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Episode 46 – Asian Invasion

Ryan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:10:11 +0000

00:00:00 – Ryan drinks his most complicated beer yet so thankfully Patrick and Charlie keep it simple and Ben has something else (as usual!)

00:07:50 – Patrick tells us how to make MORE money by being charitable. Man, that guy is crafty. Also, not so fast believing that study, the group tested may be a bit too… college, if ya know what I mean.

00:27:36 – The Paleopals then attempt to de-obfuscate the trailer for Centurion in this week’s Trailer Trash Talk. However, it’s possible there was no plot to unravel in the first place…

00:39:20 – If your mom ever told you not to play with your food then she was clearly unaware of how useful it could be as a building material, according to some very old Asians who figured this out long ago. Put some of the sticky stuff between some bricks and that wall ain’t coming down.

00:45:54 – Korea is planning to start replacing English teachers with Robots. The question now become will this disaster be linguistic or apocalyptic?

00:54:33 – PaleoPOW!We have a kiwi flavored iTunes review, a oddly friendly offer, a few trifling tweets, and Patrick is surprised by criticism.

Thanks for listening, for more great content all week check out blog http://paleocave.sciencesortof.com/

Direct Download: Episode 46 – Asian Invasion

Music for this week’s show:

Turning Japanese - No Use for a Name

Fair - Ben Folds

Rome – Phoenix

Ways to Make it Through the Wall – Los Campesinos!

Robot – The Futureheads

Episode 45 – A Tall Cold Pint of Nightlife

Ryan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:09:36 +0000

Show notes are a little less traditional than usual this week seeing as we recorded this episode live at the CalAcademy Nigthtlife in San Francisco! The show was fun but fraught with distraction. We told what we were drinking, talked about what would happen if the earth stopped spinning, and the trailer for the week was the etymologically indistinct Green Hornet. All this is interspersed with Nightlifers asking questions and just generally being cool. Finally we bask in the iTunes review left by Cat Eyed Fox.

Forgive the less than stellar audio quality but hopefully the content makes up for it. Thanks again to everyone who came out to support us and welcome to any new listeners we might have!

Find more content at blog at paleocave.sciencesortof.com

Direct download link: Episode 45 – A Tall Cold Pint of Nightlife

Music this week:

This is Your Night – Amber

Also: At one point we talk about books and such. If you’re curious to pick up any of the books we mentioned why not use our Amazon page to do so? Thanks!

Episode 43 – Predation and Libation

Ryan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:00:18 +0000

00:00:00 – Ryan is out of character as he demands to keep things moving as the other Paleopals Charlie and Patrick are forced to rush through drinks and a theme.

00:03:50 – Patrick is annoyed by the name of a new mega whale, but at least it has more teeth than stupid Sperm Whales (whom also have a weird name, am I right?).

00:16:39 – But this week the Paleopals are also on the hunt as they dissect the trailer for Predators. Things get a bit literal and heavy handed.

00:27:32 – A new type of scientist finds an old type of spear. Do your part for anthropology by walking around melting glaciers and picking up odd shaped sticks. You could be the next Indiana Jones!

00:38:40 – PaleoPOW! Patrick has news from Chad on newly discovered brews. Charlie is Dallan’s forgotten favorite in a new iTunes review. And Ryan gets some cow-based blog feedback from Tomica.

Find more great content at our blog http://paleocave.sciencesortof.com/

Direct Download: Episode 43 – Predation and Libation

Music:

No I in Threesome – Interpol

Whaley – Sentinel

It was a good day – Ice Cube (From the album “The Predator”)

Hunt – Aceyalone

Episode 42 – Free Falling with a Jetpack

Ryan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:41:25 +0000

00:00:00 – Ben has made it to the proper (read: west) coast but is still too far north for Ryan and Patrick who are side by side and sharing a brew.

00:05:03 – Patrick may be looking to get away because he wants to talk about jetpack science. You know this one will lead to digressions.

