Deeper than Data with Ben Rush

When we think about science, we often hear about amazing discoveries, but rarely hear about the struggles, personal accomplishments, and personalities of the scientists behind the data. On Deeper than Data with Ben Rush, we explore the personal journeys, failures, and successes of scientists through storytelling and humor. You’ll walk away with touching stories, life lessons, and feeling inspired through conversational interviews and improvised games.

Reflecting on our successful mentor/mentee relationship with Adam Kuchnia

On this special 1 year anniversary episode, Ben chats with his mentor, professor Adam Kuchnia, about his journey from sports to nutrition, his clinical background, becoming a professor, being nervous about being a new professor, taking on graduate students, how they have worked together of their years, and trying to pinpoint what worked so well in their working relationship as that time comes to an end.Find out more about Adam's research by checking out his page-https://nutrisci.wisc.edu/adam-kuchnia/Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deeper-than-data-with-ben-rush/id1556358203Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

02-23
01:06:11

Making sense of chaos in and out of science with Alyssa Adams

Ben chats with scientist and entrepreneurs Alyssa Adams about finding physics haphazardly, thinking heaven was their ceiling, conducting science on League of Legends, adapting to food insecurity, reaching their educational goals, being a procrastinator in high school, reaching evolutionary-like processes, and hosting an apocalyptic podcast.Alyssa is conducting wonderful research at the Morgridge Institute for Research and helped launch the job coaching/portal ProPhounD-https://morgridge.org/https://www.pro-phound.com/Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deeper-than-data-with-ben-rush/id1556358203Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

02-09
01:03:07

The Trek through science to fulfillment with Wes Marner

Ben chats with mentor and education programs manager Wes (Wesley) Marner about his first solar system book, how Star Trek inspired scientific curiosity, how finding a place that fully accepts you creates opportunities to grow, how emotions and information can inform mentees, being a father, and what to do if your mentor doesn't want to be on your country music album.Wes Marner helps scientists become more well-rounded at the Morgridge Institute for Research-https://morgridge.org/Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deeper-than-data-with-ben-rush/id1556358203Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

01-26
01:06:37

An open review of 2021 with Laura Hernandez

Ben chats with professor and mentor supreme Laura Hernandez about the reflections of the last year, struggling to mentor through a pandemic, how sometimes you need to say "no", finding boundaries with your job, and the return of Zoe the Platypus in a new space adventure.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deeper-than-data-with-ben-rush/id1556358203Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

01-12
01:09:48

Ho ho ho-we'll be back in mid-January

Happy Holidayzzzzzz

12-15
00:53

Science outreach, coding, and systems engineering with Victor Zavala and Olivia Dachel

Ben chats with engineering professor, Victor Zavala, and high school teacher, Olivia Dachel, about using videogames to teach kids, how science outreach can be useful 1 on 1 or with massive audiences through videogames, who inspired Victor to code, how to think like a systems engineer, how the kids like learning about agricultural runoff, and how donkeys may power the world one day.To play the Lakeland video game-https://fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/lakeland/Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deeper-than-data-with-ben-rush/id1556358203Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

12-08
01:07:04

Astrobiology, Tiktok scicomm, and speaking to aliens with Lena Vincent

Ben chats with Lena Vincent, MS, about her story going from marine biology to astrobiology, how they are both connected, her passion for communicating her work to others often via TikTok, TikTok science communication strategies, her double-edged curiosity, and her first conversation with an alien.Lena's TikTok page-https://www.tiktok.com/@charmquarkz?Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

11-24
01:00:22

Communicating meteorology, lasers from planes, and improvised weather reports with Ankur Desai

Ben chats with Ankur Desai about being a nerd in grade school coding early computers, connecting with nature in the Boy Scouts, taking geology classes to go on field trips, shooting lasers out of planes, meteorologists loving Oklahoma, the importance of science communication, and improvised weather reports (did someone say it's snowing pillows?). Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

11-10
59:25

Soils, team science, and battling imposter syndrome with Jo Handelsman

Ben chats with Jo Handelsman, scientist extraordinaire, about her journey from viewing pond water underneath the microscope to full professorship, trying to save our soils, working for the Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama Administration, and now directing the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery. They dive into how science still needs to be improved to welcome and embrace more women and people in color, battling imposter syndrome, and what "luck" might actually be.Jo's "A World Without Soil"-https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300256406/world-without-soilPatreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

