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 Anne Mook who is asking How do environmental change and society affect each other?
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 Anne Mook:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-mook-phd-74829012/
https://www.pbl.nl/en/about-pbl/employees/anne-mook
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RjFHtk8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
People, places, and/or citations mentioned in this episode with links to learn more:
Nitrogen policy in the Netherlands (in Dutch): https://www.pbl.nl/publicaties/sociaaleconomische-effecten-van-stikstofbronmaatregelen-en-natuurmaatregelen-0 and https://open.overheid.nl/documenten/d60dd0f5-6177-41a8-8eec-12d22eb3347c/file
Social Network Analysis: https://www.insna.org/what-is-sna
Importance of social research and catalysts projects in the US Example: https://emerge-bii.github.io/
“Slowing down: Research takes time and perspective.” The Ignorance Institute. 2026. https://theignoranceinstitute.substack.com/p/slowing-down-research-takes-time
Science of team science: https://inscits.org/
Christine Overdevest: https://soccrim.clas.ufl.edu/overdevestdraft/
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center: https://www.sesync.org/
Producer & editor:
Joshua Mendel
Bluesky: @jbmendel.bsky.social
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