History Science Theatre
Human stories behind science concepts and discoveries - dramatized with original music! Each season features a different historical science story, brought to life by a full cast of musical actors. History Science Theatre Podcast is a production of Matheatre. We use theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science. www.matheatre.com
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Episodes
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
A short snippet of our bonus interview with Karina Kirk.
In our bonus episodes, we delve into the science behind the story by interviewing actual scientists about the show's concepts.
Karina Kirk is a biologist who has a career working with human and viral DNA. Karina told us about DNA, RNA, proteins, her experiences as a female scientist, and the history of DNA science. In this segment, she talks about the famous Hershey-Chase experiment that proved DNA contained a cell's genetic information.
To hear the full interview, become a Patreon at Patreon.com/matheatre.
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Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
A short snippet of our bonus interview with Dr. Julie Gutman.
In our bonus episodes, we delve into the science behind the story by interviewing actual scientists about the show's concepts.
Dr. Gutman is an epidemiologist who has had a long career studying infectious agents, and just like Rosalind Franklin, she did x-ray crystallography! Dr. Gutman told us about virus structure, how they function - and mutate, and whether they are living beings with an agenda. In this segment, she talks about why studying the tobacco mosaic virus was so important.
To hear the full interview, become a Patreon at Patreon.com/matheatre.
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About Matheatre
Our mission is to use musical theatre stories to inspire excitement about math and science.
A 501(c)(3) entity with international reach, Bowman and Coates tour full time with full scale musical theatre productions that promote scientific literacy and intellectual curiosity. We now work with museums and science centers, libraries, and planetaria in addition to high schools and colleges worldwide. We offer workshops to educators and science communicators. We created History Science Theatre Podcast as another way for our audiences to engage with science theatre from their own homes or classrooms.
Matheatre is also a member of ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers).
Learn more about our company and our live theatre shows at www.matheatre.com.