Episode 472 – Creationism

This week, we are joined once again by the Reverend Matthew Kessen of Reverend Matt’s Monster Science! He joins us to discuss Creationism and why it is wrong. Tim spends some time trying to play devil’s advocate but he does a pretty crappy job because he agrees with Matt. We try to take a look […]

Episode 464 – Science is Cool

A few weeks ago, Matt Kesson was on with us and we talked about the idea that science is pretty cool. We think science is so cool, we got our good friend Breanne Bilyeu to join us to do an entire episode about how science is pretty cool! A lot of folks suggest that there […]

Episode 461 – Cryptozoology

This week, we are re-joined by our friend Matt Kessen of Reverend Matt’s Monster Science! He is with us to talk about Cryptozoology, which is basically the “study” of Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and other such creatures. Matt is something of an expert on the topic but don’t mistake “expert” for “believer.” It’s hard […]

Episode 347 – Polar Vortexes and Climate Change

This week we are joined by climate expert Greg Laden, who is here to talk to us about the polar vortex. If you’ve missed it, this winter is very cold and snowy and isn’t that completely not what climate change theory is telling us will happen? No, actually, it makes perfect sense. At least it […]

Episode 269 – Total Eclipse

This week, we talk to our friend Melissa Kaercher and Laurie Richardson Sweep about their trip to Wyoming to watch the recent solar eclipse.  We learn all about their experiences at a truck stop with extra eclipse glasses, some eclipse scalpers, and pie.  If you didn’t manage to experience the totality for yourself, you can […]

Episode 266 – God and Evolutionary Psychology

This week’s episode features guest Matthew Kessen.  Matt is a monster expert so naturally, he came on the podcast to talk about evolutionary psychology and how that ties into the possible benefits of religion.  We spend the podcast mostly listening to Matt talk about all the reasons humans are kind of wired to believe in […]

Episode 253 – Heartland Institute Bullshit

This week, we are joined by bio anthropologist Greg Laden to talk about “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming,” a bullshit book distributed by the Heartland Institute to science teachers.  Being actually qualified to speak on the topic of climate change, Greg helps us unpack why the book is bullshit as well as why the […]

Episode 178 – Women in STEM Fields

We were once again recording at Omegacon for this week’s episode!  Our guest was our friend Ellie Younger, who is an Engineer.  We talked with her about being a woman in a field traditionally dominated by men and we heard a few of many depressing stories about the obstacles in her path.  We also talked […]

Episode 105 – Jessica Fletcher is a Serial Killer

Today’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2014.  We even got the audience to sing our theme song.  Our guest was Raychelle Burks, better known as Dr. Rubidium!  Ray is a chemist so we spent the entire episode talking about Chemistry!  Actually that was the plan.  We ended up spending quite a bit of time talking […]