Hooked on Science Podcast
Hooked on Science is Julija Cubins’ passion project that also happens to a be a part of her dissertation at the University of Minnesota. Maybe a podcast!
Hosted by Julija Cubins, Hooked on Science brings you bi-weekly interviews with scientists about their research & findings 🧪🎙️
Episodes out every other Thursday! This podcast was conceived after she spent many long days and nights thinking about what her future as a researcher and scientist might look like. She realized that her favorite part of her Master’s degree was breaking down the research
13/12/2021
Why are w**ds such a pain?
How do the chemicals we use to control w**ds affect the crops that come later?
And a w**d led to the invention of WHAT??
Start your week off learning about all of this and more from Ethan Ley! 🌱 ☘️ 🌿
01/12/2021
Thanks to everyone who has listened to Hooked on Science this year! It has been such a delight to learn about 13 (!) new topics and watch the show grow!
There will be a new episode out next week 😀
03/11/2021
Octopus research in action 🐙🐙
If you haven't caught up on last week's episode about octopus behavior with Meghan Holst, it's a MUST listen!
Check it out on your favorite podcast app or listen at anchor.fm/hookedonscience today!
30/10/2021
This week on Hooked on Science...
Is it octopuses or octopi?
What happens when an octopus loses an arm?
And HOW MANY brains do they have???
Learn the answers to these burning questions and more in this week's episode with Meghan Holst, co-host of Sharkpedia!
19/10/2021
After learning about them in episode 3... I finally found kiwiberries! 🥝🥝🥝 These tasty berries are from Oregon, are the size of a cherry tomato, and taste like a sweeter, more tropical kiwi- maybe you'll find them in your grocery store too!
17/10/2021
If you've been wondering where science communication intersects with biomedical engineering and conducting polymers, look no further than this week's episode with Emily Schafer, one of the hosts of In the Spotlight!
25/09/2021
In honor of Thursday's episode on cryoseismology, check out Celeste Labedz looking official and science-y in the name of research and me on a glacier in New Zealand 11 years ago. Who let that child hold an ice pick??
24/09/2021
Bonus episode time! This week we are learning from Celeste Labedz again about some of her work on cryoseismology! ❄️❄️❄️
This is a short episode, so if you haven't listened to Celeste's other Hooked on Science episode, check that out too!
23/09/2021
Today is an extra special day because I was on an episode of
Planthropology 🌱🌻🍓! I talked with Vikram (who was on the last episode of Hooked on Science) about my plant science origin story, my PhD long con (making this podcast), and a whole lot more- Run, don't walk, to get this in your ears!!!
Find Planthropology on your podcast app or listen in your browser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/planthropology-936913/episodes/58-hops-the-science-of-podcast-98665027
58. Hops, the Science of Podcasting, and the Cult of Productivity w/ Julija Cubins by Planthropology 58. Hops, the Science of Podcasting, and the Cult of Productivity w/ Julija Cubins from Planthropology on Podchaser, aired Wednesday, 22nd September 2021. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/planthropology)
21/09/2021
Working on editing Thursday's episode, can you guess what the topic is??
The picture is a hint!
What's a wild blueberry and how's it different from a regular blueberry?
Check out this to episode 1 with Dr. Lily Calderwood on wild blueberries🫐! The transcript is now available in the episode description and on the website!
Have you checked out last week's episode with Dr. Vikram Baliga, host of Planthropology?? We chatted about water conservation in urban landscapes and science communication, and learned about how excess moisture can cause plants to spontaneously combust! 🔥
10/09/2021
What makes a crop spontaneously combust? 🔥
Should we use clickbait to talk about science?
Learn all this and more from Dr. Vikram Baliga, plant oracle and host of Planthropology, in this week's episode on understanding water use in urban landscapes!
27/08/2021
Episode 25 is live!
PhD student Maria Stoicescu talks about how she's using sociology to gain insight into people's Tinder use 🔥❤️💔
Learn about factors that drive app use, gender discrepancies, and how your data is used 👀
24/08/2021
New color scheme, new episode format, new release day!
There have been a few changes to Hooked on Science for season 2, but it's still the same little podcast! Catch the next episode on the sociology of Tinder ❤️💔 this Thursday!
23/08/2021
Want to read more about Celeste's seismology research in the last episode? Check out this article! https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6509/1338
Global quieting of high-frequency seismic noise due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures Noise from trains, airplanes, industrial processes, and other sources is recorded on seismometers worldwide. Disentangling this noise is important for extracting out natural signals, but the noise can also roughly track population movements. Lecocq et al. compiled seismic observations around the wor...
16/08/2021
Season two is live! Check out the first episode where I talk with Celeste Labedz about her work on environmental seismology!
