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Lit on LitThe Final Chapter: 2025's Book Drops for the End of the YearCan you believe we are already at the end of the year? We can't either! But the end of 2025 has some great book releases to keep that TBR fully stocked all the way to the ball drop. Join us today as we talk September through December book releases that we couldn't wait to add to our own stacks. Tell us some of the books you are adding to your shelves to get you through the holiday season!Amanda's September Books Kissed By the Gods by Caty Rogan Wild Card by Elsie Silver Primal of Blood and Ash...
2025-10-291h 12
Buenos días madresferaY yo con estos comics con @estasbarbas: Novedades de noviembre con @PaniniComicsEsp @MAEVAyoung @EdAstronaveEpisodio 1180Nueva sesión comiquera dedicada a las novedades del sector infantil y juvenil del pasado mes de noviembre, y que nos trae como siempre Sem Campón, de Y yo con estas barbas.Las novedades que nos trae son:- Panini: DON MIKI_Especial fútbol VV.AA.¡El fútbol, según Disney! Una guía única, con explicaciones, consejos y sugerencias para aprender la teoría y mejorar la práctica, intercalados con tres historietas de los míticos Patos de Disney, ambientadas en el mundo del fútbol.Maeva Young...
2022-12-231h 14
Roots to STEM PodcastS2E9: Invertebrates, museums, windsurfing and more with Dr. Gonzalo GiribetIn this episode, we’re hearing from Dr. Gonzalo Giribet, who is a Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Curator of Invertebrates and Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Gonzalo received his bachelor’s degree and his PhD from the University of Barcelona, then did his postdoc at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. While there, his postdoc advisor convinced him to apply for a faculty position at Harvard, which he got, and he has been at Harvard ever since. Gonzalo was an early adopter of the idea of molecular phylogenetics, which he has...
2022-02-1844 minRoots to STEM PodcastS2E8: Dr. Paula Welander on geobiology, archaea, and how to come up with good questionsIn today’s episode we’re talking to Dr. Paula Welander, an Associate Professor in the Earth Systems Science Department at Stanford University. Although she is now a tenured professor at Stanford, this certainly wasn’t the plan from the start. Paula’s parents immigrated from Mexico in the hopes of giving their family a better life, and they really encouraged her to go to college and to pursue one of two careers, medicine or law. So Paula went to Occidental College with medicine in mind, however that path shifted when she worked in a microbiology lab and realized that res...
2022-02-0444 minRoots to STEM PodcastS2E7: The value of PhD soft skills with Dr. Rebecca Shaw, Chief Scientist at the World Wildlife FundIn this week’s episode, we’re hearing from Dr. Rebecca Shaw, the Chief Scientist at the World Wildlife Fund. Rebecca received her MA in environmental policy and her PhD in energy and resources from UC Berkeley. After finishing her PhD, Rebecca did a postdoc at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford, and then worked at the Nature Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund before moving to her current role at WWF.
Some of the things we talk about in this episode include:
Rebecca’s decision to turn down a faculty position and instead pursue a caree...
2022-01-2151 minRoots to STEM PodcastBonus: STEM Grad School Interview Tips & AdviceIn this bonus episode, Steph shares some tips for grad school interviews. This episode is broken down into advice for before, during, and after the interviews.
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Hi Dr. (NAME),
It was so great to meet you on Friday. Thanks for taking the time to talk with me and discuss your research and what life in (LOCATION) is like. I think being able to work with yourself and Dr. (NAME) would be a really g...
2022-01-1429 minRoots to STEM PodcastS2E6: The silver lining of ”no” with PhD student Nixon ArauzIn this episode, we’re talking with Nixon Arauz, who is a PhD Student in Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Nixon’s personal experiences have shown him how important things like housing, education, and local politics are for health and wellbeing and has prompted him to become a passionate advocate for improving social determinants of health through his research. Nixon got his bachelor’s degree from Cornell, and a Master’s degree from Columbia. After this he worked at the Office of Health Equity within the Division of STD Prevention at the Center f...
2022-01-0747 minRoots to STEM PodcastS2E5: Jorge Ramos, PhD, Assoc. Dir. for Environmental Ed, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford UniversityDr. Jorge Ramos is the Associate Director for Environmental Education at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve of Stanford University. Jorge earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Texas at El Paso and a Master of Science degree at the University of Washington. He then completed his PhD at Arizona State University where he studied biogeochemical cycling in wetland ecosystems. After his PhD, Jorge worked for the non-profit Conservation International, where he developed and managed coastal ecosystem conservation projects around the world. Jorge now combines his scientific expertise with his teaching and communication skills in his current...
