Latest Life-balance Podcast Episodes
Ep. 89: Ben Phillips
Bug Talk - December 12, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutesIn this episode Lauren Goldstein talks with Ben Phillips, who is a Vegetable Crops Educator at Michigan State University (https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/benjamin_phillips). Ben discusses his education and current job responsibilities working with growers.
Ep. 88: Stefanie Steele: Non-profit careers in Entomology
Bug Talk - December 07, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutesIn this week's episode of Bug Talk, Jen chats with Stefanie Steele, Pollinator Conservation Specialist for urban and small farms in underserved communities and USDA NRCS partner biologist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation! We chat about Stefanie's background and education and...
Ep. 87: Maxime Eeraerts
Bug Talk - April 20, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesDr. Maxime Eeraerts is a new postdoctoral associate in the MSU Entomology Department (https://www.isaacslab.ent.msu.edu/people/lab-members/). He is originally from Belgium, has a background in biological engineering and got interested in honey bees during his M.S. degree. After his Ph.D., he mov...
Ep. 86: Laura Ingwell
Bug Talk - April 13, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutesLaura Ingwell is an assistant professor of horticultural entomology at Purdue University (https://ag.purdue.edu/entm/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=lingwell). First, she talked about her path from dentistry into community ecology and then to entomology. She then shared with us her thoughts about th...
Ep. 85: Ke Dong
Bug Talk - April 06, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutesKe Dong is a professor at Duke University leading a research program on insect toxicology and physiology (https://kedonglab.biology.duke.edu/). In this episode she talked about her childhood growing up on a silkworm experiment station in China, playing with silkworms, and her mother's influence ...
Ep. 84: Nayeli Carvajal
Bug Talk - March 23, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutesIn this episode Zsofia talked with Dr. Nayeli Carvajal. Nayeli is starting her postdoc at MSU in the Entomology Department this month. She will be moving from California to Michigan in April just in time to see spring in all its glory! She completed her Ph.D. in Nov. 2021 at the University of C...
Ep. 83: Jannelle Couret
Bug Talk - March 16, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutesZsofia and Jean Tsao (https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/jean_tsao; former guest of the podcast on Ep. 62) cohosted this episode featuring Dr. Jannelle Couret, a first-generation Afro-Caribbean/Latina scientist. She researches the biology of arthropod vectors and the eco-epidemiology of vector-born...
Ep. 82: Megan Fritz
Bug Talk - March 02, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutesDr. Megan Fritz (http://www.meganfritzlab.com/people.html) is alumna of the MSU Department of Entomology. She sat down in person with Zsofia to talk about career and family. She chatted about being an undergraduate research assistant in an entomology lab, being inspired by the people around her...
Ep. 81: Ned Walker
Bug Talk - January 19, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutesDr. Ned Walker (https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/edward_walker) is a professor in the Entomology Department at Michigan State University. His work focuses on mosquitos, ticks and other insects important from a human health perspective. In this conversation, Ned talked about his life growing up in...
Ep. 80: MSU Bug Club
Bug Talk - January 12, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutesIn this episode Osten Echedor (MSU Bug Club President) and Nate Howder (MSU Bug Club Vice President) talked about everything MSU Bug Club related! Bug Club's mission is to provide a welcoming environment for students interested in learning about entomology to connect with fellow arthropod enthus...
#6: Be Your Own Boss? Answer This Question First!
Feed Your Tigers - December 14, 2021 17:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe global pandemic has shaken up our daily lives and routines. And now is a time that people are considering not just remote working—but venturing out on their own as a freelancer or by starting their own company. To be your own boss or not to be, that is the question...And this might be a que...
Ep. 79: Inga Zasada
Bug Talk - December 08, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutesIn this episode Zsofia talked with Dr. Inga Zasada, nematologist with the USDA-ARS based out of Corvallis, OR (https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/corvallis-or/horticultural-crops-research/people/zasada-inga/). We chatted about how Inga was inspired by her scientist parents and growing up...
#5: Get Work Done By Engaging Others' Tigers
Feed Your Tigers - December 06, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis show is especially meant for you if you need to get a critical task done and are finding it nearly impossible to complete it—especially when the cause is a small Administrative Tiger. That is when you don’t have much of a natural tendency to organize and complete work. Sometimes your motiv...
#4: Identify Your Strong Talents With Just Three Questions
Feed Your Tigers - November 30, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOne of the reasons you might not be achieving the success you want to achieve is that you are depending on tigers that aren’t your strongest ones. In this episode, I focus on why people you might be overestimating the strength of your talents and how it could be limiting your ability to thrive...
#3: Rock Your Role
Feed Your Tigers - November 24, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode, we explore life as a drama—a play of sorts—that provides you opportunities to “act”. We’ll see how sometimes the story that you are currently living is not necessarily the one that you want to be starring in—so what do you do? We’ll look at how you can get aligned with scenario...
