Episode 121 – Diamonds are for Feather
00:00:00 – Are you dying to know how diamonds make it to Earth’s surface? Well the answer just might kill you. Abraham Padilla joins the Paleopals once more to talk about gas-powered kimberlite super-volcanoes on steroids. BOOM! 00:22:20 – Beer is also gas powered… sort of. Charlie has a beer of a different sort with [...]
Episode 117 – Wrapped Up in Science
00:00:00 – Kepler (the satellite, not the dude, who would be a zombie at this point) done found us a planet within the habitable zone of a star a mere 600 light years away. THANKS KEPLER! 00:13:08 – Drinks are like planets, wait long enough and one of them goes away. Ryan has some holiday cheer with Mikkeller [...]
Episode 115 – Feeling Crabby
00:00:00 – Who knew crustaceans could be so crafty? An amphipod has evovled the ability to spin silk like a spider, except under water! Fraught with awesome imagery and potential medical applications to be sure. 11:11:11 – Every week we consume something on air and this week those consumables varied more than usual. Kelly has crafty [...]
Episode 114 – Giving Thanks II, The Thankening
It’s time for the annual Thanksgiving Science… sort of special! Each year the Paleopals pick an extra-long PaleoPOW and cover it in a little more detail than usual. Just like the pilgrims did. 00:00:00 – Charlie starts things off with an e-mail from Michal about our dismissal of Evolutionary Psychology. Maybe the PaleoPOWs evolved to think that [...]
Episode 110 – Back to School
00:00:00 – Jorge Cham, of PhD Comics, joins the Paleopals to discuss his comic, his time in academia, and the path he took to transition to full time artist. 00:27:27 – Scholastic achievement makes people thirsty. Thus the Paleopals imbibe. Patrick pulls out a rye beer he’d been saving. Ryan thinks his Sour Apple Saison [...]
