Host Gillian King-Cargile talks to Dr. Andy Norman, author of Mental Immunity, about how bad ideas spread like viruses and how we can inoculate our minds against them.

STEM Read Podcast: The Sky Isn’t the Limit

Jun 18th, 2021 42m 49s

Aerospace Engineer Mishaal Ashemimry, the first Saudi woman to work for NASA, and children's author Suzanne Slade discuss their love of STEM and all things space.

The STEM Read Podcast: Springboards For Wonder With John Green And Melanie Koss

May 21st, 2021 27m 35s

Author John Green has chronicled love, loss, and mental illness in his award-winning young adult novels like The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, and Turtles All the Way Down. He weaves wonderful stories in his novels and his YouTube ser

The STEM Read Podcast: Math And Physics Are My Superpowers

Apr 21st, 2021 42m 19s

In this episode of the STEM Read Podcast, host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) gives you an encore excerpt from one of NIU’s Future Telling Webinars. These free events bring together great minds from the worlds of writing and STEM to explo

The STEM Read Podcast: CRISPR, COVID, and Pure Curiosity with Walter Isaacson and Mike Jones

Mar 12th, 2021 40m 15s

On this episode, host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) explores the gene editing tool CRISPR, used to create the breakthrough mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. First, she talks with biographer Walter Isaacson (@WalterIsaacson), author of Leonardo

The STEM Read Podcast - Batman Is A Maker

Feb 12th, 2021 53m 20s

From clever costumed superheroes to persistent little girls, makers come in all shapes and sizes. Host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) will highlight new stories that focus on thinking, tinkering, and making. First, she’ll interview Ruth S

The STEM Read Podcast - Fake Ghosts and Meddling Kids

Oct 31st, 2020 54m 46s

It’s a Halloween Bonus! On this episode of the STEM Read Podcast, we’ll explore America’s deep-seated literary tradition of rationalism as it has played out in more than 150 years of pop culture, from the Dime Novels of the 1870s to Scooby-Doo

The STEM Read Podcast - Past, Present, And Futurism

Oct 20th, 2020 1h 5m

In this episode of The STEM Read Podcast, we’re bringing you an excerpt from the Future Telling Webinar series, STEM Read’s collaboration with NIU’s University Libraries.

The STEM Read Podcast - It Was Supposed To Be Zombies! With Daniel Kraus And Carolyn Ciesla

Jul 1st, 2020 41m 10s

Some people are complaining that COVID-19 is not the pandemic they signed up for. It was supposed to be Zombies!

The STEM Read Podcast - The Space Station Mom And The Stunt Woman

May 31st, 2020 35m 55s

On May 30, 2020, The United States launched a manned spacecraft into low-earth orbit for the first time in nine years. SpaceX is now the first private company to launch NASA astronauts into space from US soil. The astronauts are heading to the

The STEM Read Podcast - Fostering E-Empathy

Apr 30th, 2020 54m 20s

On this episode of the STEM Read Podcast, we’ve got three perspectives on technology, empathy and e-sports. Host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) and Kristin Brynteson (@kbrynteson) interview George Couros, author of The Innovator’s Mindset

The STEM Read Podcast - Devs, Determinism, and Maybe-Dead Cats

Mar 13th, 2020 28m 38s

In this episode of the STEM Read Podcast, host Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile) interviews author and filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) about his latest project, a mind-bending, tech-centric television series, Devs, and how

The STEM Read Podcast - LARPing and Learning

Feb 28th, 2020 52m 8s

In this episode of the STEM Read Podcast Gillian King-Cargile (@gkingcargile), Kristin Brynteson (@kbrynteson), and Melanie Koss (@melaniekoss) sit down with author Kate Hannigan (@katechicago) and game-based-learning expert Andrew Peterson.