Hey everybody! We're back with Episode 3 and we're visiting with our very own student, Kirk Balderas. Kirk is participating in the Plains Bridges to Baccalaureate Program as an undergraduate researcher working with obesity studies at Texas Tech

Let's talk Citizen Science and the Monarch migration!

Sep 29th, 2020 15m 7s

Hey everybody! We're back with Episode 2: Let's talk Citizen Science and the Monarch migration! In this episode, you will learn about citizen science projects in general, why they're important, and how easy it is for you to get involved and co

Back at it!

Aug 25th, 2020 18m 11s

Hey! We're back for Season 2! It's a new semester, everything is different, and we are #makingitwork! After last semester's closures and quarantines, we are thrilled to be back in our classrooms >with students< and safely doing all the science

Welcome to Biology courses online with Professor and Chair, David Etheredge

Mar 31st, 2020 24m 27s

Howdy! We're back with Episode 7: Welcome to Biology courses online! Our department chair David Etheredge joins us this week to discuss what's going on in the Biology Department in light of the #Coronavirus outbreaks and we talk specifically ab

Alumni Interview #1

Mar 17th, 2020 21m 39s

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We're back with Episode 6: Alumni Interview #1. In this episode, we are visiting with former SPC Texans about life after South Plains College. Our friends Matt Hamilton, Amanda Newman, and Rebecca Scott were able to sit

Cellular Respiration - How your body uses oxygen to make the energy you need

Mar 5th, 2020 45m 25s

Hey everybody! We're back with Episode 5: Cellular Respiration - How your body uses oxygen to make the energy you need. In this episode, we break down the topic of aerobic cellular respiration in detail and discuss how this process works to tak

I failed my first exam...now what?

Feb 18th, 2020 30m 45s

Hey everybody! We're back with Episode 4: I failed my first exam…now what? You know, everyone stumbles in college. It never fails that the week you have on exam, you have several exams, some on the same day. It’s stressful, and occasionally it

Stuff Students Say

Feb 4th, 2020 55m 40s

Greetings! We're back with Episode 3: Stuff Students Say. In this episode, we are discussing common student perceptions and misconceptions that can limit success in science courses. Megan and Kristin discuss some of their own experiences in the

About Your Hosts - Kristin Bingham and Dr. Megan Keith

Jan 21st, 2020 29m 5s

Hey everybody! We're back with Episode 2: About Us. In this episode, you will learn about your hosts and their academic stories. Megan opens up about earning her Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and Kristin shares about her experiences getting

Why Catabolic Conversations?

Jan 7th, 2020 7m 29s

Catabolic Conversations is a new podcast created specifically to help students and other learners understand general biology topics. In this episode, hosts Kristin Bingham and Megan Keith explain the development of this show, as well as what li

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