Episodes

  • Ep 20 - Lizz Larson - Season 2 Ends with the Coolest Librarian EVER!
    Jun 1 2025

    Cool Librarian? Oxymoron? NOPE! For the good of education for people of all backgrounds and interests, Lizz has helped to keep public and scholarly libraries alive and ever improving. A Celebrity in southern Nevada, we end this season with a grand ol' time!



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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Ep 19 - Dr. Ed Prather - Educating the Educators
    May 31 2025

    Who helps educate the educators? Teach the teachers? Well Ed certainly does! A Professor in Astronomy and Director of the Center for Astronomy Education, Dr. Prather takes their blue-collar roots and ventures headstrong in the world of higher education!



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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Ep 18 - Dr. Steve Kortenkamp - Astronomy Made Tangible and Accessible
    May 25 2025

    Whether it's through visually stimulating presentations or by creating their very own 3D models for people to feel and learn, Dr. K takes their own chaotic journey and spins it around as a benefit to all students in their class! Our first Professor to be interviewed, we'll enjoy hearing their perspective from the "other side" of the education equation!



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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Ep 17 - Josh Shanks - Rocky Mountain Picture Show
    May 24 2025

    Nowadays AI has taken over most aspects of art, but not all is lost. We'll be hearing the perspective of one photographer who is *less* mad about it all and instead finds beauty of things with their own tools, desire, and ability.



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    41 mins
  • Ep 16 - Aaron Naylor - Welcome to Woo Woo World!
    May 18 2025

    With a variety of interests and paths from rigorous religion, business school, theatre arts, to teaching music, Aaron talks about what they've found is important in life. With a chipper attitude and not-too-forceful metaphysics ideology we enjoy a bag of laughs!



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    1 hr
  • Ep 15 - Amber Davis - An Artist Among Chemical Engineers
    May 17 2025

    Balancing their artistic and scientific minds, Amber gives insight both on what schooling in Chemical Engineering can be like as well as how being an artist in Southern Arizona has played out for her. Peanut Butter the fuzzy kitty gets involved to help round out the cast haha!



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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Ep 14 - Alberto Cervantes - A Friendly Force for Cyber Security
    May 11 2025

    First taking a tour to help fellow Navy personnel as part of the medical corps, Alberto turns their sights onto Cyber Security to help keep people well in a new regard. For those looking for a chance to protect others in this ever-connected world, here's one perspective on how it could play out!



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    56 mins
  • Ep 13 - Caleb Whitney - Track Star Crunches the Numbers
    May 10 2025

    Division 1 athletics comes with its pluses and minuses whether it's the opportunity to perform or time spent perfecting the craft. Taking Accounting-type avenues as a sidetrack with Track and Field as their main path, Caleb gives a perspective from the student-athlete side of life.



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    1 hr and 9 mins