00:19:44 – The Paleopals are feeling a bit loopy Trailer Trash Talking Knight & Day with Tom Cruise. We’re not sure if he’s crazy off-screen, on-screen, both or neither. Scientology should sue Ben, we’re pretty sure he said the meanest stuff.

00:37:22 – Ben has a real physics story he wants to talk about. He promises not to get distracted. He might succeed but we don’t remember cause we got distracted.

00:48:14 – The PaleoPOW leads to a confused Ben, which is amusing in its own right (blame Formspring). Also Ryan and Patrick each read some sort of listener interaction too. What were the odds?!

Find more great content at our blog http://paleocave.sciencesortof.com/

Direct download: Episode 42 – Free Falling with a Jetpack

Music:

My United Sates of Whatever – Liam Lynch

Jet Pack – Eve 6

Crazy Eyes – Old Crow Medicine Show

Fall – Something Corporate

Episode 41 – Jacob Have I Loved

Ryan — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:36:22 +0000

00:00:00 – Introducing a previously teased voice but now for a full episode it’s Jacob! Two other guys showed up to talk too.

00:07:11 – Charlie is a doctor now, and he’s gonna tell you why. Hint: Men are from Mars

00:28:31 – It’s the most literal Trailer Trash Talk ever as the guys breakdown the trailer Winnebago Man.

00:43:32 – If you wanted your Winnebago to make it to space, Jacob is the guy you want strapping on the rockets. He breaks down the current state of rocketry especially this Falcon 9 thing that matters to the engineering types out there.

01:03:21 – PaleoPOW! It’s like a punch from the past! (That should probably be incorporated as a slogan somehow.) This week Jacob reads out an iTunes review, which we love by the way, Alan Saiz sends a relevant link to Charlie, and Ryan spots PaleoPosse member James Comey in the wild.

Need more? Well there’s a blog! Go read it at http://paleocave.sciencesortof.com/

Direct download: Episode 41 – Jacob Have I Loved

Music for this week’s show:

Billy Brag and Wilco – California Stars

Elton John – Rocket Man (’03 remix)

Lou Reed – Sick of You

M83 – We Own the Sky

Episode 39 – Critical Drinking

Ryan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:37:40 +0000

00:00:00 – This week we’re diving right in without a wasted second (… sort of) because we have an awesome guest who’s voice you’re likely already familiar with, Brian Dunning, host of the popular podcast Skeptoid, with whom we speak of a many great and numerous things.

00:46:44 – Ryan revisits his more recent childhood while Patrick and Charlie remain lackluster about the latest offering from Pixar, Toy Story 3 in this week’s Trailer Trash Talk.

00:56:53 – Whales were once scum-sucking bottom feeders. But they evolved past it and left cool fossils with which we can use against another group of scum-suckers: creationists.

01:10:56 – PaleoPOW! Charlie finds a real Paleopal in Ed, James takes us to task on iTunes and we fire back (all in good fun, cause we’re all friends here, right?) and Patrick reads a tweet from Quadell praising the blog.

Direct Download: Episode 39 – Critical Drinking

Music for this week’s show:

I know more – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

When I Grow Up – Garbage

Whale Song – Pearl Jam

Episode 38 – The Quiz Show

Ryan — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:47:03 +0000

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 to record in a long time. If you didn’t get your question answered feel free to yell at us by e-mailing paleopals@sciencesortof.com or leaving a comment here. If you have another question you’d like tackled let us know over at formspring!

See ya sooner than usual next week with the big 39.

Since there was only one song that wasn’t the theme song here are some of the cocktails we were drinking this week.

Jamie’s Champagne Cocktail… sort of

Champagne
Chambord
Two Raspberries

Charlie’s Quiz Cocktail

1 shot espresso
3 ice cubes
1 shot Disaronno Amaretto

Direct Download: Episode 38 – The Quiz Show

Music:

Question (Outro) – Sweatshop Union