Designing Science Conversations is a partnership project with Dust&Co.
Join us as we explore conversations with scientists while engaging with a public audience.
Hosted by Fred Dust, author of “Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication.” Moderated by Nic DiPalma, founder of SpacetimeLabs.
Fred Dust
Host / Author
Nic DiPalma
Moderator / Exec. Producer
Episodes
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00 Introduction - A Conversation Starter
Host Fred Dust and Moderator Nic DiPalma discuss the origin of the podcast and share thoughts on the life-changing effects of these remarkable conversations.
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01 Commitment
Guest: Brandon Hoak, graduate of design and environmental engineering & analysis from Cornell University.
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02 Creative Listening
Guest: Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Neuroscience & Psychology at Brigham Young University, UT.
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03 Clarity
Guest: Madeline Ashby, science fiction writer, futurist and speaker.
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04 Script Spotting
Guest: Dr. Evren Tok, Assistant Dean of Innovation and Community Engagement at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar.
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05 Context
Guest: Kim Arcand, Visualization Lead at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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06 Change
Guest: Dr. Grant Warner, Director of Innovation at Howard University, DC
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07 Create
Guest: Bill Diamond, President/CEO of the SETI Institute
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08 Constraints
Guest: Dr. Nicolas Bonne, Public Engagement and Outreach Fellow at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, UK.
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Brief
Despite science and health dominating the headlines during a global pandemic, the public distrust of science and the medical research community has grown. It’s not for a lack of information, but for an abundance of it.
This podcast mini-series was a design research project for exploring an approach to science communication — a more human-centered ‘science conversation.’ In our conversations with scientists and the listening audience, we found inspiring stories of challenge and achievement.
Goals
Introduce a human-centered approach to science communication.
Give scientists the tools and instruction to improve their communication for deeper engagement with the public.
Inspire confidence to practice better communication in a variety of conversation and collaboration environments.
Making Conversation:
Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication
by Fred Dust
How often do you walk away from a conversation feeling really heard? That it moved the people in it forward in some important way? You’re not alone.