{"id":2543,"date":"2012-09-26T01:46:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T05:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2012-09-26T01:46:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T05:46:30","slug":"media-empire-expansion-breaking-bio-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/media-empire-expansion-breaking-bio-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Empire Expansion: Breaking Bio Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"attachment_2544\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/media-empire-expansion-breaking-bio-podcast\/breakingbio2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2544\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2544\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2544\" title=\"BreakingBio2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BreakingBio2-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"Breaking Bio Podcast\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BreakingBio2-187x300.jpg 187w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BreakingBio2-313x500.jpg 313w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BreakingBio2-438x700.jpg 438w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BreakingBio2.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breaking Bio, the newest science podcast to hit the internet, with your host, Steven Hamblin!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have a confession to make: I&#8217;ve been &#8220;secretly&#8221; recording a podcast with other biologists from around the world and haven&#8217;t told anyone about it.<\/p>\n<p>Until now.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to share with you a new podcast having fun with (and at the expense of) science. Momma always said I had the face for radio and the voice for newsprint, so I&#8217;m happy to be putting it all to the test with this new media project!<\/p>\n<p>Breaking Bio was the brainchild of <a href=\"http:\/\/winawer.org\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Hamblin<\/a>, a behavioural ecology\/computational biology Post-Doc currently working in Australia, and he soon enlisted a motley crew of twittering scientists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gozips.uakron.edu\/~rm72\/Rafael_Maia\/Main.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Maia<\/a> &#8211; PhD candidate at University of Akron studying evolution of bird colour,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tomhouslay.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Houslay<\/a> &#8211; PhD candidate at University of Stirling studying sexual selection in insects and our resident eye-candy (or so I&#8217;ve been informed),<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membracid.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bug Girl<\/a> &#8211; Queen Bee of the insect blogosphere and provider of sage advice and witty responses,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mfhawkes\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Hawkes<\/a> &#8211; PhD student at University of Exeter studying sex, selfish genes and insecticide resistance in\u00a0<em>Drosophila<\/em> (he&#8217;ll be making his debut soon),<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thebuggeek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Ernst<\/a> (aka The Bug Geek) &#8211; PhD candidate at McGill University studying Arctic beetle ecology (she&#8217;ll be making her debut soon as well),<\/li>\n<li>Me<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve recorded 5 episodes, and have so far managed to slander a dead tortoise, compare notes on the grad student life, discuss the world&#8217;s smallest fly, give a how-to on academic bridge burning, and share stories from international conferences (among many other topics &amp; tangents). Overall it&#8217;s a light-hearted look at science and a way for us to share our passion while having some fun and unwinding a little!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a lot of fun to be a part of, and I hope you enjoy it while having a laugh or two at our expense! Of course, if you have a question or topic you&#8217;d like to hear us discuss, or want to join in on the fun yourself, let us know and we&#8217;ll be happy to <del>taint your CV<\/del> bring you on board!<\/p>\n<p><em>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ua\/podcast\/breaking-bio\/id542398755\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to the podcast through iTunes<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCU_Yj9SXhtHqwuyTT4bvEPQ\/videos?flow=grid&amp;view=0\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe &amp; watch the video version over at YouTube<\/a> (I&#8217;ve embedded the first 5 episodes here for your viewing pleasure). Be warned that there is some explicit language in each episode, and possibly bad puns.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLt21F1abq4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gdP4KYmmK7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XWQQ1ZpTJcw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MJBYMwBDB_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bO30ohfl7g4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a confession to make: I&#8217;ve been &#8220;secretly&#8221; recording a podcast with other biologists from around the world and haven&#8217;t told anyone about it. 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