Meet the Museum's only Field Biologist
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2017
- Dr. Steve Goodman's work is legendary. He's the only scientist at The Field Museum with the title 'Field Biologist,' and spends 9-10 months out of the year conducting research in other countries, with a focus on Madagascar for nearly 30 years. Learn more about the future of Madagascar's biodiversity & research at www.vahatra.mg/
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Producer, Writer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie
Producer, Director, Editor, Graphics:
Brandon Brungard
Producer, Camera:
Sheheryar Ahsan
Interview with:
Dr. Steve Goodman
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This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
www.fieldmuseum...
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Educating and empowering Malagasy scientists to lead programs is just about the best thing I've heard all day. Thanks for this ray of sunshine!
Species found on him...fascinating
yea....
Hey if you're going to have something crawling around on you, bonus points if it's new to science right?!
thebrainscoop don’t get me wrong here I think it’s a pleasant surprise, as long as it’s between 4mm to 9cm.
Methane Juice Prime size range for myriad parasites! =D
or in him...
I really love how excited Emily is to talk with this guy. I mean, the rest of us would pass him by and never notice, but she treats him like **insert latest hollywood hunk (I don't pay attention)** Her enthusiasm is absolutely contagious!
I mean.. to say Steve Goodman is a big deal is a total understatement. This guy is one of the most important scientists of our time. My inner nerd just can't help itself but freak out a little bit
It's one of the reasons I enjoy Emily's videos so much. Enthusiasm is both catching and a very appealing characteristic in another person. It's a pleasure to watch.
One of my other favourite zoological broadcasters is David Attenborough. After all the beautiful and fascinating places he has been and all the incredible animals he has seen, he is still (at 91) amazingly enthusiastic and that's what makes him such a good broadcaster.
ugh I would love to meet David Attenborough some day. His work has been a huge inspiration for me!
i misread enthusiasm as euthanasia but I mean if you knew who this guy was I feel like most people would be obsessed with how fucking cool he is
amazing production! what an interview. i think this is my favourite one so far. thank you for your work, this was really fascinating. also as a geographer who has refused to accept the division of physical and human geography, IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!! science is always embedded in political and socio-economic circumstances. i hope to one day be able to do important work like you guys.
Lys
You people *need* to read the redorbit article in the show notes. His life story is inspiring and unbelievable. Interestingly enough he also started his path in the arts just like Emily. The Field Museum sure has a good eye to see unconventional talent in a world where those who don't follow the rules often suffer of a lack of opportunities.
I love watching every one of these videos, because, "it still has brains on it", in more ways than one.
What amazing humans.
We appreciate what you do, Emily!
Emily...I know people may have told you this before...but again I have to say...you are an exceptional host!!!! I never miss any of your videos!!!! Keep it up...sister!!!
This channel keeps getting better and better.
79th. The thought of a new species being found on you sounds hilarious to me.
Thank you for always making great shows! My five year old son loves watching you, Animal Logic, and Coyote Peterson. He has stated that he wants to be a marine biologist when he grows up.
This guy is incredible. Nobody publishes 600 scientific papers-- but he has done it.
Damn, I'd love to be a field biologist as part of my future job- I am kinda in love with wet lab work too though... I'll get my PhD done then decide!
y not both?!
awkwardcurlytop I say go for both! Let your mind wonder, and see where it takes you :)
Samuel Ung I'm planning on doing my PhD in infectious disease, specifically zoonoses, and I hope I will be lucky enough to undertake research into these diseases in the field as part of the project I choose in my second year of the DTP I want to do. I'm aware of the harsh job market in science and especially biology.
Samuel Ung I am very passionate about infectious diseases, and you'd be surprised how zoonoses impact across the whole world, developed and undeveloped. The PhDs I'm applying to are already funded, which makes them competitive, but I've been trying across the past three years I've been at university to become a competitive applicant (getting multiple studentships, courses, additional qualifications)
More like my dream too
I'm not sure if this guy's work ethic is inspirational or terrifying... great video, thanks.
