Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBrains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B Cubed) is a collaborative project between The Daily Princetonian and Princeton Insights. The show releases 3 episodes monthly: one longer episode as part of the Insights partnership, and two shorter episodes independently created by the 'Prince.' This show is produced by Senna Aldoubosh '25 under the 147th Board of the 'Prince.' Insights producers are Crystal Lee, Addie Minerva, and Thiago Tarraf Varella. This show is a reimagined version of the show formerly produced as Princeton Insights: The Highlights under the 145th Board of the 'Prince.'
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Episodes
Love and Intimacy in the Digital Age w/ Dr. Thalia Gigerenzer
March 18, 2024 00:53 - 11 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode, Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sits down with Dr. Thalia Gigerenzer on the impact of technology and dating apps on modern interpretations of love. Dr. Gigerenzer's research as an anthropologist has focused on Muslim communities in India, including deep dives into the impacts of technology on relationships and courtship. Dr. Gigerenzer's Page (publications, projects, and more!): https://www.thaliagig.com/about-me --- Credits: Writers - Noelle Kim, Lina Kim Audio ...
Understanding offshore wind energy w/ Avery Barnett
December 04, 2023 05:55 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MBIn this episode, Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sits down with Avery Barnett, a PhD student from Jamaica. She works closely with her advisors SPIA Professor Michael Oppenheimer and MAE Professor Jesse Jenkins focusing on renewable energy policies in the Caribbean. Barnett spoke about her work with the N.J. Wind Institute Fellowship Program through Princeton, and how she hopes she can apply her findings to her work in renewable energy in the Caribbean. This episode of Brains, Black...
6G Wireless: A new method to reduce food waste w/ Atsutse Kludze GS ’26
November 15, 2023 04:29 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBIn this episode of B-Cubed, Senna Aldoubosh and Ria Tomar sat down with ECE graduate student Atsutse Kludze to discuss recent findings of how producers can use 6G wireless signaling as a non-invasive way to quantify and assess produce quality. The project was done at the SWAN lab, in collaboration with Microsoft, with the goal of finding ways to reduce food waste. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partners...
Learning, Sleep, and Spotify w/ Dr. Elizabeth McDevitt and Dr. Ken Norman
November 09, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBSleep is an integral, yet often overlooked, part of a Princeton students daily schedule. But, what does our brain actually do when it’s asleep? This is a focus of Princeton Computational Memory Lab. Dr. Elizabeth McDevitt, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab, likes to picture sleep as the replaying of a playlist of memories and experiences that your brain builds throughout the day when you’re awake. Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sat down with McDevitt and Dr. Ken Norman, chair...
STEM TA Spotlight w/ Rish Raghu, Jessica Jin, and Ben Zenker '24
September 29, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBWe asked Princeton undergraduates to send us the names of their favorite teacher's assistants — and they answered. Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond interviewed three STEM TAs: Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) PhD candidate Jessica Jin, COS Master's Student Rish Raghu, and Math Undergraduate Ben Zenker '24. They explain the demands of their job and how they balance the research and studies on top of it all. Listen in. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed)...
Senior Thesis Spotlight w/ Hannah Faughnan '23 and Imani Mulrain '23
May 18, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Simone Kirkevold sit down with Hannah Faughnan, a senior in the EEB department, and Imani Mulrain, a senior in the Chemistry department, to learn more about their senior theses. Hannah and Imani cover what got them interested in their topics, their results, and important advice for future seniors undertaking their thesis. This episode is a collaboration between Podcast and News in the Daily Princetonian. This e...
Material Design and Quantum Computing Applications w/ Grad Student Josh Leeman
April 17, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Noelle Kim sit down with Josh Leeman, a graduate student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. Josh discusses his interest in applying technologies from condensed matter theory to quantum computing applications, how doing research remotely during the pandemic gave him insight on his research interests, and valuable advice for students when making their future plans. This episode of Brains, Blac...
Computer Vision w/ Dr. Ruth Fong
March 27, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh sits down with Dr. Ruth Fong, a researcher and professor at Princeton in the COS department. Dr. Fong discusses her interest in computer vision and explainable AI, gives us insight into her lab's (Looking Glass Lab) collaboration with the Visual AI Lab to learn more about AI biases, and offers the valuable advice of 'finding your village' to students navigating academics. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Be...
Theoretical Computer Science w/ Dr. Pedro Paredes
March 21, 2023 10:00 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim sit down with Dr. Pedro Paredes, a professor and researcher in the Computer Science Department to learn more about his research with theoretical computer science. Aside from discussing his work, Dr. Paredes delves into what sparked his interest in the topic, and even includes a puzzle for listeners. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prin...
Immunology in Rewilded Lab Mice w/ Grad Student Alexander E. Downie
March 06, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Ketevan Shavdia sit down with Alexander E. Downie, a final year graduate student in the Graham lab, to learn more about his upcoming dissertation. Alec discusses his research with rewilded lab mice, a recent New Yorker article featuring the Graham lab, and advice for students pursuing grad school. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partn...
Noncommunicable Diseases and Socioeconomic Status in Turkana, Kenya w/ Grad Student Benjamin Muhoya
February 27, 2023 11:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Thiago Tarraf Varella sit down with Benjamin Muhoya, a graduate student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department to learn more about his research. Benjamin discusses his research in hospitals prior to coming to Princeton, his research looking at the evolutionary perspective of the trends noncommunicable diseases among different socioeconomic backgrounds in Turkana, and some exciting research results coming out soon. This...
