Ep 98: Science... sort of - Climate and Compromise
Science... sort of
Brachiolope
4.7 • 674 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2011
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
00:00:00 - Newly minted Dr. Brandon Murphy PhD joins the Paleopals to tell them all about the PETM and life on a boat. Turns out it's not like the popular music video would have you believe. It's much more like running to the sea floor and back while barely rocking at all.
00:24:14 - Per usual, drinks are consumed. Patrick steels himself for a Chardonnay, Charlie stands by with a Widmer Hefeweizen, Brandon kicks it with an agreed upon favorite, and Ryan records with a awkwardly named Vas Deferens Ale in hand.
00:32:16 - Patrick gets his stats nerd on with this week's Trailer Trash Talk subject Moneyball. He really cares more about the math than the sport and writes a blog post demonstrating just that.
00:43:51 - The US narrowly avoiding slamming into it's own self-imposed debt ceiling, and the Paleopals plus Brandon talk about what that means for science funding (which is what makes being a scientist a job rather than a hobby).
- Brandon takes a more philosophical bent towards the value of science, which we agree with, and he sent us avideo of former guest Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson advocating that same idea.
01:03:57- PaleoPOWs are always sort of a compromise between honesty and ego, and this week is no different. Charlie has an e-mail from Kim with a pressing and chaotic question. Patrick takes the crew to task with a 2-star iTunes review from poikkeus but Ryan has the antidote with some love from LP who is starting her ownScience... sort of inspired History podcast. Woot!
Thanks for listening! Our blog, now with new content from Patrick, can be found at Paleocave.com
Music this week provided by:
Long Hot Summer Night - Jimi Hendrix
Bottle of Blues - Beck
Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet
Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Guys keep on stalling. I lost it. |
| 0:04.6 | What is going on? Where is it? |
| 0:07.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:08.5 | Hello, and welcome to Science Sort of. |
| 0:17.5 | You are listening to Science Sort of. |
| 0:19.7 | This is episode 98, and this week's theme is climate and compromise. |
| 0:25.2 | I'm your host, Ryan, and joining me as always are the Paleo pals. Patrick. |
| 0:29.5 | Hey, guys. And Charlie. |
| 0:31.5 | Hey, guys. |
| 0:32.6 | And special guest member of the self-proclaimed paleo crew, Brandon Murphy. |
| 0:38.5 | Hey, guys. |
| 0:39.4 | Dr. Brandon Murphy. |
| 0:41.5 | Yeah, I'm not quite used to that one yet. |
| 0:43.7 | We'll get used to it because Brandon Murphy just finished his PhD. |
| 0:47.9 | Right. |
| 0:50.6 | I left my party blower in the other room. |
| 0:53.2 | Whistling doesn't really work on Skype, Charlie. |
| 0:55.0 | No, no. |
| 0:56.2 | But we brought Brandon here today to talk about what he ended up doing for his PhD thesis, |
| 1:02.1 | which is insights into the pace and paleo-o-o-ocean events of global warming. |
| 1:09.4 | So last week, we talked about what happens to gray whales during |
| 1:13.7 | periods of extreme global cooling. We also talked about how they're going to do really well in |
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