Ep 78: Data Nuggets
Bug Talk - November 17, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutesOn this episode of Bug Talk, Jen and Julie chat with Liz Schultheis, Kellogg Biological Station's Long Term Ecological Research Education (LTER) and Outreach Coordinator and the founder of Data Nuggets. We talk about the founding of the program, its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how you...
#2: The 5 Pillars Of Life
Feed Your Tigers - November 12, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the second episode, I share a concept called the 5 Pillars of Life. It’s an idea I learned on my journey to India, one that’s helped me when life has gotten unstable. I go through the five pillars—the five most important areas of your life that require attention in order to maintain balance....
Ep. 77: Hannah Burrack
Bug Talk - November 10, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutesThis episode features Dr. Hannah Burrack, incoming chair of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University (https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/canr-names-new-chair-to-lead-department-of-entomology). This new position starts on Jan. 1, 2022, and in this episode we chatted about her backgrou...
#1: The Secret of Feed Your Tigers
Feed Your Tigers - November 04, 2021 02:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode, I pull off the gloves and get to the heart of the matter: the secret that underscores the Feed Your Tigers podcast. I distill the essence of my nearly three decades in India and the East down to a single lesson that every person must learn if they want to become the fullest vers...
Ep. 76: Raul Medina
Bug Talk - November 03, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutesIn this episode Julie and Zsofia talked with Raul Medina (https://medinalab.tamu.edu/), professor of entomology at Texas A&M. Raul received the Entomological Society of America's 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award. We chatted about how foreign-born people currently living in the US...
Ep. 75: Julio Bernal
Bug Talk - October 13, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutesJen and Zsofia talked to Dr. Julio Bernal (https://entomology.tamu.edu/people/bernal-julio/), professor of entomology at Texas A&M. Julio told us about his background in agriculture and how he got interested in entomology. He also told us about his graduate education and postdoc working with ci...
Feed Your Tigers Podcast Trailer
Feed Your Tigers - October 12, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHave you ever had that feeling like who you are and what you’re doing are not in sync? Maybe like you have some amazing talent that’s not being fully utilized or rewarded. Or that you’re fed up with work and just want a change—but are not sure how to make it happen. Well, if so, you’ve landed in...
Ep. 74: Katja Poveda
Bug Talk - September 29, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutesIn this episode, Zsofia and Jen chat with Dr. Katja Poveda, associate professor of Entomology at Cornell University. Dr. Poveda studies plant-insect interactions from the plant to landscape scale in agroecosystems. We chat about her global research in Malawi and Kenya, her teaching interests, an...
Ep 74: Katja Poveda
Bug Talk - September 29, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutesIn this episode, Zsofia and Jen chat with Dr. Katja Poveda, associate professor of Entomology at Cornell University. Dr. Poveda studies plant-insect interactions from the plant to landscape scale in agroecosystems. We chat about her global research in Malawi and Kenya, her teaching interests, an...
Ep. 73: Welcoming new grad students
Bug Talk - September 22, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutesThe MSU Entomology Department is very fortunate to have a wonderful new group of graduate students joining us in 2021. This episode features five of these new grad students: Cynthia Fiser, Julie Michaelson, Ronnie Miller, Charlotte Schuttler and Lauren Goldstein. We talked about how they selecte...
Ep. 72: Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation
Bug Talk - September 15, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutesIn this episode Jen and Ariana chat with Naim Edwards about his work as an extension specialist at Michigan State University's Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation (DPFLI). The DPFLI is an urban food research center, developing solutions to economic and nutritional challenges un...
Ep. 71: Application to grad school
Bug Talk - September 08, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutesIf you are interested in graduate school and are considering joining our department, this episode will provide you with a wealth of information about where to start this process. Dr. Anthony Cognato (Graduate Program Director) and Heather Lenartson (Administrative Assistant to the Chairperson an...
Ep. 70: Info for grad students
Bug Talk - September 01, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutesDr. Anthony Cognato (Graduate Program Director) and Heather Lenartson (Administrative Assistant to the Chairperson and Academic Programs) talked about this year's new grad student orientation, the new Student Information System that replaces much of the physical paperwork for both PhD and MS stu...
Ep. 70: Info for grad students
Bug Talk - September 01, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutesDr. Anthony Cognato (Graduate Program Director) and Heather Lenartson (Administrative Assistant to the Chairperson and Academic Programs) talked about this year's new grad student orientation, the new Student Information System that replaces much of the physical paperwork for both PhD and MS stu...
Ep 68: Mohammad Turaani
Bug Talk - July 28, 2021 12:00 - 33 minutesThis week, Jen and Ariana chat with Mohammad Turaani, an Entomology Research and Outreach Fellow (EROF) for Summer 2021! We talk about Mohammad's newfound appreciation for the research process, his favorite parts of being in the lab, the mosquito plague and the cool work he's doing this summer w...
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