Episode 46 - Radiation, The Birth of Christ, and the War on Christmas

Mike's Multiverse

Mike McHargue

Leisure, Science, Games, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: What kind of motorcycle do you ride? Are cell phones actually dangerous to our bodies because of radiation? When was Jesus actually born? Can you explain the war on Christmas? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. What kind of motorcycle do you ride? Honda NC700X Are cell phones actually dangerous to our bodies because of radiation? http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae175.cfm http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet http://physicscentral.com/explore/action/radiationandhumans.cfm http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/radiationexposureandcancer/uvradiation/uv-radiation-what-is-uv When was Jesus actually born? http://www.livescience.com/42976-when-was-jesus-born.html http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/christ-is-born The Bible Tells Me So - Peter Enns Can you explain the war on Christmas? The War on Christmas Explained Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Radiation, the Birth of Christ, and the War on Christmas.
0:04.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. You've got questions, he's got answers, even though he may not understand, he'll talk anyway,
0:17.0	we've got problems, he won't solve them, but he'll talk and talking, talking to the blue in the face.
0:24.0	Science based in life.
0:26.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:28.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike the weekly podcast or answer your questions about
0:36.6	science faith and life. I had several questions about Christmas this week
0:40.8	so I thought it'd be fun to do kind of a Christmas theme
0:43.4	show this week and let's do that next week too so if you've got Christmas
0:48.2	questions send them in via the ways I talk about at the end of the show but for now let's get it started. Hi Science Mike this is Alice in Bloomington Indiana and I was just wondering what
1:06.7	type of motorcycle do you drive and are you okay?
1:10.4	For someone who spent years in advertising in public relations, I'm really bad at communicating to the public sometimes, especially when it comes to this audience, this community we've built.
1:23.9	Since I'm working so hard at creating a safe space
1:26.6	and encouraging authentic communication,
1:29.1	I intentionally subvert or don't use a lot of the techniques people use to build
1:34.6	platforms and build personas. I try as much as possible to just be myself on
1:40.1	the podcast at speaking events even if that means it's a little less polished
1:45.3	a little less well executed a little less slick what I'm trying to do is
1:51.5	genuinely relate to people.
1:54.0	And when I had the motorcycle accident and bonked my head,
1:58.0	you know, that was kind of a worst case scenario for my approach,
2:01.0	because I just gave a stream of information as it happened
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mike McHargue, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Mike McHargue and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.