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Investigating 'Flow State' With The Bassist From Phish Phish bassist Mike Gordon is teaming up with neuroscientists to try to understand the transcendent experience of musical flow state.

Really enjoyed speaking with @flichtman.bsky.social on @scifri.bsky.social along with neuroscientist Greg Appelbaum. The segment is playing now via their podcast and airs this Friday on your fav. public radio station that airs Science Friday. 🧠👂🧑‍🔬
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Congrats @flichtman.bsky.social, @annetteheist.bsky.social, @pvangay.bsky.social, & David Sanford on the award! Great to partner with @scifri.bsky.social to share The Leap w/ the world!
Here’s to celebrating science not just as a discipline but as a daring & profoundly human endeavor. 4/4

We won! I’m beyond thrilled and so proud of these stories. Thanks to my friend @flichtman.bsky.social 🎤 THE best host a producer could ever hope to work with.

A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work Dr. Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to hereditary cancer risk with the identification of BRCA1. She was just getting started.

Delightful interview with genetics pioneer Mary-Claire King of #seattle @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social
She talks about origins of her curiosity/diligence/logic that led her to discover #BRCA1 (mutation that increases risk of breast cancer) in 1990.
#breastcancer
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The Leap: Garbage In, Garbage Out Science Friday · Episode

HELLO! We are busy making new eps of the show (coming in a month!) and in the meantime wanted to share some stuff we love. Like this excellent show The Leap from our pal @flichtman.bsky.social. Check out this ep; biochemist Virginia Man-Yee Lee is a total badass.

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The Leap: Be Bold Or Just Don't Do It Podcast Episode · Science Friday · 06/02/2025 · 26m

Listen to this pod about original badass plant scientist Joanne Chory. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever worked on. For real. So glad @flichtman.bsky.social and I got to tell her story. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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uplifting without being schmaltzy is a dream review

Name the port of call

Thank YOU! Such fun, come back!

The Leap: The Volcano Whisperer Podcast Episode · Science Friday · 05/19/2025 · 28m

The second episode of the The Leap is here! 🌋Volcano whisperer Richie Robertson may be the best guest I’ve ever booked.
Favorite guest + favorite host @flichtman.bsky.social Flora Lichtman = audio magic.
Listen for yourself! 🎧

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graph of the meteoric rise of “synergy”

We’re doing a story on large language model vernacular.. the words AI overuses… and now I can’t stop hate-graphing

Where Have All The Butterflies Gone? A new study of butterfly populations in the US shows a 22% decline among over 500 species in just 20 years.

Elise Zipkin and I had a great time talking with @flichtman.bsky.social about butterfly decline in the US, including possible causes and opportunities for recovery @scifri.bsky.social

Where Have All The Butterflies Gone? www.sciencefriday.com/segments/but...

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We asked listeners for nerdy valentine’s stories and the replies are 😭😭😭 @scifri.bsky.social

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🩵 the videos in the replies

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