Episode 3: Tech Vampires and Science Zombies!
In our Halloween episode, a French zombie and a Vampire Witch experience Leech Mania talking about Hirudo Medicinalis, spring-loaded lancets, and fancy leech jars.
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Huyen Tue Dao
Huyen brings the tech to Technical Tea as a Software Engineer at a Big Tech Company. Her favorite past times include swinging heavy kettlebells and learning Japanese so that she can shout out her moves while battling anime monsters.
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Episode 2: Eponyms: the good, the bad, the birds and the bee-tles
Why do we name birds, beetles, telescopes, and principles after people? The good, the bad, the weird. Is there Death of the Author for Eponyms? Why infinitely optimizing (and going 5mph over the speed limit) may not work. Why, we would love to stop adding exclamation points to our emails!
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Episode 1.5: Tea Time! LIVE Office hours
We are going to mess around with our streaming settings, choose color combos, prep for next month's episode and chat with our live listeners. Stop in for a cup of tea!
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Episode 1: Make-up but not how you think
What is CV Dazzle and will it empower Niki to roller derby vs. a hundred duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck? Would Huyen prefer Vibranium Breasts over Super Speed and would either be the ideal superpower with which to build a dream Omni-tool Cyberdeck?
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Extra
Extra: DTNS Live @ Nerdtacular 2026
Where Technical Tea started: the DTNS Live Panel, “Science vs. Tech,” at Nerdtacular 2026! On the panel were Bobby Frankenberger and Dr. Niki, representing Science, and Tom Merritt (our Executive Barista) and Huyen, representing Tech.
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Trailer: The STEM Factory
Here is Technical Tea's first trailer on Acast where we imagine a break after a hard day at the STEM Factory.
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Episode 0: DTNS Experiment Week
For DTNS Experiment Week 2026, DTNS Co-host, Huyen Tue Dao, and DTNS Science Correspondent, Dr. Nicole Ackermans, come together to talk science and tech, which becomes the pilot episode of Technical Tea.
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