314 - You win some, you lose some

Science... sort of

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

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00:00:00 - For this episode, we’re joined by Peter Brannen (@PeterBrannen1), author of the book The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses, which explains all the times when life has nearly been wiped out on our pale blue dot. Discussion ensues.

00:27:47 - In what may be the shortest drinks segment in the history of the show, we get right to it. Peter is having his favorite beer on planet earth, a Mexican Chocolate Stout from copper kettle brewing company in Aurora, CO. Ryan is also having a chocolatey beer from Off Color Brewing called Dino S’mores!

00:29:01 - Part 2 with Peter Brannen continues the chat about the worst days earth has ever had. No big deal. Probably not gonna happen again, except it probably will. Prepare.

01:03:39 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like mass extinctions; few get out alive. Ryan goes first with an e-mail from Joel S., who gives us an update on Tasmanian eucalyptus and their invasion of California as discussed in episode 296 and other forgotten comments, and then Ryan and Joe talk about Australia and other nonsense for a while. Joe has some feedback about Chessie from episode 312, left as a comment on Soundcloud by Taylor H. Ryan looks forward to the day where he can just type the show into existence, maybe coming soon? And we wrap up with a Patreon thesis for Charles L., who wants a t-shirt. Based on that and our discussion with Peter, his thesis is: Keep your shirt on: could smaller carbon footprints due to reduced fabric needs of deep v t-shirts significantly alter textile-based climatic impacts? And we’re happy to send Patrons shirts if we have them.

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0:00.0	Joe, did you know that Commonwealth Aquatic Gardens is the only National Park Unit dedicated to freshwater plants?
0:07.8	I did not.
0:08.7	Now you know.
0:09.4	And knowing is half the battle.
0:11.2	From science sort of.com, you're listening to science sort of. This is episode 314. And our theme this week is you win some, you lose some. I'm your host Ryan Haupten, joining me to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science is, what's that? Up in the sky? It's a bird. It's a plane. No. No, wait. It's a silent glider. Who could, who's in this glider? Hang, I'm going to wait for it to land. There's not going to be anything to hear because it's quiet. Oh, there is a little noise associated with the glider. A cockpit is opening up. Oh my gosh,
0:54.7	it's Joe. Hi. Hello, Joe. I just flew in from New Mexico and boy, my arms tired. I wasn't
1:02.0	expecting you to glide in like that, but it's a very carbon neutral way of getting yourself across the
1:06.7	country. So I appreciate you taking the time. But yeah, how you doing, man? Good, pretty good.
1:12.2	You're like, you're like a legit glider guy now. I am a legit glider guy now. The,
1:16.4	the federal aviation administration has seen fit to bestow me with the honor of glider pilot.
1:25.1	Now, I have been doing trapeze.
1:28.1	Okay.
1:28.8	How long before I can be pulled behind your glider on the little croissant-shaped flying
1:37.1	disc that the small bear child used in the television program tailspin?
1:41.8	Hmm.
1:42.5	Do you remember what I'm talking about?
1:43.9	I know exactly what you're talking about.
1:45.4	For a second, I thought you were going to go with the little flyer thing from the...
1:50.9	It was croissant-shaped, right?
1:52.5	Like, because I know that's a weird...
1:55.0	Crescent-shaped.
1:57.2	Wow.
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