Biosphere

Biosphere is a podcast that captures the curiosity, bewilderment, elation, and occasional frustration that we, Caltech Biology PhD students, experience as scientists. In every episode of Biosphere, we have unscripted discussions about the living world and our part in it. If you’ve ever wondered how things like poetic justice, fitting in, and instability manifest themselves in the biologist’s eye, join the conversation with our latest episode of Biosphere.

Biosphere is co-hosted and created by John Ciemniecki, Julian Wagner, and Lev Tsypin.

Contact the hosts at biospherepodcast@gmail.com, follow our RSS feed, and subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts!

Episodes

Mistakes

Mistakes can be disappointing and stressful, but are they also useful? Join our conversation to hear about mutations, the sometimes helpful mistakes of evolution, and how graduate students work through lab mishaps

Episode 7 Biosphere

Aggression and Fear

What if you had never, and could never, experience fear? It turns out this is the reality for some people. Would life be better, worse, or just different? Join in the discussion on the latest episode of Biosphere

Episode 6 Biosphere

Instability

Life is uncertain, and sometimes so are scientists. But that’s how we go from lively arguments to new ideas about the world! Tune in to hear competing theories regarding the emergence of life on our home planet, and a discussion of uncertainty in our own lives, as graduate students and scientists

Episode 5 Biosphere

Assimilation

Sea slugs have powers that exceed all expectations, and so do you! Join our conversation about how this power could be used in the animal kingdom and in academia

Episode 4 Biosphere

Fitting In

You don’t need a big brain to be cultured, you’ve just got to fit in. Even insects know how it’s done!

Episode 3 Biosphere

Poetic Justice

Parasites are found everywhere throughout nature. But a parasite within a parasite? Tune in to hear more!

Episode 2 Biosphere

New Beginnings

Scientists are nurtured in labs. Some bacteria are nurtured by their mother-cells until they mature. Are we so different?

Episode 1 Biosphere

Biosphere Trailer

Ever wonder how biologists feel about mistakes? Fear? Poetic justice? Tune in to Biosphere to join the conversation!

Episode 0 Biosphere