Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 1h 25m
Activity Moderate
Since Nov 2022
Latest Episode Aug 2025

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The SciCom club at UCR is proud to present a new science communication podcast, Across the Cline. Your host Jessica Maccaro and Catherine Nguyen bring together two experts for seemingly different fields to discuss the similarities their studies share. This voyage into what unites us in science will leave you wondering what else can be found just...Across the Cline.

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Recent Episodes

Episode 19: Queer Fungi

Aug 13, 2025 1h 11m

We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record…

Episode 18: Politics and Plants

May 16, 2025 1h 19m

This month, we are chatting with Lida Halilovic, a plant pathology graduate student at UC Riverside, and Henry Harrison, a political science student at UCR. How do organisms and nations "make"…

Episode 17: Eating Insects With Your Eyes...and Mouth

Jan 24, 2025 1h 20m

We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record…

Episode 16: Machine Speak

Nov 12, 2024 1h 25m

We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record…

Episode 15: Utopia and Autism

Aug 15, 2024 1h 3m

We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record…

Episode 14: Do you smell...what's coming?

Jun 14, 2024 1h 10m

We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record…

Episode 13: It's all about the order you don't have

Apr 22, 2024 1h 45m

We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record…

Episode 12: Two Robs of Academia

Mar 01, 2024 1h 7m

We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record…

Episode 11: Mermaid Justice

Jan 08, 2024 1h 17m

We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record…

Episode 10: Water, STAT!

Oct 18, 2023 2h 20m

When we talk about science, we often are specifically referring to Western science. Yet, what are we losing in writing off other ways of knowing? Today, we talk with Michael Blackstock, an Indigenous…

Episode 9: Threading the Horn

Aug 29, 2023 1h 17m

We’ve previously talked about conservation in terms of biology and art, but what about the role of art in species conservation? Join us as we talk to Elijah Hall from the Department of Ecology,…

Episode 8: The Hero's Lyrics

Jul 25, 2023 1h 37m

Communicating concepts and findings are important parts of being a scientist, but how do you do it well? Today, we talk with Dr. Bruce Kirchoff from the Department of Biology at the University of…

Episode 7: Life Animates Art

Jun 22, 2023 1h 43m

How do you bring something that no living human has ever seen to life? We join Marvel Studios animator, Kristina Mickahail-Giblin, and Director of Visitor Engagement and Education of the Raymond M.…

Episode 6: Biased Learning

May 17, 2023 1h 44m

Our world is increasingly becoming one where we use computers and machines to help us make decisions. Surely, lines of code are better at handling bias than people, right? Or are they not so…

Episode 5: Social Maths

Apr 13, 2023 1h 23m

What can math and social insects tell us about what happens when concepts or individuals come together? Are we more than the sum of our parts? In this episode, Andrea Stine, a grad student in UCR’s…

Episode 4: Sexual Bias Playscript

Mar 08, 2023 1h 32m

What happens when we exclude half of the population? In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8th), we are joined by Paige Goodwin, a feminist playwright and lecturer at UCR, and Nora…

Episode 3: Science Fantasy

Feb 01, 2023 1h 40m

How does storytelling as a fantasy writer and as an ecologist further our understanding of the world? We’re going to adventure across this cline with William Ota,  a PhD candidate in the Department…

Episode 2: Concerning Conservation

Dec 23, 2022 1h 36m

What do you think of when you hear the word “conservation?” In this episode, we’re joined by Annika Rose-Person, a PhD candidate in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at UCR…

Episode 1: Dancing Birds

Nov 23, 2022 1h 15m

What do the worlds of bird courtship and Cambodian classical dance have in common? Today, we are joined by Ayala Berger, a PhD candidate in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal…

Episode 0: Abstract

Nov 23, 2022 3m

The SciCom club at UCR is proud to present a new science communication podcast, Across the Cline. Your host Jessica Maccaro and Catherine Nguyen bring together two experts for seemingly different…

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