Imagine a scientist. What do you see? Probably a male. Gruff. Socially recluse? Reading, writing. Maybe lecturing at people. God forbid they ever laugh, right? Why though? Raquell Holmes, PhD, cell biologist, founder of improvscience, offers a radical alternative: the practice of a collaborative science through performance and play. A world where science contributes to social wellbeing. What is science? We chat about that stuff too, a bit (don’t worry). Prepare your mind and soul, folks, this one’s a joyride.

• Best hopes for the conversation? [2:42 ]
• #CAKE? [4:45 ]
• Social Therapy [10:25 ]
• Science? [12:40 ]
• Scientism. [13:36 ]
• Why did you choose science as a career? [19:55 ]
• Raquell’s career reflections [22:22 ]
• High performance computation and computer sciences! And biology? [25:33 ]
• Bioinformatics [28:49 ]
• Epigenetics? [32:34 ]
• Epistemological violence [39:26 ]
• Fred Newman (co-founder of Social Therapeutics) [41:53 ]
• Whence did science, play, improvisation, and performance meet? [47:51 ]
• improvscience – a story [53:57 ]
• Scientists playing together? [1:01:30 ] 
• Impact of improv and performance on scientists! [1:05:40 ]
• Vision for the ideal form of science [1:07:32 ]
• Science and emotion? [1:12:56 ]
• Who are you becoming? [01:26:33 ]
• Art’s conflicted love of science? [1:29:11 ]

Raquell Holmes
improvscience
Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education and Research
Fred Newman PhD
All Stars, LLC