2008 Topics
September 16
Six-legged Solutions: Become Earth Friendly and Eat a Bug
Dave Gracer is a teacher, writer, family man and president of Sunrise Land Shrimp, the edible insect company
August 19
Monster Storms – Hurricanes in North Carolina
Dr. Ryan Boyles, State Climatologist and Director of the State Climate Office at NC State University
Dr. Anantha Aiyyer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine, Earth, Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina State University
July 22
From Papyrus to Nano-fibrils: The History and Science of Paper
Dr. Med Byrd, researcher in the Department of Wood and Paper Science in the NCSU College of Natural Resources
June 17
One Medicine Approach to a Changing World
Dr. Barrett Slenning, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State University
May 20
Genetically Engineered Insects: A New Kind of Pest Control
Fred Gould, PhD., William Neal Reynolds Professor of Entomology at NC State University
April 15
Going Green with Alternative Fuels: Not so Fast!
John Bonitz, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Marc Dreyfors, The Forest Foundation
March 25
Forests and Forecasts: The Effects of Trees on Climate Change
Dennis Hazel and John King, NC State University Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Podcast Part 1* (mp3)
Podcast Part 2* (mp3)
February 19
Altered States: Inside the Teenage Brain
Dr. Wilkie Wilson, Director of BrainWorks, Professor of Pharmacology, Duke University
Podcast Part 1* (mp3)
Podcast Part 2* (mp3)
January 15
Drought in NC — Outlook for 2008 and Beyond
Dr. Ryan Boyles, State Climatologist and Director of the State Climate Office at NC State University
Podcast Part 1* (mp3)
Podcast Part 2* (mp3)
2007 Topics
November 27
Our Future State
Dr. Robert McMahan, Sr. Advisor to the Governor of North Carolina for Science and Technology and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology
Podcast Part 1* (mp3)
Podcast Part 2* (mp3)
*To request a podcast transcript, contact Chris Meyer at 919.733.7450 ext. 537 (Chris.Meyer@ncmail.net). Please include the date and title of the show you're interested in.
October 23
Dinosaurs: Rewriting the Rules of Fossilization
Dr. Mary Schweitzer, Associate Professor of Paleontology at NC State University and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at NC Museum of Natural Sciences
September 25
Troubled Bridge Over Water: New research will help detect, avoid bridge collapse
Dr. Sami H. Riskalla, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction and Director of the Constructed Facilities Laboratory at NC State University
August 28
Summertime Itch: Familiar Pests and New Threats
Dr. Barry Engber, Medical Entomologist in the Public Health, Pest Management Section of the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
July 17
Our Runaway Universe: From Dark Matter to Dark Energy
Dr. Richard Hammond, Theoretical physicist Army Research Office and Adjunct Professor in Physics at UNC-Chapel Hill
June 19
Exploring the fascinating world inside the hive: insights into honey bees and beekeeping
David R. Tarpy, PhD, North Carolina State University.
May 15
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker: Searching for Proof in the Choctawhatchee River Basin
Drs. Lewbart and Deresienski on the natural history and recent detection of the ivory-billed woodpecker.
April 17
What can you do to "Build Green"?
Bob Kingery, president of Southern Energy Management, and Randall Lanou, Adjunct Associate Professor at NC State
University College of Design and founder of BuildSense, Inc.
March 28
CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer
Dr. Jean Beagle Ristaino from the Department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University
February 20
Global Warming
Greg Fishel, Chief Meteorologist for WRAL-TV, and Gary Lackmann, associate professor of meteorology in the department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at NC State University
January 16
Chaos
Richard Field from University of Montana Department of Chemistry
2006 Topics
November 28
Human Space Flight: Return to the Moon and Mission to Mars
Dr. Fred DeJarnette and Dr. Andre Mazzoleni from North Carolina State University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
October 10
('Tis the Season) The Truth about Bird Flu
Dr. Lori Hudson from the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Department of Immunology
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