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Archive for "Apr 2010"

Episode 33: Sex, Bugs & Rock’n'Roll

This week on the podcast… 00:00:00 – The Paleopals taste the full spectrum of beer with sweet, bitter and sour. Who had what? Why? How was it? All this and more will be answered! 00:06:11 – Next the Paleopals sit down and jaw with author Mary Roach. She’s written all kinds of books you should [...]

Episode 32 – Gets It Together

“Gets It Together” originally referred to one thing, but should really be accredited to Ben Tippett, who kept this show on track by sheer force of Canadian will and charisma. He definitely leveled up with this one. 00:00:00 – Drinks and introductions. The intros technically came first, but the drinks dominate the show later on, [...]

Trailers vs. the Film in the Sleep Deprived Male Brain

I have returned triumphant… sort of, from the 5th annual Secret Film Festival held at the Del Mar Theater in downtown Santa Cruz. Here’s the format. It starts at midnight on Saturday, and by noon Sunday you’ll have seen six films there’s almost no chance of you having seen before. You don’t know what the [...]

Marvel at the power of Science

I’m not sure how many people come to the website and don’t use the facebook page or twitter but if you’re one of those people you might like to check out this piece I wrote for marvel.com on the Science of Iron Man. It’s part of their Month of Iron Man to promote the new [...]

Episode 31: Beer Science

00:00:00 – Intros seem unusually succinct, what’s going on? Don’t you dare short-change us, Paleopals! Furthermore, how did I, an anonymous fan, wind up doing the show notes? The only way out now is to forge ahead… 00:03:56 – Oh, I get it. You have an interview with Charles Bamforth, the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of [...]