It's been a few months since I talked about Covid-19 itself and this was a fantastic guest. Olamide Jarrett is Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease at The University of Illinois Chicago. She has spent a career working studying STI’s in women and treating HIV patients. She only took one break from that to go to the front lines during the Ebola outbreak. If she is worried about getting Covid-19, it’s probably worth hearing why.

Shane talks with Joshua M. Tybur, an Associate Professor in the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology at VU Amsterdam, about the psychology of disgust and avoidance.

Shane talks with Erin Buchanan, a Professor of Cognitive Analytics at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. They discuss the various ways language is processed and shapes our culture.

Shane talks about bees with Arizona Research Conservation Scientist, Kim Franklin. Where does the Honey Bee rank among the 20,000+ species of bees. How do honey bees compete with Native North American bees and why are they important to agriculture.

Shane reunites with musician, artist, writer, and host of Future Fossils Podcast, Michael Garfield. They discuss the difficulty of scientific communication and understanding data to make accurate predictions.

Shane talks about the evolving world of online education with seasoned learning designer, instructor, researcher, and trainer, Laura Pasquini. How will the future of learning change in the wake of a pandemic?

Shane talks about perception and threat with Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at The University of California, Merced, Colin Holbrook. What other factors, besides size and strength, can impact our perception of threat.

Shane talks about bats with Associate Professor of Biology at Southern New Hampshire, Katharine York. Was White Nose disease brought to the United States by a modern-day caveman and should we be alarmed about the spread of this disease?

Shane talks Forestry, the environment, diversity and change with the Assistant Dean of Community and Inclusion at The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies,Thomas Easley. Thomas shares with Shane his path into Forestry Science and how he brought his outdoorsman skills to the city. What is "Hip Hop Forestry?" Has this quarantine time made us step back, slow down and rethink what we may have been missing and rethink how we intend to live the rest of our lives.

Shane finds out what life is like living in a Biosphere for 2 years. In this episode, he talks with Dr. Mark Nelson, who is a founding director of the Institute of Ecotechnics. Mark has also worked for several decades in closed ecological system research, ecological engineering, the restoration of damaged ecosystems, desert agriculture and orchardry and wastewater recycling…

Kristina Durante research lies at the intersection of social psychology, evolutionary biology, and consumer decision-making. Kristina’s research program focuses on how our evolved biology (ancestral ecology and internal physiological systems) and our modern social environment interact to influence behavior.

Shane talks with Professor of Psychology and University of Tennessee Knoxville, Garriy Shteynberg. Garriy explains that human beings communicate by establishing a collective perspective via referencing common knowledge. How has this collective perspective changed during this global pandemic and how might it change how we communicate in a Post-Corona Virus world.

Shane talks with Professor Shawn Green about the concerns and benefits of playing video games during a pandemic and how they can fill voids and give people a sense of autonomy and control.

How has pressing pause on humanity given us a new look at climate change? Is this a fire drill for worse things to come?

Is this a chance to help our ecosystem or a threat to the regulations protecting it?

Who thought of this idea of the carbon footprint in the first place? What would create a bigger impact, change at an individual level or at a policy level?

Admittedly, I don’t talk about climate science nearly enough on the show. So atmospheric scientist Katherine Hayhoe was like water in the desertification. So enlightening and important. It brings me great hope to know that people like Katherine are working on behalf of humanity.

Raj Sivaraman is a comedian with a PHD in virology. He joins the show to talk about living in NYC right now, comedy, and virology.

Join us as we reminisce about the old days when we were all worried about herpes. Nothing like a pandemic to make one reprioritize. Sorry herpes! We overreacted.

Return guests Selin Malkoc & Joe Goodman are my favorite couple in science. Every couple has disagreements, but these two marketing professors put their disagreements to the test for the good of us all.

In the past we have discussed topics like how to make the most of your vacation and when selfies do and don’t help wellbeing. I check back in to talk about what their research says about quarantine life.

Sleep researcher Zlatan Krizan shares his thoughts on how the quarantine is impacting people’s sleep. What might happen if more people stop using alarm clocks?

Let’s learn about sleep's impact on the immune system and what we can do to improve both.

Dr. Križan is a Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University and an affiliate of the Center for Study of Violence. He directs the Sleep, Self, and Personality Laboratory (SSPeL) that examines how sleep and personality intersect with social behavior and self-regulation.

Shane finishes his conversation with Author, Podcaster, and Professor, Peter McGraw. They share open mic stories and strategies that apply to their experiences in the comedy world and the entertainment industry. What is "success?"

Shane finishes his conversation with Author, Podcaster, and Professor, Peter McGraw. They share open mic stories and strategies that apply to their experiences in the comedy world and the entertainment industry. What is "success?"

Nidhi Agrawal is a marketing superhero using her powers for the good of public health.

Why don't we think bad things can happen to us? Why do we assume that when bad things happen to others, it's their fault?

Can we guilt someone into making the right choices? When might that work? When might it backfire?

Nidhi Agrawal is a Professor of Marketing at the Foster School of Business at The University of Washington. Nidhi Agrawal | Foster School of Business