The Analyser how bout both?
The Analyser it's not work when you enjoy it
Three in the morning is impressive. What coffee brand is strong enough for that sleep schedule? I must know.
I have no idea. I get 7 hours and I'm still a fuss bucket in the morning
Maybe he just chews the coffee beans instead. But I imagine he's one of the few of people that needs little sleep. I can't match that completely. But around 6 hours and I'm all good and I can function on 4-5 hours for a couple of days.
so what's it like to be an x-men
we don't know when he goes to sleep, though...
I'm dying
Even though I'm a computer science major, your work fascinates me, keep it up!🤘
I'm living in the Phillipines and yes, there's a huge diversity of animals here. Especially birds, small mammals and arthropods. My family finds it weird that I'm recording every animals that I've found. But i guess it will pay of someday. Maybe even finding a new species (which i think i've already did but not official.)
Zoe Ronquillo really? SHOW US!
well, I cant upload pictures on youtube ahaha and its full of insects , i don't know if its really relevant. The funny things is when i try to find the name of some of the animals that i've found. The animals that I've found are not there. I can find the genus but not the species.
Do you have a blog? I'd love to see!
Also, fingers crossed for you to get a video camera so you can upload stuff to youtube someday!
I actually want to start a vlog on youtube where i will focus on the diversity of the Philippines. Because I know there's still a lot of animals to be found and protected. And a lot of different species because it's an island. But im still on HighSchool and I'm not that rich to travel and to have a good videocam. hahaha :(. Someday, I'll do that. But for now, all i do is picturing and printing all of the animals that I can see that looks rare to me. I mostly focus on birds reptiles and invertebrates since they are the most diverse here.
That's so cool! Hopefully the money situation works out, cause I'd love to see that out there. I'll be rooting for you :)
Wow. He's an incredible guy that probably has lots of incredible stories to tell. Thanks for sharing!
If I'd been able to pass chemistry/physics/calculus I'd be well on my way to becoming something like a field biologist. Sounds like an amazing job, thank you for this video. I've now settled for a bachelors in geography and I want to work in a conservation centre or something.
This is fun! I could never be a field scientist because of my career path so it's really nice to see someone else's life like this.
Madagascar! Ilha! Ilha do amooor!
Madagascar is quite possibly the most interesting place in the world. It's also one of the most ecologically endangered places in the world. I hope more attention to Madagascar's astounding biodiversity will help motivate people to try to protect it. As Dr. Goodman says, that protection will have to be integrated with the Malagasy people's livelihoods.
Oh my gosh he's totally incredible. I would love to be a field biologist like him some day!
God, I love science and biology. How crazy is it that we know so much about our planet, and yet there is still so much more that we haven't discovered yet? Things that have been surviving for millions of years and still don't even have a name.
The video is so fascinating, getting to learn about his work is so fascinating. The interview was brilliantly executed, can we have an entire playlist dedicated to him? ALSO what's happening with The BrainScoop newsletter?
Emily thank you for bringing such a force of nature to camera. The amount of knowledge Dr. Goodman has would take five lifetimes to digest. Sad fact is we need 100s if not 1000s of people like you 2.( yes I believe that your dedication to the work though in its infancy could be compared to Goldman's 32 years) . Do you believe that an vast expansion in natural history and biology is needed to combat the idiocrasy level of stupid in our country? ( ps I might not ever get the opportunity to say it, but in the off chance that you read this comment. I value your work. You're extremely intelligent. And you look amazing.)
This was so interesting to watch, especially after just having got back from a field camp!
I REALLY liked this episode.
Soooo 500 papers in 30 years... that's more than 1 per month. No wonder that guy gets up at 3 am jesus
I feel so much inspired by this interview!
This guy is insanely cool! I'm a geneticist and love my lab work but would love to do something like this one day!
Hi iwas feeling kinda good after giving my son lifeadvice highlighting the fact that me sponsering comunity events and his mums volunteer work within the comunity was away of giving back and supporting yr way of life.Wow how insignificant ifeel now, supporting people who arent part ofyr comunity now that is something 2aspire2, thanks 4opening my eyes.
