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 [...]
Episode 65 – Stats and Stones
This week on the podcast… 00:00:00 – The Paleopals are all here, having recovered from a mysterious case of arsenic poisoning, and are flushing their systems out with a little bit of alcohol. Charlie has an old favorite, Patrick is kicking back a cold one, and Ryan is classing it up, but maybe being a [...]
Episode 38 – The Quiz Show
This week was the quiz show so we don’t have traditional show notes. We get asked about the usual range of subjects covered in the show. Everything from climate change, personal history, lightsaber battles and dinosaur acoustics. And of course zombies. Thanks to everyone who contributed to make this one of the most fun shows [...]
Episode 35 – Change Over Time
This week on the podcast… 00:00:00 – The Paleopals go through the motions of introductions but they’re tired because they were up late and they were up late because they were at the Cal Academy Nightlife. Which was pretty cool and they’ll tell you why. 00:08:36 – What happens when a species gets divorced? Does [...]
