Speaking with Chris Mooney on Point of Inquiry in 2012, Santa Maria recognized that her work on behalf of science can sometimes be polarizing, and said that she tries “to write with a lot of respect and reverence for people's ideas.” She has also guested on multiple podcasts, such as The Nerdist Podcast, Point of Inquiry, Star Talk and the Joe Rogan Experience. She makes regular appearances on popular YouTube programs, such as Stan Lee's FanWars, Wil Wheaton's Tabletop, and The Point. She is a former host of Take Part Live on the Pivot (TV channel). Santa Maria has co-hosted Hacking the Planet and The Truth About Twisters on The Weather Channel, as well as TechKnow on Al Jazeera America. CareerĬara Santa Maria at Skepticon in November 2014. in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Social Justice and Diversity from Fielding Graduate University. So I decided to stick around after I got my undergrad and study biology – specifically neuroscience – for my master's degree.Īs of January 2019, Santa Maria was working toward a Ph.D. So I ended up actually studying psychology in college, after making a switch from vocal jazz performance – a random, winding road! It wasn't until I got really into psychology that I realized how fascinating the brain part of the equation, and the brain-behavior relationship, was. I found out later that you have to study rocks and dirt and all sorts of things that I didn't care about.

Cut to high school, when I was scared out of my mind of science and avoided science like the plague, and I don't think that I was really well-prepared for that dream. As a kindergartner, I was sure that I was going to grow up to become a paleontologist. It's funny, because when I was really, really young, I was obsessed with dinosaurs, and I would try to dig up dinosaur bones in my backyard.

In a 2013 interview in Skeptical Inquirer, when asked how she became interested in science, Santa Maria said: In the clinical neuropsychological setting, Santa Maria assisted in development and research of computer adapted guides for educational management of students with both neuropsychological dysfunction and visual impairment. Santa Maria was enrolled in a doctoral program studying clinical neuropsychology at Queens College, CUNY, where she worked as an adjunct professor and laboratory researcher, but withdrew after a year of coursework to pursue science communication full-time. Her published research has spanned various topics, including clinical psychological assessment, the neuropsychology of blindness, neuronal cell culture techniques, and computational neurophysiology. Santa Maria taught biology and psychology courses to university undergraduates as well as high school students in Texas and New York. In 2004, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology with a minor in philosophy from the University of North Texas, going on to earn a Master of Science in biological science, with a concentration in neuroscience, from her alma mater in 2007. Santa Maria was a vocal jazz performer and auditioned for the second season of American Idol, but was not selected. Send music recommendations to Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood at. I think that’s the part of the piece that really got across the emotion I was looking for -grief and searching.” “I used a cello to try to estimate that sound by sliding up the strings slowly. “I had read somewhere that whales mourn their dead for weeks, and when they lose one of their own calves, they grieve and sing these really sad whale songs,” Lambert said. The chilling, emotive end result, “In Absentia,” summed up the heartbreak the Smart family has had to endure over the last 24 years, and the piece became instantly memorable for fans of the podcast. One of the most time-consuming themes to compose was the ending suite, Lambert explained. “Just listening to how he approached each story and tried to capture it musically made me go back and write a bunch of new pieces centered around the acoustic guitar,” Lambert said. Snuffy Walden -famous for his work on The Wonder Years, The West Wing, and other shows. In terms of composing music that would best enhance the storytelling in Your Own Backyard, one of Lambert’s primary influences was Emmy Award-winning composer W.G. In one piece of the score, Lambert used wood blocks to mimic the sound of a ticking clock for dramatic tension. All of Lambert’s albums, including the new soundtrack, are available on his Bandcamp page. ECLECTIC DISCOGRAPHY: Before starting work on Your Own Backyard, Chris Lambert released 11 indie folk albums between 20, including The Blue Hour (2016).

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