Naturally Curious

Having a foreign background is cool and people may want to ask what are you from, but when it's on the professional level, you sometimes can't help but wonder what is the motive behind the question, "Where are you from?". Actor, director, and writer Cynthia Ashperger understands that very well. Being from Croatia, she welcomes people asking her about her background in daily life, but on the professional level? Not so much.

Statistics plays a role in just about every field of science, and bad statistics will lead to bad science. In psychology and medicine in particular, we are now seeing the consequences to sloppy statistics in the form of the replication crisis. In this episode, psychology professor is here to talk about just that, solutions to the replication crisis, how to interpret and report results, and many more.

Turkey went extinct in Ontario in the early 1900s and was reintroduced in 1984, so naturally, this makes a great research topic. Ecologist Jenn Baici studies exactly just that. In this episode, Jenn talks about the population of wild turkey, catching turkeys, social interactions between wild turkeys, and more. Jenn Baici's website [https://jennbaici.weebly.com/]

In a single minute, Jenna Dakin’s life disappeared. She suffered a stroke in December of 2021. The stroke left her half paralyzed, it caused her speech and cognitive deficits, and she lost most of her memories. Flash forward to today, Jenna is in grad school for psychology, and she is the author of her memoir, 21 Cups. Jenna is here today to chat with me about her journey, and her new outlook on life. 21 Cups Website [https://www.21-cups.com/]

"Professional Community Theatre", that might sound a little bit of an oxymoron, but that is exactly what Robert Winslow created with 4th Line Theatre. In this episode, Robert talks about why he thinks stories of local community is worth telling, his journey as an actor and playwright, and many more.