Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s
ASAB is a podcast about science fact and science fiction, hosted by two trans scientists: Tessa (astrobiology) and Charles (entomology). Every other week we talk to each other or with another trans scientist about research, interesting facts, whether aliens can be gay, science fiction, and maybe sometimes about being trans. Transcripts available on our website: asabpodcast.com.
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Episodes
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Our first guest is comic writer Melody Dickens, who has a background in applied biomedical sciences and science education. We talk about her experiences with research, with teaching science, and, inevitably, a lot of Star Trek.
Transcript and notes for this episode are available on our website: https://asabpodcast.com/2020/08/04/episode-4/
Melody can be found on Twitter @MelodyDickens. Her comic can be found @Schmultsy, and the first 200 strips can be purchased together on Amazon.
You can find us @cockroacharles and @spacermase, and the show on Twitter @ASABpod or our website, asabpodcast.com.
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
In this episode we use the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Chase" (Season 6, Episode 20) to talk about evolution, philosophy of science, whether life is governed by laws, and how extraterrestrial life might develop.
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Charles talks about biological taxonomy, systematics, and nomenclature. If that sounds boring to you, it probably will be, there's no hidden twist it's just about taxonomy.
A transcript is available on our website here: https://asabpodcast.com/2020/07/21/episode-2/
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
In this ep Tessa describes some of the background of astrobiology as a field, and talks about her own research.
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
A basic introduction to the podcast and to its two hosts, Tessa (astrobiology) and Charles (entomology). Transcript available on our main website.