Misaotra Be for bringing attention to the challenges facing that beautiful island.
Emily, you are just the best. Great video. I admire the individuals you get to meet.
Yessss... a new video to share to my students ....
What an interesting guy. Good interview, Emily.
Brain scoop could have a video about vitrines and it would be fantastic. This is a great interview.
Wow that's amazing, such a great passion for his field..
I wish I could find something meaningful that I felt about the way this person in this video does.
Awesome interview! What an cool guy.
600, 24 etc So productive! I want to be like this professor in my professional sphere.
Great interview
My son is 7, and since he was 3 he’s wanted to be a biologist. Seeing this video just made me think of him so much; it was like watching a video of his dream future self. I wish I could talk to Dr. Goodman to get some advice on how to keep him interested and help him be successful if he really does get to grow up to be a field biologist. Does Dr. Goodman have a biography or anything similar that’s available for laypeople? My son would probably love to learn about this guy, but I’m sure his published papers are beyond both of our reading scopes 😂
What an I inspiration, thank you making this video
That was one hell of an intro!
Fascinating!
Hey that's pretty neat. I only knew him as the guy who wrote "Go Cubs Go".
Love this episode!!
How can I become Steve?
How do you know if biology is right for you? I am no stranger to outdoor work, but enjoy getting to go out on my own and get to know new places. Can't say I've ever been thrilled to study it though. I spent 2 months on a farm last year and enjoyed it a lot, but what I loved the most was just getting to meet new people and seeing places I never thought I'd get to see in my lifetime. The animals and plants were cool but not what I was most interested in!
This guy has such an amazing job!!! Super jealous - definitely a "dream job" for someone like me. Can you share with us why the Field Museum has only 1 field biologist? Do other natural history museums have more or fewer than the Field?
Could you do a series on the colors of animals and bugs? i heard butterflies use shapes of scales to actually reflect different colors instead of pigments.
I think the important thing to keep in mind is that people like him would do this stuff whether he got paid or not
that's a ridiculously cool job. I feel like it would be kind of hard to build stable relationships with people because you move around so much but I guess it's where your priorities lie.
Aren't they replacing Sue in the field museum? Can you explain somebody? I'm from Chicago and I've grown up loving the field museum...
Andrew F they're temporarily taking her off exhibit so they can update the frame her skeleton is placed on.
#science #passion
look at those bookshelves!
before I start watching the video, is that a Mr. Wizard font in the thumbnail?
Nice video thanks.
I wish there was a love button !
YAY! I'm so happy. That advice was profound, being a biologist (or any other field work) shouldn't really be called a job, it's passion 0w0
you really looked like you had a good time. like you have met another of you heros?
This is the weird thing about my job & my lack of background in science: I think all of these people are freakin' heroes. They have cool jobs, they make amazing discoveries, and I just get to go along for the ride. But I was nervous as heck for this interview- I mean, you can see in this video that Dr. Goodman is incredibly prolific! I kept panicking and feeling like I was wasting his time. He could have, like, published three new papers in the time it took to talk to me for this video. But that's just my personal anxiety talking, of course he was happy to take the time. I experience some level of nervousness for every interview I do, for some reason I always just feel like they have better, more important things to do besides talk to me. :| but that's also what makes every video fun -- I keep getting to talk to way cool scientists and help them share their work!
i seriously doubt most of them would take the time to be interviewed if they thought it a waste of their time. he might have gotten something else finished. it wouldn't have brought awareness of him, his ongoing efforts, etc.
i never even knew he existed before this. there were a lot of concepts in this video that i don't remember or might now have known. now i have new things wondering around my mind do to this video.
a arch needs a keystone to keep it up. the keystone is worthless without all the other stones depending on it.
