CUNY TV's Science Goes to the Movies

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Will today's sci-fi fantasies become tomorrow’s science realities? Top working scientists review popular movies, resulting in lively and informative conversations about what science is happening now, what science is heading towards us in the future, and what’s just fun fiction. Faith Salie is a television and national public radio host, political and pop culture commentator, interviewer, journalist, and actor.

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Can Star Trek's "Enterprise" Really Hide in a Brown Dwarf?

May 19 2023 26 mins

Lisa Beth Kovetz & Emily Rice of CUNY’s Macaulay Honors College dig into black holes, brown dwarfs and Star Trek’s “Strange New Worlds!”

Infotainment and The Weather

Apr 21 2023 26 mins

In the climate-change allegory, “Don’t Look Up” the media failed to report the reality of an oncoming comet. Are we doing the same with our ever wilder weather? CUNY’s Prof. Jimmy Booth; CUNY Alums Dr. Veeshan Narinesingh and Joe Rao weigh in.

Kingsborough ChefMark D'Alessandro Discusses The Bear

Mar 17 2023 26 mins

Prof. and Chef, Mark D’Alessando, Dir. of Culinary Arts, at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College joins us to talk about Hulu’s “The Bear,” why the science of baking can become so obsessive, and why community colleges have the best culinary arts degree.

The Intelligent Empathy of Dolphins with Prof. Diana Reiss

Feb 17 2023 26 mins

Dolphins are often as creative and personable in real life as they are on the screen. Author and Prof. Diana Reiss Director of the Animal Behavior and Conservation Program at CUNY’s own Hunter College joins us to explain why

"The Gilded Age" and Archeological Discoveries in NYC"

Jan 20 2023 26 mins

HBO's "The Guided Age" details NYC's antique, ultra-rich, without giving much thought to the city that made it possible. Joining us to talk about what lies under our city, is triple CUNY alumna Alyssa Loorya of Chrysalis Archaeological Consultants.

Gifted Children and other Superheroes

Nov 10 2022 26 mins

Author and UConn Prof. Betsy McCoach joins us in a discussion about "Raising Dion" and gifted children.

Mistakes of the Jedi - Revenge Of The Shrinks

Oct 13 2022 26 mins

Dr. Robin Rosenberg, The Clinical Psychologist Who Wrote Your College Text Book, “Abnormal Psychology,” And The Uber-Editor Of The Oxford University Press, “Superhero” Series Discusses Anakin Skywalker And Attachment Disorders.

The Truth and Fictions of Past and Current HIV Cures

Sep 08 2022 26 mins

How have attitudes and treatments for HIV changed over the decades? CUNY Prof. Denis Nash discusses past & current HIV treatment and cures and the circa 1980 attitudes of "It's A Sin" (BBC) versus the realities of Jared Frieder's 2022 film "Three Months"

Failure and Ignorance and Murder Mysteries!

Jun 02 2022 26 mins

Dr. Stuart Firestein, Columbia U. neuroscientist, author of “Ignorance” and “Failure” joins us to discuss to compare and contrast murder mysteries with the public perception of how science gets done!

Author Wendy Suzuki discusses Dune’s “Litany Against Fear"

May 05 2022 26 mins

Fans of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” know “The Litany Against Fear” by heart and repeat to themselves in times of strife. To talk about other things you might do in a stressful situation, we spoke to neuroscientist, Wendy Suzuki, author of “Good Anxiety.”