Chit-Chatting and Questioning the World

Have you ever achieved a Guinness World Record? Well this month's guest, Jeremiah Harris, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest Venus Fly Trap and has one of the most extensive collections of carnivorous plants in the U.S! In the newest podcast series named "an environmental voyage," Ari converses with Jeremiah on his journey to becoming such a plant professional, and they...

In this month's episode, Ari brings back one of the most listened-to episodes (drumroll please) ... "How Plants See the World." Since it was so highly listened-to, she starts off a new season by introducing a new series called "an environmental voyage!" In this episode, she converses with Aubree Keurajian, a botanist and yard restoration consultant who was educated as an ec...

In celebration of Ari's book release of "A Curious Book on Curious Minds," she converses with Amy Zaslansky: the founder of Book Fairies. The Book Fairies is an organization that sources and redistributes books to under-resourced communities on Long Island, New York City and internationally to provide equitable opportunities for children to learn, grow, and thrive. All money made fro...

Ari converses with George and Lizbeth, two crucial members of the Be The Match organization: a community of donors, volunteers, health care professionals and researchers who deliver cures by helping patients get the life-saving marrow transplants they need! George shares his moving story surrounding how Be The Match saved his life, while Lizbeth discusses her role in being part of the recruitment...

Are you interested in advocacy? How about spreading your message across the world? In another advocacy-themed episode, Angel Cheng and Ari converse about advocacy work in countries all over the world! (These episodes serve as a hint to the release of an upcoming project). From founding the Xin Young Foundation to being a committee member of the Taiwan National Ministry of Education, as well as vol...

Are you an aspiring surgeon? Do you want to be in the military? How about an author? Maybe all 3!? Well today you have the chance of listening to Thomas Kelso, a current orthopedic surgeon who has served in the navy and is the author of 3 successful books! Ari and Tom converse about his unique journey in detail, including his time in the navy taking care of 600 men on ships. Listen in to better un...

Happy New Year! For this month's episode, Ari converses with Amy Dugliss: the executive director of the Advocates Incorporated organization. In fact, this episode is a hint into a huge project underway for the podcast. The Advocates group supports children and adults with disabilities and their families with one-on-one mentors, self-directed Community habilitation and residential supports. They di...

Ariella Rukhlin discusses turning back time with Dmitry Rukhlin, an author and time enthusiast. They debate both sides of the argument: the pros and cons of losing an hour of sleep. Why don’t all countries change their clocks? How is it that losing one hour of sleep affects productivity and health? Yet changing back clocks promote active lifestyles? Let’s talk about it.

Ari discusses immunology with De-Witte Orr: an Associate Professor in the Departments of Health Sciences and Biology at Wilfrid Laurier University. In fact, she is the recipient of Laurier’s Early Career Research Award, the Robert G. Boutilier New Investigator Award from the Canadian Society of Zoology and the Young Scientist Award from the Society For In Vitro Biology, in which she was the first...

Ari discusses entertainment law with Dr. Marcie Cleary: a partner in the Entertainment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit, representing clients in the film, television, digital and book publishing industries. In fact, Ms. Cleary has also become on of the podcast industry’s go-to-lawyers and was recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the 2021 edition of “Ones to Watch” for entertainment and sports law. Th...

Ari discusses emergency medicine with Dr. Portillo, an emergency medicine physician at the Texas Children's Hospital with one working eye! Despite the obstacles she's forced to face every day, she continues working hard in the most unpredictable field of medicine. You'll get to learn about Dr. Portillo's unique story, path in getting to where she is today, inspirations for getting into emergency m...

Happy summer! In a warm month, Ari brings to you a bonus episode! She discusses the most hidden historical truths and unique fun facts with Dr. Ayers: a historian who received the National Humanities medal from Barack Obama in 2013! They also play an odd game of trivia… How come Sultan Ibrah drowned his concubines in a river?? You’ll have to listen to find out.

What’s in it for you after college? In this bonus graduation episode, Ari discusses the intense world of college, graduate school and residency with Dr. Herman and Dr. Andrusier; who are the first same-sex couple from their medical school to be admitted as a match to Harvard residency! What's special and unique about their story is how totally different their paths were in achieving this goal. Ari...

