As a fellow with Brains On! a science podcast for kids from American Public Media, I produced a series of episodes focused on water to support a water monitoring project I spearheaded in conjunction with American Public Media’s Water Main initiative.
What’s in your water?
How does water get polluted? In this episode of Brains On! we take a ride through the water cycle and learn about the Flint water crisis
Chris Hsu for APM
The Wonderful weirdness of water
Water may seem boring, but behind its bland appearance is a wonderfully weird substance that behaves in unexpected ways
More Brains On!
Here are some of the episodes I helped produce. Segments I produced and/or voiced myself are indicated in parentheses.
“Killer farts of the beaded lacewing” (17:10-20:42)
“How did we discover plate tectonics?” (18:55-22:30; 25:32-28:57)
“Evolution of teeth” (15:20-22:30)
“The story of Mary Anning” (25:44-31:37)
“Nocturnal animals and the origin of mammals” (16:00-22:00)
“Why do crickets chirp?” (34:20-36:00)