Michael Melkonian's guest appearances

Michael Melkonian

Every Night is Game Night

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

Donald Trump

Alex Gibney

Ray Isle

Karen Cooper

Marc Lamont Hill

Randy Shaw

Walt Whitman

Caitlin Zaloom

Grace Lee

Sarah Parcak

James Wilson

Orson Welles

Ed Schoenfeld

Marion Nestle

Tom Philpott

OwlTail

“If you’ve ever noticed a slimy film of algae on a rock, chances are you didn’t pay it much attention,” writes Carl Zimmer in his Nov. 14 New York Times article How Did Plants Conquer Land? These Humble Algae Hold Clues. “But some of these overlooked species hold clues to one of the greatest mysteries of evolution, scientists have found: how plants arrived on land.” Gane Ka-Shu Wong and Michael Melkonian are two of the 24 scientists behind the study that inspired Zimmer’s piece. Entitled "Genomes of Subaerial Zygnematophyceae Provide Insights into Land Plant Evolution," their research opens a window into plant evolution all by gazing into today’s algae. Join us for a discussion into this fascinating new frontier of plant science with researchers Gane Ka-Shu Wong and Michael Melkonian in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

Gane Ka-Shu Wong and Michael Melkonian on if algae can reveal how plants evolved (12/6/19)

Jason is happy to welcome Michael Melkonian to the show to talk about Dance Card, a highly thematic card game with a theme of high school students having fun at a dance recital. There's set collection, dice rolling, and maybe most importantly for ENGN fans, solo and coop mode. Check it out as Michael talks about the development of Dance Card, not only it's mechanisms and thematic integration, but also larger issues of representation as well. Michael is a super, super excited guy, and it was a joy to talk to him. (The aftershow is completely random basketball talk that I felt like keeping in there for... reasons. For those in the Venn diagram of board gaming and basketball fans, enjoy! If not, the aftershow is very skippable!).

Jason is happy to welcome Michael Melkonian to the show to talk about Dance Card, a highly thematic card game with a theme of high school students having fun at a dance recital. There's set collection, dice rolling, and maybe most importantly for ENGN fans, solo and coop mode. Check it out as Michael talks about the development of Dance Card, not only it's mechanisms and thematic integration, but also larger issues of representation as well. Michael is a super, super excited guy, and it was a joy to talk to him. (The aftershow is completely random basketball talk that I felt like keeping in there for... reasons. For those in the Venn diagram of board gaming and basketball fans, enjoy! If not, the aftershow is very skippable!).

ENGN Preview Series 47 - Dance Card with Michael Melkonian