287 - Descent into Madness

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2018

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - This week Ryan is joined by Will Harris and David Moscato (@DMos150) from the Common Descent podcast. First up, we learn about the paleontology research they both did as Masters students at East Tennessee State University working at their Gray Fossil Site. Long story short: Will did gators, David did snakes (and other lizards).

00:58:55 - This week Ryan is the sole beer drinker (rare in a group of paleontologists) and he's bringing the funk with a Swedish-brewed Funkstarter. He's bracketed on both sides by Will and David each having a Dr. Pepper.

01:07:48 - Next up, we chat about the fun and the challenges of paleontology podcasting. You can subscribe to their podcast, Common Descent, on Podbean, follow and like them on Facebook and Twitter, watch the Q&A Ryan participated in on Youtube, and even sign up to support them on Patreon! (Bonus: here's the mislabeled sloth tweet that so annoyed former guest Doc Sloth)

01:46:37 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like paleontology; sometimes they take a while. This time, Ryan reads an e-mail from Susan that brings up a very old discussion but also touches on the difficulties of trying to fit evolution into the curriculum when the focus is mainly "teaching to the test". Good, but frustrating, points. Thanks for writing in, Susan!

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Music for this week's show:
In the Hills f Tennessee - Jimmie Rodgers
I'm a Pepper - Dr. Pepper Commercial
Who Tells Your Story (feat. Common & Ingrid Michaelson) - The Roots

Transcript

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0:00.0	Maybe this is something we can talk about in the second segment, but I feel like as science
0:03.2	podcasters were held to a little bit higher standard of like we can't get away with what a
0:07.3	comedian could get away with in terms of just shot.
0:10.7	Because we're not as maybe because maybe that sounds like about how fundamentally entertaining
0:14.0	we are, but it's, uh, I feel like there's a different standard.
0:17.2	Yeah.
0:18.2	We're not funny enough to get away with.
0:20.5	I guess not. Making mistakes. Yeah. We're not funny enough to get away with. I guess not.
0:21.4	Making mistakes.
0:22.4	Yeah.
0:23.3	Yeah.
0:24.2	I've had the same sort of thought when I've listened to other podcasts.
0:27.9	And I'll have that like, yeah, but I get it.
0:30.6	Well, we're going to try our damnedest to be funny this time.
0:33.4	Yeah.
0:34.5	Let's do it.
0:35.5	We can do it.
0:36.4	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:53.7	Our theme this week is Descent Into Madness.
0:56.6	Joining me, Ryan, have to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were.
1:01.0	Science is paleontologist Will Harris.
1:03.7	Hello.
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