Recent Episodes
Sherlock Holmes and Logical Reasoning | Science Goes To The Movies
This year, Arthur Conan Doyle's four novels and fifty-six short stories about Sherlock Holmes will become public domain. In preparation for the deluge of Holmes stories, Lisa Beth plays Dr. Watson to neuroscientist, author, and professor, Dr. Stuart Firestein in a discussion of Sherlock Holmes and methods of logical reasoning.
Guests:
Prof. Stuart Firestein -Professor, Columbia University
Recording Date
01/19/2023
First Air Date
06/16/2023
Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Lisa Beth Kovetz, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures.Will today's sci-fi fantasies become tomorrow’s science realities? Top working scientists review popular movies, resulting in lively and informative conversations about what science is happening now, what science is heading towards us in the future, and what’s just fun fiction.
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Can Star Trek's "Enterprise" Really Hide in a Brown Dwarf? | Science Goes To The Movies
Lisa Beth Kovetz & Emily Rice of CUNY's Macaulay Honors College dig into black holes, brown dwarfs and Star Trek's "Strange New Worlds!"
Guests:
Prof. Emily Rice - Professor, Macauley Honors College
Recording Date
03/24/2023
First Air Date
05/19/2023
Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Lisa Beth Kovetz, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures.Will today's sci-fi fantasies become tomorrow’s science realities? Top working scientists review popular movies, resulting in lively and informative conversations about what science is happening now, what science is heading towards us in the future, and what’s just fun fiction.
Watch more at http://tv.cuny.edu/show/sciencegoestothemovies
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Infotainment and The Weather | Science Goes To The Movies
In the climate-change allegory, "Don't Look Up" the media failed to report the reality of an oncoming comet. Are we doing the same with our ever wilder weather? CUNY’s Prof. Jimmy Booth; CUNY Alums Dr. Veeshan Narinesingh and Joe Rao weigh in.
Guests:
Prof Jimmy Booth - Professor, CUNY department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
Veeshan Narinesingh - Post-Doc, Princeton, CUNY
Joe Rao - Broadcast meteorologist
Recording Date
02/27/2023
First Air Date
04/21/2023
Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Lisa Beth Kovetz, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures.Will today's sci-fi fantasies become tomorrow’s science realities? Top working scientists review popular movies, resulting in lively and informative conversations about what science is happening now, what science is heading towards us in the future, and what’s just fun fiction.
Watch more at http://tv.cuny.edu/show/sciencegoestothemovies
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About This Show
Will today’s sci-fi fantasies become tomorrow’s science realities? Top working scientists review popular movies, resulting in lively and informative conversations about what science is happening now, what science is heading towards us in the future, and what’s just fun fiction.
Regular Air Times
Friday – Sunday 6:30pm
Featured Segments
Is Batman Bat-crazy? | Science Goes to the Movies
In 2021 Robert Patterson dons the cape and cowl, and heads out to save Gotham, bringing with him all the guilt and darkness that comes with being Bruce Wayne. Dr. Robin S. Rosenberg, clinical psychologist who literally wrote text book, “Abnormal Psychology” digs into Batman’s psyche in her book, “What’s the Matter with Batman?”
Guest: Dr. Robin S. Rosenberg, Clinical Psychologist and Author
Tape date: September 24, 2019. First aired: January 23, 2020.
Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Lisa Beth Kovetz, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures.Will today's sci-fi fantasies become tomorrow’s science realities? Top working scientists review popular movies, resulting in lively and informative conversations about what science is happening now, what science is heading towards us in the future, and what’s just fun fiction.
Watch more at http://tv.cuny.edu/show/sciencegoestothemovies
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John Wick Gets Bullets Right (mostly)! | Science Goes to the Movies
The “John Wick” series of puppy loving violence has some of the most wildly creative depictions of firearms, and they do it – mostly – without breaking the laws of physics. Our guest, James M. Gannalo, retired NYPD detective with the New York City Police Department’s Firearms Analysis Section breaks down the details of “Parabellum’s” underwater gunshot scene and discusses how movie stars Keanu Reeves and Hallie Berry’s extensive firearm training allows them to handle their prop guns with the exactitude of real weapons.
Guest:
James M. Gannalo. President, The Stria Group
Tape date: September 25, 2019. First aired: December 5, 2019.
Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Lisa Beth Kovetz, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures.Will today's sci-fi fantasies become tomorrow’s science realities? Top working scientists review popular movies, resulting in lively and informative conversations about what science is happening now, what science is heading towards us in the future, and what’s just fun fiction.
Watch more at http://tv.cuny.edu/show/sciencegoestothemovies
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Meet the Host

Lisa Beth Kovetz
Host