A show where I meet and pick the brains of interesting people. From conversations with artists and academics, to industry expert and individuals with unique life experiences, you sure would be entertained, and you may even learn something! New episode every other Wednesday.
Email address: naturallycuriousfm@gmail.com
S2E5 - From Croatia, from Canada. With Cynthia Ashperger.
Having a foreign background is cool and people may want to ask what are you from, but when it's on the professional level, you sometimes can't help but wonder what is the motive behind the question, "Where are you from?". Actor, director, and writer Cynthia Ashperger understands that very well. Being from Croatia, she welcomes people asking her about her background in daily life, but on the professional level? Not so much.
14 Jun 2023
S2E4 - P-value, all of science hinges on that. With Kevin Peters.
Statistics plays a role in just about every field of science, and bad statistics will lead to bad science. In psychology and medicine in particular, we are now seeing the consequences to sloppy statistics in the form of the replication crisis. In this episode, psychology professor is here to talk about just that, solutions to the replication crisis, how to interpret and report results, and many more.
31 May 2023
S2E3 - Wild Turkey is Far More Interesting Than You Think! With Jenn Baici.
Turkey went extinct in Ontario in the early 1900s and was reintroduced in 1984, so naturally, this makes a great research topic. Ecologist Jenn Baici studies exactly just that. In this episode, Jenn talks about the population of wild turkey, catching turkeys, social interactions between wild turkeys, and more.
Jenn Baici's website (https://jennbaici.weebly.com/)
17 May 2023
S2E2 - So This is How It's Like to Have Lost Your Memories and Have to Relearn How to Walk and Talk, with Jenna Dakin
In a single minute, Jenna Dakin’s life disappeared. She suffered a stroke in December of 2021. The stroke left her half paralyzed, it caused her speech and cognitive deficits, and she lost most of her memories. Flash forward to today, Jenna is in grad school for psychology, and she is the author of her memoir, 21 Cups. Jenna is here today to chat with me about her journey, and her new outlook on life.
21 Cups Website (https://www.21-cups.com/)
3 May 2023
S2E1 - Theatre, Local History, and Life with Robert Winslow
"Professional Community Theatre", that might sound a little bit of an oxymoron, but that is exactly what Robert Winslow created with 4th Line Theatre. In this episode, Robert talks about why he thinks stories of local community is worth telling, his journey as an actor and playwright, and many more.
7 Mar 2020
Episode 11 - Computer Science with Professor Richard Hurley
Professor Hurley talks about how he got into computer science, different programming languages, why is C so influential, logic, and more.
Links for this episode:
Imitation Game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game)
C (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)) Unix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix)
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest (https://www.ioccc.org/)
The Two Generals’ Problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Generals%27_Problem)
Intro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
30 Nov 2019
Episode 10 - International Development with Professor Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Professor Akram-Lodhi talks about how he got into development studies, world hunger, food system, real food, the importance of education, how local development is global development, and more.
Links for this episode:
Haroon Akram-Lodhi (AHAkramLodhi) on Twitter (https://twitter.com/AHAkramLodhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
Professor Akram Lodhi's website (https://sites.google.com/site/aharoonakramlodhi/)
Oakland Ross (https://oaklandross.com/)
India's "Right to Food" Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_food_by_country#India)
Community Food Centre Canada (https://cfccanada.ca/en/Home)
Food Republic, "Why Do Canadian Eat So Much Mac 'N Cheese (https://www.foodrepublic.com/2013/02/21/why-do-canadians-eat-so-much-kraft-mac-n-cheese/)
The Lancet, "More than a diet" (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(19)30023-3/fulltext)
La Via Campesina (https://viacampesina.org/en/)
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
18 Oct 2019
Episode 9 - English Literature with Professor Stephen Brown
Professor Brown talks about how he was like when he was a kid, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, poetry, comedy, and more. Also, we went off on a lot of tangents.
Links for this episode:
Stephen Brown's Ted Talk "Why Shakespeare? Because it's 2016" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khVubNIgS0o)
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35031085-frankenstein)
Jane Austen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen)
"I'll give thee a wind" Macbeth (Act I Scene III) (http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth/macbethglossary/macbeth1_1/macbethglos_winds.html)
Edward Albee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Albee)
Iambic Pentameter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter)
Paul Muldoon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Muldoon)
The Newsroom - Encyclopedia vs The Internet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYrg6thK_I0)
Encyclopedia Britannica (https://www.britannica.com/)
Ian Brown's article on encyclopedia (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/an-encyclopedia-ian-brown-story/article35586033/)
Stephen Brown's talk about the Encyclopedia Britannica (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DlZ1-c6S0w&t=58s)
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3836.Don_Quixote)
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41817486-a-clockwork-orange)
The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy by Laurence Stern (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76527.The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy_Gentleman)
Derry Girls (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry_Girls)
Larry King reads the Bible (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSO0FEMd9sw)
Moby Dick, or, the Whale (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153747.Moby_Dick_or_the_Whale)
W.H. Auden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Auden)
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
29 Apr 2019
Episode 8 - Statistics with Professor Wesley Burr
Professor Burr talks about how he got into statistics, why is statistics a field of its own rather than a sub-field in Mathematics, natural science before the invention of statistics, p-value, statistics in education, and more.
Links for this episode:
Wesley Burr (wsburr) on Twitter (https://twitter.com/wsburr)
Wesley Burr | wesleyburr.com (http://www.wesleyburr.com/)
Time Series | Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_series)
Signal Processing | Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_processing)
Ronald Fisher | Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fisher)
Moving beyond P-value | American Statistical Association (https://amstat.tandfonline.com/toc/utas20/current)
Information Explosion | Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_explosion)
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
20 Apr 2019
Episode 7 - Talk about graduate school with Joseph Bogaard
Joseph talks about his experience as a graduate student, why he decided to get a master degree, giving advice for current undergraduate student who wish to do graduate school, and more.
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318 (http://youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318)
8 Dec 2018
Episode 6 - Talk about school with Kara Fitze
Kara and I talk about school-life balance, stress, productivity, and more.
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
30 Nov 2018
Episode 5 - Physics with Professor Rayf Shiell
Professor Shiell talks about why he came to Canada , quantum mechanics, human eyes, philosophy of physics, and more.
Links to the things we've talked about in this episode:
Quantum mechanics wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
2018 Physics Nobel Prize https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2018/summary/
The 10 trillion frames per second camera
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/12/at-10-trillion-frames-per-second-this-camera-captures-light-in-slow-motion/
Map of Physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZihywtixUYo
Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq0_zGzSc8g
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
16 Nov 2018
Episode 4 - Business with Professor Ray Dart
Professor Dart talks about how he came across business, entrepreneurship, NGOs, business books, and more.
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
9 Nov 2018
Episode 3 - History with Professor Carolyn Kay
Professor Kay talks about how she got into history, West and East Germany, what does it mean to be a historian, music and films, and more.
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
2 Nov 2018
Episode 2 - Philosophy with Professor Kathryn Norlock
Professor Norlock talks about how she became a philosopher, ethics, virtues and vices, utilitarianism, video games, and more.
Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
27 Oct 2018
Episode 1 - Mathematics with Professor Stefan Bilaniuk
Professor Bilaniuk talks about him in his youth, teaching, twin prime, Riemann Hypothesis, coffee, and more.
Intro music credit to LEMMiNO: https://youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318
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