n = 61 In this episode, Tom interviews Paul Looyen, Teacher, YouTube educator and trivia genius about Physics teaching, science education and photography. You can find Paul most places as @physicshigh YouTube Website Instagram Twitter Paul answered the question that Alice Gorman asked about artworks and asked his own here. What is one biggest roadb…

n = 60 STEMpunk was given an incredible opportunity, to run an event for the Vivid Ideas festival called Significant Figures, where we interviewed a wonderful scientist with a panel or more excellent scientists, or significant figures! The panel of significant figures, Ivy Shih, Corey Tutt and Kirsten Banks, was to interview through games and quest…

n = 59 Dr Space Junk In this episode, Tom interviews Alice Gorman about the usual things like how you got involved in STEM and Space Archeology. We talked about her beginnings, some actuall space archeology and most importantly, we left plenty unsaid for the next time we get Alice back on the podcast! You can Find Alice most places as @drspacejunk …

Well, it is not exactly rocket sci...., Actually, it IS exactly rocket science n = 58 In this episode, Tom interview Matthew D'Souza about the usual things as well as his recent win at the SpacePort America Cup. This was a great episode with a young superstar of Science and engineering. This really is exactly rocket science! The Universioty of Sydn…

Shane, a microphone and Zeeshan.n = 57 What does Genetics, Boston, and being president have in common? In this episode of STEMpunk, Shane sits down with Zeeshan Siddiqui in chatting about his passions from his research in bioinformatics to inspirations about being a science communicator. Zeeshan is an honours student in the School of Biotechnology …

Dr Abigail Fraeman, Shane Hengst, Liz Landau, Tom Gordon, Dr Sarah Reeves.n = 56 On Tuesday 16 July 2019, STEMpunk went back to Wayward Brewery and were joined by special NASA guests for an evening of Planets and Parables. Dr Abigail Fraeman (Planetary Scientist) and Liz Landau (Science Story teller) and Dr Sarah Reeves (Museum of Applied Arts and …

n = 55 Action shot of Mitch being interviewed In this episode, Tom interviews Mitch Gibbs from the University of Sydney's School of Life and Environmental Science. Mitch studies Oysters and climate change. In Mitch's words, in this case, "climate change is not good, but not as horrifying as you'd think." After a very quick intro,Mitch and I chatted…

We started STEMpunk a couple of years ago, perhaps we should have done this sooner!n=54 This was a great episode, it was a chance for the STEMpunks (Tom, Christie and Shane) to talk about some really essential stuff like... Who is our Audience? Rule 1 of a podcast should be defining who your audience is, up till now it has been just...us! But we th…

n=53 Annie Handmer. Historian, Philosopher, Sociologist, Ethicist, Scientist. In this episode, Tom interviews Annie Handmer from the University of Sydney's School of History and Philosophy of Science. Annie studies things such as international science projects to figure out how people do science together. It's a fascinating topic. This is one of th…

Thumbs up Corey!n=52 In this episode, Tom interviews rising star Corey Potter-Tutt. We talked a lot about indigenous Science, brain food, animals and their superpowers and Camelids! A great episode where I feel like I learnt a lot from a different perspective on science communication. I was totally impressed at the work that Corey is doing, sending…

Artists impression of Ivy Artist: Ivyn=51 In this episode, Tom interviews Science communicator and journalist Ivy Shih. We talked a lot about science journalism, which is really great as it is a different perspective to what we normally hear on this podcast. A great episode where I feel like I learnt a lot about journalism and a different side of s…

Kat Ross with the little spidery looking MWAn=49 This is a fun episode with Astronomer Kat Ross. Kat has been working hard at astronomy, education, resources and Women in Physics and is doing really well getting the word out as far and wide as possible. It's a pleasure to work with Kat and great fun to interview her! Kat's research was on a Star ca…

Dr Karl, Jasmine Fellows, Tom Gordon, Dr Andy Stapleton, Professor Nancy Longnecker n = 48 This special edition was another STEMpunk live episode. This time at The Australian Science Communicators conference in Sydney in mid November 2018. With a huge collection of Science communicators and practitioners, we were able to gather a panel of experts t…

n = 47 @Starstryder This is a really special episode with a bit of a STEM hero, Pamela Gay. I saw a tweet from Pamela that she was heading out to Sydney, so I jumped in and asked if she had the time. She so wonderfully said yes. What a great connection. Thanks Pamela and Thanks twitter! Tom and Christie interview Pamela Gay, Science communicator an…

n = 46 Associate Professor Michael Kasumovic How is a Sex Lab, the Theory of Evolution, and ‘Spinder’ connected? Shane sits down with Associate Professor Michael Kasumovic to have chat about how everything revolves around sex, the positive influence of video games, the importance of critical thinking, and much more in this episode. Michael is an ev…

n = 45 It's good to get your herd on every now and then! Tom interviewed Kirsten Banks, amazing astrophysicist and big time nerd! We chatted about Brian Cox, Music, Astronomy, space and all the things. I hope you enjoy this episode. Kirsten answered our work experience students' question about going to Mars and asked her own, here: How can we impro…

Mars, cos we talked a lot about Mars. Should we go there?n = 44 This was a great episode. In this episode, Tom Had 6 work experience students and 3rd year Nanotechnology student Alison in to have a big chat. This was so much fun. Thanks to all for being a part of it. We chatted about Mars, Technology, Space, Robots and so much more. These work expe…

It is time... to talk with Anncyn = 43 The P Stands for Philosophy. In this episode, Tom and Christie interviewed friend of the show Anncy Thresher about philosophy of Physics, and about time too! We chatted about Anncy's research into philosophy of time, and her interests. We covered STEM, engagement, spacetime, and got pretty deep into what time …

Episode 42: In this episode, Tom and Shane celebrate a minor milestone with the 42nd STEMpunk episode. We celebrate by running through a couple of Hitchhikers guide tot he Galaxy quizzes and facts. Please enjoy. We tried the BBC Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Easy Quiz and the Minor Characters quiz. Try them yourself and play along with us. What w…

Vanessa and her Cosmic PuddingEpisode 41: In this episode, Tom talks with the Vanessa Moss, Astronomer extra-ordinaire. Vanessa knows her telescopes and was very informative to talk to. We chatted about STEM, Astronomy (lots of astronomy!), dancing Christmas puddings, Science communication and we said hello to our juice! You might remember Vanessa …

Episode 40: In this episode, Tom talks with the founder of Fizzics Education, Ben Newsome. Ben is a pretty interesting guy, and after listening tot this interview you'll probably agree that he doesn't really like to sit still for very long. Always up on the go, trying out new projects. Inspiration, innovation or insanity, you decide! (or a little b…