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The Great Communicators

MIT Office For Graduate Educationgradx.mit.edu
The Great Communicators podcast series was created to explore professional communication in the field of scientific research. The podcast features interviews with MIT faculty and graduate students as well as topically relevant professionals.
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Episodes

Episode 23 – Rebecca Taft (MIT Graduate Student) Reflects On Episodes 20-22

We sit down with a former MIT student to unpack the previous episodes. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Rebecca Taft, Software Engineer at Cockroach Labs & MIT Computer Science Ph.D. Recpient Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced by Patrick Yurick, Instructional Designer – MIT OGE Executive Produced by Heather Konar, Communication Director – MIT […]

Aug 19, 20187 min

Episode 22 [Unedited | Rebroadcast]

This is a rebroadcast of the the full, unedited interview with Yang Shao-Horn. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episodes of Yang’s interview yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Yang Shao-Horn, W.M. Keck Professor […]

Aug 19, 201828 min

Episode 22 – Yang Shao-Horn On Publishing As The Beginning Of A Conversation

There’s an understanding that just because research has been published, that doesn’t mean it’s some kind of final answer to a question. And Professor Shao-Horn takes comfort in this, this sort of ever-changing landscape of knowledge and information. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Yang Shao-Horn, W.M. Keck Professor of Energy Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield […]

Aug 19, 201810 min

Episode 21 [Unedited | Rebroadcast]

This is a rebroadcast of the the full, unedited interview with Scott Lewis. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episodes of Scott’s interview yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Scott Lewis, CEO of San […]

Aug 19, 20181 hr 4 min

Episode 21 – Scott Lewis On Arranging Facts To Tell A Story

Communicating something to someone shouldn’t just be a laundry list of facts. Scott Lewis used the recent political season to illustrate this point, that it’s important for the audience to leave your talk or finish reading your written communication and know what your universe looks like instead of only hearing or reading numbers or stats […]

Aug 19, 201810 min

Episode 20 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Jim Ruland. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Jim Ruland, Author Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive […]

Aug 19, 201835 min

Episode 20 – Jim Ruland On Using Conflict To Engage Audiences

According to Author Jim Ruland, it’s important to have intentions and goals in mind of what you’re trying to communicate. That’s a good starting point to knowing what is extraneous information and can be left on the cutting room floor, and also what is important to the story. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Jim Ruland, Author […]

Aug 19, 201812 min

Episode 19 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Eric Lander. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Erica Lander, Ph.D., President & Founding Director of the Broad […]

Aug 19, 201823 min

Episode 19 – Eric Lander On Using Performance To Educate Your Audience

You, the speaker, have all the data and knowledge and understanding of the subject you’re speaking about. But if you can’t convey its significance and why it’s deserving of all this attention, it lessens not just the importance of the data but the audience’s desire to care. According to Eric Lander, a scientist’s job performance […]

Aug 19, 201823 min

Episode 18 [Unedited | Rebroadcast]

This is a rebroadcast of the the full, unedited interview with Sage Rosenfels. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episodes of Sage’s interview yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Sage Rosenfels, Former American Football […]

Aug 19, 201859 min

Episode 18 – Sage Rosenfels On Performing

When it comes to the performance area of communication, the process of repetition plays a pretty big factor in your success as a speaker or performer. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Sage Rosenfels, Former American Football Quarterback Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced by Patrick Yurick, Instructional Designer – MIT OGE Executive Produced by […]

Aug 19, 201812 min

Episode 17 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Len Cabral. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Len Cabral, Professional Storyteller Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield […]

Aug 19, 20181 hr 12 min

Episode 17 – Len Cabral On Using Stories To Communicate

When it comes to effective communication, it’s not just about the content. According to Len, using physical movement to tell a story and engage your audience is a pretty important skill and tool to employ. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Len Cabral, Professional Storyteller Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced by Patrick Yurick, Instructional […]

Aug 19, 201811 min

Episode 16 – Morgan Voss (MIT Student) Reflects On Episodes 13-15

We sit down with a graduate student to unpack the previous episodes. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Morgan Voss, Student in MIT EECS Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced by Patrick Yurick, Instructional Designer – MIT OGE Executive Produced by Heather Konar, Communication Director – MIT OGE Special thanks to the following editors who […]

