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The Mad Scientist Podcast

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The Mad Scientist Podcast is a comedy show about the history and philosophy of science and pseudoscience. Hosted by Chris and Marie, join our intrepid hosts as they talk about all the weird stuff your science textbook left out. Because sometimes, the best way to learn how to think like a scientist is to talk about all the bad science floating around out there!

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7: Episode 7: The Missing Men of Boston 04.09.2016 42:53

Could someone go missing in todays day and age? What are the chances of going missing, and how true to life are TV shows and books where people just leave it all behind? What is going on in Boston MA, causing a whole host of college aged men to go missing after leaving social events, only to turn up in the waters surrounding the city? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6: Episode 6: Attack of the 50 foot Radioactive Monsters! 17.08.2016 44:27

What is the deal with all the movies, TV shows, and video games showing nuclear war or radioactive waste creating giant monsters, super heroes, or immortal zombie ghouls? How does radiation work, and what affects does it have on the body? Should you be wearing that tin-foil hat around the house, or is it much more effective outside the home? Answers to these questions and more in Episode 6. Learn...

5: Episode 5: Spontaneous Human Combustion 04.08.2016 28:31

Spontaneous human combustion is one of the weirdest historical cases of the paranormal out there, and cases continue to occur into the modern era. Bodies are found which have seemed to have been consumed by flame, without any evidence of fire damage to the surrounding area. What is the scientific explanation for these cases? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4: Episode 4: The Language of the Paranormal 15.07.2016 30:13

Why do people expect that paranormal entities will be able to communicate with us? Can a pet psychic really tell if my cat hates me? How would a multiple dimension work anyways? Find out on this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3: Episode 3: The One Without a Name 10.06.2016 48:38

What is science? What is natural? Does natural mean good? Can paranormal claims be considered scientific? Answers to these questions (well, sort of answers) in this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2: Episode 2: Pyramids, Ipso Facto, Aliens 22.05.2016 37:25

Why are we absolutely obsessed with triangles and pyramids when it comes to the paranormal? Is there any reason to think that pyramids could generate power? How do lasers work anyways? Find out in this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1: Episode 1: Does the Paranormal have a place in the Modern World? 17.05.2016 21:20

Welcome to the very first Mad Scientist Podcast episode! Does the Paranormal have a place in the modern world? Or are paranormal ideas simply leftovers of our not so distance past? Find out on this weeks episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices