Live from Baltimore @ Maryland STEM Festival! - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode #591
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 04/11/2016

Episode #591 — Welcome to a Very, Very Special TWIS, LIVE Stream from under the shadow of the Domino Sugar and CITGO signs, at the Maryland STEM Festival (http://marylandstemfestival.org/) at the National Aquariam (http://www.aqua.org/) in Baltimore, Maryland — This week on TWIS (@TWIScience), hosts Dr. Kiki (@drkiki), Blair Bazdarich (@blairsmenagerie) & Justin Jackson (@jacksonfly) discuss this week's science news.

Dr. Kiki, Blair, & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories:

(0:00) - Recording Start
(0:07) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki.
(0:39) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(1:29) - Opening Theme Music.
(2:02) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. Thanks to Maryland STEM Festival organizer, Phil Regowsky.

Onto the stories —
(4:20) - Violent, Vaporizing Impact May Explain Moon's Mysterious Tilt, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/d5s4p5 (see also — https://goo.gl/0anAOV  &  https://goo.gl/b7AJ8o)
(and remember — we LOVE the moon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MZNEXrElw)

And now the first Interview! 
(8:32) - Intro of first Interview with Laura Bankey, Director of Conservation at the National Aquarium (favorite animal? Sea Turtle, of course!) - https://goo.gl/hzqrzk.

(Ed. Note - many questions were asked, for complete Time Codes on Interviews for this episode #591, see —https://goo.gl/RrjURW)

(21:40) - How can people get involved & help with conservation of Baltimore Canyon? Dr. Kiki (sign the petition! http://aqua.org/baltimorecanyon)
(23:09) - Can anyone anywhere sign petition? Blair (Yes!)
(23:26) - Thank yous & Interview wrap-up

(23:44) - Cosmic Pasta! Justin - https://goo.gl/Ac7R2U
(28:43) - New instrument could search for signatures of life on Mars, Justin - https://goo.gl/udNxOB

2nd Interview! —
(31:18) - Intro of Dr. Robert Gabrys, Director of NASA Goddard's Office of Education, Goddard Space Flight Center (favorite spacecraft? Osiris Rex!), Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/efhbPM
(32:40) - Tell us about your job as Director of Office of Education at Goddard, Dr. Kiki

(Ed. Note - again, many questions were asked, for complete Time Codes on Interviews for this episode #591, see —https://goo.gl/RrjURW)

(46:30) - Will James Webb Space Telescope be an equally influential teaching instrument? Dr. Kiki
(51:25) - Thank yous & Interview wrap-up

(51:33) - And we're at the break!
(51:49) - Half-Time Theme Music.

(52:09) - Pre-sales on TWIS 2017 Calendars! $20 + shipping. https://goo.gl/1phr0L

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(55:46) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe).

(56:10) - And we're back from the break!

and so it's time for...

(56:17) - Blair’s Animal Corner (and what's that on the wall behind her?!)
(56:21) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme Music
(56:58) - Climate change impairs survival instincts of fish and can make them swim towards predators, Blair - https://goo.gl/pK4Urm
(1:01:10) - Midwater ocean creatures use nanotech camouflage, Blair - https://goo.gl/SU2GEd

(1:05:29) - Study reveals previously unknown component of whale songs, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/4XIpCS

3rd Interview - Shodekeh!
(1:07:46) - Intro by Dr. Kiki of Shodekeh

(Ed. Note - again, many questions were asked, for complete Time Codes on Interviews for this episode #591, see —https://goo.gl/RrjURW)

(1:16:50) - The Laryngoscopy video of Shodekeh (warning: not for the squeamish!) (see - https://youtu.be/JbrGag0raX8)

(1:23:26) - Shodekeh performs Live in counterpoint to the video.

(1:27:04) - Dr. Kiki requests one more performance with Throat Singing.
(1:28:26) - Promo of Shodekeh's album with Alash Tuvan Throat Singing Ensember, "Achai (Father)" - https://goo.gl/nCGs92 . Shodekeh's Facebook page: https://goo.gl/Rt1aMX
(1:29:52) - End Interview & Thank yous.

(1:30:07) - Show Wrap-up & Thank you's.
(1:35:08) - End Theme 

And that's all, folks! - no after show, they went for pizza at Zella's in Baltimore!

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