Ep 193: Science... sort of - O Canada

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2014

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - As winter ends the Paleopals pay tribute to the snowy north that is Canada. And what better way to celebrate the world's 2nd largest country than by talking about it's favorite fictional son, Logan the Wolverine? Ben, Patrick, and Ryan interview Sigrid Alvarez and Emma Conway who have written a "totally real" paper about Logan's healing abilities (get the PDF here) and why Logan may be more amphibian than mammal. Want to learn more about Wolverine? Why not check out this graphic novel?

00:33:48 - James Howlett is known for excessive drinking, but the Paleopals try to promote responsibility. Ben has some Canadian water, because he's the most responsible of us all. Patrick snubs Canada with a Koko Brown Ale from Kona Brewing out of Hawaii, possibly the least Canadian state in the entire US. And Ryan has a cerveza Atlas, yet another in his series of Panamanian brews.

00:39:41 - Much as Ben may try to derail the conversation with proclamations of Canadian superiority, Patrick and Ryan see some hard truths (especially in light of some real enigmatic malware) in the preview for Goodbye World in this week's Trailer Trash Talk!

00:55:25 - A group of Canadian scientists have worked very hard to create a system to send text messages via alcoholic mist because of... reasons. The Paleopals grope for a good explanation of this system's utility, but absent even that can agree that the idea itself is quite neat.

01:05:06 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like mist-based text messages, no one is quite sure of their purpose but we're pretty sure they matter on some level. Ben is cut off from answering an e-mail about Canadian libraries from Andie H. (though he did speak to the issue on the LASER podcast) and is forced to confront some harsh criticism from Steven S. Sorry, Steven, but Ben's fans are legion, so he'll have to stay. Patrick has an e-mail from Juliana F. about the difficulties of teaching math in a modern world. And Ryan has a lovely valentine and potential future donation from artist Sonya Andrews. Check out the valentine in the literally illustrious Brachiolope Gallery.

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Music for this week's show:

Old Man Logan - Adam WarRock (24 Hour Rap-A-Thon)

Canada - Five Iron Frenzy

Farewell, So Long, Goodbye - Jackie Greene

Test Transmission - Kasabian

Transcript

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0:00.0	Oh, Canada, our home and sacred land.
0:05.9	It's not sacred.
0:07.2	True patriot's blood.
0:10.1	In all my sausage cans.
0:14.0	Sun's command.
0:15.5	That makes even less sense.
0:17.2	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:21.1	Welcome to Science Sort of. Welcome to Science Sort of. This is episode 193. Our theme this week is
0:36.4	Oh, Canada. It's the second week in a row we've done
0:40.0	a theme that is song lyrics. So I don't know what that means for the future of the show,
0:44.8	but probably nothing but good things, right? It's also the second week in a row we've actually
0:49.2	had a theme ready before we started recording. That's true. It helps. But Patrick, you've
0:53.9	spoken up,
0:54.4	but I'm not going to introduce you first because this show is all about our friendly,
0:58.1	wonderful neighbors to the north, the affable Canadians, who is exemplified on our show by Dr. Benjamin
1:04.0	Timit. Good afternoon evening, everyone. How are you today? And Patrick Wheely is also here.
1:09.7	Ben has to yield to the gentleman from the
1:12.1	south or something. I'm further south at you, Patrick, so I win. Yes, you are. Yes, you are.
1:18.2	We are going to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that
1:21.2	wish they were science. Charlie asked me what my latitude was the other day, and I was like,
1:25.1	I don't know, like four. Yeah, I was going to guess
1:28.1	three. Yeah, I'm single digits over here, people. We have a fantastic show today that has nothing
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