The gut microbiome holds 39 trillion bacteria, has an incredible function, and is responsible for our health. Ari discusses all of the above with Dr. Leigh Frame! What’s the optimal diet to maintain a healthy gut microbiome? What is its role in the human body? How does the gut affect mental health? How do technologies allow us to analyze our own microbiome for the type of bacteria it holds? Check...

Why am I having the same re-occurring dream every night? What is the significance of my dreams?? Are dreams a sign of anxiety? Do men and women really dream differently? What's lucid dreaming and how does it work? How can I learn to dream every night? Are dreams a foreshadow of the future? Ari interviews Dr. Ben Rein, a current post-doctoral fellow, going into the neuroscience field at Stanford Un...

Ari discusses the mysteries of the sea with Igor Adameyko, who uses microscopes to look at sea creatures closely as his hobby. He has met fascinating creatures while doing so: water mite, Hydrozoan jellyfish, sea worms and z ebra copepods! Igor recently studied a sea creature made up of two organisms , one being a snake! Ari dives into Igor's recent research, as well as fun facts about creatures h...

How do nuclear power plants work? What’s the benefit of using nuclear power? Are there risks that are involved? In the past we’ve seen them to be quite dangerous! We’ve all heard of Chernobyl and the Fukushima Japan nuclear disasters... Ari answers these questions with Andy Paez, who has been operating nuclear power plants ever since his time in the navy and is currently disassembling power plants...

The brain is the most complex organ, well... according to our brain. What if I told you, it is possible to EXPAND the brain the same way diapers expand?? We can also fire specific neurons in the brain to find harmful proteins responsible for Alzheimer's and blindness using a new technology... Ari discusses these insane possibilities with Edward Boyden, the pioneer of Expansion spectroscopy and Opt...

College is a stressful subject... When should I start visiting colleges? How many colleges should I apply to? What is the ACT versus SAT? A Myth Busting game is also played: Do seniors really not have to try anymore after they apply to colleges? Is junior year really the most difficult year?  Ari interviews Mr. Kevin Carbonetti, the associate principal of guidance, Mr. John Madden, a school c...

Genetic Engineering: altering our genes What's CRISPR and how can it be used to edit our very own genes? Will we be able to design eye color for the children of the next generation using CRISPR? Is it even ethical to be able to edit our genes?  Ari interviews Sean Jackewicz, a geneticist and medical student. Two of her close peers, Hannah Ott and Christian Bier, join in on the episode for tri...

Ari interviews her eighth guest, Tom Seidler, as the fourth and last edition of the CAREER SERIES! They discuss Tom's journey of becoming an owner of the San Diego Padres baseball team. Tom also plays a game of Myth Busting where he breaks down some common assumptions about baseball. Thinking of pursuing a career in the sports industry? This episode is for you. You just might own the next huge bas...

Ari interviews her seventh guest, Derrick Wright, as the third edition to the latest CAREER SERIES! They converse about Derrick's path to becoming the drummer of Adele and other known music artists. One including a special someone of the last name "Keys." They play a game in which Ari asks Derrick questions about Adele to truly test how much he knows her. It gets exciting! There'll be games in all...

Ariella Rukhlin interviews her sixth guest, Rachel Culhane, as the second edition of the latest CAREER SERIES! They converse about Rachel’s role being Estée Lauder’s Vice President of the Research and Development makeup formulation division! Estée Lauder is a widely known makeup brand across the globe. Listen in to discover what it takes to earn such an affluent and inspirational job as a woman in...

Ariella Rukhlin interviews her fifth guests, Todd Alexander and Alex Kaplan as a first part of the newest CAREER SERIES! We discuss Todd’s and Alex’s business careers; Todd works in product development and Alex in sales and marketing. As well as the different ways they got to working in business. Todd has a shaky background and got bad grades in high school, while Alex was an extraordinary A+ stud...

Ariella Rukhlin interviews her fourth guest, Dmitry Rukhlin. They discuss a plant’s five senses; hear, touch, smell, see, and taste. Hear- plants are able to block out background noise to focus in on the sound of a bee’s wings. Woah, I can barely sound out background noise myself. Knowing a plant can do it more easily than me is frustrating.