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Smart Tea

By: Aarati Asundi
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Who are the people behind the discoveries that have changed our lives? Join Aarati as she spills the tea on scientists and inventors throughout history!

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  • Interview with Kiara Rodríguez-Acevedo: The Stress Geneticist

    Interview with Kiara Rodríguez-Acevedo: The Stress Geneticist
    Feb 25 2026

    Stress affects men and women differently. We sit down with Kiara Rodríguez-Acevedo, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania to ask her how she is blending neuroscience and epigenetics to uncover how estrogen levels in the brain influence stress vulnerability and resilience.

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    56 mins
  • Vivien Thomas: The Heart (Non-) Surgeon

    Vivien Thomas: The Heart (Non-) Surgeon
    Feb 11 2026

    Happy Black History month! In this episode, Aarati tells the unlikely story of a carpenter turned lab technician. Vivien Thomas created a blood shunt for the hearts of blue babies without ever having gone to medical school or earning a degree... and without getting credit for decades.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Interview with Andrew Robertson: The Ant Scientist

    Interview with Andrew Robertson: The Ant Scientist
    Jan 28 2026

    Ants may not be very big, but we have a lot to learn from these tiny creatures! We sit down with Andrew Robertson, a PhD candidate at Georgia Tech and winner of Galactic Polymath Education Studio's 2025 #MySciJourney competition, and talk about his work on ants and other social insects.

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    54 mins
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