Michael Pipkorn is the director and writer of "Fragile," one of two student films to come out of Com Arts 659 this semester. “Fragile” is about two college students who meet and fall in love, start dating, but when the girl dies, the boy begins to spiral, and believes that the girl lives on in her favorite porcelain doll. Join Oliver Gerharz and guest co-host Lydia Picotte for an interview with Pipkorn about the structure of the class that helped hm produce the film, being weary of the soul, striving to be the LeBron of movies, and the insane dream that inspired "Fragile." "Fragile" will be shown on campus on May 2nd at 7:30PM.

Natalie Tocco is a veterinary pathologist with years of experience in autopsy of wild, pet, and zoo animals. Join host Oliver Gerharz and guest co-host Ian Hoffman in an interview discussing the grief of losing an animal, the mysteries of animal anatomy and evolution, panda diplomacy and two elephant autopsies. Check out or episodes with Dominique Brossard and Caitlin Looby if you'd like to hear more about science communication!

On this week's episode of You Seem Exceptional, Oliver and guest co-host Kayla Dembiec speak with Dominique Brossard, a science communicator at UW-Madison currently working with the Morgridge Research Institute. They discuss her research, time as the department chair of life science communication, bridging the divide, and expertise in the government. For interviews with similar topics, you can check out our conversations with Science Communicator Caitlin Looby and Dean Eric Wilcots (soon to be Interim Chancellor Wilcots).