Metaphorigins

Connect with guest Rachna Gowlikar via Instagram: @hempresearchgram Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:10 - Segment 1: The Mean Machine (Short Story) 13:27 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Poetic Justice" (Metaphor History) 27:40 - Segment 3: Trust in Science (Communication Topic) 44:23 - Segment 4: Talk With Rachna Gowlikar (Guest Interview) Description I solve the case surrounding the orig...

Connect with guest TJ Mathuloe via LinkedIn: @TJMathuloe Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:13 - Segment 1: Rorschach The Rotten (Short Story) 14:58 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Turn A Blind Eye" (Metaphor History) 27:00 - Segment 3: Ethics in Science (Communication Topic) 41:33 - Segment 4: Talk With TJ Mathuloe (Guest Interview) Description I rotate the perspectives of “Turn A Blind Ey...

Connect with guest Mel Hoover via Instagram: @ TheWeirdCreative Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:24 - Segment 1: Apple or Chocolate? (Short Story) 10:11 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Go Viral" (Metaphor History) 23:23 - Segment 3: Influencer Culture (Communication Topic) 40:48 - Segment 4: Talk With Mel Hoover (Guest Interview) Description I cough out some insights on "Go Viral&quo...

Connect with me via LinkedIn: @kjbmercurio Follow me via my website Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 03:55 - Segment 1: PhD Reflections 19:01 - Segment 2: PhD Relationships Description As a memoir of probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do (so far) in my life, I reflect on why I decided to do a PhD when science wasn’t a genuine interest of mine in early life, and what relationships I...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Helena Hartmann via Twitter: @helenahhartmann Follow the Science & Fiction project via their website Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 02:11 - Segment 1: The Meteor Rise (Short Story) 09:18 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Once Upon A Time" (Metaphor History) 22:30 - Segment 3: Storytelling Scien...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Siddharth Kankaria via Twitter: @SiddhrthKnkaria Follow the SciCommSci Club on their website Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:06 - Segment 1: Zima Red (Short Story) 11:18 - Segment 2: The Origin of "State of the Art" (Metaphor History) 22:30 - Segment 3: Social Justice (Communication Topic)...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Sophie Elschner via Twitter: @SophieElschner Find out more about her career path via her website Check out her webcomic "psychoSoph" online via the website Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:05 - Segment 1: Honour or Manure, Peera? (Short Story) 09:24 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Onomatopo...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Alex Cloherty via Twitter: @alexgoesviral Check out her blog "Microbial Mondays" via her website See her winning FameLab International Heat Video on YouTube Follow the TOPX network initiatives via Twitter @TOPXNetwork Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 02:20 - Segment 1: Edison 2.0 (Short Story)...

Providing a quick update on life and Season 5 of Metaphorigins coming in May 2023. I also wanted to share that my short story called "The Climate Solution", part of a series of writing pieces under the Scalene Writing project, was published in the Canadian journal Health Science Inquiry (out of the University of Toronto). In this floating episode, I perform one of my favourite poems I&ap...

Compiled all the best lines from Season Four! Website: https://www.kjbmercurio.com/metaphorigins Timestamps 00:00 - S4E1 - Sinister Surprises & The Podcasting Meta With Megan Hanlon (PhD) 09:54 - S4E2 - Vulnerable Vests & Personal Blogs With Patrick Taylor (PhD) 23:00 - S4E3 - Intact Illustrations & SciComm Infographics With Laura Finnegan (PhD Student) 34:30 - S4E4 - Countering Counte...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Namrata Iyer via Twitter: @namu_r9 Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 04:14 - Segment 1: Mentorship (Communication Topic) 30:14 - Segment 2: Talk With Namrata Iyer (Guest Interview) Description I cannonball straight into the nuances of mentorship and how personal experience has shaped irregular perceptions...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Oisin Joyce via LinkedIn: @oisincjoyce Check out Irish Green Labs via their website Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:15 - Segment 1: Three Bears Wood (Short Story) 11:21 - Segment 2: The Origin of "The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side" (Metaphor History) 22:47 - Segment 3: Research...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Martin Sutton via Instagram: @marty_sutton Check out The Papa Zitas via their website and YouTube Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:14 - Segment 1: Climate Inaction (Short Story) 10:34 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Like A Broken Record" (Metaphor History) 20:02 - Segment 3: Hit Song Science (Co...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Amanda Bentley-DeSousa via Twitter: @abentleydesousa Check out Shawn Ferguson's Lab at Yale via their website Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:07 - Segment 1: Slap Shot (Short Story) 08:59 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Shoot For The Moon" (Metaphor History) 15:28 - Segment 3: Canadian Vs....

