Sci_Burst
By Sci_Burst
Sci_BurstMay 02, 2024
S2 E1: Science Goes Pop with Dr Anna-Sophie Jurgens
Welcome to Sci_Burst Season 2! We're kicking off this season by talking all things popular culture, science, and how the two combine in weird, wacky and wonderful ways!
Our very first guest Dr Anna-Sophie Jurgens from the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science joins us to talk about circus, clowns, and even science tattoos...
We hope you come away from this episode with curiosity for the unexpected places that science appears inside and outside academia.
Add to the conversation! Let us know your thoughts on our socials @sci_burst or via our gmail sciburstpodcast@gmail.com ✨ Stay nerdy and we’ll see you in the next episode of Season 2!
16. Solarpunk - Radical Sustainability
This one’s a little intro to the emerging sci-fi subgenre, aesthetic, and movement that is ☀️ Solarpunk ☀️ Join us in exploring solarpunk worlds in pop culture, where we might see them in the near future, and what a harmonious relationship between nature, community, and technology can look like.
As always, let us know your thoughts on our socials @sci_burst or via our gmail sciburstpodcast@gmail.com ✨ And while we are taking a break from releasing episodes for a little bit, we will be very contactable and active online.
Stay nerdy and we’ll see you in Season 2!
15. What Makes a Hero? - Science in Comic Characters
14. Elemental Stories - Ancient Chemistry & Magic
13. Mars, Board Games, & Space Colonisation
12. Street Art & Science Engagement
11. Queer Science - Depictions in Fiction & Beyond
Proudly announcing that episode 11 has come out 🌈💖💅
#HappyPride
Join us as we dive into depictions of queerness in science, both in sci-fi & beyond! We chat about what types of media have great LGBTQIA+ characters, what identities are depicted, and why this representation isn't more prevalent in mainstream media.
We also chat about the blossoming movement to queer science, and particularly to queer science communication! The future is bright!
10. Xenotransplants - Human-Animal Organ Transplantation
Welcome to our 10th Episode of Sci_Burst, where we delve into the horror-coded topic that is Xenotransplantation. Yep, you heard us - we're talking fiction and realities of human and animal organ transplants! Explore with us from classics like H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau to modern masterpieces such as Margret Atwood's Oryx and Crake. Though this is our 10th episode, it is our first one to touch properly on Medical Science, so get keen.
There is a content warning on this one for gore, graphic descriptions, and animal cruelty.
Be kind to yourselves
9. Magic Trees
8. Cyberfeminism - Cyborgs, Technology, & Women
... and if none of that means anything to you (yet!), you're truly in for a treat.
7. Mysteries and Puzzles - The Art and/or Science Of
Murder mysteries and detective fiction have long been prominent genres in pop culture, from Sherlock Holmes stories to Agatha Christie adaptations. Knives Out and Glass Onion were perhaps the biggest mystery films released in the last couple years. Join us in unravelling the parallels between murder mystery fiction and something we know, love, and hold very dear: science!
6. Sounds of Science - Data Sonification and Music Parody
Kick off 2023 with us by jumping into the stunning world of science sounds! This rhythmic episode will have you looking at science in a whole new way after experiencing the electric beauty that is data sonification
In a funky key change, we also explore music parodies and how these may just be some of the biggest ear-worms ever!
Put on your headphones and crank up the volume! Let's start this year off with a boogie!!!!
5. Festive Wishes - Realities of Wishing and Believing
We're wrapping up the year by talking about the psychology behind our hopes and dreams, with a little festive season twist! Explore the realities of wishing and believing with Isabel and Ella in this episode of Sci_Burst.
We'd love to know where else has wishing come up in pop culture for you? What are your new year’s resolutions? And will they change after this episode?
Thank you all for supporting the first 6 months of Sci_Burst with us, we can't wait to dive into more science and popular culture next year with you
4. Cream of the Crop - Farming Simulation Games
If you’re an Animal Crossing stan, a Stardew Valley farmer, a Minecraft participatory planner or a cosy gamer - this is the podcast episode for you!
Who knew gaming could be so educational? We did! (Just kidding, these are new ideas for us too)
3. STEM Girls in 2000s Teen Media - The Limit Does Not Exist
2. Multiverses Everywhere All at Once
Welcome to our anticipated episode on science and the multiverse trend in pop culture! Join us in exploring quantum theory, the sci-fi hit "Everything Everywhere All at Once", and why we're all so obsessed with alternate realities.
1. Pokémon - Pop Goes the Sneasel
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