2021-12-1746 minRoots to STEM PodcastS2E4: Shane Campbell-Staton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Princeton UniversityDr. Shane Campbell-Staton is an Assistant Professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Princeton University. Shane’s research looks at how human actions contribute to contemporary evolution of animals, including elephants, wolves, alligators, and anoles. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester, his PhD from Harvard University, and did his post-doctoral training at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne and the University of Montana. Shane got his first faculty position at UCLA, and recently moved to a new faculty position at Princeton.
Some of the things we talk about in this episode:
h...
2021-12-0346 minRoots to STEM PodcastS2E3: Bryan Juarez, PhD, NSF Postdoc, Stanford UniversityThis week on the podcast we are hearing from our first post-doc, Bryan Juarez. Bryan is a fellow amphibian-loving scientist who received his bachelors degree from UC Santa Barbara, his masters degree from the University of Michigan, and most recently his PhD from Iowa State University. After finishing his PhD, Bryan started a postdoc at Stanford University where he is co-mentored by Lauren O’Connell and Liz Hadley.
I knew I really wanted to have Bryan on the podcast when I heard about his thesis defense, which he held in both English and Spanish so that his pa...
2021-11-1948 minRoots to STEM PodcastS2E2: Lauren O’Connell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Stanford UniversityDr. Lauren O’Connell is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Stanford University. She received an associates degree from Tarrant County Community College before transferring to Cornell University where she received her bachelors degree. Lauren then completed her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin and after that she went to Harvard where she was a Bauer Fellow. This program is a post-doctoral fellowship that funds independent research for five years and prepares post-docs to run their future labs. Lauren is now an assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Stanford University and the principal investigator of...
2021-11-0552 minRoots to STEM PodcastSeason 2 Episode 1: Michael Snyder, PhD, Stanford Ascherman Professor and Chair of Genetics Department, Stanford UniversityWe’re back for season 2! For our first episode of the season, we’re hearing from Dr. Michael Snyder. He is the Stanford Ascherman Professor and Chair of Genetics and the Director of the Center of Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University. Mike received his Ph.D. training at the California Institute of Technology and carried out postdoctoral training at Stanford University. He is a leader in the field of functional genomics and multiomics. His lab was the first to perform a large-scale functional genomics project in any organism, and has developed many technologies in genomics and proteomics. He l...
2021-10-0832 min
TALKARTIVEEP#2 - Claudia Andujar, Green City Lab Barcelona, D'A Film FestivalEn esta saga de podcasts, Stefie y Carlos te recomiendan planes para tu tiempo de ocio.
Una mirada crítica sobre la programación cultural de la ciudad: cine, festivales, galería, exposiciones, museos, fiestas, eventos, asociaciones, talleres, etc.
Hoy,
1/ Una expo chulísima : Claudia Andujar https://cutt.ly/sbEDMJx
*ERRATA - Corrección de la guía (podcast : 3'13) : La cabaña Yanomami es un Yano
2/ Un concepto green y super friendly: Green City Lab Barcelonahttps://www.greencitylab.org/
3/ El Festival Internacional de Cinema de Autor de Barcelona: D'A Film Festi...
2021-05-0615 min
Roots to STEM PodcastEpisode 11: Priscilla San Juan“Try a bunch of stuff, and see which avenue you like the best.“ Priscilla San Juan is a PhD candidate in Tad Fukami’s lab in the Biology Department at Stanford University. Priscilla is interested in the gut microbiome of wildlife and the impact that human activity is having on those microbial communities and the healthContinue reading "Episode 11: Priscilla San Juan"
2021-03-2644 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 11: Priscilla San Juan“Try a bunch of stuff, and see which avenue you like the best.“
Priscilla San Juan is a PhD candidate in Tad Fukami’s lab in the Biology Department at Stanford University. Priscilla is interested in the gut microbiome of wildlife and the impact that human activity is having on those microbial communities and the health of the animal host. She has had an appreciation of nature since she was young, but was unsure what career she should pursue since her interests were so varied. She explored the different topics and opportunities available at her community college and so...
2021-03-2644 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 10: Nia Walker“I can’t count on validation to come from someone else, it has to come from myself.” Nia Walker is a fourth year PhD candidate in Steve Palumbi’s lab at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station. Nia has been interested in marine science since doing a fourth grade squid dissection. Nia’s love of marine science continued onContinue reading "Episode 10: Nia Walker"
2021-03-1243 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 10: Nia Walker“I can’t count on validation to come from someone else, it has to come from myself.”
