Identity: Stories about figuring out who we are
b"This week, we\\u2019re presenting stories about identity, whether its an external sense of cultural identity or an internal sense of self.\\nPart 1:\\xa0Mathematician and comic book writer Jason Rodriguez feels torn between separate cultural and professional identities.\\nPart 2:\\xa0As a graduate student, Josh Silberg begins to question whether he's cut out for science.\\nJason Rodriguez is a writer, editor, educator, and applied mathematician. Jason spends the first half of his day developing physiological models of human injury. In the evenings, Jason creates educational comic books about American history, systemic racism, and physics. On the weekends, Jason tends to visit conventions, museums, libraries, and festivals in order to talk about the unparalleled joy of comic books, and how that joy can spark a desire to learn and create in kids. Jason lives in Arlington, VA on the rare occasion when he\\u2019s home.\\xa0\\xa0\\nJosh Silberg has researched everything from humpback whales to whale sharks to rockfish\\u2014he just couldn\\u2019t decide on one creature to study. After earning a Master\\u2019s of Resource and Environmental Management from Simon Fraser University, he joined the British Columbia-based\\xa0Hakai Institute\\xa0as the Science Communications Coordinator. Now, he gets to share all sorts of coastal science stories through blogs, videos, and the occasional poem. In his free time, he can be found photographing wildlife, hiking, or searching for creatures in tide pools. You can follow him on twitter\\xa0@joshsilberg.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"