Talking with experts and activists combating the rise of pseudoscience.
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Welcome to Episode 6. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/scienceofsarcasm/Episode+6-+Is+Physics+Better+Than+Sex-+-+With+The+Gentleman+Physicist..mp3 Jon is a physicist and YouTube vlogger whose videos focus on making the weird, wonderful and often counter-intuitive aspects of physics and how it applies to the world we live in more accessible and fu…
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Welcome to Episode 5. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/scienceofsarcasm/Myles+interview.mp3 Myles is a scientist and YouTube vlogger whose videos focus on having fun with science as well as debunking popular myths and conspiracy theories. Now that he has finally fended off a band of litigious HIV conspiracy theorists and gotten a decent internet …
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Welcome to Episode 4. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/scienceofsarcasm/Myles+Episode.mp3 Myles is a scientist and YouTube vlogger whose videos focus on having fun with science and debunking popular myths and conspiracy theories. I had hoped to have him on to discuss the science behind and public opinion of genetically modified organisms but unfo…
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Welcome to Episode 3. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/scienceofsarcasm/Sally+ep2.mp3 Sally is a PhD student in Oxford studying evolution and mate selection. On the show we discussed the scientific study of the sexes and the unfortunate sexism and biases which can occur in the scientific community. News and Nonsense Stories: Sexism In Science? U…
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Welcome to Episode 2. James is a PhD student studying evolution and virulence. On the show we discussed zombie pathogens (both fictional and actual), whether or not zombies can twerk and the reason cats can’t be trusted. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/scienceofsarcasm/Episode2.mp3 News and Nonsense Stories: Zombie virus research could make vacc…
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Aron Ra -9333 (Photo credit: RDFRS) Welcome to Episode 1. Aron Ra came on the show to talk about his part in the campaign to keep Texan text books and public institutions free of ideologically motivated pseudoscience. We talked about creationism on the school board, Armageddonists deciding environmental policies, Rick Perry’s record as governor and…
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