Scholarly Sidetracks

Who helps educate the educators? Teach the teachers? Well Ed certainly does! A Professor in Astronomy and Director of the Center for Astronomy Education, Dr. Prather takes their blue-collar roots and ventures headstrong in the world of higher education!

Nowadays AI has taken over most aspects of art, but not all is lost. We'll be hearing the perspective of one photographer who is *less* mad about it all and instead finds beauty of things with their own tools, desire, and ability.

With a variety of interests and paths from rigorous religion, business school, theatre arts, to teaching music, Aaron talks about what they've found is important in life. With a chipper attitude and not-too-forceful metaphysics ideology we enjoy a bag of laughs!

Balancing their artistic and scientific minds, Amber gives insight both on what schooling in Chemical Engineering can be like as well as how being an artist in Southern Arizona has played out for her. Peanut Butter the fuzzy kitty gets involved to help round out the cast haha!

First taking a tour to help fellow Navy personnel as part of the medical corps, Alberto turns their sights onto Cyber Security to help keep people well in a new regard. For those looking for a chance to protect others in this ever-connected world, here's one perspective on how it could play out!

Division 1 athletics comes with its pluses and minuses whether it's the opportunity to perform or time spent perfecting the craft. Taking Accounting-type avenues as a sidetrack with Track and Field as their main path, Caleb gives a perspective from the student-athlete side of life.

This episode has two firsts: first time interviewing live musicians and first time interviewing a group! See how this up and coming band got its start and place your bets on where they'll go! Let's hope this is just the first of many interviews for the group!

We made it to Season 2! A Head Audio engineer based in LA kickstarts this season with a balanced view on what it takes to survive in this industry. With ways on how to navigate the grind and keep inspired, Kaury (Core-y) throws it to you straight. Enjoy a quick preview of what Season 2 will entail, and thank you for helping us get this far!

Psychology, while a popular major, has some tricky speed bumps one must navigate. Both at the Bachelor's and Master's levels, Casie explains the track towards becoming a therapist and how success can flourish amidst a difficult educational journey.

While being both a Cake Decorator and Streamer who showcases their artistic process. Anika has found numerous ways to learn and expand their craft without the need of a traditional university track.

Though the military can seem daunting, especially in the Marines and/or during tumultuous times, John helps to ease any worries and tells us how the military has its pluses and minuses just as any job does.

Medical School isn't the only track towards helping people in hospitals and health clinics. Brian helps showcase how one can enter the world of Medical Lab Sciences and be a crucial part of patient care.

Linguistics graduate turned Astronomer, Chase aims to teach people about the inspiring topics of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences. Alongside current, NASA funded research, and past work as a teaching assistant, Chase lets us in on the work and time it takes to learn the topics of the cosmos.

Thanks to a little movie magic, Olivia has set out to become an Astrophysicist and Space Force Officer. Can the average person even hope to aspire to such heights? Of course! The sky is never the limit and we'll break down how this track could go down.

Being a double major takes dedication and passion, thankfully Chase McMahon is lacking neither! Working as a tour guide in the University of Arizona Mirror Lab and Operator at the Mt. Lemmon Sky Center, Chase is tracked to be Dr. McMahon for Radio-based Astronomy!

Dr. Sharp has enjoyed a track through Nutritional Sciences and into Optometry School with patient care at the top of his concern. Though lots of studying and tests were required, Dr. Sharp has been able to enjoy a well-rounded life within the Medical World.

The creator of the series lays down his ever changing story from Pre-Med, to Audio, to Astronomy and more! The sidetracks are a plenty with this guy.