播客访谈：实验室外的科学传播

A couple weeks after our podcast aired, I received an email from the brain surgeon we had interviewed. A patient who had just been diagnosed with a brain tumor had been in contact, he said, and wanted to know whether they might qualify for an ongoing surgical trial mentioned on the episode. I read the email twice, feeling an unexpected surge of joy and relief. At a time when I felt frustrated by my own research, here was a reminder that science has the capacity to change lives—and that I could, in some small way, help someone facing a frightening diagnosis. I had been struggling with my Ph.D. for a while. …