The Mind of the Yellow Fever Mosquito w/ Grad Student Timothy W. Schwanitz
February 20, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.6 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Oyshee Lahiry sit down with Timothy W. Schwanitz, a graduate student in the McBride lab to learn more about his experience working in the lab. Timothy discusses his interest in insects and etymology, the research the McBride lab does, and advice for students in STEM. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsl...
Social Computing w/ Dr. Andrés Monroy-Hernández
December 19, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim sit down with Dr. Andrés Monroy-Hernández, a professor in the Computer Science department to learn more about Social Computing. Dr. Monroy-Hernández discusses his journey into CS, creative uses for AI, and addressing AI biases. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 146th managing board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter. For more infor...
Pathogen Detection Using mCARMEN w/ Dr. Cameron A. Myhrvold
December 12, 2022 11:00 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Ketevan Shavdia sit with Dr. Cameron A. Myhrvold, an assistant professor in the Molecular Biology at Princeton, to discuss his research on using CRISPR to develop new technologies to detect pathogens. Dr. Myhrvold discusses his experience as a Princeton undergraduate, his development of CRISPR technologies including mCARMEN, and hopes for future uses of CRISPR in clinical settings. This episode of Brains, Blac...
Jupiter's Auroras w/ Dr. Jamey R. Szalay
December 05, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBIn this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Thiago Tarraf Varella sits down with Princeton researcher Dr. Jamey R. Szalay to discuss the science behind Jupiter's auroras. Dr. Szalay also discusses exciting breakthroughs being madeby the Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE) in learning about Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B Cubed) was produced under the 146th managing board of the Prince in partnership with the Ins...
Social Impairment in Autistic Mice w/ Chino Eke
September 08, 2022 02:10 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this special episode of The Highlights, we interview Chino Eke, an undergraduate senior in the Neuroscience department. We discuss his senior thesis research, which was done with his advisor Professor Elizabeth Gould, a professor and researcher in the Princeton Neuroscience department focused on brain plasticity. Chino’s paper investigates two types of social impairments in autistic mice, and what this may tell us about the future of autism research. This episode of The Highligh...
Social Impairment in Autism mouse models w/ Chino Eke
September 08, 2022 02:10 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this special episode of The Highlights, we interview Chino Eke, an undergraduate senior in the Neuroscience department. We discuss his senior thesis research, which was done with his advisor Professor Elizabeth Gould, a professor and researcher in the Princeton Neuroscience department focused on brain plasticity. Chino’s paper investigates two types of social impairments in Autism mouse models, and what this may tell us about the future of autism research. This episode of The Hi...
What can vocal marmosets tell us about human development? w/ Thiago Tarraf Varella
April 04, 2022 09:30 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this special episode of Princeton Insights: The Highlights, we interview show host Thiago Tarraf Varella, a third year graduate student in the Psychology department. We discuss his research, which was done with his advisor, Dr. Asif Ghazanfar, a professor and researcher in the Princeton Psychology Department focused on developmental and evolutionary bases for communication in humans. Thaigo’s research investigates altriciality, cooperative breeding, and reinforcement learning in ...
Futuristic Nostalgia w/ Yeon Soon Shin and Rolando Masís-Obando
December 01, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBIn this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Yeon Soon Shin, who completed her doctoral degree in neuroscience at Princeton in 2020 and Rolando Masís-Obando, a 5th-year graduate student in neuroscience. We discuss their paths to graduate work in psychology, their research on how environmental context affects memory, and the virtual reality environments they created to test their ideas. This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Pri...
Talking Toddlers w/ Mira Nencheva
November 10, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Mira Nencheva, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology. We discuss her path to graduate work in psychology, the day-to-day of working with toddlers at the Princeton Baby Lab, and how the vocal pitch of a caregiver can affect learning early in life. This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Mira Nencheva is a graduate studen...
A 'bird's-eye' view w/ Professor Cassie Stoddard
October 20, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MBThis episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Cassie Stoddard is a professor in the Stoddard Lab of EEB. She can be reached at [email protected]. To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode player. This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeto...
‘Which side are you on?’ w/ Patricia Hoyos
September 29, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBThis episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Patricia Hoyos is a graduate student in the Kastner Lab of PNI. She can be reached at [email protected]. To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode player. RESOURCES: Princeton Insights coverage: The development of visual-spatial biases in children Original Paper: Development of s...
Decoding Mosquitoes w/ Zhilei Zhao
September 01, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBThis episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Zhilei Zhao is a post-doc in the Goldberg Lab at Cornell University. He can be reached at [email protected]. RESOURCES: Princeton Insights coverage: Infectious mosquitoes decode the unique smell of humans to pick their next meal Original Paper: Chemical signatures of human odour generate a unique neural code in the brain of Aedes aegypti mos...
Automating Observations w/ Talmo Pereira
May 12, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBThis episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Talmo Pereira is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Neuroscience. He can be reached at [email protected]. RESOURCES: Princeton Insights coverage: A computational model for automated tracking of socially-interacting animals Original Paper: SLEAP: Multi-animal pose tracking CREDITS: Written/Hosted by Thiago Tarraf Varella GS and Andy J...
Nematodes and Reproductive Aging w/ Nicole Templeman
January 15, 2021 21:58 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBThis episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of the Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Nicole Templeman is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Victoria and a Canada Research Chair in Cell Biology. She can be reached [email protected]. RESOURCES: Princeton Insights coverage: A C. elegans model reveals mechanisms behind reproductive aging Original Paper: CREB Non-autonomously Controls Reproductive Aging thro...