Listening to Catalyst

Listening to Catalyst


Latest Episodes

Episode 8 – Olivia Parker and Rosamond Purcell – Photographers in Parallel
September 23, 2019

Olivia Parker and Rosamond Purcell are renowned photographers, and have been colleagues and friends since the late 70’s. This podcast is in anticipation of the panel discussion, which will also include neuroscientist Bevil Conway and historian Sean O’ ...

Episode 7 – Debra Wise and Lee Mikeska Gardner
March 10, 2019

Debra Wise and Lee Mikeska Gardner, of the Underground Railway Theater and The Nora Theatre Company respectively are actors and directors and are engaged with both art and science in their theater work, by way of their involvement with Catalyst Collabo...

Episode 6 – Brian Knep and Andrew Witt
November 30, 2018

Media artist Brian Knep and architect/mathematician Andrew Witt, had a terrific conversation as part of a Catalyst to Go program for MACOM, an engineering firm in Lowell, MA. Our topic for that conversation was “Something From Nothing.

Episode 5 – Julia Buntaine Hoel
November 20, 2018

Julia Buntaine Hoel is a conceptual artist, director of SciArt Center, and editor in chief of SciArt Magazine. Buntaine Hoel attained her double BA in neuroscience and sculpture from Hampshire College, her post-baccalaureate certificate in Studio Art f...

Episode 4 – Lisa Wong
October 14, 2018

Dr. Lisa Wong is a pediatrician, musician, and arts education advocate who is passionate about the intersection of arts and healing. She served as President of Longwood Symphony Orchestra for over twenty years,

Episode 3 – Tedi Asher
March 12, 2018

Neuroscientist researcher Tedi Asher may be the only neuroscientist in the US working with curators in an art museum. In this case it is the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. She is working with the curators there to explore and evaluate the visitor’s...

Episode 2 – Joe Akin
December 12, 2017

Researcher Joe Akin co-founded a company as he was finishing his graduate work, to better communicate scientific results. The startup REfigure, which aims to Reuse, Reveal, and Recreate, is devoted not only to helping scientists communicate their resul...

Episode 1 – Alan Lightman
November 16, 2017

Physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur Alan Lightman is someone who literally embodies the synergy between art and science. In his scientific work, Alan has made fundamental contributions to the astrophysics of black holes and is known as the autho...