Episode 111 – Land of the Lost in Space
00:00:00 – Ben begins the show this week talking about Jacob. Eventually Ryan and Patrick force him into talking about the agreed up topic: The 100 Year Starship symposium which took place recently in Orlando, FL. Which happens to be near Jacob. Big ideas about how to get off this tiny planet abound, and the Paleopals break [...]
Episode 101 – 2.0
00:00:00 – The theme this week is 2.0. Meaning the Paleopals want y’all to create some content, and y’all did! Each story this week comes as a submission from the Paleoposse. Thanks, everyone! The Paleopals Patrick, Jacob and Ryan have formed a pack to hunt some science, as suggested by Jesse W., first by debating [...]
Episode 87 – Hox, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
This week on the podcast… 00:00:00 – Julia Saltz joins the Paleopals Ryan, Patrick, Charlie and Kelly to finally figure out this genetics nonsense. The first part of the conversation focuses, as much as the show ever focuses, on Hox genes. Listen to find out why they’re considered the dinosaurs of genetics. We’re definitely having Julia back, [...]
Episode 75 – Better living through Chemistry
This week on the podcast… 00:00:00 – According to a new article in The Economist, people used to think alchemy was awesome. Than chymists came along and acted all high and mighty with their beakers and their goggles! But were the alchemists really so wrong? A parable about the progress of science. (Just don’t start [...]
Episode 70 – Episode V: Martian Mesozoic Mayhem
This week on the podcast… 00:00:00 – The Paleopals are here sipping liquids from all over the place. Sustainable? No. Delicious? You bet! Ignore your carbon footprint and uncork something tasty. 00:05:26 – More Doarn! Charles Doarn returns to finish our discussion about sending people to Mars from Episode 69, including some sobering yet inspiring [...]
