Trackside Science

Science EN ↓ 83 episodes

A science podcast marinated in just the right amount of alcohol, or caffeine (depending on the time zones involved). Your MCs are a former virologist-turned community college teacher and an active human geneticist and informal science educator. If you want to support the show, visit our Patreon page. Send us an email at tracksidescience@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you! Thanks for listening!

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The News about Science 24.08.2018 31:43

English & Canadian pop songs are getting more depressing and the Herp is (not) waking up in the Siberian permafrost. Also, Carly Rae Jepson is fettered by her happy songs. And for some reason, we didn't curse the entire time. Links: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Jeff's BBC article Rob's Royal Society of Open Science article and the Jezebel hit piece Toilet flush from Polytest at Frees...

Not Necessarily the News (7) 11.08.2018 41:14

Viral slushies, catching the Golden State Killer and ancient hepatitis viruses.

Highs and Lows in Our Science Careers 27.07.2018 57:31

From passive aggressive urination to unintentional oral sampling one's fecal microbiota and moon rocks - this episode's a roller coaster of emotions. Like what we're doing? We'd like to do it better, but we need your support for that. If you're so moved: Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

Science Communication 14.07.2018 29:28

What is science communication? Is it always a good thing? Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

What's Your Information Diet? 29.06.2018 48:31

Rob's robots, where we get our information, finishing up with a bit of analysis of pornographic consumption patterns. And beer. Our Patreon Page Sites & blogs we mentioned: Small Things Considered Neurologica Sandwalk John Hawks History of the Earth The Junto Paul Sutter Science magazine Science Daily Livescience Journals PLOS Medicine , Genetics & Biology AJHG National Association of Scien...

Our Science Heros! 15.06.2018 47:40

Tolkien move aside, now we have a trilogy too. We talk about our science heros and the influential people in our science lives. And: a short bonus discussion of the potty talk in Ready Player One! Rob's Heros Carl Sagan Marty Crouch Marlin Perkins & Jim ( Wild Kingdom ) Stephen J Gould NASA Astronauts Museums docents (Museum docents training programs ) Jeff's Heros Marie Tharp Antoine van Leeu...

Science Amateur Hour 01.06.2018 46:12

We each share science fields that, while we would look like boobs talking about in a roomful of people, fascinate us. Plus - a commercial! http://tracksidescience.libsyn.com/ https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

Origins of our science careers - part one 26.05.2018 32:11

Rob & Jeff talk about the paths they followed into science and to their Bachelor's degrees. Scuba diving in the Florida Keys (he counted them) and commercial fishing in Alaska (I killed them). Original Cosmos with Carl Sagan on Youtube Updated Cosmos with Neil Degrasee Tyson at National Geographic Yes Jeff, Joni Mitchell did sing it before CS said it ( here ) The NOAA diving program ( here ) N...