Kirsty MacLeod's guest appearances

Kirsty MacLeod

Breaking Bio

The Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast (the Beepcast)

Us and STEMM

Marlene Zuk

Melissa Wilson

David Sherry

Trevor Valle

Brian Switek

Paige Brown

Steve Jones

Phil Torres

Baba Brinkman

Andrew Jackson

Chris Jackson

Amy Cuddy

Erin Eastwood

Adam Rutherford

Nick Davies

OwlTail

This week I talk to Dr Kirsty MacLeod about lizard mothers, the importance of fika, the highs and lows of moving for academia, deciding how honest to be on social media, and all about the wonderful WEE Podcast (theweepodcast.org). Dr Kirsty MacLeod is a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist, with broad interests in maternal investment, reproductive systems, stress physiology, and sociality – basically loads of important areas which apply to so much of the animal kingdom! Alongside her research she is an accomplished and enthusiastic science communicator, and if you’re into your science podcasts (which I hope you are, because you’re here!) you may well know her from The Women in Ecology and Evolution podcast, perhaps better known as the WEE Podcast, which highlights awesome women in ecology and evolution. Intro and outro music: Funky Chunk by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3789-funky-chunk License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week I talk to Dr Kirsty MacLeod about lizard mothers, the importance of fika, the highs and lows of moving for academia, deciding how honest to be on social media, and all about the wonderful WEE Podcast (<a href="http://theweepodcast.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theweepodcast.org</a>). Dr Kirsty MacLeod is a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist, with broad interests in maternal investment, reproductive systems, stress physiology, and sociality – basically loads of important areas which apply to so much of the animal kingdom! Alongside her research she is an accomplished and enthusiastic science communicator, and if you’re into your science podcasts (which I hope you are, because you’re here!) you may well know her from The Women in Ecology and Evolution podcast, perhaps better known as the WEE Podcast, which highlights awesome women in ecology and evolution. Intro and outro music: Funky Chunk by Kevin MacLeod Link: <a href="https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3789-funky-chunk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3789-funky-chunk</a> License: <a href="https://filmmusic.io/standard-license" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://filmmusic.io/standard-license</a>

Dr Kirsty MacLeod: Lizard mothers, nomadic academics, and The WEE Podcast

Dr. Kirsty MacLeod is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge (and soon to be at Penn State), and shares why her research is largely possible because a colony of meerkats developed an addiction to boiled eggs, and why a threatened New Zealand bird is getting a free lunch. Show notes available at http://breakingbio.com   Follow Breaking Bio: Twitter - @BreakingBio - http://www.twitter.com/breakingbio Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/breakingbiopodcast iTunes - http://www.itunes.apple.com/ua/podcast/breaking-bio/id542398755 Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/breaking-bio

Dr. Kirsty MacLeod is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge (and soon to be at Penn State), and shares why her research is largely possible because a colony of meerkats developed an addiction to boiled eggs, and why a threatened New Zealand bird is getting a free lunch. Show notes available at <a href="http://breakingbio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://breakingbio.com</a> Follow Breaking Bio: Twitter - @BreakingBio - <a href="http://www.twitter.com/breakingbio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/breakingbio</a> Facebook - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/breakingbiopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/breakingbiopodcast</a> iTunes - <a href="http://www.itunes.apple.com/ua/podcast/breaking-bio/id542398755" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.itunes.apple.com/ua/podcast/breaking-bio/id542398755</a> Stitcher - <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/breaking-bio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/breaking-bio</a>

BB95 - It Takes A Manor to Raise a Meerkat with Dr. Kirsty MacLeod

Meerkats may look cute and cuddly, but this month, Kirsty MacLeod from Cambridge University tells me that for some, life isn’t as picture perfect as it seems. I find out about the US Department of Agriculture’s latest research on the quest for safer skies. And, in the Scientific Spark I ask James Russell, a conservation biologist from the University of Aukland in New Zealand, what inspired him to research invasive species biology, and what the hardest tasks are in trying to save New Zealand’s endangered species.   Download the MP3     Photo by Flickr user Jon Pinder  Quicklinks:   Kirsty MacLeod's webpage Turkey Vulture paper in Plos One Travis DeVault's webpage James Russell's webpage

Meerkats may look cute and cuddly, but this month, Kirsty MacLeod from Cambridge University tells me that for some, life isn’t as picture perfect as it seems. I find out about the US Department of Agriculture’s latest research on the quest for safer skies. And, in the Scientific Spark I ask James Russell, a conservation biologist from the University of Aukland in New Zealand, what inspired him to research invasive species biology, and what the hardest tasks are in trying to save New Zealand’s endangered species. <a href="http://archive.org/download/BeepcastFebruary2014/beepcast201402.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download the MP3</a> <a href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/files/2013/10/rsz_meerkat.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Photo by Flickr user Jon Pinder Quicklinks: <a href="http://http//about.me/kirstymacleod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kirsty MacLeod's webpage</a> <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0087944" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turkey Vulture paper in Plos One</a> <a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/scientists/devault.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travis DeVault's webpage</a> <a href="http://www.bioscienceresearch.co.nz/staff/james-russell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Russell's webpage</a>

Feb 2014: Kirsty MacLeod and meerkats, birds and airplanes, and New Zealand conservation with James Russell