Because Madagaskar has been an island for around 80 million years. Great Britain has been connected to Europe up until the last Ice Age, 110.000 - 11.700 years ago, so species on Madagaskar and other Islands which have been disconnected from the "rest of the world" for a long time. for example Australia. have had much longer to take a different evolutionairy path
But think about all the people you've now enlightened by introducing him through the video; I believe I've heard of him in the past, but it's highly unlikely he's going to be interviewed by anyone other than a nature program, and maybe 45 second snippets. What you've done here is shine a light on a very important individual! And judging by the comments, inspired a few people by doing it.
This is exactly what Marshall Field had in mind when he created his namesake: exposing the public to the animal world around them.
I'm enamored you do this from my beloved hometown; science is so big here that it's arguably the epicenter for scientific discovery all over town.
great!!!
Soooo, Dr. Goodman is the Field's field biologist on the field?... Am I getting this right? ;)
cavv0667 you have are in the general field of being right
cavv0667 +
yes he's the field's field biologist conducting fieldwork in the field
Super interesting! :D
Great video :D
Dang!
Is there a point where protecting a natural process like evolution is interfering with said process? And where is the line drawn between helping and hurting the process?
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The thumbnail font rings a bell from Temple Run
Ah yes now I can get my fix
I... don't have that much of a social life.
haunter Pr1me it's so true though
But it's the Field Museum so the biologists are ALL Field [Museum] Biologists... ha ha ha!
HEY EMILY! Saw the news tonight and wanted your thoughts on SUE the T-Rex being moved to a new exhibit in February so that a new cast of the Patagotitan mayorum can take her place?
I'm super excited about it! The Field has a history of making changes in our main hall - it undergoes a revision or update every 15-20 years, so we're right on time to do something new. Plus, I think it'll be nice to experience SUE in a room that'll contextualize her habitat and size a little better... a lot of visitors when they come say "I thought she'd be bigger," which is nuts 'cuz this is a 40' long murder bird we're talking about. The titanosaur ought to look a bit more appropriate in the space.
Cool. I hope it brings more people to the museum. I just hope I can make it there before SUE is moved!
A similar thing has happened at the Natural History Museum in London (which you absolutely should visit if you have the opportunity). They are moving Dippy the diplodocus and replacing him (sorry, I'm not sure whether it's a male or female) with a diving blue whale skeleton. I am looking forward to seeing it despite the diplodocus skeleton's being iconic.
If I am ever in Chicago, I shall absolutely take the opportunity to visit the Field Museum and admire the Patagotitan mayorum.
thebrainscoop "Murder Bird"
Nigel Thornberry IRL..
does anyone know japanese channels that are like this one? A channel you get smarter, not dumber by watching.. It's so hard to find 😩
i depend too much on wifi. i could never be a field biologist.
Emily :- many of us appreciate the trouble you take with your ear-rings!
Isn't it a bit ironic that a *FIELD* Museum only has one *FIELD* biologist? ;)
P.S. Aww poor Emily, little to no social life! :(
Guy's cool and all... But why don't you do dissections and explaining the function and evolutionary history of specific body parts like you used to when Hank found you? I loved you back then because it was chalkfull of get-your-hands-dirty animal biology.
We still do some of that! ruclips.net/video/5vzpwqEXiQY/видео.html We're skinning skunks in a few weeks for a video. But, it's important to me that our content is diverse. Steve is one of the most prolific scientists of our day and has inarguably had a major impact in his field; I'm more than happy to use our channel to help share his work with a wider audience. That's kinda my job!
thebrainscoop, Yeha is nice to see dissections and hands on science, but getting to know all the great people on the field museum is really nice!
If we're talking about segments we'd like to see more of, I really loved your Natural News segments.
talk about being hyperproductive
I want to know how he has managed to have a family, when he is always away for work.
carlosapian g He's married to a Malagasy woman, and they live in Madagascar with their son.
thebrainscoop Is he now going to stay in Madagascar for the foreseeable future, or will his family move with him if was to say, start work in Papua New Guinea?
Well, he's been living in Madagascar for the last 20 years or so, and given how much work he's done in that country I think he's fairly committed to staying there.
thebrainscoop even with the plague out break.
5:05 *curls into fetal position*
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