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A student and neurologist discuss Parkinson’s.
Carbonate sedimentologist Michael Whalen participated as a shore-based scientist on Expedition 364, Chicxulub: Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater. Mike discusses his interest in these sediments, his time working on material at the Breman Core Repository in Germany, and how having...
Bonus audio! Jonathan Lewis sat down to share his experiences sailing on Chikyu. But in addition to detailing his experiences at sea, Jon discusses how the Chikyu changed him as a scientist and motivated him to give back to the...
Structural geologist Jon Lewis sailed on Expedition 315 on the scientific research vessel Chikyu in 2007 - his first-ever at-sea experience. Jon explains this riser vessel, the training required for the helicopter landing necessary to join the ship, as well...
Keir Becker has sailed on 22 expeditions of scientific ocean drilling. For this conversation, he focuses on his four Glomar Challenger expeditions, including the technology and communications that existed during those years - and what it was like to receive...
One Small Step conversation partners Gregory "Mike" Brown (66) and Christopher "Chris" Sanchez (35) discuss how faith connects to science and technology, their differing views on abortion, and how we can stop separating ourselves into "tribes."
Expedition Project Manager Thomas Ronge discusses his experiences as a sedimentologist at sea on JOIDES Resolution. He provides an overview of the collaboration across cultures and roles on the ship during JR's two-month expeditions, from his time in Iceberg Alley...
Thomas Moore is my Grandpa 73 we talked about his career in the Air Force.
Micropaleontologist Timothy Bralower has sailed multiple times on JOIDES Resolution and a mission-specific platform. He reflects upon how communication at sea has changed over time, from mailbags filled with letters waiting in port when the ship returned, to the use...
In this interview, conducted in November 2023, in Hoover, Alabama, Angela Hjelmeland (17) speaks with her her grandfather, David Hjelmeland (79). They discuss his childhood, work life, and advice for adulthood and college.
Kerissa Battle (42) an ecologist in the Catskills talks with a close family friend Leana Tishim (13) a student on Long Island about her childhood and the experiences and lessons learned. She also shares a few lessons about finding oneself...
If you are curious to learn more about the bonding and friendships that develop while at sea, listen no further than this conversation with Allyson Tessin and Ashley Burkett, two scientists that sailed on Expedition 392 (Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate,...
Graduate student Claire Jasper was a sedimentologist on Expedition 395 (June 12 - August 12, 2023). To prepare for her first-ever expedition at sea, she asked people that had previously sailed on JOIDES Resolution "thousands of questions," especially as she...
Mother and son Fredrica Thompson (45) and Jermaine Dean (24) talk about aspirations, purpose, and survival and community.
Stepping foot on JOIDES Resolution as a graduate student and the youngest scientist on the ship, Kristin Dickerson wasn't sure what to expect as she joined Expedition 399 (Building Blocks of Life, Atlantis Massif). Right away, she was struck with...
Ron Brunelli shares his stories with Christina Muscatello from the Memory Maker Project about his experiences in the United States Air Force, as part of the Veterans Story Project. This project is made possible with public funds from the Statewide...
Walt Petersen is chief of the Science Research and Projects Division at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Basically, he leads a group of folks who research and develop technology to explore and study the universe and also to observe and...
One Small Step conversation partners Jim Brown (75) and Paul Anderson (78) have a conversation about their backgrounds, losses in life, political views, education, the environment, and meeting up in the future for a beer. They find common ground despite...
As the Deputy Program Manager for NASA’s Radioisotope Power Systems Program at Glenn Research Center, Concha Reid leads a team overseeing and monitoring devices that heat and give power to NASA space projects, such as the recent Orion spacecraft for...
What is it like to be a graduate student as part of the science party on JOIDES Resolution? Celeste Pallone shares her experience as a sedimentologist on Expedition 397 (Iberian Margin Paleoclimate, Oct-Dec 2022) as an early career scientist and...
Friends and coworkers Jaclyn Schwartz (36) and Catherine Hoyt (38) reflect on their experience as women in science, discussing some of the challenges they face as women in their field.
On Saturday September 9th I went down to Lake Murray to interview my aunt and uncle. My aunt Cathy is 45 and my Uncle Jeff is 52. Our interview covered their time in the in Air Force and Navy respectively,...