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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”http:\/\/worldpodcasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sqfs-on-big-bg1.png” alt=”Stupid Questions for Scientists” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” prev_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text text_text_color=”#000000″ background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.12″]<\/p>\n
Launched on March 20th 2017 – Stupid Questions for Scientists is a\u00a0brilliantly entertaining, while delightfully educating podcast hosted by award winning Science communicator Dr Michelle Dickinson.\u00a0 The podcast brings together top comedians and scientists in a show for grown-ups. Topics featured will include animal intelligence, medicinal marijuana, the science of attraction and more.<\/p>\n
Each episode pairs a top scientist with a top comedian, and with Michelle at the helm they explore some of life\u2019s big science questions\u2026it\u2019s informative, smart, and really funny.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so great to talk openly about some pretty confronting science topics. It\u2019s smart, and it\u2019s seriously funny!\u201d\u00a0 says Dr. Michelle Dickinson, host of Stupid Questions for Scientists and Director of Nanogirl Labs.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople were always approaching me on the street as a scientist they recognised, and saying \u2018Can I just ask you a stupid question?\u2019.\u00a0 The thing is, they weren\u2019t stupid questions at all \u2013 they were great questions, and people didn\u2019t have any way of asking them.\u00a0 We decided to create this podcast to try and change that!\u201d<\/p>\n
Stupid Questions for Scientists is a joint venture between Michelle Dickinson (Nanogirl) and\u00a0WorldPodcasts.com<\/a>\u00a0and with support from Huawei. Recorded in Auckland at the Podcasts NZ studio<\/a><\/p>\n Listen now:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/worldpodcasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A9013-as-Smart-Object-2.jpg” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” show_bottom_space=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_testimonial portrait_url=”http:\/\/worldpodcasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A9013-as-Smart-Object-2.jpg” quote_icon=”off” background_layout=”light” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” border_radii_portrait=”on|90px|90px|90px|90px”]<\/p>\n Dr Michelle Dickinson (MNZM<\/span>)\u00a0is a passionate researcher and teacher with a love of science and engineering.<\/p>\n Her background in Biomedical and Materials Engineering have combined her interests to give her a unique insight into how nature and technology can learn from each other for scientific developments.<\/p>\n Currently you can find her as a senior lecturer in Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and Director of Nanogirl Labs Ltd. Michelle has always followed her dreams and never let traditional stereotypes scare her, she strongly believes that everyone should have access to learning about science and how things work, no-matter what your age or education level.<\/p>\n Awarded Member of New Zealand Order of Merit<\/a> Michelle was winner of the Women of Influence award<\/a> for science and innovation in 2016, was awarded the Sir Peter Blake Leadership <\/a>in 2015 and was w<\/span>inner of the Prime Ministers Science Media Communication Prize<\/a> and the New Zealand Association of Scientists Science Communicators Award<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n Michelle strongly believes that science should be open, transparent and a topic of conversation over the dinner table, not just the lab bench, and her vision is to create positive role models in the world that our children can aspire to be like.<\/p>\n With this belief she is passionate about creating new ways for the public to interact with science including her live Theatre Science Shows, <\/a>science comedy podcast \u201cStupid Questions For Scientists<\/a>\u201d and science communication videos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Michelle loves a challenge, whether it\u2019s her favourite sports of kitesurfing, rock climbing and mountain biking, or working towards finding a new scientific or engineering solution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_blog fullwidth=”off” include_categories=”16″ show_thumbnail=”on” show_content=”off” show_more=”off” show_author=”on” show_date=”on” show_categories=”on” show_comments=”on” show_pagination=”on” offset_number=”0″ use_overlay=”off” background_layout=”light” use_dropshadow=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.3)” box_shadow_style=”none” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Email Signup” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n\n
About Dr Michelle Dickinson<\/h3>\n