Ep 138: Science... sort of - Longshot Ideas

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

Of, Science, Network, Paleopals, Media, Brachiolope, Natural Sciences, Sort

4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2012

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Because according the media, 3 disparate events make a global trend, the CDC had to come out and assure everyone that we are not at the beginning of a zombie apocalypse. That being said, no reason you shouldn't prepare anyways, right?

00:17:08 - Jacob enjoys a Dark Night in Munich, a Longshot beer from Sam Adams. Ryan has a Stateside Saison from Maryland. And Ben kicks back with mango nectar from Egypt.

00:23:04 - The Americans try to educate the Canadian on US history, which is hindered by the subject of this week's Trailer Trash Talk, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

00:35:24 - Mars-One wants to send people to Mars using reality TV and your money. Sound like a bad idea? It probably is. We break down what might be going with these folks, including why they seem to have the support of Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft. For background on exactly why getting to Mars isn't easy check out our interview with Charles Doarn in episodes 69 and 70.

01:01:56 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like one way trips to space. WORTH IT! Jacob has an e-mail from Limnality, of Scienceseeker.org, hoping we keep up the good work as they listen through the back catalog. Ben has a voicemail from Tom asking for some nuclear clarification after listening to episode 20 of The Weekly Weinersmith. The answer might need a bigger show, but we do our best. And finally Ryan has an e-mail from Zachary G., a hiker of the Appalachian Trail who appreciates the company we provide.

Thanks for listening and be sure to check out the Brachiolope Media Network for more great science podcasts!

Music for this week's show provided by:

When the World Ends - Dave Matthews Band

The Long Way Around - The Dixie Chicks

Gettysburg - Ratatat

Can't Go Back Now - The Weepies

Transcript

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0:00.0	Probably should have a warning at the beginning of the story that it was going to be a little gruesome.
0:03.6	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:32.8	I am your host, Ryan, and joining me to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were. Science are my paleo palo-pal podcasting partners in crime. Jacob Stomp.
0:34.1	How's it going, everybody?
0:37.8	And Benjamin Tippett. Good evening, my friends.
0:40.0	How's it going?
0:41.1	Good, good.
0:41.8	So, Ben, instead of keeping science in our hearts tonight, we'll be keeping science
0:45.1	in our brains.
0:47.1	It's important to think about science as well as love it unconditionally.
0:51.9	So even though Jacob found basically every morsel of data that we're talking about tonight,
0:57.9	I'm going to take point on this one because I don't trust anyone else to handle it.
1:01.6	No, that's not true.
1:02.3	I just figured Jacob can handle the other one down the line.
1:06.6	So the CDC, which is the Center for Disease Control, has come out and officially said that we're not in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
1:15.7	Discuss.
1:18.9	It's a little bit premature CDC, okay?
1:23.1	So why, I guess, are they talking about this in the first place?
1:27.5	Well, there have been a series of pretty brutal and gruesome crimes that have happened
1:33.1	lately that have made national news.
1:35.5	And the crimes all seem to thematically fit with what you would expect from a zombie
1:40.8	attack.
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