Ep 171: Science... sort of - Beatrice Walks The Plank

Science... sort of

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2013

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Katie McKissick, creator of the Beatrice the Biology and contributor to Symbiartic, joins Ben and Ryan to talk about the highs and lows of making comics about biology. (NOTE TO PARENTS: The language does get a bit salty, it is biology after all.) Katie has also recently put out a book of her comics, Amoeba Hugs and Other Nonsense, which you would be an utter fool not to buy.

00:38:39 - Drinks go into your biology and that can be a good thing. Katie has a Gams-bart Roggenbier from Los Angeles Ale Works, aka her husband's brewery! Ben enjoys some sticky sweet soursop juice. And Ryan makes a Corpse Reviver #2 in honor of a certain holiday.

00:49:24 - We talk about zombies often, so how could we avoid covering the trailer for the upcoming ~~fire monkey~~ zombie movie World War Z. And don't forget, we talked to the author of the book, Max Brooks, back in episode 66.

01:13:14 - Some clever chaps at the Max Plank Institute have released their findings readjusting the ratios of dark energy, dark matter, and regular matter. Ben takes a long time to explain this and Ryan forgot to turn on the timer duck. Sorry Christina! (And really everyone else too.)

01:41:52 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like constants in phyisics, they change all the time. Ryan has a generous donation from Bryan E. Thanks, Bryan! And Trevor R. wants to know what's up with this "archive" thing. Turns out it's spelled arXiv and you can go there to learn stuff.

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:

The Plank - The Devil Makes Three

Payday at the Pub - Slim Dusy

Search and Destroy - The Stooges

I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys

Transcript

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0:00.0	Bua.
0:01.8	Don't bwa while I'm watching the trailer.
0:04.0	Sorry.
0:04.9	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:12.9	All right, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:18.3	This is episode 171.
0:20.3	Our theme this week is Beatrice Walks the Plank.
0:23.4	I'm your host, Ryan, and here to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science.
0:28.2	It is my paleopal podcasting partner in crime, Benjamin Tippett.
0:31.3	Good evening, everybody. Recipient of a teaching award. So you can trust it. I'm an award-winning teacher, so you can trust that
0:38.8	you'll learn everything I say, you'll remember every word that comes out of my mouth.
0:42.9	His pedagogy is solid. That's right. I know what that word means, you know. Yeah, as anyone
0:48.8	with a teaching award should. It's in the asterisk under the bottom of the award. Hint, pedagogy
0:53.5	means teaching, just so you never... Yeah, no, no. PED is the asterix under the bottom of the award. Hint, pedagogy means teaching, just so you
0:54.7	never... Yeah, no, no. PED is for bicycle and Hodgey is for John Hodgman. Exactly. The king of
1:01.1	teachers. Yes, so he cycles you to knowledge. That's right. Greeks knew what they were doing.
1:06.1	We figured it out. Ben, I have to introduce our guest, Paleo palo palo. You have to let me do it. This week,
1:12.6	we are joined by Katie McKissick of the Beatrice the Biologist blog. Hello, thanks for having me.
1:18.4	Thanks for joining us, Katie. It is awesome to have you. I'm so excited. Well, okay, so you run the Beatrice,
1:24.6	the biologist website as well as you contributor to the symbiotic blog on
1:29.9	Scientific America, but let's talk about your personal endeavor first. So I've been a fan of Beatrice
1:35.4	the biologist for a while, but for those who aren't as familiar with it, why don't you give us
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