Podcasts

The STEAM Studio podcast inspires, educates, and entertains, offering fresh perspectives that spark curiosity, celebrate achievement, and explore the extraordinary in STEAM. Tune in weekly to The STEAM Studio and find your curiosity within every episode. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and leave a review to help others discover our shows.

Listen on your favorite podcast app: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts!

WNIJ and NIU STEAM have partnered to create “The Sound of Science,” a weekly series hosted by NIU experts explaining important science, technology, engineering and math concepts by answering questions from the community. The feature airs Fridays at 1:04 p.m. on WNIJ as a lead-in to Science Friday.

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Failure bites. It’s painful, discouraging and embarrassing. Just the idea of failure, whether it’s a big messy fail or a small setback, can be hard to digest. It’s time to change the way we think about failure. Yes, failure may be all of those negative things, but failure is also a very important part of learning and growing. Behind every great success story is a long series of failures and challenges that were also learning experiences. Join host Dr. Kristin Brynteson as she talks with successful people about failure, growth and success to inspire you and take the bite out of failure.

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The STEM Read podcast explores the connections between STEM and storytelling. Join hosts Gillian King-Cargile and Dr. Kristin Brynteson as they dive into a hot topic in K-12 education with an educator or STEM expert. After that, they talk with an author whose books can ignite enthusiasm for reading and learning. Get great reading recommendations, spark stemtastic ideas for your classroom or library, and geek out with Gillian and Kristin about science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math.

NOTE: We are no longer producing new episodes of the STEM Read Podcast, but our previously recorded episodes are still available. We hope you’ll take a listen!

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