260 - Flame On

Science... sort of

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🗓️ 16 March 2017

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - This week Ryan interviews W. John Calder, who just finished his Ph.D. studying fire ecology and paleoclimate. We spend the first segment talking about the basics of his research, and some admittedly nitpicky differences between their fields.

00:36:30 - Fires are best put out with liquid, but maybe not this kind of liquid. Ryan is sipping on some Bone Snapper Rye Whiskey with Bittermens Burlesque Bitters, both gifts from his wife.

0038:43 - In part two of Ryan's talk with John, they discuss his paper published in the prestigious PNAS as well as some of the work from his recently submitted dissertation. If you want to keep up with John and his work, you can follow him on Twitter: @W_John_Calder

01:31:38 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like fire, cool in the kitchen for a second, but then they aren't. Ryan thanks Philip O. for a recent donation, and asks how the rest of the audience feels about doing something special for the upcoming eclipse in North America. Also, we're now on Patreon if you're interested in supporting the show and getting some sweet rewards for doing so.

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Music for this week's show:
The Burn - Matchbox Twenty
Store Bought Bones - The Raconteurs
Fire Lake - Bob Seger& The Silver Bullet Band

Transcript

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0:00.0	Yeah, yeah, well, and then we'll edit it so we both sound brilliant.
0:03.6	And that's the goal.
0:06.0	I'm interested to hear your edited version.
0:08.5	There were times I was like, oh, man, I like chopped that up.
0:12.7	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of you're listening to Episode 260. Our theme this week is
0:38.4	Flame on, which is what Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four yells to turn on his fire in case
0:45.0	you thought I was just even weirder than usual. I'm your host Ryan and joining me to talk about
0:50.3	things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science,
0:53.6	is my friend and soon to be yours, John Calder. Like me, he's in the Department of
0:58.7	Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming. Unlike me, he has recently defended and
1:03.8	passed his PhD, so he is technically Dr. John Calder. I've been interested in John's work for
1:09.7	a while because it does some really cool
1:11.8	stuff using Lake Course to better understand fire, which we'll get to in a moment. And when I heard him
1:16.5	interviewed on the short lived University of Wyoming today podcast talking about his work,
1:20.8	I also realized he might be willing to talk to me for a much, much longer time on this here show.
1:26.1	And he was happy to do it once our schedules
1:27.8	worked out. I went over with microphone in hand. And we had a really good conversation about a lot of
1:34.1	things really, the science that he does, the philosophy behind his science, some of the problems
1:38.9	facing people who study climate and paleo climate and ecology today, all that good stuff. So
1:43.7	strap in, I'm going to break it up into two parts for you with a quick drink segment in
1:47.6	between. But for now, let's enjoy listening to John Calder. Tell us about the basics of the science
1:53.7	that he does. Here we go.
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