Ep 121: Science... sort of - Diamonds are for Feather
Science... sort of
Brachiolope
4.7 ā¢ 674 Ratings
šļø 30 January 2012
ā±ļø 61 minutes
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Summary
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 PaleopalsĀ once moreĀ to talk aboutĀ 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 his Bundaberg ginger beer from the land down under. Ben is stocked up on weird pop and this week choses to enjoy a Blue Sky Cherry Vanilla Cream Natural Soda. The name is as long as the taste is good. And finally, Abe has brought Ryan some hard to pronounce Icelandic beer:Ā Kaldi Dƶkkur Lager BjĆ³rĀ andĀ SkjalftiĀ (photo of Ryan podcasting at the link!).
00:28:15 -Movies often show you anĀ occurrenceĀ of events in a temporal sequence, but few are as on the nose about it as the upcoming found footage superpower flickĀ Chronicle.
00:37:11 - Thanks to science,Ā we now have a better idea of what color Archaeopteryx might have been. This also sheds light on it's abilities as a flyer. Ben gets distracted byĀ other fossilsĀ while Ryan tries to explain what another paleontologist named Ryan has found out.
00:51:36 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like feathers, they can keep you aloft when you need it most. Charlie has a two tweets from prodigal listeners,Ā @YPGeekĀ andĀ @clarkraykent. Thanks for coming back guys! Ryan has the greatest gift of all in the form of a handsomeĀ donationĀ from handsome Nick W. left at our handsome donation page. Thanks, Nick! And finally Ben pleas for more Canadian iTunes feedback, but follows it up with a fantastic rendition of an AussieĀ iTunes reviewĀ from Martin B.
Thanks for listening! Be sure to check out the other great shows available on theĀ Brachiolope Media Network!
Music for this week's show provided by:
DiamondĀ - Klint
Immigrant SongĀ - Led Zeppelin
SuperpowersĀ - Five Iron Frenzy
Black CrowsĀ - honeyhoney
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ouch. |
| 0:01.1 | No, that wasn't even trying to be... |
| 0:03.2 | I wasn't even being a dick there. |
| 0:04.7 | I was just like trying to help... |
| 0:06.3 | I think that's not for them. |
| 0:07.5 | I think that's for us to decide. |
| 0:10.4 | If you were being a dick or not. |
| 0:12.5 | You could have said that. |
| 0:13.2 | Well, there was no intention there where past comments tonight, |
| 0:16.3 | there was a whole lot of intention behind it. |
| 0:18.7 | You are creating your own outtakes, my friend. |
| 0:24.6 | From sciencesortov.com, you're listening to Science Sort of. |
| 0:37.6 | You're listening to Science Sort of Episode 121. |
| 0:41.5 | Brought to you by absolutely no one other than ourselves, the Paleo Pals, |
| 0:44.3 | where we will be sure to give you conversations about things that are science, |
| 0:47.1 | things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science. |
| 0:52.1 | I am your host, Ryan, and joining me to talk about those things in this week's themed episode, |
| 0:54.2 | Diamonds Are for Feather. |
| 0:59.5 | You can thank Ben Tibbett for that theme. |
| 1:00.6 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:01.3 | Hi, Ben. |
| 1:03.5 | Hi, everybody, and Ryan. |
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