And watch for a mini episode with Celeste this fall where we talk about her PhD work on glaciers and cryoseismology! ❄️❄️❄️
It's tiiiiiiiiime!
New episodes of Hooked on Science start dropping next week 🥳
Make sure you're subscribed to the pod, so you catch episodes as soon as they're released!
13/07/2021
Check out all the places people are listening to Hooked on Science!
Have international friends? Suggest an episode for them to listen to and add a few more countries this month 😅
08/07/2021
Hooked on Science is on summer hiatus! Don't worry though, there will be new episodes dropping again in August!
Check out today's short announcement episode for more information
02/06/2021
Hooked on Science blew past 2000 plays last week, and it is so exciting to see that there are new people listening in a lot of new places! One of my big goals for 2021 was to try and reach someone in every state, and slowly, but surely, it's getting there.
Thank you so much to everyone who has listened and shared the show with a friend/family member/Amazon delivery driver- keep on listening!!
28/05/2021
Check out this week's *BONUS* episode on open science with Dustin Haraden (who was on episode 21)!
Find ways to listen at linktr.ee/hookedonscience
25/05/2021
Want to hone your lucid dreaming skills? Check out the app that Karen's lab is developing for Android phones!
https://pallerlab.psych.northwestern.edu/dream
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory - Northwestern University We have developed a smartphone app for android phones, and you are welcome to try it out. Please note that our work is evolving and we may make updates as the research progresses. The app is called lucid -- click here to download it at google play.
18/05/2021
If you've been thinking "I want to hear Julija talk more," then you're in luck! I was a guest on another podcast called You Can Grad School and we talked about communicating science, how to get a job just by loving wool, and a little about multi-level marketing!
Check it out!
https://anchor.fm/ycgs/episodes/18---Pyramid-Scheme-Realness-Communicating-your-science-with-Julija-Cubins-e10uad2
17/05/2021
Want to decode this graphic? Go check out last week's episode on lucid dreaming with Karen Konkoly!
Listen by searching for Hooked on Science on your podcast app or listen in your browser at anchor.fm/hookedonscience
Figure adapted from Konkoly et al., 2021
03/05/2021
Looking for a short and sweet summary of the tiny house episode with Alice Wilson?
Check out her Tedx talk on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/iKWmlIDBdOU
Tiny houses | Alice Wilson | TEDxAberystwyth Alice Wilson is a PhD candidate at the University of York and studies an examination of tiny housing as a unique and emerging sector within self-build projec...
26/04/2021
Start your week off with a podcast episode! I had the pleasure to talk with Alice Wilson about her research on tiny houses 🏡
If you've heard about tiny houses or seen them on your Instagram feed, this is a great place to start learning more about them!
15/02/2021
Help me celebrate my podcast-iversary by giving Hooked on Science a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts or sharing your favorite episode with a friend! 🎉🎊🎈
12/02/2021
Have you ever wondered 🤔 if using multiple screens 🖥💻📱 affects the way you process information or why ads are so LOUD? Then check out the most recent episode of Hooked on Science and hear from Dr. Claire Segijn about her multiscreening research!
Have you checked out last week's episode on epigenetics and aging yet? Start your weekend off by tuning in!
Subscribe and rate Hooked on Science on your favorite podcast app today!
Why start a podcast?
Hooked on Science is Julija Cubins’ passion project that also happens to a be a part of her dissertation at the University of Minnesota. This podcast was conceived after she spent many long days and nights thinking about what her future as a researcher and scientist might look like. She realized that her favorite part of her Master’s degree was breaking down the research she conducted into accessible and digestible way for farmers, other scientists, and her friends and family! BUT she also realized that the way academic researchers communicate their findings are inaccessible, dry, and just plain boring. While it’s unlikely that the traditional methods of presenting a poster or PowerPoint at a conference or publishing a manuscript in a scientific journal will go away any time soon, what are some other avenues that researchers can use to share their cool research? Maybe a podcast!
The idea behind Hooked on Science is that everyone should be able to learn in a way that makes sense for them, and is convenient! If you have a smartphone, you already have access to an endless library of podcasts, so why not add one more? Hooked on Science will be your weekly fix to learn a little about the world around you. Each month will have a broad theme and each episode in that month will give us an understanding of some of the researching happening in that field. For example, the theme for February 2020 will be Horticulture (think fruits and vegetables), and you'll hear from four delightful co-hosts, who each work with a different yummy crop.
In order for this to work as a research project for my dissertation, Julija needs as many listeners as possible! Share the pod with your family, your best friend, and the person delivering your Amazon packages, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, so you never miss an episode!
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