Essentials

Listen Now

Blubrry player!

Meta

Archive for "May 2012"

Science… sort of Theater 2 – Star Trek

We had so much fun with Jurassic Park that we’ve decided to come back with our second installment of Science.. sort of Theater 3000! Or something like that. This round we’re tackling J. J. Abrams 2009 reboot of Star Trek! If you don’t have the movie, don’t worry, it’s available for instant play from Amazon at [...]

Episode 136 – Media (Flea) Circus

00:00:00 – Science keeps chugging along, and the media keeps reporting it wrong. This week Patrick and Ryan go toe-to-toe in the friendliest of ways with recurring guest Brian Switek and newly minted guest Derek Mead in a discussion of how the science gets reported based on an article by Derek and a how-to guide [...]

Special Edition 7 – AntiAntiEvolution Rally

This short special edition is a recording of the speech I gave to a group at a rally on April 14, 2012 opposing HB0386 and supporting good science education in TN. My open letter to the governor is available here, and the following is a transcript of my speech: My name is Ryan Haupt, I’m [...]

Episode 135 – Heads and Tails

00:00:00 – Jason Head joins us to talk about Titanoboa, the largest snake ever found and subject a new documentary starring Dr. Head himself. Part 1 tackles the initial discovery and piecing together of the biology of the snake. We actually recommend watching the documentary (or play the game) first, but you’re a smart person, you’ll figure [...]

Episode 134 – Tilling the Stars

00:00:00 – This week the Paloepals are joined by Ryan Brown of the Glacial Till blog! He joins us to break down some space rock basics for diving into our second segment. SYNERGY! 00:16:55 – In the future drinks might come from asteroids. For now they just come from bottles. Ryan B. has a Down [...]