The Ignorance Podcast
The Ignorance Podcast
Podcast Description
Each episode, Mayla will interview a researcher or scientist about what questions excite them, what questions they’re currently pondering or working on, and the broader impact of these questions. The guests’ specific job and field will not be revealed until the end of the episode, as the point is for listeners to get a picture of the guest based solely on the questions they are asking.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes around scientific inquiry, personal reflections, and the broader implications of research. Episodes focus on the guests' curiosity-driven questions, as seen in the debut episode featuring James Wilson discussing energy costs in computation and the importance of small victories in academia.
Each episode, Mayla will interview a researcher or scientist about what questions excite them, what questions they’re currently pondering or working on, and the broader impact of these questions. The guests’ specific job and field will not be revealed until the end of the episode, as the point is for listeners to get a picture of the guest based solely on the questions they are asking.
Join Mayla Boguslav as she interviews this episode’s guest Wade Troxell asking how do things connect beyond just the physical phenomena?
Follow Mayla Boguslav:
Bluesky: @drmaylab.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/drmaylab.bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayla-boguslav-phd-30402239
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayla-Boguslav
Follow this episode’s guest Wade Troxell:
https://www.engr.colostate.edu/me/faculty/dr-wade-o-troxell/
People, places, and/or citations mentioned in this episode with links to learn more:
– Student Senior design projects https://www.engr.colostate.edu/me/senior-design/
– Agricultural (ag) sciences https://agsci.colostate.edu/department/
– 10,000 tons of bovine hair waste: https://agsci.colostate.edu/directory/bio/?user=1712
– Paradox of design as an ill-formed problem (design synthesis approach) – MECH 580B5 (Artificial Intelligence and Engr Design) course notes. Contact Wade Troxell.
– Roger L. Firestien. Solve the Real Problem: Because what you think is the problem is usually not the problem. 2024. https://www.amazon.com/Solve-Real-Problem-Because-problem/dp/183663191X
– Einstein’s quote: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/05/22/solve/
– Make-a-wish foundation: https://wish.org/
– Peter Kageyama: https://www.fortheloveofcities.com/
– City Give – City of Fort Collins: https://www.fcgov.com/citygive/
Producer & editor:
Joshua Mendel
Bluesky: @jbmendel.bsky.social
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Music:
Curious by Ron Gelinas Chill Beats | https://open.spotify.com/artist/03JYfsI9Ke7JFuxHD239m2
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