Ep 241: Science... sort of - Botanivores
Science... sort of
Brachiolope
4.7 • 674 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2016
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
00:00:00 - (Beginning with a brief plug from Joe seeking volunteers for a cool STEM even in the LA area, check it out here.) But today's actual first topic is part one of our interview with Matt Candeias, Ph.D. student as well as author and host of the In Defense of Plants blog and podcast (which you can support on Patreon). We talk about his research into rare versus common grassland species, and what made him want to get into science outreach, particularly as a promoter of plants. In our typical rambling style, we also touch on a number of other topics, including how computers used to be rooms full of women.
00:52:06 - You may need to compute some things if you want to make your own booze, but it doesn't take much math to enjoy the final product. Patrick is again disappointed to learn that Ryan has also tried the beer he's having this week, the Faceplant IPA from Lost Rhino Brewing Company, whom we've interviewed before. Matt keeps it local with the Paw Paw Tripel from Scratch Brewing Company. And Ryan quizzes our guest to see if he can figure out that he's drinking a dry martini made with The Botanist gin.
01:05:51 - And since we know you love it when we talk about booze, we keep the drink chat going with the handy reference manual The Drunken Botanist. Ryan solicits Matt and Patrick's favorite booze-producing plants which leads to a discussion of the C3, C4, and CAM photosynthetic pathways. Somehow we made it about science, yay!
01:29:33 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like plants, they both grow like weeds when left unattended. Patrick begins with a new recurring donation from Lisa K., who also donated to Ryan's current crowdfunding campaign to support his Ph.D. research. Thanks for both Lisa! Ryan is excited to present a new 5-star iTunes review from ViTuanPeterPhan, and it spurs a contest to drive our ratings up to 500! Write a review between now and the summer solstice (June 20th) and you'll be entered into a drawing for a free t-shirt!
Thanks for listening and be sure to check out the Brachiolope Media Network for more great science podcasts!
Music for this week's show:
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando and Dawn
Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly
Keep Off The Grass - Todd Snider
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Paleo Pasi. Paleo Palo Palo Joe here with a pre-show plug. It might also be a post-show |
| 0:04.8 | plug, but Ryan didn't mention where he's putting it. Coming up on May 19th through the 22nd, |
| 0:08.9 | just north of Los Angeles, California is the 2016 Bajae California competition. Baja |
| 0:14.2 | S.A.E. is an engineering design competition for university students, which challenges them to |
| 0:17.9 | design, build, and race a small off-road vehicle. The racing part's what's happening in May, and I'm the lead organizer for the event. |
| 0:24.3 | I'm coming to you because we need volunteers, a lot of them. |
| 0:27.1 | We have 100 teams coming from India, China, Dubai, and South Korea, as well as all over North |
| 0:31.3 | America. |
| 0:32.0 | We need volunteers in particular on Saturday, May 21st, and Sunday, May 22nd to perform |
| 0:37.0 | lots of different roles. |
| 0:38.0 | This can include race flagging, scorekeeping, vehicle recovery, course monitoring, food distribution, |
| 0:43.0 | trash collection, and traffic marshalling. And probably some stuff I forgot. So if you're in Southern |
| 0:47.5 | California and you're free that weekend and you feel like helping out with a fun STEM event, we could |
| 0:51.3 | definitely use the help. To sign up, go to www.baha-s-A-E-E-D-Net. |
| 0:55.6 | That's www.b-A-J-A-S-A-E.net, and click sign-up as a new volunteer. |
| 1:02.1 | Then click the volunteer sign-up link for BajaE, California. |
| 1:06.0 | Be sure to select which days you're available when you sign up. If you thought this sounded cool but you live in New York, there's also a race June 9th through the 12th in Rochester. |
| 1:13.7 | I'm sure they could use your help too. |
| 1:15.2 | The sign-up process is the same. |
| 1:16.7 | Thanks for listening to my spiel and now on with the show. |
| 1:19.5 | Or thanks for listening. |
| 1:21.2 | Either way, thanks. |
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