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107 Ariel Waldman - Hacking Science

Inquiring Minds

Inquiring Minds

Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

4.4848 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ariel Waldman makes “massively multiplayer science”, instigating unusual collaborations that spark clever creations for science and space exploration.On the show this week we talk to her about Science Hack Day, Spacehack.org, how she ended up working for NASA, and much more.This episode also features a follow-up interview with last week’s guest Brad Bushman on video games and violence.http://patreon.com/inquiringmindsSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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0:00.0

It's Friday, October 23rd, 2015, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds.

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I'm Indra Viscontas.

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And I'm Kishoreh.

0:08.3

Each week, we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science, politics, and society collide.

0:14.0

We endeavor to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it all matters.

0:17.5

You can find us online at motherjones.com slash inquiringshow.com or inquiringshow.com. And you can find us on Patreon at patreon.com slash inquiring minds

0:25.7

or Twitter at InquiringShow and on Facebook. And you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or any

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other podcasting app.

0:41.4

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And they're offering Inquiring Minds listeners an offer to try the Great Courses Plus for free

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That's the greatcoursesplus.com slash inquiring minds.

1:16.6

Now, if you're one of our regular listeners, you'll know that last week we interviewed

1:19.9

social psychologist Brad Bushman, who talked about guns and violence and video games.

1:26.7

And we had a few comments from our listeners that we wanted to

1:29.6

address. And Kishore and I at the end of the show also talked about how we weren't sure how

1:34.4

the social psychologists measured violence in particular. We understood that they measured

1:39.4

aggression, but we weren't quite sure how then that translated into actual physical violence.

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