Music Meets Science

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

What happens when a scientist is also a musician? For Barbara McClintock, the combination may have led the way to a Nobel Prize in genetics. Science historian Jocelyn Bosley tells us the story of Barbara’s remarkable life, and how her experience playing banjo in a jazz band (yes) helped her discover “jumping genes.” This is a very musical episode, with special guest jazz banjoist Mick Sullivan of The Past & The Curious! We highly recommend his history podcast. Want to hear more from our interview with Jocelyn? Listen to our exclusive interview episode on Patreon, available to those who pledge just $1 or more a month! We have more resources to learn about Barbara McClintock on our website, as well as links to Jocelyn’s podcast, Science! With Friends. Just go to sciencepodcastforkids.com!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:03.2	And I'm Marshall.
0:04.2	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:07.8	Today, we have the story of a noble prize winner whose love of music might have helped
0:13.1	her make a discovery decades before other scientists caught up.
0:17.6	Wow, who's the scientist?
0:19.4	Her name is Barbara McClendonk.
0:21.8	Her discovery changed the way we think about genetics, but not too many people know that
0:26.9	she also played the Jazz Banjo.
0:29.6	Again, wait to see how those things fit together.
0:32.7	Tumble is brought to you with support from Anchor.
0:37.8	If you love listening to Tumble and you've always wondered what it takes to make your own
0:41.2	podcast, I've got good news for you.
0:43.6	You can do it!
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0:48.4	You can record, edit, publish, and even add music all in one great place.
0:53.1	Download the free Anchor app or go to anchor.fm to get started.
1:04.6	Maybe you should acknowledge that you have a calm.
1:06.8	Okay, if anybody wonders why it sounds so funny today, it's because I have a cold, but
1:12.2	we're good at March on anyway.
1:14.8	And introduce our guest, a fellow science podcaster.
1:19.0	Yes, so I am Jocelyn Bosley.
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