Episode 441 – COVID Vaccines

This week, we are joined once again by our infectious disease expert, Dr. LOV (Laura Okagaki-Vraspir), to dissect all the latest news on COVID vaccines. She answers all of our questions and hopefully helps all of us understand the news a little bit better. As vaccines begin to roll out over the next several weeks, […]

Episode 414 – Pandemic Advice

We have another timely episode for everyone this week. Laura Okagaki-Vraspir joins us once again to answer questions about the Covid-19 Pandemic! Dr LOV is an microbiologist and an immunologist so she actually knows what she’s talking about! It would have been a great opportunity for a call in show but that isn’t quite how […]

Episode 263 – Life After Death and Austria

This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2017 for our fifth birthday!  We are joined by frequent guest Joseph Scrimshaw who tells us all about his work with a video game company in Austria.  We also talk about the idea of what we’d like to see in an afterlife and our concerns with the concept […]

Episode 262 – Death with Doctor LOV

This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2017 with our good friend Laura Okagaki-Vraspir or, as we call her because of her initials, Doctor Lov!  You might remember her as one of our first guests way back on episode 8 when she talked about zombie fungus.  She’s back to talk to us about cancer!  Specifically, […]

Episode 8 – Zombie Fungus

In this episode, we interview Biologist Laura Okagaki-Vraspir, who had the distinction of being our first post CONvergence guest!  We talk to her about what got her interested in her specialty and the challenges of being a woman in her field.  She also educates us on fungi that create zombie ants and reassures us that […]