Aug 19, 20188 min

Episode 15 [Unedited | Rebroadcast]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Dr. Brunie Felding. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Dr. Brunie Felding – Associate Professor in the Department […]

Aug 19, 20181 hr 29 min

Episode 15 – Dr. Brunie Felding On The Importance Of Peer Networks

All of this feedback leads somewhere, to a better understanding of your own work and how you communicate it to others. And if you haven’t figured it out by now, Brunie doesn’t take this topic lightly. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Dr. Brunie Felding – Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research […]

Aug 19, 201811 min

Episode 14 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Sage Rosenfels. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Sage Rosenfels, Former American Football Quarterback Produced & Hosted by […]

Aug 19, 201859 min

Episode 14 – Sage Rosenfels On Performance Under Stress

Whether you’re on stage giving a talk or explaining what you do to friends or even on a field being pursued by 11 large athletes who want nothing more than to tackle you, you will at some point fail at least once. It’s inevitable. Sage Rosenfels joins us to help how to tackle unavoidable failure […]

Aug 19, 201812 min

Episode 13 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Ed Boyden. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Ed Boyden, Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and […]

Aug 19, 201837 min

Episode 13 – Ed Boyden On Constructive Failure

“I often ask people to think about aiming for a constructive failure.” says Ed Boyden, Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Media Lab and McGovern Institute & Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, “It is probably going to fail, but you will know what you need to do next. I […]

Aug 19, 201811 min

Episode 12 – Dave Whittleston (MIT Graduate Student) Reflects On Episodes 9-12

We sit down with a graduate student to unpack the previous episodes. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Dave Whittleston, PhD Candidate at the MIT Entekhabi Research Group Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced by Patrick Yurick, Instructional Designer – MIT OGE Executive Produced by Heather Konar, Communication Director – MIT OGE Special thanks to […]

Aug 19, 20185 min

Episode 11 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Leigh Hafrey. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Leigh Hafrey – Senior Lecturer of Communication & Ethics MIT’s […]

Aug 19, 201830 min

Episode 11 – Leigh Hafrey On Communication & Ethics

Senior Lecturer of Communication & Ethics MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Leigh Hafrey, helps us to consider how humility and a strong sense of ethics can help or hinder the communication process. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Leigh Hafrey – Senior Lecturer of Communication & Ethics MIT’s Sloan School of Management Produced & Hosted by Adam […]

Aug 19, 201814 min

Episode 10 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Dr. Brunie Felding. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Dr. Brunie Felding – Associate Professor in the Department […]

Aug 18, 20181 hr 29 min

Episode 10 – Dr. Brunie Felding On Ethical Communication

Dr. Brunie Felding, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research, reflects on an instance where she hadn’t considered the effects on every individual audience member when constructing her talk on cancer. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Dr. Brunie Felding – Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research Produced […]

Aug 18, 20189 min

Episode 9 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Scott Lewis. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Scott Lewis, CEO of San Diego’s “Voice of San Diego” […]

Aug 18, 20181 hr 4 min

Episode 9 – Scott Lewis On Bias And Communication

Scott Lewis, CEO of San Diego’s “Voice of San Diego” publication, helps us understand how bias has consequences on our audience’s ability to relate to our message – in journalism and in science. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Scott Lewis, CEO of San Diego’s “Voice of San Diego” Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced […]

Aug 18, 201811 min

Episode 8 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Jennifer Cherone. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Jennifer Cherone, Phd Candidate – MIT Burge Labratory Produced & […]

Aug 18, 201833 min

Episode 8 – Jennifer Cherone (MIT Graduate Student) Reflects On Episodes 5-7

We sit down with a graduate student to unpack the previous episodes. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Jennifer Cherone, Phd Candidate – MIT Burge Labratory Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced by Patrick Yurick, Instructional Designer – MIT OGE Executive Produced by Heather Konar, Communication Director – MIT OGE Special thanks to the following […]

Aug 18, 20189 min

Episode 7 [Unedited]

This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Tony Eng. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Tony Eng, Lead Instructor of Gradcommx & Senior Lecturer MIT […]

Aug 18, 201845 min
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