Ep 213: Science... sort of - Astro Boy

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

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

4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2015

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Patrick and Ryan welcome Astrophysicist Steve Healey to the show! We begin with a brief overview of what exactly astrophysics is. Steve claims that by listening to this section, you'll have completed most of a bachelors in the subject. Congrats!

00:20:15 - To celebrate your recent academic achievement, we all have a drink. In celebration, Steve uncorks some Champagne Soda, whatever the hell that is. Ryan powers through his trepidation and tries a pickleback, with whiskey from Wyoming and pickles sent in my listener Jerrold. Thanks, Jerrold! And Patrick kicks back with Back in Black from 21st Amendment Brewery.

00:31:17 - Now that we're all clear on the basics, we ask Steve to tell us about some his latest work. Which involves both the first and second sightings of an Active Galactic Nuclei. Don't worry, we make him explain it.

01:07:32 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like Active Galactic Nuclei; we're still not sure we get what the big deal is. Patrick is happy to announce a new recurring donation from John K. Ryan has a new guerrilla-style brachiolope drawing to be added to the Brachiolope Gallery from Colin D. Thanks, Colin! Ryan is also giving away a copy of the RPG Anodyne for anyone subscribed to the newsletter who would like it. Just e-mail in! (Only one copy; first come, first served.) Finally, Ryan participated in a course about podcast storytelling, if you'd like to purchase the course yourself, you can do so here at CreativeLive.

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

Music for this week's show:

Space, Full Colour - SonicPicnic (from the game Awesomenauts)

Champagne Supernova - Oasis

Satellite [Astronaut Remix] - Guster

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm glad I bought his dinner now. I wasn't, I was afraid that was...
0:03.2	What'd you guys have?
0:04.1	It was gonna be a poor investment.
0:05.0	Something tasty?
0:06.2	Oh yes, we fed each other with our own spoons.
0:09.2	Did you get one plate of spaghetti?
0:11.8	Yeah, exactly.
0:12.3	Yeah, we met with one noodle.
0:15.5	It was classic.
0:18.7	This is the night.
0:24.8	Why was that guy giving dogs a plate of spaghetti
0:25.7	that's a terrible
0:27.9	playing the accordion is actually
0:29.9	I could give a dog a plate of spaghetti
0:36.9	he was just blind in the back.
0:39.3	I had no idea they were not human people.
0:41.3	Alright, so Patrick, here's the NSF proposal we need to write up.
0:44.3	Do dog's lips enable the slurping of noodles?
0:48.3	Because I don't think a dog would slurp a noodle like that.
0:51.3	That is an Ig Nobel Prize.
0:58.0	So this is definitely not getting in the show because we have to save this.
0:59.6	Yeah, no one can find out about it.
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