a> of the best songs.</p><p>Koukias was given the daunting task of composing a piece of music to convey the concept of dark energy. His piece – an epic which plays with more than 100 voices and the space of the theatre itself – will premiere at this year’s <a href="https://www.beakerstreet.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beaker Street Festival</a> which will take place over 2 weekends during 6–17 August in Hobart, Australia.</p><p>No 2 seats will hear the exact same music. No one will be left not wondering how they fit into the vastness of the cosmos.</p><p>Koukias’s composition, called VAST, will be playing at the Theatre Royal on <a href="https://tickets.beakerstreet.com.au/Events/VAST/Wed-Aug-12-2026-20-00" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">12</a> and <a href="https://tickets.beakerstreet.com.au/Events/VAST/Thu-Aug-13-2026-20-00" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">13</a> August. On 13 August, Koukias and Schmidt will hold <a href="https://tickets.beakerstreet.com.au/Events/VAST-IN-CONVERSATION" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a conversation</a> at the Theatre Royal about the piece, the discovery of dark energy and the expanding universe. Get your tickets through the <a href="https://tickets.beakerstreet.com.au/Events/?_gl=1*lk77e9*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3ODE0OTQ0NjIuQ2owS0NRandvcm5SQmhDckFSSXNBT041ZXhIZW44S3k5ZFA1ek9ORGVUMGRZeGZlS01RbmtYNUYzQU5wb0V1Y044d1c1LVJYQUVTd2x6RWFBbER0RUFMd193Y0I.*_gcl_au*MTY4NTQzOTM3Ny4xNzgxNDk0NTUx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beaker Street Festival website</a>.</p><p><a href="https://connectsci.au/news/pages/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It Starts With...</a> is a ConnectSci podcast. <a href="https://connectsci.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ConnectSci</a> delivers trusted, fact-based content, including peer-reviewed journal articles, eBooks and science news articles. It is operated by <a href="https://www.publishing.csiro.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CSIRO Publishing</a>, a not-for-profit, editorially independent publisher based in Australia.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 9, 2026
How do batteries actually work?
<p>Batteries are one of the most important technologies in the modern world. They are also one of the least understood.</p><br><p>Science journalist Ellen Phiddian joins David Boldeman to discuss how batteries actually work, why they are so important and what is coming next. </p><br><p>To read more about batteries visit <a href="https://connectsci.au/news/news-parent/4287/explainer-how-do-batteries-work" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ConnectSci News</a> or sign up to our <a href="https://connectsci.au/news/pages/newsletters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">free monthly newsletter</a> about the latest energy discoveries. </p><p><a href="https://connectsci.au/news/pages/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It Starts With...</a> is a ConnectSci podcast. <a href="https://connectsci.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ConnectSci</a> delivers trusted, fact-based content, including peer-reviewed journal articles, eBooks and science news articles. It is operated by <a href="https://www.publishing.csiro.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CSIRO Publishing</a>, a not-for-profit, editorially independent publisher based in Australia.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>It Starts With… curiosity, ideas, discoveries, accidents, problems, or a passion. And it leads to everything from fossils to AI, and the microscopic to the galactic.</p><br><p>Join David Boldeman as he explores the journey behind the science with those living the stories.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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