This week, correspondent Teresa Chin takes us on a tour beneath the Monterey Bay to explore the sights and creatures of the deep. Cruise a shipwreck, learn how to pilot an underwater research vessel and hear more than you ever wanted to know a

Summer Dispatches: Lo on marine mammal rescue

Oct 29th, 2012

This week, Field Trip Correspondent Lo Benichou take us behind the scenes at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, where wounded seals, sea lions and sea elephants are nursed back to health with the help of dedicated surgeons, vol

Summer Dispatches: Becky on human-powered ferris wheels

Oct 22nd, 2012

This week Field Trip Correspondent Becky Palmstrom takes us to a festival in Taung Byone, Myanmar, where we learn how to run a ferris wheel … using people power. That’s right, if you haven’t got any electricity, and you MUST run a classic carn

Summer Dispatches: Laura on beach rocks

Oct 15th, 2012

This week we go to to the beach with Field Trip Correspondent Laura Hautala and her Science Mom. Yes, we said Science Mom. And don’t worry, it’s not in the least bit relaxing, as we learn about why the otherwise lovely gigantic basalt structur

Summer Dispatches: Nicole on wetlands

Oct 8th, 2012

We’re back with another installment of our “Summer Dispatches” series, this time starring Field Trip Correspondent Nicole Jones as she figures out how one plant in Arcata, California, is cleaning human wastewater … using a swamp. That’s right,

Summer Dispatches: Megan on wildfires

Oct 1st, 2012

… And we’re back! Welcome to Series 3 of the Field Trip Podcast. This time we’re trying something a little different – we’re bringing in our friends as Field Trip Correspondents. They’ll be sharing their science reporting adventures from all

The Field Trip Podcast gets real with taxidermy

Jun 4th, 2012

In this episode, we visit Leah Wade, the owner of San Francisco’s Quiet Science Taxidermy Studio, to learn about the art of making the dead live again … sort of. Wade specializes in museum-quality taxidermy that realistically depicts the look

The Field Trip Podcast stares into deep space

May 28th, 2012

In this episode, we learn about one of the most important — and the most emotionally charged — scientific tools at our disposal: the telescope. Telescopes have helped us learn about our place in the universe, shown us our first glimpse of what

The Field Trip Podcast hangs out in the garage

May 21st, 2012

In this adventure, we head out into the crucible of American inventiveness … the garage.Join us as we explore the backyard lab of inventor Ben Krasnow, a man whose list of garage creations includes homemade Pop Rocks, an ice cream freeze drie

The Field Trip Podcast drinks way too much coffee

May 14th, 2012

In this episode, we investigate the awesome power of caffeine in an attempt to learn what it is about coffee that we love so much, and what happens when you drink way too much of it.We start our amateur experiment in coffee science by meeting

New series of The Field Trip Podcast arrives May 14!

Apr 30th, 2012

It’s official … we’re back in T minus 14 days! Please put a big red heart on your calendar around May 14, when we’ll start rolling out Series 2, and then look for a new episode every Monday.Not to give too much away, but this season’s adventur

The Field Trip Podcast gets bubbly with fermentation

Dec 26th, 2011

On our tastiest field trip yet, we investigate the delicious world of fermentation and the bacteria that make it possible. We take a trip through Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley, where owner Alex Hozven explains the art and science behind fer

The Field Trip Podcast plays with fire

Dec 19th, 2011

In this episode of The Field Trip Podcast, we investigate fire, from the very small scale to the global scale. First, we get inside a tiny box with a huge fire to learn how the Oakland Fire Department deals with extreme heat and other fire-fig

The Field Trip Podcast goes fishing

Dec 12th, 2011

Captain Mike on his bunk inside the wheelhouse of the Miss Larene.For this episode, we head to the ocean to investigate Eric’s favorite thing in the world: FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISH! In an attempt to discover why so many fish seem to be disappeari

The Field Trip Podcast goes to Mars

Dec 5th, 2011

For our first podcast, we sent Eric to Mars. Well, that was the plan, until we learned it would cost around $20 billion. So instead, Eric tagged along with a crew of NASA research scientists as they explored the next closest Mars-like place

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