Two Cultured
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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S1E10 Ripple Effects: Research, Outreach, and Impact
What does it look like when cutting‑edge research and accessible STEM education grow side by side? Marissa Hughes joins us to share her work on remote sensing hydrology (a way to measure water…
S1E9 Science Without Borders: Deniz' Path from Istanbul to UNC
How does crossing borders shape the kind of scientist you become? Join us as Deniz Kesmen, a current UNC graduate student, talks about her path from Istanbul to UNC, the multicultural nature of…
Built by Curiosity: The Making of a Scientist
What does it take to build a life in science when the path isn’t exactly smooth?In this episode of Two Cultured, we sit down with neuroscience graduate student Micaela Murcar, whose road to grad…
S1E7 Quarterly Quartet: The First Act
What does the middle of a PhD really look like? In this quarterly check-in episode, Akshi and Kavya are joined by two fellow second-year PhD teammates for an honest (and humorous) snapshot of life in…
S1E6 When Science Speaks: Bridging Research and Policy
How can scientists shape the world beyond the lab? In this episode, we sit down with Johnna Bingham, a PhD student at UNC Chapel Hill whose journey spans field biology, environmental biochemistry,…
S1E5 A Starter Kit for Science: Monica's Undergrad Research Journey
How do you get started doing research as an undergraduate student? And what about applying to grad school? In this episode, we meet Monica Macharios, a senior undergraduate student at UNC, majoring…
S1E4 The Heart of the Matter: Bridging Biology, Ethics, and Medicine
What happens when developmental biology, philosophy, and clinical medicine converge in one person’s journey? In this episode, we meet Lizzy Thomas, an MD-PhD student at UNC whose academic path has…
S1E3 Organized Chaos: Shape-Shifting Proteins and Starting a Lab
What does it take to launch a lab, study shape-shifting proteins, and build a collaborative scientific community, all while navigating life as a junior faculty member? In this episode, we sit down…
S1E2 What's Brewing: Kombucha, Careers, & Curiosity
What makes kombucha more than just a trendy drink? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Rachel Dumez-Kornegay, a postdoctoral researcher who studies how kombucha affects host metabolism. We also get…
S1E1 Signal Detected: Two Cultured is Live!
Join us for our first episode, where our hosts, Kavya and Akshi, introduce the podcast and shed some light on how "Two Cultured" was chosen as our name. You'll also get to hear a little bit about…
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Two Cultured has published 10 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Life Sciences, Science.
Two Cultured is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 59m.
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