10-27
01:02:02

Curiosity and equity in science, AND SPORES!! with fungal pathologist Christina Hull

Ben chats with fungal pathologist and professor Christina Hull about her insatiable curiosity for fungi, her passion for equity within science, her experience 3-D printing glow-in-the-dark fungal spores, and how a spore coat can almost deceive bouncers at the hottest clubs.Wisconsin Science Festivalhttps://www.wisconsinsciencefest.org/Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

10-13
01:04:41

Career transitions, magic economics, and durians with writer and comedian Jason Alt

Ben chats with comedian and writer Jason Alt about his journey from pursuring forensic chemistry, transitioning from pharmaceutical jobs to writing about games, successful management, and the consistent comedy through everything.... plus a stellar review of the made-up board game "Murdered by the femur of God" on the new hit hypothetical podcast Yikes! It's Game Time.EDHREC-https://edhrec.com/Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

09-29
51:21

Health science communication, "Potter!", and molten cookies with Lauren Schrader

Ben chats with podcast teammate Lauren Schrader about how she became interested in communication health sciences, what she hopes to share with rural communities, her involvement in the Harry Potter Society at Indiana University, and how the Earth is filled with molten chocolate chip cookies.Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandata Twitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandata Website-www.deeperthandata.media Facebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

09-15
46:19

Enduring friendships, side hustles, and beet juicin' with scientist Jevin Lortie

Ben chats with his good friend and fellow scientist Jevin Lortie about his journey pivoting from cooking to neuroscience, their friendship over the years, his childhood room, how his science connects to his diet and family, and creating fad diets on a whim.Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

09-01
57:32

Identifying as a scientist, scicomm, and space rats with Julia Nepper, PhD

Scientist and fellow podcast teammate Julia Nepper chats with Ben about her journey, starting college at age 11, feeling in flow when doing science outreach, learning from failures, and trying to betray BEN! BEN OF ALL PEOPLE!!!Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

08-18
01:03:18

How comedy and politics collide with Lauren Feldman and Dannagal Young

Ben chats with two guest, Dannagal Young and Lauren Feldman, about their work assessing how comedy and political identities collide, the psychological profiles of the left and right, and debating if your work has impact on the world. Plus they answer some of life's hardest questions like how do you teach a 17-legged dog to roll over and how can we prevent octopi from taking over the world.For stickers, reach out to ben@deeperthandata.media OR via Twitter https://www.twitter.com/deeperthandataAlso give us some money to help make more stickers?!?https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandata

08-04
57:48

Purposeful living and mentorship with Professor Judi Simcox

Ben chats with Judi about her journey, how losing an important person in your life shapes your perspective, barrel racing, how Judi is and isn't a pressure cooker, effective ways of mentoring, and life as a lipid trying to return a magic eight ball before you are consumed by mitochondria.Podcast twitter- https://twitter.com/DeeperThanDataPodcast Facebook page-facebook.com/deeperthandataFollow Ben on Twitter-twitter.com/benrushscience

07-21
57:27

STEM in small business with entrepreneurial scientist Courtney Lawrence

Ben chats with high school friend and entrepreneurial scientist Courtney Lawrence about her journey through STEM, starting a small business, and some interesting facts about soap (also they pitch improvised soaps like "Wet Dog Soap" and "Ex-boyfriend Soap").Courtney's soap company-www.minorobsession.coPatreon-https://www.patreon.com/deeperthandataTwitter-https://twitter.com/deeperthandataWebsite-www.deeperthandata.mediaFacebook-www.facebook.com/DeeperThanData

07-07
58:21

We're switching to a Wednesday release day

Just a little audio note to let you know we are switching to a Wednesday episode release day. We'll be back with a new episode on 7-7!

07-05
06:11

Passions, presenting, and parenting with professor Bryan Dewsbury

Ben chats with professor Bryan Dewsbury about his journey, his passion for teaching and equity, what Bryan's kids think he does, and killer rabbits. SABER seminar series: https://saberbio.wildapricot.org/Diversity_InclusionTwitter

06-21
01:08:59

"Why ya gotta wear slippers?" with Michael Wagner

Ben chats with Michael Wagner about being political science, being a former reporter & anchor, couples matching in academia, and both debate over pointless silly things for the betterment of all humankind.

06-07
52:19

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