The Mad Scientist Podcast

What is a shadow person? Is it a new phenomena, or does it go back into history? What sort of biological processes could be at work here, or is there no explanation for these spooky specters in the corners of our eyes? Is that my cat on the floor, or just another pair of old shoes? Find out on this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode, join Chris and Marie as they discuss haunted or cursed objects throughout history! Is there such a thing as a haunted book? Can a song drive you to the pits of despair? Can a reproduction of a haunted painting still be haunted? Find out on this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out this special interview episode with Rob Kristoffersen, who has had a lifetime of weird paranormal experiences! From gnomes at night to ghosts inhabiting a car, Rob has seen quite a number of heavy hitters in the paranormal realm, and has some fascinating stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do people deny that climate change is happening? What is the history of this conspiracy theory, and how does it relate to real science? How do we measure temperature with tree rings and ice cores? Whats the deal with proxy variable modeling?! Find out in this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode join Chris and Marie on a journal through chemtrails, the Jersey Devil, the Gloucester Sea Monster, and the upcoming Bunny Apocalypse! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does climate change happen? Is global warming real, or are we heading for a new ice age? What the hell is a Fourier Law? Why does my Grandma seem to all of a sudden have some serious opinions about infrared adsorption of hydrocarbons? Find out in this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is the average American? What the heck is a Kessel run, and how can a measure of distance also be a measure of time? What’s the science march all about? Find out in this weeks Roundtable! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you seen those amazing instagram photos of pieces of art depicting aliens walking around with pioneer Americans? Chances are those were pieces of work by Mark Rogers, a really amazing artist who is creating pieces of art to go with our modern mythology of UFO lore. In this episode we interview him on his work, his background, and where he gets his inspiration!  Learn more about your ad choice...

Does the Flat Earth theory hold any water? How does it relate to a sort of flat river in Norfolk? How about a donut shaped Earth? Just how do we know that the Earth is solid with an iron core? Find out on this weeks Episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode we’re getting serious about a psychic cat. Mr. Charles Utkins is no joke, and was sold for something like $80,000 to a Siberian witch. All our cats seem to make is noise. Join us on this weeks episode as we discuss the Steel needed to make the Death Star, Stephen King’s IT, and this very serious Russian Psychic Cat threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I’m very proud to say that I got to have a sit down interview with Mick West, founder of Metabunk.org, Contrailscience.com, and overall debunker extraordinaire. We talk about how we got his start debunking, conspiracy theories, contrails, Morgellons Disease, and how listeners can get involved in promoting scientific and rational viewpoints.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

How much water is there on the Earth? What’s a Time Crystal? Is there a bomber floating in the bottom of a river in Pittsburgh? Find out on this week’s episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a thank you to our fans, Pints and Puzzles and I are releasing this extra episode. This features us discussing how we got started in podcasting, our histories with the paranormal, and our top 5 favorite weird topics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the disease that people online seem to think is causing them to grow hairs out of their skin? How do diseases relate to memes, and what is the science behind Morgellons? Is there any proof to this disease, and if not who is out there trying to spread this information? Find out on this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could Marie’s friend fight a Bobcat? What’s the deal with Oak Island? Is Clean Coal really a thing? Find out in this weeks Roundtable! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the first folio real, or is that just a Nicholas Cage style movie thing? Find out on this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is up with magical fruits and stuff, that supposedly cure everything you can possibly become sick with? Why do people believe this stuff, is there any science behind some of it, and who thought a thing called Noni berries would ever sell? Find out in this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the very first in a new series of content from the Mad Scientist Podcast, featuring Marie Mayhew as co-host! These episodes will be much less formal, and more open to wide ranging discussions, than the more serious full episodes. Expect Roundtables in future in the 2nd and 4th weeks of the month, with full episodes in the main series coming on the 1st and 3rd weeks! Learn more about your a...

What does a scientist do every day? How does one become a scientist? How does science happen? Find out in this weeks episode, kicking off the multi part feature on fake diseases, weird cures, and medical quackery! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Holidays! What kinds of weird stuff does the Mad Scientist hear around the dinner table? Find out on this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Alchemy, what did the ancient Alchemists believe, and how does Alchemy still mess with our world today? Find out this week on the Mad Scientist Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quantum mechanics has become the go to scientific like argument for paranormal stuff. But what is quantum mechanics? How does it work, and how did it develop? And what are the sorts of arguments that people use to try and fix it towards paranormal stuff? What is the Uncertainty Principle? Is the cat alive or dead?! Find out in this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

What is the history of actually “mad scientists”, as opposed to a grad students that puts out a podcast? Where do we draw the line between a moral and immoral scientific test or question, and what about todays questionable scientific questions? And besides mad scientists, what about those that seem to be truly evil?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zombies are such a big horror movie staple now that I’ve almost grown to resent them. Can’t they leave us alone for a few minutes, while we look for food and try to rebuild society? Does it make sense that a virus could spread without anyone noticing, until its too late? What about zombies scare us, and what sort of stuff do the horror movies miss out on? Find out in this week’s episode! Learn mor...

Poltergeists have been around for as long as humans have been telling stories, but what sort of science is there to back them up? How do noisy ghosts relate to the speed of light, and what sort of thermodynamic rules are screwed up by telekinetics? Join me this week to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices