Recorded 4/22/2025. This week on the podcast, Jeremy is joined by James Faupel from the Bellefontaine Cemetery, along with Jenn Voss and Ariel Alan from UMSL Sustainability. News this week covers possible life on a marine planet many light years away, how community nature programs can treat mental health, and pumping carbon out of the ocean as a tactic to fight climate change. In honor of Earth Day, topic of the show this week covers Urban Ecology. Our discussion talks about how cities are unique ecosystems, the good and bad urban areas can do for plants and animals, and how we can support wildlife in cities as we expand.

Recorded 4/8/2025. This week on the show, Jeremy is joined by Dr. Morgan Farnworth and Casey Johnson from UMSL Addiction Sciences team. The three discuss a new type of pacemaker, lightening safety tips, and some recovered cameras designed to capture the Loch Ness monster from the 1970's. Topic of the show is all about addiction and Dr. Farnworth and Casey's work with Addiction Sciences in relation to substance use.

Aired 3/18/2025. This week on the 50TH episode of That Science and Nature Show, Jeremy is once again joined by the microbe master, Webster Heffern. News this week includes a potential cancer vaccine, how language interjections are shared across different languages, and a musician that specializes in making music through mushrooms. Topic of the shows covers celebrities in science, which includes talking about how how scientific celebrities came to be, examples of famous scientists, the good and bad of being famous in the scientific community, the ethics of being a famous scientist, and if regular scientists should try and break into celebrity status.

Aired 3/3/2025. This week on the podcast, technical guru Ray Kannenberg returns to the show to discuss news items of virtual reality tasting, tickling, studying projectiles for athletic training, and the latest measles outbreak. Topic of the show covers probability, how it feeds into our lives, how people view probability through good and bad luck, cultural views on luck, and how people can use probability to better their lives.

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Aired 2/25/2025. For the first episode of the Spring semester, Jeremy is joined by grad student guests Sarah Willen-Nelson and Erik Johnson. The three discuss bandages for plants, hospital sink drains, and the drone strike at Chernobyl in the news. Topic of the show covers Citizen Science, including its importance, our experiences with it, different kinds of projects there are, the credibility of these projects, and suggestions for how people can get involved.

Recorded 1/17/2024. For a Winter Break episode and fun way to kick off 2025, it's another round of trivia! Returning guests George Todd and Soren Johnson answer very flowery worded biology trivia questions from Jeremy for a shot at the trivia crown.

Recorded 12/2/2024. For our final episode of 2024, Jeremy is rejoined by fellow grad student Ketra Oketcho. The two discuss dinosaur poop, stem cell research on individuals living to 100, and sustainable Christmas trees. Webster joins for topic of the show on sleep and dreams, where the three discuss the meaning of sleep, our experience with sleep, what we think about dreams, and a lot of weird dreams we have had.

Recorded 11/18/2024. This week on the podcast, Jeremy and Webster are joined by guest and fellow biology grad student Soren Johnson. The three talk about artificial whale poop, CRISPR tomatoes, and the cultural significance of turkey in the news. Topic of the show is on shopping and consumer behavior, including factors that affect how we shop, what types of shoppers we are, our thoughts and feelings on advertisements, things that get us to buy things (or not), and if people are too materialistic in today's society.