Today we have Shannon Odell on the podcast. Odell is a Brooklyn based writer, comedian, and scientist. She co-hosts and produces Drunk Science, an experimental comedy show deemed “a stroke of genius” by Gothamist and a finalist in TruTV’s comedy break out initiative. She also co-created, writes, and stars in the Inverse original series “Your Brain on Blank”, where she explains the science behind how everything-from alcohol to caffeine to puppies- affects the brain. She can also be seen at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she is a Neuroscience PhD candidate studying the epigenetic underpinnings of hippocampal function. You can visit Shannon’s YouTube channel here.
In this episode we discuss:
How Shannon got into science comedy
How science can be funny
Similarities between the personalities of comedians and scientists
Political correctness in comedy and science
How science communication is often so humorless
Your brain on… the flu.
Your brain on… breakups.
Your brain on… puppies.
Your brain on… caffeine.
Your brain on… social media.
Epigenetics and the effects of early life adversity on the brain
How science can inform treatment options
Barriers for women entering science
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