Nia Walker is a fourth year PhD candidate in Steve Palumbi’s lab at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station. Nia has been interested in marine science since doing a fourth grade squid dissection. Nia’s love of marine science continued on through college and a gap year working at the Maritime Aquarium in Connecticut, and now she studies stress tolerance in corals in Palau.
Some of things we talk about in this episode include how to identify a good mentors...
2021-03-1243 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 9: Rebecca Hwang“You are your own most important advocate – you’ve got to be on your own team.” Rebecca Hwang is an electrical engineer working at Anello Photonics. Rebecca started at Stanford as an electrical engineering PhD student, but isn’t totally sure that a PhD is for her, which is something we talk about quite a bitContinue reading "Episode 9: Rebecca Hwang"
2021-02-2643 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 9: Rebecca Hwang“You are your own most important advocate – you’ve got to be on your own team.”
Rebecca Hwang is an electrical engineer working at Anello Photonics. Rebecca started at Stanford as an electrical engineering PhD student, but isn’t totally sure that a PhD is for her, which is something we talk about quite a bit in this episode. She got her masters and is currently taking a break from Stanford to get some experience working in industry and spend some time thinking about whether she wants to come back to finish her PhD.
In this episo...
2021-02-2643 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 8: Chris Perez“Start early, pick your friends wisely, [and] identify mentors.”
Chris Perez is a fourth year graduate student in the NanoHeat Lab (PI Kenneth Goodson) in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University. Chris started his engineering journey many years ago, helping his dad fix things around the house, and when he realized he might want to pursue something like this as a career, he went to community college to take some classes to become an auto technician. While there, his professors saw all sorts of promise in him and encouraged him to go to UCLA for his bach...
2021-02-1247 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 8: Chris Perez“Start early, pick your friends wisely, [and] identify mentors.” Chris Perez is a fourth year graduate student in the NanoHeat Lab (PI Kenneth Goodson) in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University. Chris started his engineering journey many years ago, helping his dad fix things around the house, and when he realized he might wantContinue reading "Episode 8: Chris Perez"
2021-02-1247 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 7: Aurora Alvarez-Buylla“Science is awesome, but life comes first.” Aurora Alvarez-Buylla is a fourth year graduate student in the Laboratory of Organismal Biology at Stanford University, studying how poison frogs take up toxins from their diet to become toxic themselves. In this episode, we talk with Aurora about how she transitioned from wanting to be an astronomerContinue reading "Episode 7: Aurora Alvarez-Buylla"
2021-01-2943 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 7: Aurora Alvarez-Buylla“Science is awesome, but life comes first.”
Aurora Alvarez-Buylla is a fourth year graduate student in the Laboratory of Organismal Biology at Stanford University, studying how poison frogs take up toxins from their diet to become toxic themselves. In this episode, we talk with Aurora about how she transitioned from wanting to be an astronomer as a kid, to doing computer science in college at MIT, to eventually finding her way to pursuing a biology PhD at Stanford. We talk about how to figure out the difference between not liking something because you aren’t good at it and...
2021-01-2943 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 6: Billie Goolsby“This gives you a unique perspective as a scientist that’s actually really important…it’s not you overcoming these challenges, but more like you make science better.” Billie Goolsby is a second year graduate student in the Laboratory of Organismal Biology at Stanford University, studying how poison frogs co-parent their offspring. Before going to college, Billie knewContinue reading "Episode 6: Billie Goolsby"
2021-01-1547 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 6: Billie Goolsby“This gives you a unique perspective as a scientist that’s actually really important…it’s not you overcoming these challenges, but more like you make science better.”
Billie Goolsby is a second year graduate student in the Laboratory of Organismal Biology at Stanford University, studying how poison frogs co-parent their offspring. Before going to college, Billie knew she enjoyed the open-ended question asking that science allowed, but wasn’t sure exactly what being a scientist looked like. In college, Billie participated in the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program at Boston University and through that, found a lab...
2021-01-1547 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 5: Eduardo Tassoni“This was actually the second time I was going abroad for more than a week – the first time was that three month internship, the second time was interviews, which was a week long, and then the third time is living abroad for my PhD for 4, 5, 6 years.”
Eduardo Tassoni is a third year graduate student in the biology department at Stanford University, studying cellular stress mechanisms in Onn Brandman’s lab in the biochemistry department. Eduardo is from São Paulo, Brazil, and in this episode we talk about how this has influenced his trajectory as a scientist, and how b...
