Il podcast di Antonino Privitera

Chemistry Nobel Prize: Machines Too Small to See 05.10.2016 21:37 ↓

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.    

327 Extra – Project Blunders 05.10.2016 10:01 ↓

Our worst project blunders.

Physics Nobel Prize: Buns, Bagels and Pretzels Help Explain Exotic Matter 04.10.2016 20:17 ↓

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded today to David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.    

WT327 – Upright Wench 04.10.2016 48:44 ↓

Oil stones vs water stones, how to avoid mistakes related to rushing, and setting pricing expectations

Nobel Prize Explainer: Autophagy 03.10.2016 10:20 ↓

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded today to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for his discoveries concerning autophagy. Following the announcement, journalist Lotta Fredholm spoke to Juleen Zierath, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, about the research.    

WT326 – Wilbur’s Big Hakones 27.09.2016 1:10:58 ↓

curved cauls, who need's 'em!, what's matt going to do with all of those slabs, what's the deal with Purpleheart, and all kinds of backwards sawing and softwood only Japanese woodworking questions for our guest host Wilbur Pan.

They Do What?!: The Wide Wild World of Animal Sex 26.09.2016 29:31 ↓

Carin Bondar talks about her new book Wild Sex, which covers the strange, surreal and sometimes scary sex lives of our animal cousins.    

WT324 – Matt Knows Offerman 13.09.2016 37:11 ↓

Getting hot with epoxy, outdoor bar top options, and jointing a strip of moulding by hand.

WT322 – It’s My Matt in a Box 29.08.2016 1:08:01 ↓

Choosing joinery, sanding small pieces without rounding them over, hand planing crowns, and glueing up joints.

WT321 – The Great WoodTalk Sellout 23.08.2016 54:21 ↓

Disposing of sawdust, using PT lumber, and how much to let panels float.

Big Bang of Body Types: Sports Science at the Olympics and beyond 17.08.2016 35:31 ↓

David Epstein talks about his 2013 bestseller The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance and his recent Scientific American article "Magic Blood and Carbon-Fiber Legs at the Brave New Olympics."  

Grand Canyon Rapids Ride for Evolution Education 16.08.2016 34:57 ↓

Each summer, the National Center for Science Education organizes a boat trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to bring visitors face to wall-face with striking examples of geologic and evolutionary processes.

WT320 – Virgin Viscosity 15.08.2016 40:20 ↓

Knowing when your planer and jointer blades are dull and including torsion box assembly tables in small spaces.

WT319 – MyCremona Dot Com 09.08.2016 1:01:47 ↓

Ductless Mini Splits VA PTAC in the shop, cutting accurate miters, sticky poly, and dealing with dank basements.

The Science of Soldiering: Mary Roach's Grunt 04.08.2016 38:03 ↓

Best-selling science writer Mary Roach talks about her latest book, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War.  

WT318 – Marc Hates the French 02.08.2016 1:04:08 ↓

Poly getting thicker, green lumber, and some voicemail roulette.

WT317 – Horse Butt 2: Electric Boogaloo 26.07.2016 1:04:48 ↓

Sharpening stone contamination, dealing with hardware on our projects.

Electric Eels versus Horses: Shocking but True 27.06.2016 15:46 ↓

Kenneth Catania of Vanderbilt University talks to Cynthia Graber about electric eel research that led him to accept 19th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's account of electric eels attacking horses.    

WT314 – Frank Lloyd Wrong? 20.06.2016 1:14:11 ↓

Finish on a shower stool, hand cut miters, and building a shop on a budget.