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    S2E10: Arts and Science part 2 with Meredith Castles

    enJuly 06, 2021

    About this Episode

    This episode is the second of a two-part episode with award-winning technologist and online media personality Meredith Castles. In the first part we explored Meredith’s kinesthetic memory and her arts background. This time round we focus more on her work in Technology and how she combines arts with science to communicate science to the public.

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