2021-01-0147 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 5: Eduardo Tassoni“This was actually the second time I was going abroad for more than a week – the first time was that three month internship, the second time was interviews, which was a week long, and then the third time is living abroad for my PhD for 4, 5, 6 years.” Eduardo Tassoni is a thirdContinue reading "Episode 5: Eduardo Tassoni"
2021-01-0147 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 4: Nora Moskowitz“Therapy is a tool that I use that actually helps me both feel better and excel at my work.” Nora Moskowitz is a third year PhD candidate in the Laboratory of Organismal Biology at Stanford University, where she studies dietary preference in poison frogs. Nora is a huge proponent of mental wellbeing both in herContinue reading "Episode 4: Nora Moskowitz"
2020-12-1840 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 4: Nora Moskowitz“Therapy is a tool that I use that actually helps me both feel better and excel at my work.”
Nora Moskowitz is a third year PhD candidate in the Laboratory of Organismal Biology at Stanford University, where she studies dietary preference in poison frogs. Nora is a huge proponent of mental wellbeing both in her department and in her lab, so in addition to hearing Nora’s story into science, we also spend a lot of this episode talking about mental health. Nora tells us about her experiences with mental health in grad school, including having to leave...
2020-12-1840 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 3: Daniel Shaykevich“I think the other lesson I learned was that science needs good storytelling as part of it.” Daniel Shaykevich is a third year graduate student in the biology department at Stanford University and a talented filmmaker who incorporates science into his art and art into his science. Daniel tells us about how he has gottenContinue reading "Episode 3: Daniel Shaykevich"
2020-12-0350 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 3: Daniel Shaykevich“I think the other lesson I learned was that science needs good storytelling as part of it.”
Daniel Shaykevich is a third year graduate student in the biology department at Stanford University and a talented filmmaker who incorporates science into his art and art into his science. Daniel tells us about how he has gotten from his early stages of experimenting with plants in his bathtub to where he is now, studying the neurobiology of spatial navigation in cane toads as a PhD candidate at Stanford. He has had lots of fun along the way, including an inte...
2020-12-0350 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 2: Magdalena Warren“It doesn’t matter what your background is or who your parents are or what the color of your skin is, you can do whatever it is you want to do.” Magdalena (Maggie) Warren is a third year PhD student in the biology department at Stanford University, and also the co-host of this podcast! Maggie tellsContinue reading "Episode 2: Magdalena Warren"
2020-12-0246 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 2: Magdalena Warren“It doesn’t matter what your background is or who your parents are or what the color of your skin is, you can do whatever it is you want to do.”
Magdalena (Maggie) Warren is a third year PhD student in the biology department at Stanford University, and also the co-host of this podcast! Maggie tells us the story of how she went from being a straight-A student in high school to failing classes in college, taking a few years off and working, then going back to school and getting her degree from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Now Ma...
2020-12-0246 minRoots to STEM PodcastEpisode 1: Introduction to Roots to STEMThis our first ever episode of the Roots to STEM podcast, a podcast where we talk to scientists about the paths they’ve taken to get where they are today. In this episode, we discuss how Steph came up with the idea for this podcast and how Maggie got involved along the way. We also talk about what you can expect in future episodes. Expect to see episodes coming out every other week.
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2020-11-2706 min
Booked Out NutritionistHiring a Virtual Assistant with Caty KiddFind yourself trying to keep up with all of your back-end work?Ready to invest in some support but don't know where to start?In this episode, Stephanie is talking with Hiring & Team Building Coach Caty Kidd about hiring your first Virtual Assistant (VA). Caty shares the different ways a Virtual Assistant might be able to help you manage some of the tasks in your nutrition business, which will in turn allow you to serve more clients and help more people!In this episode you'll learn:- What tasks a VA...
2020-03-2541 min
2 Girls on a Bench the PodcastEpisode 20 - Write Club Coffee ClatchWelcome to the bench! We write on the bench, we snack on the bench and you guessed it - we procrastinate on the bench! Today we are joined for coffee and (gluten free!) muffins by activist, author and friend Stephanie Hammerwold for our monthly #BenchWriteClub Episode. Join us as we snack, write and try not to feel belittled by a judgmental chicken. Help solve the mystery of “Romeo & Juliet” and who sang it best in a parallel universe. Thank you to everyone who submitted writing – keep up the great work!
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2018-08-0148 min