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Tiffany Lee via LinkedIn: @TiffanyLee Check out her lovely cats on their very own Instagram: @ollie_n_missy Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:07 - Segment 1: Cuttlefish (Short Story) 10:21 - Segment 2: The Origin of "First World" (Metaphor History) 20:08 - Segment 3: Political Correctness (Co...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Elizabeth Walden via Twitter: @ewaldenscience Check out the Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology (OISB): @oisb_ibso Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 02:17 - Segment 1: Work-Life Balance (Communication Topic) 24:36 - Segment 2: Talk With Elizabeth Walden (Guest Interview) Description I take a deep dive int...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Cassidy Swanston via Twitter: @scicommcassidy Check out the SciComm School Podcast and the Pelling Lab ! Check out Pulsar Collective on their website ! Check out Water Rangers and join their citizen science projects ! Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 00:59 - Segment 1: The Wheelbarrow (Short Story) 09:23...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Laura Finnegan via Instagram: @laurakfinnegan Check out her website to personally support and ask for quotes! Support Fighting Blindness charity based in Ireland! Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Segment 1: Literary Currency (Short Story) 09:55 - Segment 2: The Origin of "A Picture Is Worth...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Patrick Taylor via Twitter: @paddyktaylor Check out his SciComm blog 27000 Hours ! Follow the Saturna Marine Research & Education Society ( SIMRES )! Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:02 - Segment 1: The Next Species (Short Story) 07:40 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Wearing Your Heart On Your Sl...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Megan Hanlon via Twitter: @meganhanlon4 Follow the SciComm Collective on Instagram ! Follow Pint of Science Ireland on their website ! Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 01:41 - Segment 1: The Narrator's Paradox (Short Story) 06:49 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Speak Of The Devil" (Metaphor Hi...

Providing a quick update on life and Season 4 of Metaphorigins coming in September 2021. I also wanted to share that I participated in the FameLab Ireland Dublin heat, part of the qualifying rounds for the largest science communication competition in the world, and in this floating episode I perform the new communication piece titled, “You are more responsible of your hangover than your drink”. Ch...

Compiled all the best lines from Season Three! Website: https://www.kjbmercurio.com/metaphorigins Timestamps 00:00 - S3E1 - Damning Dues & Destructive Words With Peter Soroye (PhD Student) 09:01 - S3E2 - Handy Hindrances & Academic Ghostwriting With Sarah Laframboise (PhD Student) 19:36 - S3E3 - Seductive Streaming & Virtual Dating With Eilish McNamera (MA Student) 27:49 - S3E4 - Reliv...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Amy O'Callaghan via Twitter: @amyaishling Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 03:18 - Segment 1: The Thesis (Communication Topic) 34:14 - Segment 2: Talk With Amy O'Callaghan (Guest Interview) Description On this special Season 3 Finale, I argue why the academic thesis is one of the greatest piece...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Eugene Fletcher via Twitter: @eufletch Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 00:49 - Segment 1: Search & Romance (Short Story) 09:33 - Segment 2: The Origin of "Breaking The Ice" (Metaphor History) 19:15 - Segment 3: Academia Vs. Industry (Communication Topic) 29:17 - Segment 4: Talk With Eugene...

Buzzsprout Affiliate Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=891796 ​ Connect with guest Andrew Kam via Twitter: @apkam Timestamps​ 00:00 - Introduction 00:48 - Segment 1: Glitch (Short Story) 08:57 - Segment 2: The Origin of "What's Up?" (Metaphor History) 17:17 - Segment 3: Instant Messaging (Communication Topic) 29:09 - Segment 4: Talk With Andrew Kam (Guest Interview) Desc...